Ready to dig deep? Dwarf Fortress now has a Linux Beta available on Steam, so you can get testing and see what all the fuss is about with this new version. While it was already playable with Proton, we knew for a while that Bay 12 Games planned Native Linux support as well.
As they said in the Steam announcement "The Linux version is almost ready, and in about two weeks we will be looking for beta testers, after Tarn gets back from Germany... in fact, it's already on the Public Beta Branch!" — so even though technically right now they're not looking for testers they put it up for you anyway.
Simply opt into the main Beta for it on Steam and you'll be able to play and test it. However, if you find you can't get it because it keeps using Proton, you can select the Steam Linux Runtime from the Compatibility menu which will then make sure it grabs the Linux version.
Shots taken from the Linux Beta.
So far so good it's all working as expected, although the game still intimidates the heck out of me.
You can buy it on Steam.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Dana Souly Aug 21, 2023
Quoting: WorMzyI'm still sad that they retired the classic versionYou can still get the classic version on the bay12 website.
Quoting: SoulprayerYou can still get the classic version on the bay12 website.
Yeah, but it's no longer going to get updates/fixes.
EDIT: Just tested, it does respond to the SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland flag but it is a little buggy on the menus (opens on the wrong monitor, resolution is not detected properly, main menu background is missing, fullscreen is a bit jank, text is still not crisp on scaled displays but other images appear to be). Even manually setting the resolution does not work as expected, things still look scaled incorrectly at 3840x2160.
In terms of actual gameplay though everything works fine right now with the experimental Linux build and even with the Wayland flag. Promising results!
Last edited by sonic2kk on 21 August 2023 at 10:20 pm UTC
Dana Souly Aug 23, 2023
Quoting: WorMzyI don't know what you mean, the "classic" version on bay12 Website has the same version as the Steamversion.Quoting: SoulprayerYou can still get the classic version on the bay12 website.
Yeah, but it's no longer going to get updates/fixes.
ssj17vegeta Aug 27, 2023
Will def buy.
Quoting: SoulprayerBad choice of wording on either my part or DF's. What I mean by 'classic' is called 'legacy' on the Bay12 website.Quoting: WorMzyI don't know what you mean, the "classic" version on bay12 Website has the same version as the Steamversion.Quoting: SoulprayerYou can still get the classic version on the bay12 website.
Yeah, but it's no longer going to get updates/fixes.
The 'classic' version on the website is Windows only and doesn't seem to want to work in wine, so it might be comparable to 'legacy', but I've been informed that it's just the Steam version with the pretty graphics stripped out, which doesn't inspire confidence that it has the old-style keybindings.
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