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I don't expect it to be usable until GOG will roll out Linux support in the fall.

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Well, I found it in my Linux Steam library, having bought it for Windows some time ago. I downloaded all 16GB, but the executable has not yet been made available.

I am patient. I can wait. For a while.

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Quoting: AnonymousWine is never a good alternative...especially having to keep a seperate steam installation and switching is really annoying. Still can't get it to work anyway.

But if you want play some title (DX9 mainly with certain conditions) and dont like use windows

You needed if developer make linux port but if developer dont make linux port only remains play on wine, and many games works if you can see my youtube channel

https://www.youtube.com/user/mrdeathjr28


this example

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Its more complicated than use windows or use native port but if user wants

:)

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Quoting: Bonz"Packaging in a tar rather than a .deb is a good way to start hint, hint guys."

I'm kind of a Linux amateur and I could never figure out how to install tar files :/

I'm sure you could with a quick search ;) I've only been using Linux for over a year, and while there is quite a bit to learn there are also plenty of resources. Here's a great place to start http://linuxcommand.org/ :D

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Funny thing. I exported one of the examples to see what the engine can do. Compiling went OK. But upon executing the file all I got was an error message in terminal "/home/michal/Downloads/ExeLinux: error while loading shared libraries: libGDCpp.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory". Just for lols I added the game to my steam library and boom! works fine, with overlay and everything. hmmmmmm...

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Wine is never a good alternative...especially having to keep a seperate steam installation and switching is really annoying. Still can't get it to work anyway.

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On my opinion wine on gaming actually is more using on DX9 titles and before (but still issues)

Resuming while users want linux native games and pay for them, many games go on appears in next years

Almost forget steamos and steam machines give more focus on linux native games

:)

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On my opinion wine on gaming actually is more using on DX9 titles (mainly legacy titles) and before (but still issues)

Resuming while users want linux native games (and pay for them) many games go on appears in next years, especially newer games

:)

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On my opinion wine on gaming actually is more using on DX9 titles and before (but still issues)

Resuming while users want linux native games (and pay for them) many games appears in next years

:)

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Quoting: Bull JohnWhat when I only have the retail box of the game ???? CD Keys won't work as steam keys
:'(

If you have a retail key, you can get the game from GOG here: https://secure.gog.com/witcher/backup
When Linux version will come out, it will appear on GOG. That's going to happen sometime in fall.

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What when I only have the retail box of the game ???? CD Keys won't work as steam keys
:'(

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well i got it running on Manjaro with one problem (missing lib at first, easy fix) And I did actually used that .deb file (not a problem with dpkg installed, but might be a problem for beginners). Time to see what this baby can do:)

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"Packaging in a tar rather than a .deb is a good way to start hint, hint guys."

I'm kind of a Linux amateur and I could never figure out how to install tar files :/

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Many thanks Liam for this article! :D

I just wanted to add that if I get enough feedback from people using other distro, I could try to support them also. I just prefer to make sure that the Ubuntu version is fully working and polished before doing anything else. But it seems that GD already work on other recent distro! :)

The goal is not too high indeed, but I prefered setting it to a reasonable amount, as lots of successful crowdfunding campaign manage to overcome this amount anyway!

And I've added "Ubuntu" to the description of the download ;)

4ian

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what would be cool, it's a multiplayer system when you can meet people from another country and speak/chat with them.

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If you only consider it for videogames then yes you can have doubts.
Personnaly I'd like to enjoy a movie like if I where in a real theater. Or think of what would be your multi screen desktops, look around you to reach a window/application you put aside etc.

My biggest doubt about its pratical use is its weight, it can already be painful to wear 3D-glasses at theater so the rift could be worse than that.

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Quoting: AnonymousMaybe its the drivers, I am using 331.38

its possible only have test for probe that

Quoting: GuestBuying it purely to run under wine isn't as effective as voting with your wallet and waiting for a native Linux build.

But for now if anyone wish using on linux, can use wine

:)

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On my openSUSE 12.3, I just renamed the lib directory, so that none of the supplied libs is used, only system ones. Runs perfectly, without segfault, and with sound (I also had a segfault when using the supplied libs).

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And while we're at it, we might as well [url=steamcommunity.com/app/233700/discussions/0/864961721807377307/]continue showing support on this thread[/url] for the Linux port of their turn-based roguelike sci-fi title, Sword of the Stars: The Pit.

This especially, since I already own the game via Humble sale :P

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indeed this game needs more attention.

I wonder why no steam, even though they got a group there .. :/

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Earthlock : Festival of Magick has been greenlited as well and it looks terrific!
They support Linux and they have a Linux demo as well, though in the title they mention just PC which while correct it needs clarification.

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Maybe its the drivers, I am using 331.38

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Found this a while back when using Ubuntu 13.04, couldn't get it running right. I could get the demo up, but that took a day. The documentation is seriously scarce and it's up to guess work where to put things. Moreover, I couldn't even manage to import my 3D model from Blender.

Maybe the newer version is better, but if it's as difficult to use as when I last tried it I can't regard Maratis as good as Unity 3D or even Leadwerks.

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Quoting: Anonymous

Quoting: mrdeathjrI finish test on wine and works good

View video on youtube.com

:)

I tried this in wine and I cannot click anything on the main menu, also using nvidia + wine 1.7.15

On my case works without problem, my system specs is


Nvidia Drivers 334.21 (estamos usando el paquete binario (run package) de la pagina de nvidia)***
Linux Mint 16 KDE Edition 32Bit - Kernel 3.11.0.12 PAE
CPU: INTEL Pentium G3220 (Nucleo Haswell a 22nm) 3.0Ghz (Dual-Core) Stock Clock
MEM: 8GB DDR3 1333 (2x4) Patriot value (128 bit dual channel: 21.3 gb/s)
GPU: Zotac Nvidia Geforce GT630 (GK208 28nm: 384 Shaders / 8 ROPS) Zone Edition Passive Cooling 2GB DDR3 1800Mhz a 64Bit (14.4Gb/s)
BOARD: MSI H81M E33

On my channel have some videos about how compile and install wine from source but i work on 32bit linux mint flavor

:)

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On my case appears huge performance but its needed add this command before launch steam if your apps stay on steam:

QuoteWINEDEBUG=-all wine steam

before command


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after command


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Addendum: You can also learn how it's done by just reading/exploring the "wine-bugs" mailing list.

For example: https://www.winehq.org/pipermail/wine-bugs/2014-March/date.html

Just read the conversations or click the top link to the bug in bugzilla in the comment to get full history.
You will probably find many bugs where I put comments/analysis on ... ~2500 now ;-)

I daily skim the list for interesting bugs and just add my analysis/solutions so it gets resolved soon.
I also add many bugs on my own to document problems and resolve them.

Regards

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[code][/code]Hello Sabun,

volunteers are always welcome :-)

Wine Bugzilla itself: https://bugs.winehq.org/

This is the place where all the bug reports are stored and processed (of course appdb test reports are also welcome).

You could query Wine Bugzilla as described here: http://wiki.winehq.org/BugTriage (the "Useful Queries" part).

Before doing triaging work you need to make sure that your Wine environment is suitable for testing.
Recent Wine 1.7.x with all deps installed, graphics drivers up-to-date (to test games) ...

1) query all ''open'' bugs with a ''download'' keyword and no activity for xx days
2) select random bug, download the app/game or try to search for download (i often have to do this because the original download is no longer available)... if the app/game has no demo, try to find it by other "means" (people are still seeding stuff on public tracker which is very handy to get old software versions). also useful: "software archive" sites of internet: oldapps, filehippo ...
3) read the history to understand the problem ("app doesn't install", "app crashes on startup", "graphics artifacts", "no sound" ...)
4) always use a clean (new) WINEPREFIX (the virtual drive where to app gets installed to) for testing stuff. delete the prefix afterwards (default is "~/.wine", or WINEPREFIX=~/myinstalltest1 ...).
5) ensure that other prerequisites are properly installed before running the installer ("winetricks recipes"), if required or stated by bug report. Sometimes the prerequisites change when Wine has evolved ("got better") and they are no longer needed (if you figure this out, add a comment to bug report).
6) install app, check for errors ...
7) reproduce the problem
8) profit!

Add your findings as comment: "I tested the installer and it finished successfully without crash". This comment would be enough to have another triager with proper rights to resolve the bug (fixed and later closed).
or: "I can't reproduce the problem. the graphics are displayed fine." (another triager might join, try to reproduce and resolve).
or: "it still crashes the same way. tested with wine 1.7.x" (confirmation the bug is still present)
or: "the crash is gone but it fails in another way" (this is might be a sign the original problem is fixed -> bug fixed but another bug needs to be created for new (different) problem).
... many more possibilities.
Many bugs have evolved over time and people just kept adding comments with more issues, making the original bug essentially useless. This should be indicated ("multiple issues here: select one"). either the report will be closed (original issue fixed) or refined to tackle the last problem (until it's solved).

You can even help by doing other little tasks, outside of full triaging. Just correcting/adding links to downloads because in many cases the reporter provided little/no info. Also asking "what app (name) or version is this".
'pinging' bugs en masse by just asking "is this issue still present" should be avoided ... for some bugs it might be ok ... but in most cases one should try to test oneself.

Hope this helps a bit. Keep asking questions if something is unclear.

Regards

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Quoting: xuwangThis is good news. I guess it means that game engine was ported? Do you know which engine it is?

I can't remember, but it -might- have been "Monkey".

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This is wonderful news. Now if more developers would get on ship with OpenGL and Valve would get it's steam os out things will really start rolling. I think all PC gamer's are sick of the control M$ has held for way to long with it's DX. And I am not convinced that AMD's mantle is the true answer to DX as well. I just hope Nvidia keeps their word about how strong they are working with OpenGL and they do not bail out on it when DX12 does hit the market.

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Quote'fixed' also means someone bothered to revisit old bugs, checked it with recent wine version and found it working.
Many bugs that are probably fixed are just rotting for years in Bugzilla (users report them and never retest/revisit).
Also many bugs are invalid from start (use of outdated/broken wine versions, wineprefix/installation messed up...).

Hey mate, how would I go about helping retest/revisit the bugs? Would I need to be the one who issued the bug report? I've used Wine for a while now, but I only know how to post comments and test data on WineHQ's AppDB.

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