Linux Version Statement.

[Zyddie]

Hey everyone.

As there is 3 posts about linux for Giana Sisters and our stand alone rise of the owlverlord, the community asked for a sticky about the subject with all info gathered.

So here we go.

A linux version is 100% coming during 2015, we did outsource this to another company as we are busy with Dieselstormers at the office, so we do not have a ETA yet. I will post as soon as I have a date ofc.

So please show us the same patience you have so far and you will get linux support for Giana SIster and get to enjoy our game.

//BFG Zyddie.

[lessster]

引用自 getthat：

Tested it myself, the game works.

Tried it now, but wasn't able to get it to work. What exactly do I have to do?

I downloaded the software from github and copied it into my /usr/local/bin directory and all other files into /usr/share/stl (as described in the README file).
Then I added the string

stl %command%

to the launch options of the game in steam.

Now when I try to launch the game from steam I get a popup window for 2 seconds, and if I am quick enough I have the opportunity to edit the game's config there. What exactly am I supposed to change/add in that config file? Because the game itself still doesn't launch...

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Edit: Strange thing - when trying to launch the game with stl something got installed but the game still wouldn't launch. But after that I tried to launch the game again WITHOUT the stl %command% and now it shows the starting screen at least (what it didn't before). But after that it still crashes.

[getthat]

引用自 lessster：

What exactly am I supposed to change/add in that config file? Because the game itself still doesn't launch...

You don't have to change anything. It looks like you install everything correctly, so I'm not sure what's wrong.

Things you can check/try:
- popup should contain text: " tweakfile '/usr/share/stl/tweaks/user/223220.conf' found, the game should 'just work' using it!". If it's not there, then something wrong with the way you installed stl
- looks like stl use winetricks for hacking wmp10 installation. Maybe your winetricks outdated
- maybe something failed to download/installed, try to remove the wine prefix and launch the game again

For me, the game just works. The initial setup takes A LOT of time, but after that, no problems (at least at first level - didn't play much).

[werfel]

I had the same problem and it took some time to figure out that the default steamtinkerlaunch configuration for twisted dreams requires both "winetricks" and "gamemode" installed, otherwise it will simply not work (an error message what is actually missing would be super helpful).

[Zockolade]

引用自 Zyddie：

Hey everyone.

As there is 3 posts about linux for Giana Sisters and our stand alone rise of the owlverlord, the community asked for a sticky about the subject with all info gathered.

So here we go.

A linux version is 100% coming during 2015, we did outsource this to another company as we are busy with Dieselstormers at the office, so we do not have a ETA yet. I will post as soon as I have a date ofc.

So please show us the same patience you have so far and you will get linux support for Giana SIster and get to enjoy our game.

//BFG Zyddie.

Oh look my Steam Machine has become another Windows 10 system and now everything runs fine. I hope we will get something that is totally locked down. Maybe a processor that only works for Windows. After that Microsoft is able to collect fees from game distribution systems nice and easily.

[Bloo Alien]

Kinda sad they straight up outright stole the purchase price of this game from every user who bought based on that Linux version promise and never offered even so much as a "Thank you for your money" or "Hey, here's a refund" nor even a "Hey, here's a free copy of one of our other games that does run on Linux (via Proton or natively or whatever)". At this point thanks entirely to Valve and the WINE developers it'd actually be pretty much dead simple for them to get this game running on Linux for those of us who bought it, but they won't even go that far. After all, why bother? They got our money, with zero consequence (beyond the long-lived ill-will of every person who bought it on that "Linux is 100% coming" promise).

[Zockolade]

What I am wondering most is that Proton is still not able to run Twisted Dreams:

https://www.protondb.com/app/223220

As I started to get Twisted Dreams running on Wine the first problem was that the Black Forest Games Logo need the installation of a Windows Media Player.

But even with custom patches for Wine Staging Nine and Mesa this beast had render and stability issues.

[76561198050929976]

save your breaths linux bros, these devs have been MIA since that bubsy game, they're not going to see your anger and dissapointment at their lack of communication. Giana sisters is more or less dead.

[pippo4president]

Don't lose hope!!

[Zockolade]

For what Giana Sisters on Linux? Nobody is interested anymore! Giana Sisters is absolute outdated. People who waiting for a Linux release made it to every other platform where even Valves "future of gaming" has no weight anymore.

[edo]

引用自 Zockolade：

For what Giana Sisters on Linux? Nobody is interested anymore! Giana Sisters is absolute outdated. People who waiting for a Linux release made it to every other platform where even Valves "future of gaming" has no weight anymore.

Agree, this is an old game. Instead of waiting for a port that has no reason to happen, we should expect proton to be able to run this game, that makes more sense.

[cosarara]

But "A linux version is 100% coming during 2015"!!!

[Bloo Alien]

Sure would be nice to get the game we were promised so very long ago and already paid for. Perhaps y'all folks could at the very least un-break the Windows build on Valve's Proton, since it's crystal clear by this point that promised Linux version is never coming?

[Dangerous Beans]

It's finally working with Proton 7.0! Only required tweak is setting the launch options to:

cd "${STEAM_COMPAT_INSTALL_PATH}/launcher"; %command%

At first my controller wasn't properly recognized, but that was probably due to years of tinkering. Deleting the Proton prefix fixed that.

[Zockolade]

引用自 Dangerous Beans：

It's finally working with Proton 7.0! Only required tweak is setting the launch options to:

cd "${STEAM_COMPAT_INSTALL_PATH}/launcher"; %command%

At first my controller wasn't properly recognized, but that was probably due to years of tinkering. Deleting the Proton prefix fixed that.

So you played all levels?
We already were able to play this game in old Wine versions but shadow calculation and stability was in general a big problem.

[Dangerous Beans]

引用自 Zockolade：

So you played all levels?

No, I've only started yesterday and played the first four or five levels. Haven't noticed any issues so far.

ProtonDB ratings[www.protondb.com] from the past few months (since the launch options were first mentioned in a GitHub issue) are all positive.