Help please Linux / game version 1.0.12.9.

[N 1]

i cant connect to any game in INTERNET becouse my game version is 1.0.12.9 , The games on lobby is 1.0.12.54. How i can update my game version from .....9. to ........54?
thx a lot <3

[Copernicus]

Yes! The short answer is that you now need to use Proton (Wine) to run Civ VI on Linux. There are a couple of ways to do this (assuming you are running the game from inside Steam); I do it by right-clicking on the Civ VI entry in my library list, click on "Properties" in the pop-up menu to bring up the Properties window, then select "Compatibility" on the left. This will allow you to choose to "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool", and then you can choose a version of Proton. Pretty much any version will work, including "experimental" (which is what I normally choose).

The long answer is that, many years ago, the company Aspyr created a Linux port for Civ VI (as well as a Mac port). This worked quite well; but the Wine / Proton project has been getting better and better at running pretty much all Windows programs on Linux. In the last few years, it has gotten so good that it can usually run the latest Windows updates before porting companies like Aspyr can update their own products.

Aspyr has apparently thrown in the towel at this point; about two years ago, they tried to push out an update that was full of bugs, made two or three attempts to fix the bugs (that each failed in a different way), and then just rolled their port back to the ".9" version that you are seeing and told everyone who asked that there would be no new updates.

Unfortunately, Aspyr is still regarded as the "official" source for Civ VI on Linux, even though they have unofficially abandoned their product. Presumably, they just can't compete against Proton at this point; and I guess that probably isn't a bad business decision. I just wish they'd publicly announce that Wine / Proton is now the correct way to run the game...

[N 1]

Originally posted by Copernicus:

Yes! The short answer is that you now need to use Proton (Wine) to run Civ VI on Linux. There are a couple of ways to do this (assuming you are running the game from inside Steam); I do it by right-clicking on the Civ VI entry in my library list, click on "Properties" in the pop-up menu to bring up the Properties window, then select "Compatibility" on the left. This will allow you to choose to "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool", and then you can choose a version of Proton. Pretty much any version will work, including "experimental" (which is what I normally choose).

The long answer is that, many years ago, the company Aspyr created a Linux port for Civ VI (as well as a Mac port). This worked quite well; but the Wine / Proton project has been getting better and better at running pretty much all Windows programs on Linux. In the last few years, it has gotten so good that it can usually run the latest Windows updates before porting companies like Aspyr can update their own products.

Aspyr has apparently thrown in the towel at this point; about two years ago, they tried to push out an update that was full of bugs, made two or three attempts to fix the bugs (that each failed in a different way), and then just rolled their port back to the ".9" version that you are seeing and told everyone who asked that there would be no new updates.

Unfortunately, Aspyr is still regarded as the "official" source for Civ VI on Linux, even though they have unofficially abandoned their product. Presumably, they just can't compete against Proton at this point; and I guess that probably isn't a bad business decision. I just wish they'd publicly announce that Wine / Proton is now the correct way to run the game...

Thank you so much for such a detailed response

[-SBFG-wolD]

Good to know. Run in the same problem for a few weeks :)

[Aresydatch]

Originally posted by Copernicus:

Yes! The short answer is that you now need to use Proton (Wine) to run Civ VI on Linux. There are a couple of ways to do this (assuming you are running the game from inside Steam); I do it by right-clicking on the Civ VI entry in my library list, click on "Properties" in the pop-up menu to bring up the Properties window, then select "Compatibility" on the left. This will allow you to choose to "Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool", and then you can choose a version of Proton. Pretty much any version will work, including "experimental" (which is what I normally choose).

The long answer is that, many years ago, the company Aspyr created a Linux port for Civ VI (as well as a Mac port). This worked quite well; but the Wine / Proton project has been getting better and better at running pretty much all Windows programs on Linux. In the last few years, it has gotten so good that it can usually run the latest Windows updates before porting companies like Aspyr can update their own products.

Aspyr has apparently thrown in the towel at this point; about two years ago, they tried to push out an update that was full of bugs, made two or three attempts to fix the bugs (that each failed in a different way), and then just rolled their port back to the ".9" version that you are seeing and told everyone who asked that there would be no new updates.

Unfortunately, Aspyr is still regarded as the "official" source for Civ VI on Linux, even though they have unofficially abandoned their product. Presumably, they just can't compete against Proton at this point; and I guess that probably isn't a bad business decision. I just wish they'd publicly announce that Wine / Proton is now the correct way to run the game...

Ah, guess that's why the Linux version was a bit buggy... Just hope performance isn't an issue

[Copernicus]

Originally posted by Aresydatch:

Ah, guess that's why the Linux version was a bit buggy... Just hope performance isn't an issue

Weird thing: Linux is a very lightweight OS (at least compared to Windows and macOS). On older or lower power machines, Windows apps can run faster on Linux...