I downloaded 2.1.17 experimental standalone (Vanilla and Space Age seperately tested, with mods and without mods), and it works like a charm So it's something with the Steam version...

Welcome to the club , Linux user. Are you on Linux Mint, like me?
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Phew, and i thought i'm the only one. The problem persists in 2.1.16 (Linux Mint). Are there confirmations for other languages?

I did some more research and switched back to the regular Factorio 2.0 Linux version. The umlauts work with this version flawlessly - so the problem is in the experimental version only.


Just a small rant:
I NEVER will do this stunt again, because i almost lost my blueprints forever :shock: . Lucky ...

Keyboard hardware layout is german and it's configured to german and works with all other apps and Steam games correctly.

BTW; written umlauts blueprints done in the Windows version are showing up correctly in the linux version. On linux i only can delete them...

Just the typing doesn't work. The game itself shows all texts correctly, like "Hauptmenü". When i make a keybind for example alt+ü for lua console- it shows "alt+ü" for the lua console in the menu and it works like that ingame. So the game doesn't show umlauts (like no key is pressed) only by typing ...

On both operating systems the in-game language is german.
In the intro screen it shows "Auto (Deutsch)" on the bottom right. I switched to English-Restarted and it shows the exact same umlauts problem. Switched back to "Auto (Deutsch)"+restart, the same problem, and to "Deutsch"+ restart - the ...

Here they are.

What did you do?
1. I start any game on Linux Steam Version - New game, save, etc - doesn't matter
2. I press ctrl (strg on a german keyboard) + B for the blueprint book
3. I choose any blueprint
3. Then i klick in the description field to write someting

What happened?
When i all letters are OK ...