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Games On AMD FOSS Drivers 2
By , 10 June 2014 at 6:56 pm UTC
Let's hope Steam Machines use those drivers.
Civilization V Strategy Game Launches Natively On SteamOS Linux
By , 10 June 2014 at 6:52 pm UTC
"Told you so" when the Civ V screenshot was visible in the Steam controller announcement a couple of months ago.

Not my favorite game but still great to see.
Games On AMD FOSS Drivers 2
By , 10 June 2014 at 6:50 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: FutureSuturekalinMy next video will be amd So will mine when I purchase a new GPU in about 1 month.

Be careful, still...
Civilization V Strategy Game Launches Natively On SteamOS Linux
By Pinguino, 10 June 2014 at 6:42 pm UTC
Does anyone know if I could get this to work on my "Steam console" setup (from a practical POV, that is)? I love Civ, but playing it in the living room, siting on the couch 2 meters away from the screen doesn't seem like a lot of fun, especially since I'd have to forgo my Gamepad and get a keyboard/mouse.

Man, I wish Civ V had the console-friendliness of Civ Revolution [runs for cover]...
Games On AMD FOSS Drivers 2
By FutureSuture, 10 June 2014 at 6:35 pm UTC
Quoting: kalinMy next video will be amd
So will mine when I purchase a new GPU in about 1 month.
Civilization V Strategy Game Launches Natively On SteamOS Linux
By Samsai, 10 June 2014 at 6:32 pm UTC
I think I know what the next GOL Cast will be about... :D
Games On AMD FOSS Drivers 2
By kalin, 10 June 2014 at 6:31 pm UTC
My next video will be amd :)
Games On AMD FOSS Drivers 2
By FutureSuture, 10 June 2014 at 6:30 pm UTC Likes: 1
Look at that bar chart, hot damn. Things are looking up for AMD's open source driver.
Civilization V Strategy Game Launches Natively On SteamOS Linux
By minj, 10 June 2014 at 6:30 pm UTC Likes: 1
QuoteAh...EXCELLENT question!
If you purchase on the Linux client, Aspyr would get credit for the sale immediately BUT Steam is smart, so once your buddy plays on Windows the system knows that user is really a PC customer and gives the credit back over to the fine folks at 2K. Sometimes there is a grey area where we split the revenue up but that is pretty rare. Its really a pretty smart system.
http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/27ssw5/introducing_sid_meiers_civilization_v_for_steamos/ci4460q

Interesting stuff, has anyone else seen any insider info on how Steam detects platform of sale before this?
Games On AMD FOSS Drivers 2
By NothingMuchHereToSay, 10 June 2014 at 6:20 pm UTC
Awesome.
Games On AMD FOSS Drivers 2
By , 10 June 2014 at 6:15 pm UTC
Pretty deuced awesome.
Alienware's Steam Machine Fully Announced, They Aren't Using SteamOS
By , 10 June 2014 at 6:12 pm UTC
In any case, near as I can figure SteamOS is not the delay factor here. SteamOS works fine in itself, doubtless a bit of bugfixing and polish still to do but basically no worries, it's just Debian. And at the rate things are going I think even graphics drivers are gonna be OK by release date. It's the controller that's delaying things, right? So what's the point in shipping early without the OS, when the OS is basically ready but the controller isn't? What are they gonna do, ship a Steam Machine with neither SteamOS nor the controller?
That'd be a bit of a laugh. Doubt it'd sell, which would be fine except it could create bad publicity for the Steam Machines in general.
Games On AMD FOSS Drivers 2
By Liam Dawe, 10 June 2014 at 6:12 pm UTC
Article updated for half-shot with an image of the chart.
Civilization V Strategy Game Launches Natively On SteamOS Linux
By Xpander, 10 June 2014 at 6:11 pm UTC
wohooo... nice to see another "big" game on linux

not my cup of coffee though, but bought it to support linux stats..

made a quick and sucky gameplay video as well (firstimer)

View video on youtube.com
Civilization V Strategy Game Launches Natively On SteamOS Linux
By Hyeron, 10 June 2014 at 6:09 pm UTC
Gonna have to wait till next month but WOW CIV5 OMG!
Civilization V Strategy Game Launches Natively On SteamOS Linux
By Pinguino, 10 June 2014 at 6:06 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: AnonymousHERE'S WHY YOU DON'T BUY UNTIL LINUX RELEASE:
http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/27ssw5/introducing_sid_meiers_civilization_v_for_steamos/ci43cjm

Good catch! But I wonder how this payment system works. If I buy Civ V on my Linux machine but only play it on Windows for whatever reason, Aspyr's not getting paid, is it?
Alienware's Steam Machine Fully Announced, They Aren't Using SteamOS
By , 10 June 2014 at 6:05 pm UTC
I think they're fools. Smallest earner? Sure, and it'll be an even smaller earner if they have to pay for a Windows license on each one. And develop their own custom console-ish UI. And potentially have the Valve folks say sorry, you can't call that a Steam Machine and we'll sue for trademark or whatever, or sorry, if you're gonna do that we're charging you retail for the controlller.
So unless there's some kind of sweetener behind the scenes from Microsoft (distinctly possible) I think they're taking an addlepated approach.

(Addlepated a change because a different synonym was turned down by GoL as not nice enough. Thank you, thesaurus)
Civilization V Strategy Game Launches Natively On SteamOS Linux
By , 10 June 2014 at 6:00 pm UTC Likes: 2
Civilization V Strategy Game Launches Natively On SteamOS Linux
By melrief, 10 June 2014 at 5:56 pm UTC
I brought the game again, this time the complete pack. Thank you, Firaxis!
Civilization V Strategy Game Launches Natively On SteamOS Linux
By melrief, 10 June 2014 at 5:54 pm UTC
YES!
Civilization V Strategy Game Launches Natively On SteamOS Linux
By Deformal, 10 June 2014 at 5:47 pm UTC
Quoting: KristianSslaxxAnonymous"...and future AAA games..."
I wonder if this means just Firaxis, or Take2 as a whole... GTAV on Linux, anyone?
Take Two is running 2K Games and Rockstar as two vastly different/independent branches and Firaxis has a lot of autonomy within 2K as well. So I certainly wouldn't extrapolate from 2K to Rockstar at all. Take DRM as an example. 2K typically uses Steamworks/CEG as its only DRM while Rockstar has up to several layers of DRM that each, on their own are much more draconian than CEG. Rockstar wouldn't even divulge how high the activation limit for Max Payne 3 is. AFAIK Rockstar has no real tradition for bringing their games to Mac while 2K Games does. Just some of the differences. I have basically 0 hope for any Rockstar game coming to Linux. But I am boycotting them any way due to DRM.
There is Mac version of Max Payne 3. But a lot of people complained on this version.
Civilization V Strategy Game Launches Natively On SteamOS Linux
By , 10 June 2014 at 5:46 pm UTC
Hopefully this means we will see the new Borderlands Prequel as well. Fingers crossed!
Reckpunk, A Mouse Only Platformer For Linux, Looks Interesting
By , 10 June 2014 at 5:44 pm UTC
About ALSA, the messages come from portaudio detecting the capabilities of the system, so it check for sound recording. There is no sound in this beta, so it shouldn't prevent the game from running atm.

About the data.zip, as a work around, it's possible to unpack it in the directory and update the config_pc.lua file, replacing "data.zip" with the name of the directories for assets and scripts. The game is usually loading data directly from zip, but a no zip mode is available for development purpose.
I'm currently looking at the issue, will try to have a fix soon.

Good point about the license, I have some of them scattered around, will have to regroup them in a directory and provide it in a future beta.
Civilization V Strategy Game Launches Natively On SteamOS Linux
By Kristian, 10 June 2014 at 5:44 pm UTC
Quoting: Sslaxx
Quoting: Anonymous"...and future AAA games..."
I wonder if this means just Firaxis, or Take2 as a whole... GTAV on Linux, anyone?

Take Two is running 2K Games and Rockstar as two vastly different/independent branches and Firaxis has a lot of autonomy within 2K as well. So I certainly wouldn't extrapolate from 2K to Rockstar at all. Take DRM as an example. 2K typically uses Steamworks/CEG as its only DRM while Rockstar has up to several layers of DRM that each, on their own are much more draconian than CEG. Rockstar wouldn't even divulge how high the activation limit for Max Payne 3 is. AFAIK Rockstar has no real tradition for bringing their games to Mac while 2K Games does. Just some of the differences. I have basically 0 hope for any Rockstar game coming to Linux. But I am boycotting them any way due to DRM.
Civilization V Strategy Game Launches Natively On SteamOS Linux
By minj, 10 June 2014 at 5:29 pm UTC
Holy ****!!!

I had an inkling feeling they would release after the sale is over, but they didn't :O

I am not dual-booting for a long time so had no chance to try it. Insta-buy.
Civilization V Strategy Game Launches Natively On SteamOS Linux
By Deformal, 10 June 2014 at 5:27 pm UTC
Rich Geldreich Who Worked On The VOGL OpenGL Debugger Has Left Valve
By Half-Shot, 10 June 2014 at 5:24 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestPlease give us examples of how programming a GPU via "bare metal" is easier than using OpenGL. Also show that such programming is not only simple, but portable across vendors and GPU architectures.

Otherwise, I just saw a lot words with no substance aimed directly at trying to derail the topic.

He can't, there aren't any released platforms for 'radeon' which provide access to do that.
Civilization V Strategy Game Launches Natively On SteamOS Linux
By , 10 June 2014 at 5:23 pm UTC Likes: 1
Running fine for me with the amd foss drivers.
Civilization V Strategy Game Launches Natively On SteamOS Linux
By Teal, 10 June 2014 at 5:23 pm UTC
Is it me or is the DLC missing?

I own the complete collection (happily played it under Wine earlier) but it seems like the DLC is simply not there. The "View Downloadable Content" option isn't there on the steam library menu, and the ingame DLC menu is entirely empty.

It makes the store page "Linux support" icons on all the DLC a bit misleading.

I suppose it's not a big issue and will probably be quickly fixed, but it's still kinda inconvenient (I was still really hoping to play :p)
Civilization V Strategy Game Launches Natively On SteamOS Linux
By Attila2099, 10 June 2014 at 5:23 pm UTC
Just signed in now on steam before work and saw it in my list already! :D Downloading as we speak I can't wait!
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