inXile will be 'all hands are on deck' to get the Linux version of The Bard's Tale IV out as soon as possible

Worth to add: Wishes https://steamcommunity.com/games/566090/announcements/

If 100k users add Bard's Tale IV to WishList - they add to game Torch from Darkest Dungeons

If 300k users add Bard's Tale IV to WishList - they drop price to 34,99$

If 500k users add Bard's Tale IV to WishList - they drop price to 29,99$ and add Dwarven Duneon of Hearnhold DLC

If 30 000 users from Poland add Bard's Tale IV to WishList - they add to game artifact called "GOLD ONION" allowing you to shop cheaper in the game.

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Now let me look up where those keys are...

I backed Bard's Tale IV already, but threw it on my wishlist, if theyre' going to start adding stuff to it, that's just awesome! I posted in another thread that Brian Fargo had marked 5 boxes of the collector's edition that he signed with an X and the lucky people who get those will get all inXile's games for life. I'll have to say he's a pretty awesome guy. If you look at his history of games, there's some seriously huge hits that came from him (like Wasteland/Fallout).

Quoting: Guest

QuoteThe Windows version is still on schedule for the 18th and then all hands are on deck to get the Mac and Linux versions out as fast as we can.

Pretty clearly sounds like it won't be a day-1 release to me! So their hands are not on deck now, but will be after the Windows release. Sad we won't be getting it day-1 but oh well, hopefully it'll be a good game!

I'm too cynical to believe there'll be a Linux version until I see the "Buy" button on Steam. How many times have we heard, "We'll get to the Linux version right after the Windows release!" followed by "We'll get to the Linux version right after we spend the next couple of months releasing critical patches for the Windows version!" followed by "We'll consider looking into the Linux release just as soon as we're done with this DLC for Windows!" followed by "The Linux version is being delayed because we've hit some technical snags!" and then finally, 18-months later, "We're suspending development of the Linux version due to lack of interest. But thanks to everybody who donated to our crowd funding campaigns! Our Windows customers are thrilled with their game!"

Quoting: Guest

QuoteThe Windows version is still on schedule for the 18th and then all hands are on deck to get the Mac and Linux versions out as fast as we can.

Pretty clearly sounds like it won't be a day-1 release to me! So their hands are not on deck now, but will be after the Windows release. Sad we won't be getting it day-1 but oh well, hopefully it'll be a good game!

You're right, I've made an adjustment to the title to be a bit more clear.

I wish they would fix the bug in "The Bards Tale" that got added to the enhanced version of the game. It's pretty much impossible to play now, as there's a huge bug with arrows/spells where the character gets stuck and you can't do anything except reload a save.

Getting more hyped about this! For a while I was more interested in the new "Ultima Underworld" title, but now I feel these two hold equal promise of a pleasant gameplay experience.

QuoteThe Windows version is still on schedule for the 18th and then all hands are on deck to get the Mac and Linux versions out as fast as we can.

This is a very positive way of saying "we failed to develop the game for the platforms we promised, we can't say how long the port will take".

Quoting: eldakingThis is a very positive way of saying "we failed to develop the game for the platforms we promised, we can't say how long the port will take".

The Bard's Fail IV

Meanwhile I'm playing Bard's Tale I remaster in Wine+dxvk (got it as a backer reward). Hopefully Linux version will come out after the whole remastered trilogy will be finished.


Last edited by Shmerl on 2 September 2018 at 2:09 am UTC

Quoting: Mountain ManI'm too cynical to believe there'll be a Linux version until I see the "Buy" button on Steam. How many times have we heard, "We'll get to the Linux version right after the Windows release!" followed by "We'll get to the Linux version right after we spend the next couple of months releasing critical patches for the Windows version!" followed by "We'll consider looking into the Linux release just as soon as we're done with this DLC for Windows!" followed by "The Linux version is being delayed because we've hit some technical snags!" and then finally, 18-months later, "We're suspending development of the Linux version due to lack of interest. But thanks to everybody who donated to our crowd funding campaigns! Our Windows customers are thrilled with their game!"

As a backer, I sincerely hope that will not be the case. I only put my faith in it as they seemed to have a decent record of porting... However, I'll admit, I've been a bit letdown each time they announce an alpha/beta to their backers and they are not considering other OS'es, so obviously not doing simultaneous cross-platform development..

Quoting: ShmerlMeanwhile I'm playing Bard's Tale I remaster in Wine+dxvk (got it as a backer reward). Hopefully Linux version will come out after the whole remastered trilogy will be finished.

The Bard's Tale remastered is not being done by inXile, and is not a direct code upgrade, they basically had to rewrite the whole thing.

Really hoping for the native port as well, but it does seem to work with Proton.

Quoting: slaapliedjeI backed Bard's Tale IV already, but threw it on my wishlist, if theyre' going to start adding stuff to it, that's just awesome! I posted in another thread that Brian Fargo had marked 5 boxes of the collector's edition that he signed with an X and the lucky people who get those will get all inXile's games for life. I'll have to say he's a pretty awesome guy. If you look at his history of games, there's some seriously huge hits that came from him (like Wasteland/Fallout).

Yeah. Funny how we were talking about this just a few days ago on another thread.

Quoting: slaapliedjeThe Bard's Tale remastered is not being done by inXile, and is not a direct code upgrade, they basically had to rewrite the whole thing.

Really hoping for the native port as well, but it does seem to work with Proton.

It was started by Olde Sküül and then picked up by Krome. inXile were helping. But yes, it's a full rewrite in Unity. They should enable OpenGL renderer in version 1.09 and on (didn't reach GOG yet), so it might be possible to make a native version manually using matching Unity player.


Last edited by Shmerl on 2 September 2018 at 10:06 pm UTC

Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: slaapliedjeThe Bard's Tale remastered is not being done by inXile, and is not a direct code upgrade, they basically had to rewrite the whole thing.

Really hoping for the native port as well, but it does seem to work with Proton.

It was started by Olde Sküül and then picked up by Krome. inXile were helping. But yes, it's a full rewrite in Unity. They should enable OpenGL renderer in version 1.09 and on (didn't reach GOG yet), so it might be possible to make a native version manually using matching Unity player.

It's live on steam already. I just did the platform selection in the survey and just received the key. I received the email the 15. of august, just forgot about it. I guess this is a good time to enable proton for all titles.


Last edited by Ketil on 3 September 2018 at 5:28 am UTC

Steam gets it earlier, but I'm using GOG version and it's still 1.08.

By default the proton way of launching the bard's tale trilogy(remastered) with -force-glcore argument minimizes inside a big wine window when I moved my mouse out of the window, which I had trouble restoring again without killing the game. I turned off fullscreen and auto pause and that fixed it. It is clear that it is a remastered old game, rather than a new one, but it is still quite pretty for what it is. In my first combat I made a mistake and asked one of my guys to attack my own team, but luckily I got a chance to review my choice before doing it.

Looking forward to getting bard's tale 4 as well.

Quoting: KetilBy default the proton way of launching the bard's tale trilogy(remastered) with -force-glcore argument minimizes inside a big wine window when I moved my mouse out of the window, which I had trouble restoring again without killing the game.

You need to enable Wine's virtual desktop to work around it. It happens both with dxvk and with wined3d.

Quoting: KetilIt is clear that it is a remastered old game, rather than a new one, but it is still quite pretty for what it is.

I've never played the originals, but I like the remaster.


Last edited by Shmerl on 3 September 2018 at 6:27 am UTC

So yeah the Linux version did indeed not make it out today. GOG have provided me with a key, so when it does release for Linux we can take a look.

I claimed my backer key already, hope it doesn't mess up their platform statistics. Guess I could download and try it with steam play just for this.