A question I am sure is burning in everyone’s minds is "Will gog.com ever support Linux", well I aim to give this a bit of limelight here on GOL.
First of all let me direct you to this wishlist item on gog.com itself which has 11,125 votes on it, I find that crazy that a store like gog.com has that many customers who want to support them with their money if they just put up Linux versions of games. So while you are on that page be sure to give it a vote if you like DRM Free games in a standalone download, no messing around with clients like Steam or Desura.
Now something else has popped up on my email radar recently, I am speaking about Simon Roth the developer of Maia who stated this on reddit in response to a question from one of our supporters FutureSuture;
That sounds vaguely promising doesn't it? Well I choose to look at it that way anyway.
Personally I think gog.com run a great service for the PC Gaming industry making sure gamers have a place to get games new and old that aren't filled with any DRM, it's really a great store, hell I am even a customer!
I have a copy of Freespace 2 and Theme Hospital from them to use on the open source engines, I would gladly buy more from them too if they only allowed Linux versions up.
Although this did get me thinking, is it difficult for developers to bundle Linux, Mac and Windows executables in one package? I have seen some developers do this before so I know it is possible and wonder why more don't do that?
That's not exactly a full solution though, we need gog.com to note if a game has a Linux version and support us on it. Personally I consider them one of our major roadblocks for getting accepted as a major gaming platform considering how big a store they are.
The more places that support us the more people can learn Linux exists too right? That can only be a good thing.
What are your thoughts folks?
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
First of all let me direct you to this wishlist item on gog.com itself which has 11,125 votes on it, I find that crazy that a store like gog.com has that many customers who want to support them with their money if they just put up Linux versions of games. So while you are on that page be sure to give it a vote if you like DRM Free games in a standalone download, no messing around with clients like Steam or Desura.
Now something else has popped up on my email radar recently, I am speaking about Simon Roth the developer of Maia who stated this on reddit in response to a question from one of our supporters FutureSuture;
QuoteI've spoken in person at length about this with them. I can say no more!
That sounds vaguely promising doesn't it? Well I choose to look at it that way anyway.
Personally I think gog.com run a great service for the PC Gaming industry making sure gamers have a place to get games new and old that aren't filled with any DRM, it's really a great store, hell I am even a customer!
I have a copy of Freespace 2 and Theme Hospital from them to use on the open source engines, I would gladly buy more from them too if they only allowed Linux versions up.
Although this did get me thinking, is it difficult for developers to bundle Linux, Mac and Windows executables in one package? I have seen some developers do this before so I know it is possible and wonder why more don't do that?
That's not exactly a full solution though, we need gog.com to note if a game has a Linux version and support us on it. Personally I consider them one of our major roadblocks for getting accepted as a major gaming platform considering how big a store they are.
The more places that support us the more people can learn Linux exists too right? That can only be a good thing.
What are your thoughts folks?
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I'd use GoG over Steam if it would have the "linux feature". I know there is desura too, but they have so few titles, and a lot of (kickstarted) projects don't consider it for distribution, but GoG and Steam.
So I hope when the kickstarted games are released 2014, that GoG will have Linux-Support by then.
So I hope when the kickstarted games are released 2014, that GoG will have Linux-Support by then.
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oldrocker99 Aug 12, 2013
If you have the Diamond edition dvd. The downloads still work, I just checked.This page:
wget -c http://nwdownloads.bioware.com/neverwinternights/linux/gold/nwclientgold.tar.gz
wget -c http://nwdownloads.bioware.com/neverwinternights/linux/161/nwclienthotu.tar.gz
wget -c http://files.bioware.com/neverwinternights/updates/linux/169/English_linuxclient169_xp2.tar.gz
mkdir ~/nwn
cd ~/nwn
unzip /media/NW_DIAMOND/Data_Shared.zip
unzip /media/NW_DIAMOND/Data_linux.zip
unzip -o /media/NW_DIAMOND/data/XP1.zip
unzip -o /media/NW_DIAMOND/data/XP2.zip
tar -vxzf ~/nwclientgold.tar.gz
tar -vxzf ~/nwclienthotu.tar.gz
tar -vxzf ~/English_linuxclient169_xp2.tar.gz
./fixinstall
./nwn
http://social.bioware.com/forThis page:
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/187/index/4643217
has complete instructions for the full installation, including the movies. I followed the instructions to the letter, and it works for me.
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FutureSuture Aug 12, 2013
I have several games in my gog account, but stopped buying games there months agoThat is exactly my thinking. GOG will absolutely not get any money out of wallet until they change their stance. It is that simple.
as they don't care about linux support. If that changes one day, I'd be glad to buy more games - plain and simple.
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That would be treating their Linux users differently from their Windows and Mac OSX users. From everything that GOG is saying there is no way they would want to do that and why should they?It's all relative. DosBox is pretty stable and available everywhere (I mean Linux distros). So there is little need to bundle it. They don't bundle DirectX with their Windows installers, don't they? Other components are less stable / have more differences across distros and it makes more sense to bundle them.
Edit:
Bumadar is exactly correct.
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This is an interesting read about how they brought their DOS catalogue to OSX. And how they're bundling everything into a self contained app. I wonder how they could do something similar in Linux? If they want to keep support the same between platforms.That would be treating their Linux users differently from their Windows and Mac OSX users. From everything that GOG is saying there is no way they would want to do that and why should they?It's all relative. DosBox is pretty stable and available everywhere (I mean Linux distros). So there is little need to bundle it. They don't bundle DirectX with their Windows installers, don't they? Other components are less stable / have more differences across distros and it makes more sense to bundle them.
Edit:
Bumadar is exactly correct.
http://boxerapp.com/blog/2012/10/21/positively-agog/
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