Banner Saga Update - April 16th

[Myll_Erik]

We’re releasing a rather large update for The Banner Saga and it includes the Linux + SteamOS versions of the game. We know it took a while, but we had to do things the right way rather than rush anything out. We're also happy to be having a 50% off sale for the weekend to accompany this update!

We’re happy were the Linux + SteamOS turned out. We've tested primarily on SteamOS Beta and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. If you have any issues on your system, please contact us at [e-mail].

We are very pleased with the way the game feels when played with a gamepad. We tested with the primary 4 controllers: Xbox One, Xbox 360, Playstation DualShock 3, and Playstation DualShock 4. We also tested with a variety of generic gamepads. However, if you use an unrecognized controller, you still might be able to configure it when prompted by the game. If you do this successfully, please contact us at [e-mail] so that we can incorporate your configuration into the game for everyone else.

The Steam Cloud saves will help ensure that your save games are more permanent and available for The Banner Saga 2. When you start the game for the first time, the game will automatically upload your old save games into the Steam Cloud.

Here are the Major Points and Release Notes for this build

Main Points
· Linux + SteamOS
· Big Picture
· Full Gamepad
· Steam Cloud Saves

Release Notes
· Ported the game to Linux and SteamOS
· Added Steam Big Picture support
· Added Gamepad support for Xbox and Playstation compatible controllers
· Graphical renderer completely rewritten and optimized using Starling and Stage3d for Windows and Mac OS X platforms. This puts more load on your GPU, instead of the CPU. You can still use the old renderer by adding the command line option "starling=false" without the quotes.
· Added zooming with mouse wheel
· Fix issue preventing achievements earned in offline play from uploading to Steam when Steam finally reconnects
· Fix issue with the silver arrow
· Fix issue causing Silver Arrow to be unusable in the Bellower Fight
· Hero Stat upgrade GUI improved with new 'add' and 'subtract' buttons
· Fix several grammar and spelling issues
· Fix issue where Egil is still available for fight after being betrayed
· Battle Horn no longer deducts stars if they cannot be used on the active hero
· Command line options format has changed. See the Developer Cheatsheet for more information.

[Lawful]

I have to do a replay now that the Silver Arrow was fixed. Thank you for that and for the Starling integration.

[Myll_Erik]

Once again folks - we're already working on the failed start-up issue so please be patient.

[Myll_Erik]

NP Lawful - apologies things took so long!

[Nellodee]

Gamepad support is unexpected, but awesome!

[stabbyjones]

text is all screwed up in the menus (in linux). http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=426575504

[Myll_Erik]

@Stabby - what screen resolution are you playing on?

[stabbyjones]

i have two displayport monitors in a dock that makes a single display. 3840x1200 all up.

Edit: I tested by disconnecting the external display and deleted the local folders but it's the same. I'll test it on my Nvidia desktop in a hr or so and see if that changes.

[Keizgon]

Hello, I'm running the game on a slightly older laptop, but I'm unaware of how much VRAM is being sucked out (loading screen takes ~10 min to load, so I assume a lot is being cached). Would appreciate it being listed for game's min/requirements, if mine is insufficient enough.

Title screen runs with 1 FPS, video scenes run a solid 60 FPS, in-game runs 1-2 FPS. I was expecting maybe 10-15 FPS at least? Isn't this game meant to run on tablets? :P

Laptop Model: HP Pavilion g7 Notebook PC
OS: Ubuntu 14.04 (64-bit)
Graphics: Intel HD 3000 series
Resolution: 1600x900
RAM: 4 GB DDR3

Glad to see this come to Linux though, much appreciated.

[adolson]

Full gamepad support and Linux support? Guess I have no choice.

[Kairn]

Am I the only one who can't use the Horn anymore after this patch ?

[Myll_Erik]

@Stabby - On NVIDIA, this occurs when using the default driver provided by most Linux distributions (nouveau). Updating to NVIDIA's proprietary driver should resolve the issue.

[preator_antrax]

So I just finished the 1.2 GB update and a 2.8 GB one started immediately afterwards. Are they both part of this update? This seems enormous...

[arbyD]

Awesome, thanks for the update guys!

[Myll_Erik]

@Preator - sounds odd, have you modded the game in any way? (if you did a full re-download of the game files might happen)

[Myll_Erik]

@Keizgon - huge thanks for the detailed info - I'll see what info I can get for you.