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Civilization V Officially Available On Linux For SteamOS

Posted by Unknown on from the what's-wrong-with-freeciv dept.

jrepin (667425) writes "Aspyr Media, in partnership with 2K and Firaxis Games, announced that the critically acclaimed Sid Meier's Civilization V, and all available expansion packs and downloadable content, is now available on Linux for SteamOS. The title includes Steam Play support. This release of Sid Meier's Civilization V on Linux targets SteamOS and features support for Valve's upcoming Steam Controller."

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  1. Works on regular steam, not just steamOS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Available on regular linux steam client, not just the SteamOS distro. I've already got it running under Ubuntu, runs nice and smooth.

    1. Re:Works on regular steam, not just steamOS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      I don't think he means their account department is committing fraud. I think he means their billing department needs to better detect fraud.

    2. Re:Works on regular steam, not just steamOS by tysonedwards · · Score: 4, Informative

      Do you realize that Valve does do two factor auth, and all it takes is a checkbox to turn on?
      Afterwards, attempts to even log in from a new location will require that you be texted or emailed a code which you type in, and can then revoke access at any time.

      Sounds like maybe you should make use of some of their security mechanisms, the least of which being simply changing your password.

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  2. Possible Resolution for Sound Issues by 00Monkey · · Score: 5, Informative

    Several Linux users are reporting audio issues. The initial movies play audio properly but then the sound of the game is pretty bad. Running Ubuntu 14.04 x64, I was able to resolve all sound issues by doing the following:

    1. Typed: sudo nano /etc/pulse/daemon.conf
    2. Found and changed the following parameters:
    A. default-fragments = 5
    B. default-fragment-size-msec = 2
    3. Saved file (Ctrl + O), Exited (Ctrl + X)
    4. Typed: pulseaudio -k
    5. Launched Civ 5, no audio issues now.

    I've posted the same on the Steam forums.