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Tomsu Mar 4, 2016 @ 2:28pm

Linux/SteamOS version?

Hey, I've been a casual follower of this series for a while now, but as Linux user I haven't got the chance to play this game yet... Do You have any plans on expanding this series to a wider audience in near future?

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meraco Mar 5, 2016 @ 4:59am

System Requirements
MINIMUM:

OS: Windows 7 SP1 (64-bit only)

Seems clear enough on the store page.

andrey12345 v2.0 [developer] Mar 5, 2016 @ 5:10am

Originally posted by Pultinheitin:
Hey, I've been a casual follower of this series for a while now, but as Linux user I haven't got the chance to play this game yet... Do You have any plans on expanding this series to a wider audience in near future?

No, Linux support not planned. Its to expensive with OpenGL hell, etc :)

But you can try play through Wine.

Tomsu Mar 5, 2016 @ 9:21am

Originally posted by andrey12345 v2.0:
Originally posted by Pultinheitin:
Hey, I've been a casual follower of this series for a while now, but as Linux user I haven't got the chance to play this game yet... Do You have any plans on expanding this series to a wider audience in near future?
No, Linux support not planned. Its to expensive with OpenGL hell, etc :)

But you can try play through Wine.

Vulkan is here too!

Anyway, I appreciate the prompt response. Thanks!

chavez

Dec 17, 2017 @ 1:23am

I tried it on VirtualBox with Windows. I don't know how to get Mius Front to launch however.

warci

May 7, 2019 @ 1:24am

Guys! I know this is an old topic, but running the game through steam play works on linux!!!! It used to be broken on wine, but just tried it again and BAM! Couldn't be happier! no I can finally play the game on the couch/bed/toilet on my laptop :)

warci

May 8, 2019 @ 4:14am

aaah damnit, it runs on my intel integrated graphics but crashes after the initial orders phase when using optimus/nvidia

warci

May 13, 2019 @ 1:25pm

I know I'm talking to myself here, but just in case somebody is searching for info on how to run this: I got the game fully working and running smoothly with optirun on NVIDIA on manjaro/arch linux x64 running in steam with the builtin compatibility thing. The thing that caused my crashes was in fact the sound. I just disabled the audio and everything is fine. When it crashed I saw some errors about a wrong elf class of some sound libraries, so presumably it'll be fixable by in stalling some 32 bit libraries, but since I don't care about the sound and always play with some dramatic Wagner on the background I'm really pleased!

edit: this is the error I'm encountering: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/2543
but as mentioned: switching off audio is a perfect workaround!

Last edited by warci; May 13, 2019 @ 1:30pm

DedZedNub May 15, 2019 @ 11:35pm

@ warci

(At the bottom I noted something that may help you that the Linus Tech video mentioned on switchable graphics issues, like Nvidia Optimus)

Well, I'm reading your post. I'm beginning to get interested in all the Graviteam Tactics games, I have the whole of Operation Star Bundle and now Tank Warfare.

And, I'm hoping to maybe make a new computer in about a year, and jettison most of Windows as much as possible, as I'd prefer not to have more than 1 Windows 10 computer (it came with it). I use my Windows 7 oldie for gaming, and I'll probably build a Linux PC next time.

That you can get it to run just now with Steam Play is great, especially on an Intel HD, as there had been some posts about it being difficult on the Intel HD drivers.

Linus Tech Tips has a video form April 9, 2019 that suggests PopOS and Manjaro distro. But anyway, very good news.

Are you still using Virtual Box beforehand, they said you can also just try off a USB thumb drive, if you prepare it a certain way?

Oh, they did mention that some distros do not have the latest fixes for Nvidia Optimus, since I think that is a switching type graphics thing, whatever that means. Take a look at that video, they mention it 2-3 times and put a graphic up for Optimus I think. I think they said that the latest Ubuntu has some fix for it, so it will eventually be fixed in other updating distros.

This is the link to that Linus Tech Tips video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co6FePZoNgE

At around the 11:15 mark, there is some mention of Nvidia Optimus and after that some discussion of potential solutions. Hope that helps some.

Last edited by DedZedNub; May 15, 2019 @ 11:49pm

warci

May 20, 2019 @ 4:52am

thanks, I'm super happy with manjaro and had many issues with ubuntu in the past (and this is my work laptop, so it needs to just work whenever I need it to).
I can live without sound. Let's be honest: the sound is not really the strongest point of the graviteam games anyway :) The game on the intel onboard gfx is just too slow and when running on optimus it's really smooth, so I'm happy with the way it runs!