XCOM: Enemy Unknown Released For Linux

Can't play. Says "missing executable". I've already tried deleting ~/.steam/steam/appcache and verifying game files integrity (inside Steam client), but it's still not running. What gives? Anyone else on the same boat?

EDIT: found the answer. Game only runs on 64-bit OSs. :(
http://steamcommunity.com/app/200510/discussions/0/522730535890717841/#c522730699399573810

Quoting: edoIts a shame than gaming in Linux still sucks. The r600 driver is still not good enough. Luckily I have windows too.

R600 is far more mature than RadeonSI and yet you have problems? Are you on the latest version of Linux, Mesa, and LLVM?

Great port, works flawlessly on my system with all options turned to the maximum.
Just, WOW.

Quoting: wleoncioCan't play. Says "missing executable". I've already tried deleting ~/.steam/steam/appcache and verifying game files integrity (inside Steam client), but it's still not running. What gives? Anyone else on the same boat?

EDIT: found the answer. Game only runs on 64-bit OSs. :(
http://steamcommunity.com/app/200510/discussions/0/522730535890717841/#c522730699399573810

It's 2014, bro.

Quoting: FutureSutureIt's 2014, bro.

I've been avoiding 64-bit because I couldn't make CrossOver + MS Office 2010 work in it. Should have known that before spending 5 hours downloading this game. :|

Quoting: wleoncioI've been avoiding 64-bit because I couldn't make CrossOver + MS Office 2010 work in it. Should have known that before spending 5 hours downloading this game. :|

Even with a multilib system? That sounds strange. Come on, Linux exists in 64bit flavour since 1992, IIRC..
Well, I still use 32-bit on some systems, but those can't even dream of playing XCOM :)

You must be able to get Crossover + MS Office working on 64-bit. That's what crossover specializes in...give it another shot I say!

For example, install Office in 64-bit using playonlinux (from 2012):
http://mylinuxexplore.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/how-to-install-ms-office-2010-in-linux.html

64-bit is the norm now. Even Canonical is recommending 64-bit installs.

You guys are right, I am going to give 64-bit a try. But unless there's a way to switch without reinstalling Ubuntu all over again, it's going to be quite a hassle.

I'm downloading right now, but it's 2 a.m and I'm getting tired.
Someone did on the steam forums, at least

Enemy Unkown works fine for me -- Enemy Within however, seems to segfault.

It's late and I've got a lot of other things to do at the moment though, so I haven't looked in to it.

Quoting: edoIts a shame than gaming in Linux still sucks. The r600 driver is still not good enough. Luckily I have windows too.

Actually it runs quite well on r600g with a HD5850 on Mesa 10.2. If you're having problems launching the game and you have an up to date Mesa stack it's most likely you're having issues with the Steam runtime libraries(Particularly if you're on a rolling release distro like Arch). You will have to rename/remove ~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc__s.so.1 . Possibly some other libs as well. To find out launch steam from a terminal and then launch the game.

Quoting: tigeredo, you should move to nvidia as soon as possible

Maybe if you want the best performance, but Mesa 10.2 can run every game i've thrown at it including The Witcher 2, which runs at about 20 FPS for me.

Quoting: GuestEdit: BTW, anyone got it to work under Arch?

Seems to be working fine here. Only played the tutorial so far though.

Quoting: GuestIt’s weird they didn’t bother making a 32 bit build. (Not that I care, I switched my Arch install to 64 bit three years ago, and my 32 bit Atom netbook is quite limited for gaming!)

Edit: BTW, anyone got it to work under Arch?

I'm on a 64 bit Manjaro system, which is Arch-based, but I don't know how far-removed from Arch it is. Anyhoo, the game works for me.

Quoting: GuestIt’s weird they didn’t bother making a 32 bit build. (Not that I care, I switched my Arch install to 64 bit three years ago, and my 32 bit Atom netbook is quite limited for gaming!)

Edit: BTW, anyone got it to work under Arch?

Maybe you should consider dual booting to Ubuntu. :P

I can't play Enemy Within. If I push the button in the initial selector, it shows me the Xcom EW popup, but nothing happens

Quoting: leillo1975I can't play Enemy Within. If I push the button in the initial selector, it shows me the Xcom EW popup, but nothing happens

Run it from a terminal; depending on where steam is installed ( you might have a second "steam" directory and "Steamapps" may be "SteamApps" ):

~/.steam/steamapps/common/XCom-Enemy-Unknown/xcom.sh

I don't actually see the initial boot screen for EW at all, but you could also be experiencing segfaults.

Works great on my desktop, but gave me some weird texture errors on HD4000.

Will be looking to play it a fair bit more tonight!

Tried it quickly with an ATI RadeonHD 7770 and the free driver (Ubuntu 14.04). Works fine but perfs are pretty sluggish. It's not a huge deal as it's a turned-base strategy game but that's odd that the perfs are worse in the main interface (in your base) and in the cutscenes than in the actual missions.

Using Mesa 10.1.3, though; It might work better with 10.2 or 10.3 but I don't know how to upgrade (I tried the Oibaf PPA a few days ago but I couldn't start OpenGL games anymore, as if direct rendering was disabled).
It might work far better with the latest Catalyst beta but I'd rather stick with the free driver unless I really need to go back to that pile of crap that is Catalyst.

Quoting: abelthorneUsing Mesa 10.1.3, though; It might work better with 10.2 or 10.3 but I don't know how to upgrade (I tried the Oibaf PPA a few days ago but I couldn't start OpenGL games anymore, as if direct rendering was disabled).

Common issue for me on Arch, after display drivers updates : those are compiled against a newer version of glibc than the one that comes with the games, and steam.
Just delete every .so in the steam directories and games directories related to glibc and libstd.
Just put those into the trash if you are unsure, then restart steam : it should work as expected, provided steam doesn't download these libs again.

This is great news. Yet another port of a 2K/Firaxis game, yet another new porting house joining the Linux fray(Feral Interactive) and yet another UE3 game ported.