Bought this as soon as it appeared and couldn't start it till now :)

Always got black screen at start and then nothing (trying this on Arch linux btw).

Got it to work with " -force-opengl" added to command line like this:

./Broforce.x86_64 -force-opengl

Awesome game !
If this helps anybody, enjoy the game !

I get the same problem when network is connected on Ubuntu 16.04: both my CPU cores run at 100% at the intro screen and my system lags to oblivion.

I'm using the "firejail" package to switch off the network. I edit $HOME/.local/share/applications/gog_com-Broforce_1.desktop and change the "Exec" line to:

Exec=firejail --noprofile --net=none "/home/my_user/GOG Games/Broforce/start.sh" ""

Whilst this works, it isn't going to let me play the game online. Please fix this.

It's 2019. I'm still having this problem with the most recent version of the game...

Thank you for the tip with disabling my Internet connection.

Stupilarious Linux bug #12

Since the last update in the stickied changelog post was April 2019 and the last post here was May 2019...is it safe to assume this is still a bug? Seems like the fix pretty much kills online co-op if I ever got the hankerin'.

Also, any idea if cross-platform play with Steam players using Windows is still an issue? Seems like their last update was Jan 2019, prior to the last update here on GOG. Really trying to build my library here on GOG but sometimes it is better to stick with Steam.

Thanks!

I had the same issue playing Broforce on Manjaro.
I solved it using a fix find in another thread called "black screen after developers logo"
What to do is editing the file DebugConfig.txt and changing "ForceSteamLayer False" to "ForceSteamLayer True".
I don't know exactly what that does but it worked for me...

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