Update: It should now be playable for all, and it is a native port.
Update 2: Virtual Programming have confirmed to GamingOnLinux in an email they did not do the port, so to settle this, it is not using eON.
We honestly have no idea who has done this port, as GamingOnLinux spoke to Techland previously who confirmed they are not doing the port and told us to speak to Deep Silver who never answer our emails or tweets.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZqrG1bdGtg
Dead Island is the latest zombie game to grace Linux with its presence and helps build up our backlog of games.
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Terror. Violence. Madness. Bedlam. A holiday paradise gone mad. A tropical island turns into total chaos after a mysterious zombie outbreak. Cut off from the rest of the world, the player’s only chance to survive is to fight to the death and find a way to escape from the island.
Dead Island combines first-person action with a heavy focus on melee combat, character development and customization of a vast array of weapons. All of these gameplay features are presented in a dark story inspired by classic zombie movies with a gritty and engrossing campaign that can be played with up to four players in co-op mode.
It seems it is not available for everyone just yet, so you may get a missing executable error:
Thanks, johndrinkwater on reddit.
It is currently on sale too, so it's possibly it was supposed to be sorted ready for the sale.
Editor Note: We do advise holding off until the official announcement to avoid waiting and to be sure you count as a Linux sale. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Update 2: Virtual Programming have confirmed to GamingOnLinux in an email they did not do the port, so to settle this, it is not using eON.
We honestly have no idea who has done this port, as GamingOnLinux spoke to Techland previously who confirmed they are not doing the port and told us to speak to Deep Silver who never answer our emails or tweets.
Original Article
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZqrG1bdGtg
Dead Island is the latest zombie game to grace Linux with its presence and helps build up our backlog of games.
About
Terror. Violence. Madness. Bedlam. A holiday paradise gone mad. A tropical island turns into total chaos after a mysterious zombie outbreak. Cut off from the rest of the world, the player’s only chance to survive is to fight to the death and find a way to escape from the island.
Dead Island combines first-person action with a heavy focus on melee combat, character development and customization of a vast array of weapons. All of these gameplay features are presented in a dark story inspired by classic zombie movies with a gritty and engrossing campaign that can be played with up to four players in co-op mode.
It seems it is not available for everyone just yet, so you may get a missing executable error:
QuoteFor most wondering why they still get missing executable: it is waiting for Techland to include the Linux files in all the various packages they have sold over the years.
If you bought https://store.steampowered.com/sub/14664/ or https://store.steampowered.com/sub/15205/ you can download it.
Thanks, johndrinkwater on reddit.
It is currently on sale too, so it's possibly it was supposed to be sorted ready for the sale.
Editor Note: We do advise holding off until the official announcement to avoid waiting and to be sure you count as a Linux sale. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Was the same for Borderlands 2. Probably a fix: just copy them over manually from your windows partition.
Wow, thank you EKR! Received the gift, activated on steam and it's downloading now! I owe you big!
Edit: The port is nice, performance is very good on GTX760!
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I am on Xubuntu, latest version, latest NVidia binary drivers, with a GFX760. Any ideas what might be wrong here? It happens with both highest and lowest settings.
Worth noting the game runs like a charm aside of that, but it's annoying nonetheless.
You are also allowed to buy it in Germany as an adult. But it is not easy to find a shop/store as they are not allowed to advertise the game, which includes listing the game in an Online Store like Steam.
also whats up with the huge blooooooom....
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FoV can be changed from Data0.pak -> Data/Skills/default_levels.xml
<prop n="CameraDefaultFOV" v="62.5/>
thats the default crap...no wonder why it makes me sick!
now by doing this editing...im not sure if i can get VAC banned by this.
i guess 2K wont really mind my choice, lol
Thank you so much, you really helped me out here. You can get amazon ec2 access for 12 month free.
HOW ELSE SHOULD I GET IT?!
EDIT: Ok some people responded, but still I dont really trust the gifting system..
The only problem I have with it is the auto-equip. If you hold the pick-up key fore more than 0.1 (!!) seconds, whatever you're trying to pick up becomes your active item, and your currently active item is either dropped, or put into your inventory.
Fortunately there's a fix, but it means editing files in a .pak (zip file), which means they'll likely be overridden if there's an update and/or you verify cache integrity. Boo.