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.



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


Launch Terminal
Ctrl+Alt+T

Ubuntu installation


Add the Repository
Type:

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pipelight/stable

Press Enter


Update Ubuntu
Type:

Code:

sudo apt-get update

Press Enter


Install Pipelight Multi
Type:

Code:

sudo apt-get install --install-recommends pipelight-multi

Type "Y"


Press Enter


Update Plugins
Type:

Code:

sudo pipelight-plugin --update

Press Enter


Enable Unity3d
Type:

Code:

sudo pipelight-plugin --enable unity3d

Type "Y"


Press Enter


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"


Unity pop-up should appear "Downloading wine-unity3d-installer (1MiB)"


Unity plugin
Check for the Unity plugin in Add-ons


Unity Player 5 should be on the list


If not, close Firefox, open Terminal again and run these three commands again:

Code:

sudo pipelight-plugin --update

Code:

sudo pipelight-plugin --enable unity3d

Code:

sudo pipelight-plugin --create-mozilla-plugins

Installing User Agent Overrider

Go To: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-overrider/
Click "Add to Firefox"


Click Install


Platform Override

Type in the address bar:

Code:

about:config

Click "I'll be careful, I promise!"


Right-click anywhere in the rows
Roll over "New"
Select "String"


Name the string:

Code:

general.platform.override

Click OK


String Value: Win32
Click OK


Click the User Agent Override icon
Select "Windows / Firefox 29"


Launching City Of Steam

Go to www.cityofsteam.com

Click "Play Now"


Enter credentials
Click "Sign In"


Click "Play Now" again


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


Unity blocker
Click "Allow"


Click "Allow and Remember"


Intro
When it finishes loading press any key

Select Game Quality
Click Play


Click Fullscreen Icon
Select resolution of your Linux desktop


Optimization

Click the tiny gear at the top right
Click the Screen icon

Adjust:

• vSyncCount
• Environment Distance
• Character Distance
• Shadow Distance
• Terrain Detail
• Player Render Limit
• Global Settings
• Shadow Quality
• Reflections
• Bloom Effect
• Anti-aliasing

Click Accept


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: