[PF:E] Game won't launch - stuck on "Jumping..." splash screen

[elwyn]

Purchased game yesterday and played about 7 hours, no problems.
Today when trying to launch the game, it opens the window, renders "Jumping....." but never reaches the main menu.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled the game, but hit the same problem.

I saw a multi monitor issue impacting other *nix people so tried launch the game with only one monitor enabled, as well as the suggested "-force-glcore" parameter. No luck with either.

Steam version, running on debian.

[GoodMorning]

I'm not an authority, but many problems are resolved by disabling the Steam overlay. (It's usually the second point of advice, after "try rebooting".)

[elwyn]

Thank you, unfortunately that's not the answer.

The "Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game" option is un-checked (and also completely disabled) when I view the Steam options for Particle Fleet: Emergence

[knucracker]

You could try temporarily removing the save directory for the game (resetting your progress, etc).
The location can be found in this post:
https://knucklecracker.com/forums/index.php?topic=21330.0

Rename that directory while the game is not running, then try again.

[elwyn]

Yes! That worked!

I closed steam, renamed `~/.local/share/knucklecracker/particlefleet`, launched steam, and launched the game.
Steam re-synced my save progress back to the `particlefleet` folder and the game is now running correctly, with all my progress.

Thanks very much.