Civilization VI - New Frontier Pass launches without Linux and macOS

It definitely looks like Aspyr dropped the ball as a whole on Linux market. It was already the case prior to Proton release but this just confirms, sadly.


Last edited by gojul on 22 May 2020 at 10:37 am UTC

It definitely looks like Aspyr dropped the ball as a whole on Linux market. It was already the case prior to Proton release but this just confirms, sadly.

The Mac folks are raging quite heavily in the Steam forums too..

Maybe they are delaying it because of the coronavirus.

This days Aspyre are more into console port and game edition, than into mac and linux ports.

I hope they choose to comeback to us and take the Vulkan way.

Proton is too good. It's killing the Linux porting business.

I think aspyr didn't ported the enhanced texture pack and Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary because they are/were free.
Probably they'll port the new Civ update because they will earn money from it.
Still, f###.

After ALL the issues with cross play, and delayed updates, and horrible performance, and whatever.. I really don't get how anyone even WANTS to support this crapshow. Civ5 was my last civ, it's been tens of thousands of hours across all civs but this is one loyal fan they are never getting back.

Not that cool, but I'm (mostly) a patient person, lets wait a bit ;)

Proton is too good. It's killing the Linux porting business.

In this case Proton doesn't work however..
Both DX11 and DX12 versions play the intro and then crash with a grey screen..

Proton is too good. It's killing the Linux porting business.

Linux ports from porting companies slowed way before Proton, it's the tail-end of Steam Machines not working out which is why all of the major porters got involved originally. It's not being caused by Proton entirely.

Proton also doesn't even work with Civ VI.


Last edited by Liam Dawe on 22 May 2020 at 11:57 am UTC

I bough Gathering Storm at a full price, because I thought wow these guys give a shit about linux.
Turns out they don't, they don't even give us a release date and honestly it's not that hard.
So tell me if this shit show gets on the sale 60% minimum. This is how to loose a long time civ fun.

Until that I go buy Space Haven instead and a few more because I can.
And Firaxis and Aspyr can kiss my pinguin ass. :><:


Last edited by Lycurgus87 on 22 May 2020 at 2:14 pm UTC

Some time ago I tried contacting Aspyr Media's customer support about Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth not working on my computer. I never got an answer. I'm not sure if they even received my message. Their customer support site was being really buggy and I couldn't login to the account created during making the customer support request.

When customer support doesn't work, who am I supposed to contact then? :P

I hope they'll get better at this stuff eventually.

Proton is too good. It's killing the Linux porting business.

In this case Proton doesn't work however..
Both DX11 and DX12 versions play the intro and then crash with a grey screen..

It's getting to the point where I want my games to have a native Linux client and work on Proton. Some native ports get neglected or lag. Sometimes Proton breaks. This is even a problem, to a lesser extent, on Windows with aging titles targeted at earlier Windows versions.

Proton is too good. It's killing the Linux porting business.

In this case Proton doesn't work however..
Both DX11 and DX12 versions play the intro and then crash with a grey screen..

It's getting to the point where I want my games to have a native Linux client and work on Proton. Some native ports get neglected or lag. Sometimes Proton breaks. This is even a problem, to a lesser extent, on Windows with aging titles targeted at earlier Windows versions.

I was automatically looking to Proton, when it was clear the Civ6 port made problems again..

Proton is too good. It's killing the Linux porting business.

Let's face it: While Linux gaming is in better shape than it has ever been in the history of the operating system, we're still an almost negligible sliver of the market.

Aspyr Media, who ported it to Linux, still haven't even gotten Borderlands 2 and The Pre-Sequel updated on Linux since the last update almost a whole year ago.

I chose not to buy Civ 6 specifically because of that. They made it clear with that that they weren't interested in actually supporting their Linux releases. If Feral had ported it instead I'd have bought it.

Aspyr Media, who ported it to Linux, still haven't even gotten Borderlands 2 and The Pre-Sequel updated on Linux since the last update almost a whole year ago.

I chose not to buy Civ 6 specifically because of that. They made it clear with that that they weren't interested in actually supporting their Linux releases. If Feral had ported it instead I'd have bought it.

This is one of the big reasons I haven't picked it up either, and the fact that it also doesn't really work in Proton either.

I bough Gathering Storm at a full price, because I thought wow these guys give a shit about linux.
Turns out they don't, they don't even give us a release date and honestly it's not that hard.
So tell me if this shit show gets on the sale 60% minimum. This is how to loose a long time civ fun.

Until that I go buy Space Haven instead and a few more because I can.
And Firaxis and Aspyr can kiss my pinguin ass. :><:

I bought the base game at a very deep discount back before I switched to Linux. I recently bought the first two DLCs on sale mainly so I could get credit for buying them on Linux. Still pissed, because I play this with friends who are on Windows and now I can't, and I'm guessing at this point it'll be months before it works again.

These guys can eat shit as far as I'm concerned. I'm not saying I won't buy an Aspyr port again, but I damned sure won't buy one I intend to play with other people.

Aspyr Media, who ported it to Linux, still haven't even gotten Borderlands 2 and The Pre-Sequel updated on Linux since the last update almost a whole year ago.

I chose not to buy Civ 6 specifically because of that. They made it clear with that that they weren't interested in actually supporting their Linux releases. If Feral had ported it instead I'd have bought it.

This is one of the big reasons I haven't picked it up either, and the fact that it also doesn't really work in Proton either.

It doesn't work *at all* in Proton for me. I've tried all the workarounds recommended on ProtonDB and I still can't even get to the main menu.

Proton is too good. It's killing the Linux porting business.

Let's face it: While Linux gaming is in better shape than it has ever been in the history of the operating system, we're still an almost negligible sliver of the market.

We are, and we could forgive (or ignore) 2K if they didn't notice us at all. But they hired Aspyr to port this to Linux and Mac, and after advertising it for "all platforms," they didn't release it on those two and actually broke the base game in the process. I honestly couldn't care less about this DLC, but I wanted to continue playing the stuff I already bought, which was working until they broke it.

Woah guys, stop with all the hate. Seriously.

I dislike how the Linux community is slowly turning into a bunch of people whining... step back, take a deep breath and calm down.

Now, it's not great that this wasn't immediately ported, and let's face it many of you want to play the new update, want simultaneous updates with Windows and of course, to play online with windows friends.

It's perfectly acceptable to want these things, but here's the thing you have to remember:
Porting houses usually don't get access to the update code until after the windows team has finished their part, by this time usually the update is announced and has a deadline.

Sadly this often means if they run into problems making it work, or anything else which may slow it down, the deadline is easily missed, and the Windows version will always be ready first. That's why it's called a port..

So sit back, wait a little while and calm down.

Complaining and insulting the developers won't make the port happen any faster, in fact it may do the opposite, if you're a developer reading someone talking about you, and you read "These guys can eat shit" and "I'm definitely not buying this now!" will this make you want to keep porting for them?

Nope it'll make you angry and have a low opinion of the people you're doing the work for.

Remember, some of the porting houses have developers who read these comments...