Installing the game on Linux: Difference between revisions

The Vintage Story game client relies on three main components: the .NET Runtime, OpenAL, and OpenGL. As of recent  

To perform a manual installation, you are expected to know ''how to open a terminal'', ''what package manager your Linux distribution uses'', and how to use ''your package manager's <code>search</code>, <code>list</code>, and <code>install</code> commands or command flags''.

Some common package managers (<code>apt</code>, <code>dnf</code>, <code>yum</code>, and <code>apk</code>) share a similar command format, so the following <code>apt</code> examples can be used by substituting <code>apt</code> with a near-equivalent command. Other package managers may stray slightly from the above four or use a completely different format, as is the case with <code>pacman</code> in Arch.

The easiest way to install the .NET Runtime on your Linux system is to use a package available in your distribution's official package repository (see example below). Package names for some popular distributions are as follows:

[[File:InstallingDotnetApt.png|400px|thumb|floatright|alt=A screenshot of a terminal searching for and installing .NET 7.|A screenshot of the process of searching for and installing the .NET 7 Runtime in Ubuntu with <code>apt</code>. The commands used and desired search results are highlighted.]]

* [https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=dotnet* Alpine Linux]: dotnet7-runtime

* [https://archlinux.org/packages/?q=dotnet Arch Linux]: dotnet-runtime-7.0

* [https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=dotnet Ubuntu]: dotnet-runtime-7.0

If your distribution isn't listed or if you want to check whether the package is installed, you can search for <code>dotnet.*runtime</code> or <code>dotnet runtime</code> in your package manager and copy the name for version 7 into an install command (see example below).

For advanced users, Microsoft also offers [https://packages.microsoft.com/ official package repositories] for several Linux distributions and [https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/install/linux guides for manual or scripted installations] as alternatives. An overview of these options is available [https://github.com/dotnet/core/blob/main/linux.md on dotnet's GitHub].

As an example, these are two ways to search for the .NET Runtime with <code>apt</code> (in Ubuntu); the example using <code>grep</code> is slower but provides a cleaner output:<br>

Search with Grep: <code>sudo apt list | grep -E dotnet.*runtime</code><br>

Normal Search: <code>sudo apt search dotnet.*runtime</code>

Once the .NET Runtime's package name is found (in this case, <code>dotnet-runtime-7.0</code>), the package can be installed:<br>

Install: <code>sudo apt install dotnet-runtime-7.0</code><br>

If it is already installed, the search list entry will have some text indicating so near the beginning or end of the line, usually '''<code>[Installed]</code>'''.

If you don't have it already, the OpenAL library should be present in your distribution's package repository. Search for <code>openal</code>, <code>libopenal</code>, <code>libopenal-dev</code> or anything that provides the required <code>libopenal.so</code> library.

As an example, searching for and installing OpenAL with <code>apt</code> might be done with these commands (in Ubuntu); prefer the <code>grep</code> variant here as there are many more extraneous results:<br>

Search: <code>sudo apt list | grep openal</code> OR <code>sudo apt search openal</code><br>

OpenGL is the 3D graphics library the game uses, which needs to be supported by a graphics driver. If you have a graphics card (integrated or dedicated) but do not have drivers installed, you will need to search online for installation instructions for your specific hardware, Linux distribution, and package manager. The process will be similar to the installation of .NET above, but may include additional steps to add third-party repositories to your package manager.

NVIDIA graphics cards can make use of <code>nvidia</code> driver packages, while Intel and AMD graphics will need to use <code>mesa</code> driver packages. You can use the following command to check if parts of the mesa or nvidia packages are installed (in Ubuntu):<br>

Search Installed: <code>sudo apt list --installed | grep -E "mesa|nvidia"</code>

Once you have its dependencies installed, you're ready to download and run the game.

Sign in and find the client download for Linux in the Vintage Story website's [https://account.vintagestory.at/downloads client area]. The Linux download is a tarball (.tar.gz archive) that will need to be extracted. Most desktop environments will allow you to right click the archive and extract it from the context menu, or double-click it to open an archive viewer with an "Extract" option.

If neither option is available, right click in empty space next to the archive to open a terminal in (or use the <code>cd</code> command to set the terminal's directory to) the directory containing the archive, then use the <code>tar</code> command to extract the contents of the archive:<br>

Change Directory: <code>cd /home/myusername/Downloads</code><br>

Extract Archive: <code>tar -xvf ./vintagestory_tarball.tar.gz</code><br>

Be aware that path and file names are case-sensitive, but you can press TAB while typing to auto-complete them. Make sure to substitute the directory in the <code>cd</code> command and archive name in the <code>tar</code> command with the location and filename of your download.

Once the <code>vintagestory</code> directory has been fully extracted, you can enter it and double-click to execute the <code>run.sh</code> or <code>Vintagestory</code> files, or open a terminal in that directory (using the same process as above) and run one of them from the command line:<br>

Run the Game: <code>./run.sh</code> OR <code>./Vintagestory</code>

Some people report minor graphical issues which are platform and driver dependent. Vintage Story makes use of a large variety of GLSL shaders for its rendering effects including commonplace elements such as grass and leaf colors in different climates. Bugs in the GPU driver's implementation of GLSL may cause artifacts with some of these. There's a chance a driver update might improve the situation. The in-game Graphics settings give high level control over many of the effects, you can try different settings.

Manual installation walkthrough.

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