Amnesia Dark Descent not start from the Hard Mode patch

[Krovikan]

Hello:

I use Steam.

If I try to run Amnesia: The Dark Descent from Steam (Launcher or Game), nothing happens from Hard Mode patch.
I try to verify files and to uninstall and install Dark Descent again with another verify files after game not run.
I try to rename main_settings.cfg without luck.
I try to rename Main without luck (with the same log file).


The log from run the game:

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Version 1.4

-------- THE HPL ENGINE LOG ------------
Creating Engine Modules
--------------------------------------------------------
 Creating graphics module
 Creating system module
 Creating resource module
 Creating input module
 Creating sound module
 Creating physics module
 Creating ai module
 Creating gui module
 Creating generate module
 Creating haptic module
 Creating scene module
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Resources Module
--------------------------------------------------------
 Creating loader handlers
 Creating resource managers
 Adding loaders to handlers
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Graphics Module
--------------------------------------------------------
Init lowlevel graphics: 1920x1080 disp:0 bpp:32 fs:1 ms:0 gpufmt:2 cap:'Amnesia - The Dark Descent - Loading...' pos:(-1x-1)
 Setting video mode: 1920 x 1080 - 32 bpp
 Init Glew...OK
 Setting up OpenGL
  Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
  Renderer: GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2
  Version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 415.13
  Max texture image units: 32
  Max texture coord units: 8
  Max user clip planes: 8
  Two sided stencil: 1
  Vertex Buffer Object: 1
  Anisotropic filtering: 1
  Max Anisotropic degree: 16
  Multisampling: 1
  Texture compression: 1
  Texture compression S3TC: 1
  Auto generate MipMaps: 1
  Render to texture: 1
  Max draw buffers: 8
  Max color render targets: 8
  Packed depth-stencil: 1
  Texture float: 1
  GLSL Version: 4.60 NVIDIA
  ShaderModel 2: 1
  ShaderModel 3: 1
  ShaderModel 4: 1
  OGL ATIFragmentShader: 0
Setting up G-Bugger: type: 0 texturenum: 3
 Adding engine materials
 Initializing DevIL
  Vendor String: Abysmal Software
  Version String: Developer's Image Library (DevIL) 1.7.8
  Version Number: 178
 Adding engine post effects
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Sound Module
--------------------------------------------------------
 Initializing OpenAL
  Available OpenAL devices:
   0. G35 Headset Estéreo Analógico
   1. Audio Interno Estéreo Digital (IEC958)
  Trying to open device 'G35 Headset Estéreo Analógico'...

The log from run the Launcher:

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-------- THE HPL ENGINE LOG ------------
Creating Engine Modules
--------------------------------------------------------
 Creating graphics module
 Creating system module
 Creating resource module
 Creating input module
 Creating sound module
 Creating physics module
 Creating ai module
 Creating gui module
 Creating generate module
 Creating haptic module
 Creating scene module
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Resources Module
--------------------------------------------------------
 Creating loader handlers
 Creating resource managers
 Adding loaders to handlers
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Graphics Module
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Sound Module
--------------------------------------------------------
 Initializing OpenAL
  Available OpenAL devices:
   0. G35 Headset Estéreo Analógico
   1. Audio Interno Estéreo Digital (IEC958)
  Trying to open device 'G35 Headset Estéreo Analógico'...

If I click (with Steam open) in
/home/krovikan/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Amnesia The Dark Descent/Launcher.bin.x86_64
or in
/home/krovikan/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Amnesia The Dark Descent/Launcher.bin.x86
the Launcher appears but when I Click Start Game appears this message on screen:

FATAL ERROR: Could not init steam!

If I click (with Steam open) in
/home/krovikan/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Amnesia The Dark Descent/Amnesia_NOSTEAM.bin.x86_64
or in
/home/krovikan/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Amnesia The Dark Descent/Amnesia_NOSTEAM.bin.x86
the game runs:

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Version 1.4

-------- THE HPL ENGINE LOG ------------
Creating Engine Modules
--------------------------------------------------------
 Creating graphics module
 Creating system module
 Creating resource module
 Creating input module
 Creating sound module
 Creating physics module
 Creating ai module
 Creating gui module
 Creating generate module
 Creating haptic module
 Creating scene module
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Resources Module
--------------------------------------------------------
 Creating loader handlers
 Creating resource managers
 Adding loaders to handlers
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Graphics Module
--------------------------------------------------------
Init lowlevel graphics: 1920x1080 disp:0 bpp:32 fs:1 ms:0 gpufmt:2 cap:'Amnesia - The Dark Descent - Loading...' pos:(-1x-1)
 Setting video mode: 1920 x 1080 - 32 bpp
 Init Glew...OK
 Setting up OpenGL
  Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
  Renderer: GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2
  Version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 415.13
  Max texture image units: 32
  Max texture coord units: 8
  Max user clip planes: 8
  Two sided stencil: 1
  Vertex Buffer Object: 1
  Anisotropic filtering: 1
  Max Anisotropic degree: 16
  Multisampling: 1
  Texture compression: 1
  Texture compression S3TC: 1
  Auto generate MipMaps: 1
  Render to texture: 1
  Max draw buffers: 8
  Max color render targets: 8
  Packed depth-stencil: 1
  Texture float: 1
  GLSL Version: 4.60 NVIDIA
  ShaderModel 2: 1
  ShaderModel 3: 1
  ShaderModel 4: 1
  OGL ATIFragmentShader: 0
Setting up G-Bugger: type: 0 texturenum: 3
 Adding engine materials
 Initializing DevIL
  Vendor String: Abysmal Software
  Version String: Developer's Image Library (DevIL) 1.7.8
  Version Number: 178
 Adding engine post effects
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Sound Module
--------------------------------------------------------
 Initializing OpenAL
  Available OpenAL devices:
   0. G35 Headset Estéreo Analógico
   1. Audio Interno Estéreo Digital (IEC958)
  Trying to open device 'G35 Headset Estéreo Analógico'... Success!
  Number of mono sources: 32
  Streaming setup: 4 Buffers x 262144 bytes each
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Game Module
--------------------------------------------------------
 Adding engine updates
 Initializing script functions
--------------------------------------------------------

User Initialization
--------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------

Game Running
--------------------------------------------------------

Machine for Pigs runs OK:

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Version 1.30

-------- THE HPL ENGINE LOG ------------
Creating Engine Modules
--------------------------------------------------------
 Creating graphics module
 Creating system module
 Creating resource module
 Creating input module
 Creating sound module
 Creating physics module
 Creating ai module
 Creating gui module
 Creating generate module
 Creating haptic module
 Creating scene module
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Resources Module
--------------------------------------------------------
 Creating loader handlers
 Creating resource managers
 Adding loaders to handlers
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Graphics Module
--------------------------------------------------------
Init lowlevel graphics: 1920x1080 disp:0 bpp:32 fs:1 ms:0 gpufmt:2 cap:'Amnesia - A Machine For Pigs Loading...' pos:(-1x-1)
 Setting video mode: 1920 x 1080 - 32 bpp
 Init Glew...OK
 Setting up OpenGL
  Vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
  Renderer: GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2
  Version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 415.13
  Max texture image units: 32
  Max texture coord units: 8
  Max user clip planes: 8
  Two sided stencil: 1
  Vertex Buffer Object: 1
  Anisotropic filtering: 1
  Max Anisotropic degree: 16
  Multisampling: 1
  Texture compression: 1
  Texture compression S3TC: 1
  Auto generate MipMaps: 1
  Render to texture: 1
  Max draw buffers: 8
  Max color render targets: 8
  Packed depth-stencil: 1
  Texture float: 1
  GLSL Version: 4.60 NVIDIA
  ShaderModel 2: 1
  ShaderModel 3: 1
  ShaderModel 4: 1
  OGL ATIFragmentShader: 0
Setting up G-Bugger: type: 0 texturenum: 3
ERROR: Sampler aDiffuseMap does not exist, could not bind it to unit 0
 Adding engine materials
 Initializing DevIL
  Vendor String: Abysmal Software
  Version String: Developer's Image Library (DevIL) 1.7.8
  Version Number: 178
 Adding engine post effects
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Sound Module
--------------------------------------------------------
 Initializing OpenAL
  Available OpenAL devices:
   0. PulseAudio Software(OpenAL default)
   1. ALSA Software on default
   2. ALSA Software on HDA Intel PCH [ALC1150 Analog] (hw:0,0)
   3. ALSA Software on HDA Intel PCH [ALC1150 Digital] (hw:0,1)
   4. ALSA Software on HDA NVidia [HDMI 0] (hw:1,3)
   5. ALSA Software on HDA NVidia [HDMI 1] (hw:1,7)
   6. ALSA Software on HDA NVidia [HDMI 2] (hw:1,8)
   7. ALSA Software on HDA NVidia [HDMI 3] (hw:1,9)
   8. ALSA Software on Logitech G35 Headset [USB Audio] (hw:2,0)
  Trying to open device 'PulseAudio Software'... Success!
  Number of mono sources: 48
  Streaming setup: 4 Buffers x 32768 bytes each
--------------------------------------------------------

Initializing Game Module
--------------------------------------------------------
 Adding engine updates
 Initializing script functions
--------------------------------------------------------

User Initialization
--------------------------------------------------------
Loading data from cloud storage
--------------------------------------------------------
Updated 0 config files and 0 save files
--------------------------------------------------------

WARNING: Could not find language file entry 'WelcomeMessage05'
--------------------------------------------------------

Game Running
--------------------------------------------------------

I hope this have some solution.

[Krovikan]

Sorry for doble post. Now I am registered.

[hacheipe399]

I have the same problem, I'm on Antergos. TDD doesn't launch from steam, but Machine for Pigs starts fine.
For The Dark Descent, I had to include a steam_appid.txt with ID inside the file (57300). Then start the executable manually from the folder of the game.

[Krovikan]

Is very strange.

I made in /home/krovikan/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Amnesia The Dark Descent/ a file steam_appid.txt with 57300 inside only.

With this, the game and Launcher runs OK from /home/krovikan/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Amnesia The Dark Descent/

In Steam launcher don't work and if I want make achievements, I think is needed to launch from Steam interface. Right?

[Krovikan]

Well. I play a bit clicking in /home/krovikan/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Amnesia The Dark Descent/
Amnesia.bin.x86_64 with the file steam_appid.txt made previuoly.

A achievement is pop up. And in Steam interface is reflected the achievement.

Obviously, it would be more comfortable executing from Steam interface instead to make a file and click the bin.

For my part, everything is already there. Thanks to @hacheipe399 to solution (it's not perfect but better than nothing).

[nebej]

Are you saying that it launches correctly if you add the steam_appid.txt file to the game directory?

[Krovikan]

Yes. With the 57300 inside.

Run the bin from the game directory (with Steam open) and play the game with achievements.

[hacheipe399]

Well. I play a bit clicking in /home/krovikan/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Amnesia The Dark Descent/
Amnesia.bin.x86_64 with the file steam_appid.txt made previuoly.

A achievement is pop up. And in Steam interface is reflected the achievement.

Obviously, it would be more comfortable executing from Steam interface instead to make a file and click the bin.

For my part, everything is already there. Thanks to @hacheipe399 to solution (it's not perfect but better than nothing).

you're welcome! It's really strange since this issue doesn't happen to A Machine for Pigs (and it's the same engine), and I thought it was only a problem of mine until I saw this thread. I don't know if this is steam's fault or Amnesia's.

[Guest]

Hello, I've got the same problem. I'm an Amnesia fan since 2010 and always played it on Linux exclusively, unfortunately when I wanted to do a new playthrough after a few years I can't start the game from Steam. Howewer, the game starts fine using the "non steam" files in the game directory.

Default behaviour:
- the game doesn't start from Steam when launched from Steam library
- the game starts fine using non Steam files from game directory
- Steam won't detect the game as running when launched from game directory

When a file "steam_appid.txt" with "57300" inside is created in the game directory:
- the game doesn't start from Steam when launched from Steam library
- the game starts fine using non Steam files from game directory
- Steam detects the game correctly as running when launched from game directory

Steam terminal output:

Starting app 57300
Loaded Config for Local Override Path for App ID 57300, Controller 0: /home/headlesscyborg/.local/share/Steam//controller_base/empty.vdf
>>> Adding process 10371 for game ID 57300
GameAction [AppID 57300, ActionID 1] : LaunchApp changed task to WaitingGameWindow with ""
>>> Adding process 10372 for game ID 57300
GameAction [AppID 57300, ActionID 1] : LaunchApp changed task to Completed with ""
UTF-8 Charset not available.
Current LANG is cs_CZ.UTF-8
Charset: ANSI_X3.4-1968
Game update: AppID 57300 "", ProcID 10372, IP 0.0.0.0:0
Setting breakpad minidump AppID = 57300
Steam_SetMinidumpSteamID:  Caching Steam ID:  76561198063209433 [API loaded no]
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(steam)/version(1560817063)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(gameoverlayui)/version(20190617233116)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(gameoverlayui)/version(1.0)
Installing breakpad exception handler for appid(gameoverlayui)/version(1.0)
JS method call Messaging.PostMessage with 4 arguments
JS method call SharedConnection.SendMsgAndAwaitResponse with 3 arguments
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::length_error'
  what():  basic_string::resize
[0622/122416.943553:INFO:crash_reporting.cc(265)] Crash reporting enabled for process: renderer
Game removed: AppID 57300 "", ProcID 10372

Please Frictional, could you look at it? Amnesia always worked perfectly on Linux and this bug might scare new players away from this masterpiece.


Best regards
"headless_cyborg"

[headlesscyborg]

A year later I'm disappointed to see that it's still broken since the hardcore mode patch and my post is the last one.
New threads describing the same problem appear on Steam forums and even here.

Do you need any additional data, help, testing to fix this?