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I'm trying to create a custom Steam Library shortcut for a PlayOnLinux game.

The problem is that, even without the --run option, PlayOnLinux fails to start. It looks like the Steam does something to the environment that confuses PlayOnLinux in terms of its Python runtime dependency. Here's the relevant output for a launch:

Game update: AppID 0 "Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri", ProcID 19059, IP 0.0.0.0:0
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/myuser/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/myuser/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/myuser/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/myuser/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/myuser/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/myuser/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
Looking for python... ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/myuser/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
pid 19065 != 19062, skipping destruction (fork without exec?)
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/myuser/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
pid 19067 != 19062, skipping destruction (fork without exec?)
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/myuser/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
2.7.6 - unexpected version
Looking for python2.7... ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/myuser/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
pid 19070 != 19062, skipping destruction (fork without exec?)
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/myuser/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
pid 19072 != 19062, skipping destruction (fork without exec?)
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/myuser/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
2.7.6 - unexpected version
Looking for python2.6... ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/myuser/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
pid 19076 != 19062, skipping destruction (fork without exec?)

Looking for python2... ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/myuser/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
pid 19078 != 19062, skipping destruction (fork without exec?)
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/myuser/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
pid 19080 != 19062, skipping destruction (fork without exec?)
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/myuser/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
2.7.6 - unexpected version
Please install python before trying to run this program
Game removed: AppID 0 "Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri", ProcID 19059

Compare with normal PlayOnLinux output when launching it directly:

[main] Message: PlayOnLinux (4.2.5) is starting
[clean_tmp] Message: Cleaning temp directory
[Check_OpenGL] Message: 32bits direct rendering is enabled
[Check_OpenGL] Message: 64bits direct rendering is enabled
[POL_System_CheckFS] Message: Checking filesystem for /home/lod/.PlayOnLinux/
[main] Message: Filesystem is compatible

The question is, simply, how to make a shortcut in Steam that will launch PlayOnLinux successfully?

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  • For Alpha Centauri in specific, can't you just dosbox it?
    – Shadur
    Dec 20, 2014 at 17:01
  • @Shadur: no idea, especially since SMAC, at least in the newer patches, is Windows based. However, Alpha Centauri is just an example, the question concerns running through PlayOnLinux in general.
    – mikołak
    Dec 20, 2014 at 22:10

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You could create a shortcut file that runs the steam gameId like this:

steam://run/id
Example: steam://run/4000

or You could type that in cmd using python like this:

import os
os.system("start steam://run/game_id")
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  • Not sure what you what you mean by the start command. Is this something specific to certain Linux distributions maybe?
    – mikołak
    Oct 1 at 9:39
  • @mikołak I mean typing it in a command prompt sorry I wasnt soo specific you could do import os os.system("start steam://run/id")
    – Lazy Coder
    Oct 1 at 13:24

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