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Update: Sadly, City Of Steam is no longer online.
City of Steam is a Free to Play MMORPG where everything revolves around a steam world and steam its-self. Fight huge roaches, rats, skeletons and many other minions as you loot and level up your character.
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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing City of Steam in Linux with Pipelight
Tips & Specs:
Mint 17.2 64-bit
Pipelight
Install Pipelight
Go To: pipelight.net/cms/installation.html
Click on the distribution you are using
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Launch Terminal
Ctrl+Alt+T
Ubuntu installation
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Add the Repository
Type:
Code:sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pipelight/stable![]()
Press Enter
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Update Ubuntu
Type:
Code:sudo apt-get update![]()
Press Enter
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Install Pipelight Multi
Type:
Code:sudo apt-get install --install-recommends pipelight-multi![]()
Type "Y"
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Press Enter
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Update Plugins
Type:
Code:sudo pipelight-plugin --update![]()
Press Enter
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Enable Unity3d
Type:
Code:sudo pipelight-plugin --enable unity3d![]()
Type "Y"
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Press Enter
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Create Mozilla Plugins
Type:
Code:sudo pipelight-plugin --create-mozilla-plugins![]()
Press Enter
Launching Firefox
Open Firefox
A pop up should appear "Creating wine prefix"
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Unity pop-up should appear "Downloading wine-unity3d-installer (1MiB)"
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Unity plugin
Check for the Unity plugin in Add-ons
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Unity Player 5 should be on the list
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If not, close Firefox, open Terminal again and run these three commands again:
Code:sudo pipelight-plugin --updateCode:sudo pipelight-plugin --enable unity3dInstalling User Agent OverriderCode:sudo pipelight-plugin --create-mozilla-plugins
Go To: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-overrider/
Click "Add to Firefox"
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Click Install
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Platform Override
Type in the address bar:
Click "I'll be careful, I promise!"Code:about:config
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Right-click anywhere in the rows
Roll over "New"
Select "String"
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Name the string:
Click OKCode:general.platform.override
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String Value: Win32
Click OK
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Click the User Agent Override icon
Select "Windows / Firefox 29"
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Launching City Of Steam
Go to www.cityofsteam.com
Click "Play Now"
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Enter credentials
Click "Sign In"
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Click "Play Now" again
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Note: Sometimes the website gets stuck on the login screen but shows "login successful" in green.
Just go back to www.cityofsteam.com
Select a server in your region
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Unity blocker
Click "Allow"
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Click "Allow and Remember"
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Intro
When it finishes loading press any key
Select Game Quality
Click Play
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Click Fullscreen Icon
Select resolution of your Linux desktop
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Optimization
Click the tiny gear at the top right
Click the Screen icon
Adjust:
Click Accept
- vSyncCount
- Environment Distance
- Character Distance
- Shadow Distance
- Terrain Detail
- Player Render Limit
- Global Settings
- Shadow Quality
- Reflections
- Bloom Effect
- Anti-aliasing
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Conclusion:
City of Steam performed really well except in Arkadia on my GeForce 550 Ti. There were some random crashes and I think its because of shadows and anti-aliasing or shaders. Turning the graphics settings down to medium seemed to help a bit.
The only other side-effect was seeing the bottom panel in Mint while playing full-screen. It didn't bother me very much and didn't affect game-play.
Gameplay Video:
Screenshots:
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