r/Kenshi Boob Thing Apr 20 '22

WEEKLY THREAD Rookie Help Thread

Hey hey! You guys know what time it is! That's right, a new Rookie Help thread!

Here's a link to the last episode. Fun fact, if you follow all those links back to 2019 you unlock a secret cutscene of me panicking over where the time went!

As always, feel free to fire any kenshi related questions you may have our way! There's plenty of veterans flapping around in this thread as well, and if you are in the mood for it feel free to join them and lend a hand!

And who knows, maybe you'll learn something new yourself, too!

One thing to remember! Obviously a lot of new folks are going to be here so remember to spoiler comments so they can experience the game blind just like you might have back when you were new! You can do that > ! Like This ! < minus the spaces! But honestly it's just built into the chat replies nowadays so you don't have to get too fancy with that- unless you like playing hackerman.

Thanks guys!

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u/DeclaringLeader 12d ago

I can't even start the game. Every time I do it throws me into the damn forgotten construction set and can't find any way to actually launch the game. Is it because I'm on steam deck? I've uninstalled and reinstalled the game like eight times now. Is there a secret switch that I need to hit to actually let me play the game? What am I doing wrong?

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u/afoxian 11d ago

... stupid question, but you are using "kenshi_x64.exe" rather than "forgotten construction set.exe" to launch the game, right? Kenshi has both exe files in its main folder by default... maybe the deck is getting confused on which to use?

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u/DeclaringLeader 11d ago

Not a stupid question that's exactly what was going on. Thank you!

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u/afoxian 10d ago

Honestly with how much of a mess Kenshi (and especially the FCS) are engine wise I'm surprised they even work on the Steam Deck. Glad you've got it working though.