Good news for fans of EVERSPACE [Steam, Official Site], as the DLC has released today and it should work on Linux soon. Also, the Linux version will come to GOG.
The new DLC named Encounters, adds in a new medium fighter craft, five new quest lines with new characters to meet, six new primary and secondary weapons and more devices like an EMP Generator and Decoy Holograms. On top of that, there's also new G&B factory stations, new skins and finally even more achievements to hunt down and secure.
With the game being unofficially released on Steam (downloads, but no SteamOS icon), I was curious to know with the DLC release today if the Linux version would see get access. So I spoke with the developer on Twitter about the DLC + Linux support and they said:
Should go live unofficially on Steam later today. To release officially and also on GOG we first have to migrate the whole project to UE4.17
To make it absolutely clear, I also asked them directly about GOG + Linux support and they said:
Affirmative!
Hopefully those of you wanting it on GOG will be rather pleased about this news. It's great that more people will be able to enjoy it, since it is damn fun!
See also: My thoughts on EVERSPACE.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: Luke_NukemQuoting: x_wingCurrent Steam version is DRM free (you can play it even if Steam is not running), so you don't have to wait for GoG release if you want to buy it
That may be the case. But I like GOG as a business and want to support them, so my $$ is going their way.
Yes, but their Linux politics goes from soft to none. In my opinion, Steam is doing far more for Linux gaming that GoG.
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Quoting: x_wingQuoting: Luke_NukemQuoting: x_wingCurrent Steam version is DRM free (you can play it even if Steam is not running), so you don't have to wait for GoG release if you want to buy it
That may be the case. But I like GOG as a business and want to support them, so my $$ is going their way.
Yes, but their Linux politics goes from soft to none. In my opinion, Steam is doing far more for Linux gaming that GoG.
But for ones who cares more about DRM-Free than Linux ?
I'm always thinking that most of linux users buy games (i mean a lot of games, and so without any resistance at all with system of DRM) on Steam is pretty a nonsense. A nonsense for people who use this OS because it's Libre/Free and you can do "anything" you want with it, buying "tons" of games on this platform is "crazy" in my opinion.
Because yeah it's a sort of a prison, you still have to install their launcher on your System. And you can't download games on their site of course. You know the song...
The thing is, how far you can go for sacrifice of some games ?
But yes i'm agree with you, you have more Linux versions on Steam than GOG, sadly.
Anyway, great news !
Last edited by Cyril on 25 October 2017 at 4:12 pm UTC
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Sir_Diealot Oct 25, 2017
Great! Thanks!
I'll break my buy-stop once the Linux version is on GOG.
EDIT: Does anyone know whether they get more buckeroonies if I buy through their store? (provided they offer a GOG-code)
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I'll break my buy-stop once the Linux version is on GOG.
EDIT: Does anyone know whether they get more buckeroonies if I buy through their store? (provided they offer a GOG-code)
Last edited by Sir_Diealot on 25 October 2017 at 4:17 pm UTC
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Crazy Penguin Oct 25, 2017
Quoting: Luke_NukemThat may be the case. But I like GOG as a business and want to support them, so my $$ is going their way.
Sure, I liked and supported them as GOG has stood for "Good old Games". At this time GOG was awesome!
Nowadays it is a kind of love-hate relation ship. Linux support sucks. Many Games have no Linux Version available for several reasons. The Galaxy Client is still not available for Linux. Patches have delays. With Luck it is just ONE Day, but sometimes it takes weeks or month if they get any at all. Games with Galaxy Client dependency aren't longer DRM-Free. The Shop hasn't been adapted to the new needs with newer Games, DLC, Deluxe Editions and on on.
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GloriousEggroll Oct 25, 2017
Can confirm you can play it offline without needing to have steam open. just open the game's folder and run the shell script found inside. For some users the run script can have launch problems. to resolve this, browse the files for Everspace.sh, remove:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$UE4_PROJECT_ROOT/RSG/Plugins/VlcMedia/ThirdParty/vlc/Linux/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
from the last line. I had to do this on Arch. There is also a disclaimer for this on the steam page that you may need to do this.
Can also confirm it runs fine on both nvidia drivers and mesa open source drivers with amd. :D
Last edited by GloriousEggroll on 25 October 2017 at 4:39 pm UTC
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$UE4_PROJECT_ROOT/RSG/Plugins/VlcMedia/ThirdParty/vlc/Linux/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
from the last line. I had to do this on Arch. There is also a disclaimer for this on the steam page that you may need to do this.
Can also confirm it runs fine on both nvidia drivers and mesa open source drivers with amd. :D
Last edited by GloriousEggroll on 25 October 2017 at 4:39 pm UTC
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Quoting: CyrilBut for ones who cares more about DRM-Free than Linux ?
I'm always thinking that most of linux users buy games (i mean a lot of games, and so without any resistance at all with system of DRM) on Steam is pretty a nonsense. A nonsense for people who use this OS because it's Libre/Free and you can do "anything" you want with it, buying "tons" of games on this platform is "crazy" in my opinion.
Because yeah it's a sort of a prison, you still have to install their launcher on your System. And you can't download games on their site of course. You know the song...
The thing is, how far you can go for sacrifice of some games ?
But yes i'm agree with you, you have more Linux versions on Steam than GOG, sadly.
Anyway, great news !
If you care more for DRM-Free, then you should only buy games that are DRM-Free. But Steam has lots of games that are DRM-Free (I think that most of the Linux games doesn't have any type of DRM), so you don't have to limit your game library to GoG releases.
I completely disagree with the "nonsense" you mention. I really don't see the relationship between the Libre culture of Linux and the use of user space applications (i.e. games). In fact, every purchase I make I see it, in part, as inversion in the development of our OS, due that lot's of fixes and improvements on Mesa (the drivers I use) has come from game developers or even from Steam. So no, no "nonsense" for me.
Last edited by x_wing on 25 October 2017 at 5:39 pm UTC
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Lately it seems that GOG putting little more efforts in Linux on GOG. Bunch of new releases (like Dungeons 3), some old ports finally arrived too.
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Sir_Diealot Oct 26, 2017
Quoting: KuromiLately it seems that GOG putting little more efforts in Linux on GOG. Bunch of new releases (like Dungeons 3), some old ports finally arrived too.
Which old ports arrived?
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Not sure how much of that effort comes from GOG. Whether to release for Linux or not depends more on developers doing it.
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Quoting: Sir_DiealotQuoting: KuromiLately it seems that GOG putting little more efforts in Linux on GOG. Bunch of new releases (like Dungeons 3), some old ports finally arrived too.
Which old ports arrived?
Dust earlier this year, Tiny and big just several weeks ago. Yeah, not much, but....
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