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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 rujasu · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Fraud in accounting? Sure about that? Sounds like it's more likely your account just got hacked.

    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. Re:Yay DRM by Ziggitz · · Score: 3, Funny

    No you're totally right. Today's DRM is impenetrable and will hold strong for a thousand years. And all those content creators I'm sure will maintain the DRM for centuries and both abandon their products and fight piracy of them at the same time.

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  3. 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.

  4. Re:Yay DRM by praxis · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Is Steam stopping me from playing the games I purchased? No? Then I don't really care. Steam doesn't get in my way, and is quite convenient for installing a game on multiple computers (plus I don't have to keep track of disks). Find something worth complaining about.

    Yes Steam is probably the best, most consumer-friendly DRM distribution system around, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't care at all. Unless you are happy having all your games rendered unplayable if Steam goes offline / Valve goes out of business. In the scale of a year that's unlikely, but in 10? 50? Quite apart from the legitimate short-term disadvantages, I think in 50 years we will look back on this period of time in the same way we view the lack of archiving of television in the mid-20th century, as a massive unnecessary black hole in our cultural history.

    Worse, you run the risk of having all your Steam games unplayable if they accuse you of cheating. If they do that, you have no legal recourse. Also, you run the risk of having your EULA for all your games altered. Your option, should you not want the new terms, is to close your Steam account and lose access to all your purchases.

    The second one is the deal breaker for me. I do not go an buy something and agree that they can take it away from me whenever they want and I can do nothing about it. That's just a really stupid deal to make. If they don't plan on doing it, then why make you agree to it? That's really scummy.