The RPG Pathfinder: Kingmaker is out today from Owlcat Games and Deepsilver, sadly the Linux version has some critical bugs.
GOG provided me with a key, so at release today I went to download it only to find no Linux download. When speaking to my GOG contact, they confirmed a critical bug was found where the game will completely crash if you try to load a saved game. This is also confirmed by users on the Steam forum. Due to this, there's no ETA on GOG having any Linux build available and I can't blame them for that, this is down to Owlcat Games to solve.
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Issues as major as that at launch really do make me sad. Linux isn't a top platform sure, but to release with such a major flaw as that? Seems like it's not the only major issue too, I won't list them all but it's safe to say it's a very rough release.
Shame, I was really looking forward to this one. The way they described the depth of the lore and gameplay mechanics had me pretty intrigued by it.
Available from GOG, Humble Store and Steam. Not that I recommend buying a mostly broken product, wait until they fix it. I will take a proper look when it is working, hopefully it won't take them long to fix.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
slaapliedje Sep 26, 2018
Quoting: GuestQuoting: slaapliedjeHopefully this doesn't turn out to be another Sword Coast: Legends, which looked absolutely awesome, then fell flat on it's face.
That was tragic, but I don't see this happening to Pathfinder as I saw over 10K users on now and I think it will hopefully have achieved 'critical mass' to continue.
Yeah, I think we need a Neverwinter Nights 3 :)
Quoting: 14Thanks for tracking the release and issues. This is on my wish list and saw that it released today; was hoping there would be some info here on how it ran. I will wait for the game to work!
This echoes my sentiments exactly. Thanks, Liam!
Quoting: liamdaweApparently the Linux bug wasn't as easy to solve as they thought. Might be waiting a while.Which just showcases that probably absolutely nobody tested this game on linux prior to release.
Absurd, really. If you cannot test a build at all before release, don't release it yet...
Arehandoro Sep 26, 2018
Quoting: GuestWe have NWN Enhanced Edition... IIRC they are upgrading the graphics for it. All it needs is new campaign modules
And the editor for Linux too, I heard.
Avehicle7887 Sep 26, 2018
The Linux version is now downloadable at GOG. Haven't tested myself as it's a 30gb download and I just got home 15mins ago.
Quoting: Avehicle7887Update:
The Linux version is now downloadable at GOG. Haven't tested myself as it's a 30gb download and I just got home 15mins ago.
Good to know, thanks!
slaapliedje Sep 26, 2018
Quoting: GuestQuoting: slaapliedjeQuoting: GuestQuoting: slaapliedjeHopefully this doesn't turn out to be another Sword Coast: Legends, which looked absolutely awesome, then fell flat on it's face.
That was tragic, but I don't see this happening to Pathfinder as I saw over 10K users on now and I think it will hopefully have achieved 'critical mass' to continue.
Yeah, I think we need a Neverwinter Nights 3 :)
We have NWN Enhanced Edition... IIRC they are upgrading the graphics for it. All it needs is new campaign modules
Yeah they are doing some tweaks like adding shaders and such, the problem is that it's still NWN at it's core, and NWN2 had a better/improved editor, and they haven't even said yay / nay on porting the NWN editor to Linux yet. So with the exception of it being easier to install, and some new effects, it's the same situation we've been in since the game released.
Avehicle7887 Sep 26, 2018
I reported the bug here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/640820/discussions/5/1734340257883532046/
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A temporary solution to the no-music issue:
I replaced the game's "libAkSoundEngine.so" library file with the one from PoE 2 and now Music, Sound effects and Ambient are all working.
Furthermore there are no more errors in the terminal. For those who don't own PoE2, I have uploaded the library file to this link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F3GBGs0FsGVDN-MlL-HALJqtZ7ukUyW4
The file needs to go into "Pathfinder/Kingmaker_Data/Plugins/x86_64".
Last edited by Avehicle7887 on 26 September 2018 at 8:23 pm UTC
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