No X-COM installations found - Linux

[jmhbluenose]

Hi everyone,

Just to let you know off the bat, I've read this similar thread: https://openxcom.org/forum/index.php?topic=7845.0 and it seems my problem is not the same as the two users in there (one of them had a missing folder and the other one installed to the wrong directory).

I'm trying to install OpenXcom on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS using the latest nightly appimage and encountering the error "No X-COM installations found" on startup, even though I have moved the correct folders to my user folder as directed in the instructions.

Here is the content of openxcom.log:
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   OpenXcom Version: 1.0.d0ef902f3 (2021-03-29 21:49)
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   Platform: Unix-like
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   Data folder is: /tmp/.mount_openxc6s4hah/usr/share//openxcom/
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   Data search is:
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   - /home/hedgehog/.local/share/openxcom/
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   - /tmp/.mount_openxc6s4hah/usr/share//openxcom/
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   - /usr/share/ubuntu/openxcom/
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   - /usr/local/share//openxcom/
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   - /usr/share//openxcom/
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   - /var/lib/snapd/desktop/openxcom/
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   - /usr/local/share/openxcom/
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   - /usr/share/openxcom/
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   - /usr/share/openxcom//
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   - ./
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   User folder is: /home/hedgehog/.local/share/openxcom/
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   Config folder is: /home/hedgehog/.config/openxcom/
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   Options loaded successfully.
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   SDL initialized successfully.
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   SDL_mixer initialized successfully.
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   requested file not found: openxcom.png
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   Detected locale: C.UTF-8
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   Attempting to set display to 640x400x8...
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   Display set to 640x400x8.
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   Loading data...
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   Scanning standard mods in '/tmp/.mount_openxc6s4hah/usr/share//openxcom/standard'...
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [INFO]   Scanning user mods in '/home/hedgehog/.local/share/openxcom/mods'...
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [ERROR]   no mod masters available
[02-04-2021_23-59-49]   [ERROR]   No X-COM installations found

I have copied the required game folders into ~/.local/share/openxcom and the folder looks as follows:

GEODATA   MAPS  openxcom.log  SOUND    UFOGRAPH  UNITS
GEOGRAPH  mods  ROUTES        TERRAIN  UFOINTRO

Can anyone help me here? I'm not sure why it won't detect the game data in the folder.

Many thanks

[Meridian]

It is the same problem as the first user in the thread you linked.

You are missing the UFO folder.

The original data folders (GEODATA, MAPS, SOUND, etc.) all need to be inside the UFO folder.

[jmhbluenose]

Ah, thank you! I thought in the linked thread the user hadn't copied over one of the folders that starts with "UFO..." i.e. UFOGRAPH or UFOINFO.

I created a folder called "UFO" and put the files inside and it works now. Rereading the wiki I see I skipped over that it says "the UFO folder inside the user folder" - I think because the link for "user folder" takes you to the github installation page (can't link external) and it doesn't mention any UFO folder in there.

It may be worth making it clearer that you have to create the folder as it is not generated by the appimage?