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It releases on September 8th, but remember, it will be a Beta.
QuoteYes, it’s really happening! After several delays (and our sincerest apologies about that, btw), the SteamOS and Mac versions of the game will finally be available for download. An important thing to note, however, is that both versions are still considered “beta,” with a handful of known issues that we’ve detailed below. It should also be said that while other Linux platforms may work, the SteamOS version of the game is the only Linux client that we’re “officially” supporting during the beta period. Likewise, the Mac version may or may not work on older systems with an integrated video solution, but a dedicated GPU is highly recommended (Macs from 2013 and after should be okay).
Emphasis mine
They also state a few known issues:
- The correct store page for DLC purchased through the Showroom doesn’t show up for Big Picture users. This is a Steam client-specific issue that Valve will be fixing in an upcoming patch
- There are occasional crashes when exiting from a match to the main menu
- The statues in Urban Central do not display correctly
- You may experience intermittent blurring issues
See their big update on it here.
It's bloody great that they have nailed down an actual release for it, but having support only for SteamOS during the beta is a bit annoying (especially since I don't even use SteamOS any more). A beta is a perfect time to nail down support for normal desktop Linux, isn't it? I hope they don't continue that support status after the beta period.
Also, this update will introduce their micro-transaction crate/key model. Much like what Team Fortress 2 has:
QuoteKeys will be available for $1.49 individually, or in bundles of 5 for $5, 10 for $10, or 20 for $20.
Essentially, you may get a crate after a game and you need to buy a key to unlock it.
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Let's hope they don't delay it once again eh.
Fun fact: In our Release Calendar, I put it down as a best guess for the 7th, I was one day off! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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1mHfoksd1Z Sep 3, 2016
It's so good to see that this is no longer speculations and is now official :D
I expected the port to be complete and stable, considering the gargantuan amount of time it took to make it... a beta version is a bit disappointing but I'm not bashing them for it just yet. Maybe, just maybe they are being cautious, maybe it's a good port and they just want to wait a few weeks/months to make sure it works well for everyone before they remove the "Beta" label.
This is actually a very good choice. In my opinion all developers that want to bring games to Linux should choose SteamOS as the distro they will offer support for. They CANNOT support all distros! They have to choose one or too, and SteamOS makes the most sense, since it is specifically designed for gaming and it's made by Valve, which also owns Steam which is pretty much the only way to get games on Linux. Yeah, there are some DRM-free games as well but they are few compared to how many Steam offers, which are also few compared to how many games Windows has.
Of course it would be nice of devs to support a desktop Linux version as well (but only one), and that should be the one that's most popular at the time (that's Ubuntu, Ubuntu's always been the most popular). That does not mean that people who run "exotic" Linux distros (including myself, Arch Linux) will not be able to play the game, in most cases they can, it's just that their distro is not officially supported - which means that it's not the dev's obligation to bring fixes in case something goes wrong (they sometimes do, it's just that they don't *have to*). And even so, Linux is so flexible that even when problems occur only on their distro, it can be solved by the user, one way or another... and, well, if they chose such exotic distros they did assume that responsability to deal with issues manually (I sure did, when I moved to Arch)
Of course it would be nice if every distro would be supported, and everything would be "plug-and-play" without issues, but that's utopic. Linux is soooo fragemented that it's imposible to do that. It's hard to support even a few ones. Look at Windows for example: some games work well on W8 but not on W10, or vice-versa. And there's also W7 which is still being used, and in fact it's still the most popular OS. Windowses are very similar to each other and even there issues occur, and there are only very few versions of them at a time. Now look at Linux, where there's thousands of different distros. Even the few ones that are popular and relevant are many and in fact not so "few".
Last edited by 1mHfoksd1Z on 3 September 2016 at 2:01 pm UTC
I expected the port to be complete and stable, considering the gargantuan amount of time it took to make it... a beta version is a bit disappointing but I'm not bashing them for it just yet. Maybe, just maybe they are being cautious, maybe it's a good port and they just want to wait a few weeks/months to make sure it works well for everyone before they remove the "Beta" label.
Quotethe SteamOS version of the game is the only Linux client that we’re “officially” supporting during the beta period
This is actually a very good choice. In my opinion all developers that want to bring games to Linux should choose SteamOS as the distro they will offer support for. They CANNOT support all distros! They have to choose one or too, and SteamOS makes the most sense, since it is specifically designed for gaming and it's made by Valve, which also owns Steam which is pretty much the only way to get games on Linux. Yeah, there are some DRM-free games as well but they are few compared to how many Steam offers, which are also few compared to how many games Windows has.
Of course it would be nice of devs to support a desktop Linux version as well (but only one), and that should be the one that's most popular at the time (that's Ubuntu, Ubuntu's always been the most popular). That does not mean that people who run "exotic" Linux distros (including myself, Arch Linux) will not be able to play the game, in most cases they can, it's just that their distro is not officially supported - which means that it's not the dev's obligation to bring fixes in case something goes wrong (they sometimes do, it's just that they don't *have to*). And even so, Linux is so flexible that even when problems occur only on their distro, it can be solved by the user, one way or another... and, well, if they chose such exotic distros they did assume that responsability to deal with issues manually (I sure did, when I moved to Arch)
Of course it would be nice if every distro would be supported, and everything would be "plug-and-play" without issues, but that's utopic. Linux is soooo fragemented that it's imposible to do that. It's hard to support even a few ones. Look at Windows for example: some games work well on W8 but not on W10, or vice-versa. And there's also W7 which is still being used, and in fact it's still the most popular OS. Windowses are very similar to each other and even there issues occur, and there are only very few versions of them at a time. Now look at Linux, where there's thousands of different distros. Even the few ones that are popular and relevant are many and in fact not so "few".
Last edited by 1mHfoksd1Z on 3 September 2016 at 2:01 pm UTC
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Quoting: zimplex1They're adding micro-transactions... Sigh.
This truly does blow.
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Quoting: ZodiacMentor...Thanks for the info! "Opt out" sounds good for me, nice this will be possible. However I don't like micro transactions generally (especially if they occur outside pure Free2Play games and in combination with paid DLCs -> $$$), probably I'm too old-school for this kind of "business model".
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@Hori
Valve should replace steam os icon with tux and when the user howers over it with mouse it should show which distributions are supported as a hint, if there are more than one, or at least over their steamos icon.
Valve should replace steam os icon with tux and when the user howers over it with mouse it should show which distributions are supported as a hint, if there are more than one, or at least over their steamos icon.
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@Burnall
When steam was first released for Linux, I had concerns about how it would support different distros until I saw that it uses its own libraries rather than the system libraries. No matter what distro you are using, as far as steam is concerned, you are using SteamOS or equivalent.
Here's a relevant discussion I dug up in the steam forums.
Last edited by manlydan on 8 September 2016 at 1:25 pm UTC
When steam was first released for Linux, I had concerns about how it would support different distros until I saw that it uses its own libraries rather than the system libraries. No matter what distro you are using, as far as steam is concerned, you are using SteamOS or equivalent.
Here's a relevant discussion I dug up in the steam forums.
Last edited by manlydan on 8 September 2016 at 1:25 pm UTC
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The game is still not there for Linux. Did they lie, or are they just a bit late ?
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Quoting: gojulThe game is still not there for Linux. Did they lie, or are they just a bit late ?
The Rumble update doesn't seem to be up yet. There's still a lot of the 8th left :p
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Update: #Rumble hits tomorrow (9/8), late afternoon PT @ Twitter So, a while to go yet
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