STO via Steamplay on Linux, it works.

cronoprime

Heads up for any Linux users who had the bad luck of not being able to keep the game working in WINE. STEAM has a new compatibility feature using a customized WINE they call Photon...and it WORKS without fiddling.

https://steamcommunity.com/games/221410/announcements/detail/1696055855739350561

Basically opt into the Beta, change the settings to let you try it with any game, and you're good to go.

Tested it out on Fedora 28, quad-core 2.8Ghz phenom II, 16GB RAM, GTX1050TI, performance isn't perfect, but it's acceptable. (ground seems a little bit jerky). I'd left the game as a Captain(35), logged in ran a space encounter and did the storyline mission I was on when I quit PC STO, Temporal Ambassador, gained 2 levels.

The hard part about returning to the game is that I've become accustomed to the pacing and UI of the PS4 version. Need to change my targeting and camera settings. And I do miss the "FFXII gambit style" conditional skill system.

nimbull

Woooooo! I may finally ditch Windows if this holds up. No more forced updates that changes things without my say so, no more interfaces that require 3rd party add-ons to turn in to something useful because someone tried and failed to get in to mobile, no more integrated spyware in to the OS, no more threat of Windows as a service fee. It's a shame more companies don't make their games platform neutral but at least Steam's taking a crack at that nut.

spatchman

I ditched windows completely 2years ago and one of the bonuses was that it got me off of my STO addiction. Now it works excellently on steamplay and for my sins I'm back in STO. I see very little has changed.

baddmoonrizin

Necro /Thread