"error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.1.0.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

The game uses outdated .so files that aren't included in most modern distros. This fix adds those files to the game directory and edits the start.sh file to reference them.

Thanks to massakra on the Baldur's Gate GOG forum for this fix, that's where I found the solution first. I just zipped it up and made it easy to install.

Download here!

Dropbox mirror

If you want this to work with other Beamdog Enhanced Edition games, copy the lib folder to the game's main directory, open start.sh in a text editor and add

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$CURRENT_DIR/lib/"

under the

# Initialization
CURRENT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
cd "${CURRENT_DIR}"
source support/gog_com.shlib

block.

lol just how many times...)))))))

also, yeah, Linux users you are POSITIVELY ENCOURAGED to download binaries from god knows where and run them on you system =P

Response here: https://www.gog.com/forum/baldurs_gate_series/linux_libssl_fix/post3

I'm not going to post the same thing twice in different threads like you did.

I'm not going to post the same useless (and potentially harmful) rubbish twice in different threads like you did.

I wonder in which distro?
I had the same problem in Debian 11.

It helped me: libssl1.0.0_1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.10_amd64.deb

Downloaded from here:
security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl1.0/

In terminal enter: sudo dpkg -i ./libssl1.0.0_1.0.2n-1ubuntu5.10_amd64.deb

...

Safer way:

downloads.dotslashplay.it/resources/libssl/

1. Make 'lib' directory in PSTEE, copy there files from archive.

2. Edit start.sh, under these lines:

#!/bin/bash
# GOG.com (www.gog.com)
# Game

Paste:

# Add old libraries
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/home/USER/GOG Games/Planescape Torment Enhanced Edition/lib"

-> (change USER to your name) <-

3. Leave the rest of the file as it is.

4. Save.

Worked like a charm, OneMagpie, thanks!