demo help. linux

[styx971]

as the titles suggests i'm on linux , protondb says it works but i can't get it to launch at all , i hit play and it never opens. i've tried gamemode %command% and a few version of proton

[fendrin]

Same here.
The EA Version runs fine, the demo not at all.

[styx971]

Originally posted by fendrin:

Same here.
The EA Version runs fine, the demo not at all.

thanks , good to know , i've had it on my wishlist for years waiting on full release but switched to linux back around june so with the price hike on release i was hoping to test it before buying. i'll just have to grab it when funds come in since it should run , worse comes to worse least steam has refunds

[fendrin]

Originally posted by styx971:

Originally posted by fendrin:

Same here.
The EA Version runs fine, the demo not at all.

thanks , good to know , i've had it on my wishlist for years waiting on full release but switched to linux back around june so with the price hike on release i was hoping to test it before buying. i'll just have to grab it when funds come in since it should run , worse comes to worse least steam has refunds

Yeah, I guess the final version will run fine within Linux eventually.
Just buy the the EA and refund it if you are not satisfied.

I never regretted buying it, had enough fun with the game already.

[mixermixt]

Stuck at loading screen on linux after patch 1.9.7.9

The game used to work perfectly fine on linux. But now it always gets stuck at the loading screen, with the bar halfway through. After that there is menu sound and the cursor also changes, but I never get to the actual menu. Tested with different proton versions and none of them worked.

[Spitfire]

Hi there, OP.

I can confirm what fendrin said. The demo wouldn't start at all while the actual game runs perfectly fine. Game was on my WL for ages anyway so I just bought it :)

[Minotorious]

Just a quick FYI there is no guarantee from the dev team that the game runs or will run on any platform other than windows.

Linux/Mac support is something they are considering but only for after the full release.

[Mr Ash]

Hi Mister Mofo,
Though Linux isn't officially supported we will do our best to look into issues. There is a Foundation thread on protonDB here: https://www.protondb.com/app/690830

One of the Foundation Discord community did have some luck getting Demo running. Perhaps this might also work for you on the 1.9.7.9 version.

Note I cannot vouch for this or any third party software so please use due diligence and research.

"For anyone wanting to play the demo on Linux, you'll need to use protontricks to install the MFC140 dll. You can find youtube videos going through the exact same process but for another game."

[styx971]

Originally posted by Spitfire:

Hi there, OP.

I can confirm what fendrin said. The demo wouldn't start at all while the actual game runs perfectly fine. Game was on my WL for ages anyway so I just bought it :)

yeah i just picked it up since some holiday money came early , game loads unlike the demo so seems good

[Mr Ash]

I'm going to move this to tech support but one of the Discord community did have this to say about getting the Demo to run on Linux:

"For anyone wanting to play the demo on Linux, you'll need to use protontricks to install the MFC140 dll. You can find youtube videos going through the exact same process but for another game."

I cannot vouch for this nor for any third party software so please do the research needed. MFC140 dll is part of the Windows redistributables so should be available directly on the Microsoft website.

[fendrin]

Originally posted by Mr Ash:

"For anyone wanting to play the demo on Linux, you'll need to use protontricks to install the MFC140 dll. You can find youtube videos going through the exact same process but for another game."

That works for me, thank you.

But I can only place one building.
After that selecting a new one transforms the mouse pointer into the silhouette of the building in question but only for a split of a second.
So it seems the placement is cancelled automatically right after the selection.

I can solve this problem by save and loading, for each building to place.

[Charlie Foxtrot]

demo on linux

i can't get it to run. on protondb everyone says it's fine for the full version. there's no demo entry. a google search turned up a lot of "linux foundation" sites but no info regarding my issue.
i tried 4 or 5 different proton versions, it's always the same: i press play, the play button turns into the stop button, after 5 seconds it turns back to the play button. that's it. any ideas?

[El Presidente]

I just found this thread. It might be the same reason I have trouble getting the EA version to work on Kubuntu 24.04 which is the latest LTS or Long Term Support version of Kubuntu which is a variant of Ubuntu and use core Ubuntu.

[fendrin]

Originally posted by Charlie Foxtrot:

demo on linux

i can't get it to run. on protondb everyone says it's fine for the full version. there's no demo entry. a google search turned up a lot of "linux foundation" sites but no info regarding my issue.
i tried 4 or 5 different proton versions, it's always the same: i press play, the play button turns into the stop button, after 5 seconds it turns back to the play button. that's it. any ideas?

Have you tried the solution Mr Ash suggested?

[styx971]

Originally posted by fendrin:

Originally posted by Charlie Foxtrot:

demo on linux

i can't get it to run. on protondb everyone says it's fine for the full version. there's no demo entry. a google search turned up a lot of "linux foundation" sites but no info regarding my issue.
i tried 4 or 5 different proton versions, it's always the same: i press play, the play button turns into the stop button, after 5 seconds it turns back to the play button. that's it. any ideas?

Have you tried the solution Mr Ash suggested?

i ended up buying the game after someone said the full version works and it launched , not played it yet tho ,

[Mr Ash]

If you are having issues with the Demo starting on Linux or if you have found a workaround please could you reach out on our Discord so that we can investigate further.

There is a thread running here: https://discord.com/channels/421752495057141783/1318312801554534400