Steam is showing Doom as a Linux

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dgz

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I am currently exiled to an HTPC running Ubintu 14.04 and Haswell CPU with just iGPU.

I thought I'd missed the big news but the web doesn't seem to care.

Can anyone confirm this? I really don't want to download 70 gigs. It's not going to run on an iGPU
 
Doom 2016 has been practically Linux-native since late 2016 when the Denuvo copy protection was removed. Just use SteamPlay.
 
No, the game shows as a Linux native in my library. No SteamPlay (whatever that is) or anything. This has to be a new development.
 
dgz said:
No, the game shows as a Linux native in my library. No SteamPlay (whatever that is) or anything. This has to be a new development.
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Steam Play/Proton is basically Valve's built-in Wine layer for Steam. They have a list of fully supported games but under settings you can enable it for all games and install any Windows game in your library on Linux. It actually works quite well.

Doom was a great early example of how easily Vulkan titles can be run cross-platform, but as far as I know Bethesda didn't release an 'official' Linux port. It doesn't say anything about it on the Steam Store page...
 
Hard to say how it’ll run off the iGpu. Might have to dial it down a bit. I would think it would work though. Do you not have a spare video card to throw in it?

Doom looks great on my Ubuntu box
 
DeathFromBelow said:
Steam Play/Proton is basically Valve's built-in Wine layer for Steam. They have a list of fully supported games but under settings you can enable it for all games and install any Windows game in your library on Linux. It actually works quite well.

Doom was a great early example of how easily Vulkan titles can be run cross-platform, but as far as I know Bethesda didn't release an 'official' Linux port. It doesn't say anything about it on the Steam Store page...
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Like talking to a wall. All I am saying is that the game can be installed just by clicking Install which is how native games work. Can anyone confirm that's the case?
 
DogsofJune said:
Hard to say how it’ll run off the iGpu. Might have to dial it down a bit. I would think it would work though. Do you not have a spare video card to throw in it?

Doom looks great on my Ubuntu box
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Don't think so. It's a G3258. A Haswell dual-core.

It ran like shit at 320x240 in my 560Ti, no way it starts on the iGPU
 
dgz said:
Like talking to a wall. All I am saying is that the game can be installed just by clicking Install which is how native games work. Can anyone confirm that's the case?
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You're the one who is the wall in this case. He is saying that this is how SteamPlay works. Native Linux support was never added to Doom. If a game is SteamPlay compatible, it will be listed in the Linux category.
 
Yup- doesn't have to be 'Linux native' to just install with Steam. They're doing the same thing that say PlayOnLinux and Lutris are doing, but you know, for Steam games and generally better.

[League of Legends, literally the only game I want to play on my ultrabook, almost never works...]
 
Armenius said:
You're the one who is the wall in this case. He is saying that this is how SteamPlay works. Native Linux support was never added to Doom. If a game is SteamPlay compatible, it will be listed in the Linux category.
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He didn't exactly say that but thanks. Now I understand.
 
IdiotInCharge said:
Yup- doesn't have to be 'Linux native' to just install with Steam. They're doing the same thing that say PlayOnLinux and Lutris are doing, but you know, for Steam games and generally better.

[League of Legends, literally the only game I want to play on my ultrabook, almost never works...]
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I mostly play StarCraft 2 (kind of works with WINE but takes a performance hit), id Software / Valve / Shadow Warrior / Serious Sam. Most of it is native Linux these days.

Hows AMD these days? Ryzen build is a given but I am thinking of getting a RX 580 for my next HTPC. It will most likely by Ubuntu based, no gufly gnome 3 shit though.
 
My understanding is AMD video cards work pretty well in Linux. There are a couple of threads around here about it.

I'm considering an AMD based card for my Ubuntu box someday. Would like to repurpose my 1070 to someplace else
 
dgz said:
Hows AMD these days?
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About the same; if you plan on gaming on the HTPC, then you'd probably want AMD.

Nvidia still puts more resources behind Linux support, but their drivers aren't open so I can see that their solutions may diverge. Nvidia has taken a lot of flak from FOSS zealots for how they do things, despite great performance on Linux overall.
 
dgz said:
He didn't exactly say that but thanks.
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I'm sorry if I wasn't clear.

Normally you have to check an option in Steam to enable Steamplay for Windows-only titles so I figured you'd realize that's what the option was doing. Maybe the game is on an official proton support list now.
 
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DeathFromBelow said:
I'm sorry if I wasn't clear.

Normally you have to check an option in Steam to enable Steamplay for Windows-only titles so I figured you'd realize that's what the option was doing. Maybe the game is on an official proton support list now.
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I never bothered with such options. It just appeared there on its own. Since the HTPC is slow, I only gaming I do on it is emulators and home streaming via Steam. I swear it wasn't there a few months ago. Things are looking food if you're outside EA/Ubi land hehe
 
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