City Of Steam Guide

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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
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Press Enter
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Update Ubuntu
Type:
Code: 
sudo apt-get update
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Press Enter
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Install Pipelight Multi
Type:
Code: 
sudo apt-get install --install-recommends pipelight-multi
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Type "Y"
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Press Enter
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Update Plugins
Type:
Code: 
sudo pipelight-plugin --update
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Press Enter
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Enable Unity3d
Type:
Code: 
sudo pipelight-plugin --enable unity3d
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Type "Y"
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Press Enter
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Create Mozilla Plugins
Type:
Code: 
sudo pipelight-plugin --create-mozilla-plugins
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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 --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"
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Click Install
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Platform Override

Type in the address bar:
Code: 
about:config

Click "I'll be careful, I promise!"
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Right-click anywhere in the rows
Roll over "New"
Select "String"
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Name the string:
Code: 
general.platform.override
Click OK
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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:
  • vSyncCount
  • Environment Distance
  • Character Distance
  • Shadow Distance
  • Terrain Detail
  • Player Render Limit
  • Global Settings
  • Shadow Quality
  • Reflections
  • Bloom Effect
  • Anti-aliasing
Click Accept
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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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vashin
I'm having issues installing pipelight on Arch. Any suggestions?

$ sudo pacman-key -r E49CC0415DC2D5CA
gpg: connecting dirmngr at '/root/.gnupg/S.dirmngr' failed: IPC connect call failed
gpg: keyserver receive failed: No dirmngr
==> ERROR: Remote key not fetched correctly from keyserver.
 
booman
I will see if Daerandin will help you. He uses Arch as well.
He's super busy but will be able to help you after this weekend
 
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booman
I bet! I'm keeping things simple with Linux and sticking to Mint
You can always google the Arch forums and pacman installer
 
Daerandin
The pacman-key command will only work to download the official Archlinux developer keys, which should already be working after a regular install. Pipelight is in the AUR. I'm assuming you're familiar with the differences between official Arch packages and the AUR.

In any case, in order to import GPG keys for use with unofficial packages from the AUR, you need to import the keys with this command:

Code: 
gpg --recv-keys <key>

You will also need to create the configuration file specifying the keyserver. You can find all the information you need in the Arch Wiki. Keep in mind that everything from AUR is unofficial, and it is up to you to judge if the package and packager is trustworthy. Since anyone can upload a package to the AUR, there is no guarantee that a package will not compromise your system. Of course, packages that are well used and made by known packagers can generally be considered safe.

In any case, for your current case, you import the key you require with:

Code: 
gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys E49CC0415DC2D5CA
 
vashin
Daerandin said:
The pacman-key command will only work to download the official Archlinux developer keys, which should already be working after a regular install. Pipelight is in the AUR. I'm assuming you're familiar with the differences between official Arch packages and the AUR.

In any case, in order to import GPG keys for use with unofficial packages from the AUR, you need to import the keys with this command:

Code: 
gpg --recv-keys <key>

You will also need to create the configuration file specifying the keyserver. You can find all the information you need in the Arch Wiki. Keep in mind that everything from AUR is unofficial, and it is up to you to judge if the package and packager is trustworthy. Since anyone can upload a package to the AUR, there is no guarantee that a package will not compromise your system. Of course, packages that are well used and made by known packagers can generally be considered safe.

In any case, for your current case, you import the key you require with:

Code: 
gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys E49CC0415DC2D5CA
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Thank you, I will try this again.
 
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