It took longer than we ever hoped, but Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition is finally in opt-in beta for Linux. It may have taken over a year and a half, but they really are about to deliver on their promise. Better late than never right?
The password is "marchofpenguins", so you need to use that on the beta section of the game properties on Steam.
Official About
Since its initial release in 1998, Baldur's Gate has entertained millions of fans around the globe and has received countless awards. This classic saga of mystery, intrigue, and adventure has set the standard for Dungeons & Dragons™ computer roleplaying games ever since.
Running on an upgraded and improved version of the Infinity Engine, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition™ includes the entire Baldur's Gate adventure, the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion pack, and never-before-seen content including a new adventure and three new party members: the Calishite monk Rasaad yn Bashir, Neera the wild mage, and Dorn Il-Khan, the evil blackguard.
Be sure to let us know how your experience goes, and check out Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition on Steam. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Stupendous Man Sep 27, 2014
Actually it doesn't seem necessary to activate the beta - I was able to download and play the game without doing so.
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Still not interested until I get my mods to work, but this is a nice first step. :D
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Still not interested until I get my mods to work, but this is a nice first step. :D
What mods?
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Dammit Im feeling more and more ashamed of saying that I bought windows games because there was only few in linux that matters for me...:'(
Anyway trying the famous Baldur...
Anyway trying the famous Baldur...
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Still not interested until I get my mods to work, but this is a nice first step. :DWhat mods?
BG is a 16 year old game with a community that's still modding today. It would be impossible to list all the mods available.
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BG is a 16 year old game with a community that's still modding today. It would be impossible to list all the mods available.Still not interested until I get my mods to work, but this is a nice first step. :DWhat mods?
Sorry, I should have been more specific. What did you refer to as "my mods" that you consider so critical that you're not interested in playing till they work?
Edit: actually "what mods" was altogether poorly worded, I really meant "which mods"
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Is it okay to buy this game now? Linux isn't listed in the store yet and I want to make sure whoever needs to get credit for the Linux port does.
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Is it okay to buy this game now? Linux isn't listed in the store yet and I want to make sure whoever needs to get credit for the Linux port does.DayOne in linux release will have of course a sale of it..so hold on! Its closer now!
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Is the snark in the title necessary? :(
Liam is allowed to have some editorial voice; he is hardly being all that unfair to them.
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Quite too expensive for a 15-years-old game. Waiting for a discount before buying it. (I could get the CDROM edition ten years ago, from a store, for 15 euros...)
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Liam is allowed to have some editorial voice; he is hardly being all that unfair to them.
I'm ok with that, but it is pretty much all he is saying about this release. It seems there were lots of contractual issues beyond the control of the guys doing it, but that isn't mentioned. It only launched on Steam for Mac a two months ago, as best I can tell. Isn't that a touch unfair?
And it'd be nice if he mentioned that it is actually a very good port. I just played four hours of it without a crash, a glitch or a bug.
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Is the snark in the title necessary? :(Yes.
We covered the issues in other posts. It's not unfair in my eyes to be promised a port and be left waiting to say "finally" in a title.Liam is allowed to have some editorial voice; he is hardly being all that unfair to them.I'm ok with that, but it is pretty much all he is saying about this release. It seems there were lots of contractual issues beyond the control of the guys doing it, but that isn't mentioned. It only launched on Steam for Mac a two months ago, as best I can tell. Isn't that a touch unfair?
And it'd be nice if he mentioned that it is actually a very good port. I just played four hours of it without a crash, a glitch or a bug.
It would be nice if I could test out every game released for Linux now wouldn't it, but that requires a lot of money. I do not own it to comment on the quality, so I would rather not lie about it.
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It plays fine on Manjaro as well, no glitches or anything else.
Played the tutorial, But the gameplay it drives me a bit crazy, having troubles with controlling the characters, casting spells, fighting etc
I got Baldurs Gate 2 as well as a gift just to have it there in case Linux kicks in...
according to steamdb is very close as well...
Played the tutorial, But the gameplay it drives me a bit crazy, having troubles with controlling the characters, casting spells, fighting etc
I got Baldurs Gate 2 as well as a gift just to have it there in case Linux kicks in...
according to steamdb is very close as well...
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i'm happy they finaaly came thru withe the port, but BG2 is the one i'm waiting for. I sure hope they didn't put in extra characters in that one.
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Finally get to try out the famous Baldurs Gate! I am going to buy NOW.
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