Two Worlds: Epic Edition continues Topware Interactive's push into Linux with their older titles. It is now available in beta form, and it uses Wine.
Writing on their Steam forum the developer said:
QuoteHello everyone,
the Wine port of the game is almost ready for public release. The game was tested on a SteamOS, Ubuntu 15.10 and Arch Linux, however as you know there are many different Linux flavors, not to mention hardware configurations, therefore they might be some issues not yet discovered and thus resolved.
I encourage those of you who already have the game in their library to test it, any feedback will be appreciated. Beta access code is:
TW1LinuxBETA
If you encounter any problems please attach TW1.log.txt (located in game folder) as well as a short description. Thank you!
I think it's really great they are doing this for older titles. Wine is a powerful bit of software and extremely useful when used correctly. Not every developer has the resources to port older titles, especially when it won't make much money. I definitely applaud what they are doing with older titles.
About the game (Official)
To all intents and purposes you're an unscrupulous bounty hunter and mercenary - but the search for your sister takes you back to your roots.
At the beginning of your epic adventure, a mercenary task takes you to the far north - but you're also following up a mysterious lead at the same time - the first clue you've been given since Kyra's disappearance. You get a shock during a meeting with the delegates of a dark Brotherhood - your sister's kidnappers are indeed after your family's relict. Whether there's any truth in your family being chosen ones or not, the others obviously believe it - and if you ever want to see Kyra alive again, you'll have to act swiftly... Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Is this a Winelib port or the Windows game packaged and preconfigured in Wine?
Runs in a WINE sandbox.
Thanks!
I'd really appreciate if Liam could add that bit of information in future articles of "uses Wine" ports. :)
At least when that information is available or he has access to the game.
Imho Winelib ports are actually not really a bad thing (for old games at least) while just packaging the
Windows binary is quite *meh*.
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leillo1975 7 Apr 2016
You can run thewinecfgcommand this way (you need to install Wine 1.8), from a terminal:
WINEPREFIX="/yourSteamLibraryPath/steamapps/common/Two Worlds - Epic Edition/Wine/prefix/.config/" winecfg
Thanks a lot. In the game folder there are not "winecfg" executable, but with your command It runs ok.
Ahhhh, I can confirm that Steam Controller works (in wine I can't use it) like keyboard+mouse
Last edited by leillo1975 on 7 Apr 2016 at 7:15 pm UTC
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Missing executable :\
I wasn't that excited, tbh.
I got it cheap a year or two ago, ran it in wine, and my thoughts amounted to "this feels kinda janky, and why is there a first-person mode when combat always switches to third? ...ok, now I guess I went to the wrong area, and now I'm stuck in a death loop. Great."
I wasn't that excited, tbh.
I got it cheap a year or two ago, ran it in wine, and my thoughts amounted to "this feels kinda janky, and why is there a first-person mode when combat always switches to third? ...ok, now I guess I went to the wrong area, and now I'm stuck in a death loop. Great."
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Is this a Winelib port or the Windows game packaged and preconfigured in Wine?
Runs in a WINE sandbox.
Thanks!
I'd really appreciate if Liam could add that bit of information in future articles of "uses Wine" ports. :)
At least when that information is available or he has access to the game.
Imho Winelib ports are actually not really a bad thing (for old games at least) while just packaging the
Windows binary is quite *meh*.
I am only able to do this for games I own, I do not own this game and Topware don't give me keys to any of their games. Can't write about what I don't have :)
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Is this a Winelib port or the Windows game packaged and preconfigured in Wine?
Runs in a WINE sandbox.
Thanks!
I'd really appreciate if Liam could add that bit of information in future articles of "uses Wine" ports. :)
At least when that information is available or he has access to the game.
Imho Winelib ports are actually not really a bad thing (for old games at least) while just packaging the
Windows binary is quite *meh*.
I am only able to do this for games I own, I do not own this game and Topware don't give me keys to any of their games. Can't write about what I don't have :)
Sure! :)
Thanks for your work!
Last edited by sub on 7 Apr 2016 at 8:37 pm UTC
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Missing executable :\
I wasn't that excited, tbh.
I got it cheap a year or two ago, ran it in wine, and my thoughts amounted to "this feels kinda janky, and why is there a first-person mode when combat always switches to third? ...ok, now I guess I went to the wrong area, and now I'm stuck in a death loop. Great."
I love that you used the word "janky" in a sentence. :D I don't know about this game, but you, sir, get 10/10.
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I dunno, but it performs REALLY BAD on my end.
Less than 20 FPS, constantly.
I'll try tweaking this a little bit, but it doesn't look good for me now
Less than 20 FPS, constantly.
I'll try tweaking this a little bit, but it doesn't look good for me now
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leillo1975 8 Apr 2016
they've added language depots this morning.
Texts are in Spanish now. Thanks for the advice.
The previus version was the GOG version, now the game require the key to activate (Steam version).
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I am only able to do this for games I own, I do not own this game and Topware don't give me keys to any of their games. Can't write about what I don't have :)
HERE
you can find some Topware crap (ahaha just kiddin' ) for dirt cheap if you want to give it a try!
i runned TW2 with wine a month ago or something, quite cool that they are porting two world 1 too!
BTW I SERIOUSLY HOPE THAT THEY WILL REMOVE THAT CANCER DRM ASAP :><:
Last edited by manero666 on 8 Apr 2016 at 5:40 pm UTC
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Consider using a CSMT Wine for this game, as it can offer a greater performance (compared with the stable version they're using):
View video on youtube.com
Last edited by dubigrasu on 8 Apr 2016 at 8:34 pm UTC
View video on youtube.com
Last edited by dubigrasu on 8 Apr 2016 at 8:34 pm UTC
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TheRiddick 9 Apr 2016
If its optimized and runs seamlessly then I don't mind them using Wine, provided it shows up as a buy-able item under Linux Steam in the end. Then credit goes to Linux platform which needs less stat culling when it comes to active gaming data.
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Consider using a CSMT Wine for this game, as it can offer a greater performance (compared with the stable version they're using):
View video on youtube.com
Have you informed the developer of the performance difference with the version of WINE you used?
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[quote=m2mg2]
http://steamcommunity.com/app/1930/discussions/0/365163686062761386/#c365163686077312082
Last edited by dubigrasu on 11 Apr 2016 at 8:18 pm UTC
Consider using a CSMT Wine for this game, as it can offer a greater performance (compared with the stable version they're using):Yes (I linked the video), and others too insisted on CSMT as a better option. He said that he will consider it:
Have you informed the developer of the performance difference with the version of WINE you used?
http://steamcommunity.com/app/1930/discussions/0/365163686062761386/#c365163686077312082
Last edited by dubigrasu on 11 Apr 2016 at 8:18 pm UTC
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They just added a CSMT branch: https://steamdb.info/app/1930/depots/?branch=linuxbetacsmt
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Using CSMT update performance improve so much as others said
However recording at 48fps needs around 17 a 20% of cpu on practical terms this represent 8 and 10 fps performance loss in my machine depending game
Before CSMT Update
View video on youtube.com
With CSMT Update
View video on youtube.com
Test in both around 40min and dont crash in both tests
System Specs Used in Tests
Nvidia Drivers 364.15 (run package)
Xubuntu 16.04 64Bit - Kernel 4.4.0-18 generic (ubuntu mainline) - P-State: Performance
CPU: INTEL Pentium G3258 (Haswell 22nm) 4.1Ghz + Artic Cooling Alpine 11 Plus
MEMORY: 8GB DDR3 1333 (2x4) Patriot value (dual channel: 21.3 gb/s)
GPU: Zotac Nvidia Geforce GT630 (GK208 28nm: 384 Shaders / 8 ROPS) Zone Edition Passive Cooling 2GB DDR3 1800Mhz 64Bit (14.4Gb/s)
MAINBOARD: MSI H81M E33
Thanks for this game topware interactive (and others users for feedback) and waiting for others like enclave
^_^
Last edited by mrdeathjr on 15 Apr 2016 at 11:30 am UTC
However recording at 48fps needs around 17 a 20% of cpu on practical terms this represent 8 and 10 fps performance loss in my machine depending game
Before CSMT Update
View video on youtube.com
With CSMT Update
View video on youtube.com
Test in both around 40min and dont crash in both tests
System Specs Used in Tests
Nvidia Drivers 364.15 (run package)
Xubuntu 16.04 64Bit - Kernel 4.4.0-18 generic (ubuntu mainline) - P-State: Performance
CPU: INTEL Pentium G3258 (Haswell 22nm) 4.1Ghz + Artic Cooling Alpine 11 Plus
MEMORY: 8GB DDR3 1333 (2x4) Patriot value (dual channel: 21.3 gb/s)
GPU: Zotac Nvidia Geforce GT630 (GK208 28nm: 384 Shaders / 8 ROPS) Zone Edition Passive Cooling 2GB DDR3 1800Mhz 64Bit (14.4Gb/s)
MAINBOARD: MSI H81M E33
Thanks for this game topware interactive (and others users for feedback) and waiting for others like enclave
^_^
Last edited by mrdeathjr on 15 Apr 2016 at 11:30 am UTC
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