Update: Their PR email sent out later has confirmed multiplayer is Linux to Linux only.
Good news folks, as another Feral Interactive port is coming very soon. Company of Heroes 2 will launch on our beloved platform on the 27th of August. The news just came out of the blue in a tweet, so here's the confirmation below:
Next week can't come soon enough, and it's great to see Feral step up their game and deliver another port so quickly!
It seems that AMD isn't supported again, as their system requirements only mentions Nvidia and Intel Iris Pro.
About the game (Official)
Direct your troops through fast-paced real-time battles in the brutal fight to turn the tide of World War II. From the desperate defence of Stalingrad to victory in Berlin, you must defeat a tenacious enemy and the deadly cold of the Russian winter.
Objective-based missions challenge you to maneuver soldiers, guns, and tanks across feature-rich environments to scope out the battlefield, secure targets and destroy enemies. Navigate the hazardous terrain, take advantage of cover and overcome the freezing temperatures and treacherous ice that can make the difference between crushing defeat and hard-won victory.
Features
- Engage in exhilarating tactical combat as you co-ordinate infantry, vehicles and artillery units in crucial real-time battles.
- Take the fight to the Eastern Front of World War II as you repel the enemy in this pivotal episode of 20th century history.
- Use the environment to your advantage as you position your troops behind cover and force your enemies into retreat as you advance from the icy Russian Steppe to the rubble-strewn streets of Berlin.
- Take command of historically-accurate units: tanks, artillery and soldiers, to recreate decisive Eastern Front battles in brilliant detail.
- Choose to command the Wehrmacht or the Red Army in Theater of War missions, a series of one-off scenarios, battles and challenges set on an unrivalled selection of maps.
System requirements
Minimum Requirements
OS: Ubuntu 14.04 (64bit) or SteamOS
Processor: 2.6 GHz
RAM: 4GB
Hard Disk: 35GB
Graphics: 1GB*
Input: Keyboard & Mouse
Recommended Requirements
Processor: 3.4 GHz
RAM: 8GB**
Graphics: 4GB
*Requires an Intel Iris Pro graphics card or an NVIDIA 600 series graphics card or better.
**NVIDIA 760 series card or better with driver version 352.21 or later.
Check the Feral Interactive minisite for CoH2. You can also find it on Steam, but don't order it until the Linux version is out! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Mac & Linux ready their armies: Company of Heroes 2 will arrive Aug 27 on Steam and soon after on MAS. Minisite: http://t.co/VUysnoVnR6
— Feral Interactive (@feralgames) August 18, 2015
Next week can't come soon enough, and it's great to see Feral step up their game and deliver another port so quickly!
It seems that AMD isn't supported again, as their system requirements only mentions Nvidia and Intel Iris Pro.
About the game (Official)
Direct your troops through fast-paced real-time battles in the brutal fight to turn the tide of World War II. From the desperate defence of Stalingrad to victory in Berlin, you must defeat a tenacious enemy and the deadly cold of the Russian winter.
Objective-based missions challenge you to maneuver soldiers, guns, and tanks across feature-rich environments to scope out the battlefield, secure targets and destroy enemies. Navigate the hazardous terrain, take advantage of cover and overcome the freezing temperatures and treacherous ice that can make the difference between crushing defeat and hard-won victory.
Features
- Engage in exhilarating tactical combat as you co-ordinate infantry, vehicles and artillery units in crucial real-time battles.
- Take the fight to the Eastern Front of World War II as you repel the enemy in this pivotal episode of 20th century history.
- Use the environment to your advantage as you position your troops behind cover and force your enemies into retreat as you advance from the icy Russian Steppe to the rubble-strewn streets of Berlin.
- Take command of historically-accurate units: tanks, artillery and soldiers, to recreate decisive Eastern Front battles in brilliant detail.
- Choose to command the Wehrmacht or the Red Army in Theater of War missions, a series of one-off scenarios, battles and challenges set on an unrivalled selection of maps.
System requirements
Minimum Requirements
OS: Ubuntu 14.04 (64bit) or SteamOS
Processor: 2.6 GHz
RAM: 4GB
Hard Disk: 35GB
Graphics: 1GB*
Input: Keyboard & Mouse
Recommended Requirements
Processor: 3.4 GHz
RAM: 8GB**
Graphics: 4GB
*Requires an Intel Iris Pro graphics card or an NVIDIA 600 series graphics card or better.
**NVIDIA 760 series card or better with driver version 352.21 or later.
Check the Feral Interactive minisite for CoH2. You can also find it on Steam, but don't order it until the Linux version is out! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: ellieferalThanks for your questions about cross-platform multiplayer, penguins. For those of you interested in a technical explanation as to why it's not possible with CoH2, please read our new post on our Steam Group:
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/maclinux/discussions/0/528398719787800607/
Always awesome to see you guys respond to our queries. Keep up the good work, and don't stop pushing for more performance! :D
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Mountain Man Aug 19, 2015
Quoting: PangachatThe fact that 100% of your games don't work without issue can be blamed on AMD's poor driver support. And based on what I've seen in various Steam forums, I think you're lucky that only 3 games out of 115 are giving you issues.Quoting: Mountain ManBlame AMD for their crap drivers.115 games in my Linux/SteamOS library, 112 out of 115 just working fine, 3 not even start, or constantly crashing after the main menu. This three are Pixel Piracy, Dying Light, and SoM, convince me about crappy drivers.
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edddeduck_feral Aug 19, 2015
Quoting: Mountain ManQuoting: PangachatThe fact that 100% of your games don't work without issue can be blamed on AMD's poor driver support. And based on what I've seen in various Steam forums, I think you're lucky that only 3 games out of 115 are giving you issues.Quoting: Mountain ManBlame AMD for their crap drivers.115 games in my Linux/SteamOS library, 112 out of 115 just working fine, 3 not even start, or constantly crashing after the main menu. This three are Pixel Piracy, Dying Light, and SoM, convince me about crappy drivers.
It's worth noting I am pretty sure two of those games (Dying Light and Mordor) are the only major ones I know that use OpenGL 4.2 or later (I could be wrong), Mordor actually uses up to 4.4 if available. Most Linux games released are less complex and usually use OpenGL 3 paths which is a lot older and more reliable on AMD.
The newer more complex features are the ones that are more likely to run into performance and driver bugs as they haven't been used as much. That is a slightly simplistic explanation but should help give a little insight into why some games have more issues with AMD drivers than others.
AMD are working hard on updates (and we have been giving them feedback to help as much as we can) so as the drivers improve you should see games that were not previously supported/working start to gain support/work again.
Last edited by edddeduck_feral on 19 August 2015 at 1:54 pm UTC
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slaapliedje Aug 19, 2015
Been looking forward to this port for a while! I still need to beat the first one, but it was enjoyable with the amount that I played of it.
As far as Shadow of Mordor goes, I completed the game from start to finish on Linux (even did almost 100% of the quests, just need to finish off a few of the outcast rescues).
Only 'bug' I think I found is that the cut scenes for the outcast rescues I think may have been cut short, but I'm not sure. They would start to pan around and show a captive tied up, and some would have some dialog that'd start, but then it'd cut short and start the mission. Is this a bug, or just some random dialog the Orcs usually have?
Ha, I never could run it smoothly on Ultra though, granted I only have a 4GB 980GTX, and was running it in 2560x1080.
slaapliedje
As far as Shadow of Mordor goes, I completed the game from start to finish on Linux (even did almost 100% of the quests, just need to finish off a few of the outcast rescues).
Only 'bug' I think I found is that the cut scenes for the outcast rescues I think may have been cut short, but I'm not sure. They would start to pan around and show a captive tied up, and some would have some dialog that'd start, but then it'd cut short and start the mission. Is this a bug, or just some random dialog the Orcs usually have?
Ha, I never could run it smoothly on Ultra though, granted I only have a 4GB 980GTX, and was running it in 2560x1080.
slaapliedje
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