No-Steam DRM Free X4 on Linux

[xman111]

I downloaded the file for No-Steam and only an exe is in this file. Where do I find the Linux version of DRM free? I am not always near an internet connection so Steam is problematic. Looking to enjoy this game without a Steam ball and chain around my neck.

[adeine]

I believe the last time this was discussed, the official statement was there is not enough demand to warrant building/maintaining another build for Linux.

If you have an issue with Steam/DRM I'm afraid your best bet would have been to buy the game on gog.

[xman111]

Wait... If there is already a DRM free version on GoG, why is it that they cannot provide that file? I am not understanding. They already made it and support it.

[xrogaan]

Different pipeline. Any release, understand binary, made has to be tested. I believe GOGCom is taking care of that on their end, and also why it's usually slower too.

In any case, the steam runtime is a real helper for running games on that platform. Why do you not want to use it?

[adeine]

Wait... If there is already a DRM free version on GoG, why is it that they cannot provide that file? I am not understanding. They already made it and support it.

There are likely more significant changes between the gog version and the Steam version. I don't know the details, but I imagine implementing things like achievements etc. is dependent on Steam/gog's specific platform code, for example.

Which is a bit of a shame since gog's Linux support is still pretty poor (most of the platform specific features don't properly work on Linux and the optional gog client is Windows only anyway).

[Mookau]

We're going to try and supply a Linux EXE as you requested, alongside the Windows NoSteam one. This EXE we upload will actually serve both for the purpose you want it, and as a "NoSteam" EXE for Linux users, though in practice the normal Linux EXE for Steam doesn't actually require Steam anyway. I can't promise exactly when this will start happening, though.

The steam executable is no-DRM anyway.

[Alan Phipps]

It's in the hands of the devs now so we don't need a discussion and opinion thread in Tech Sp.