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Running Under Linux

By 4LT

Get Downfall running as a Source mod on Linux.

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2 May, 2017 @ 6:11pm

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Guide Index

Overview

Prerequisites

Getting the Files

Edit gameinfo.txt

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Prerequisites

You'll need to obtain Source SDK Base 2013. To get it, hover your mouse over the LIBRARY tab in Steam, and select TOOLS from the context menu. Install "Source SDK Base 2013 Singleplayer, launch it, then close the application.

Getting the Files

Install SteamCMD using the instructions from https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Steamcmd. After you have steamcmd running, execute the following commands:

Copy the downfall directory (it's in the "df" folder) into ~/.steam/steam/SteamApps/sourcemods (create the sourcemods directory if it's not there). If your SteamApps folder is capitalized, you'll need to create a symlink. cd into ~/.steam/steam and run the following command:

ln -s SteamApps steamapps

Edit gameinfo.txt

Edit the gameinfo.txt file in your downfall folder, and replace it with the following:

"GameInfo" { game "DownFall" title "DOWNFALL" title2 "" type singleplayer_only FileSystem { SteamAppId 243730 SearchPaths { // No /custom/ folders because they can interfere with mod content and shouldn't be in mod gameinfo. game+mod+mod_write+default_write_path |gameinfo_path|. // Mod gamebin |gameinfo_path|bin // Mod's Binaries // We search VPK files before ordinary folders, because most files will be found in // VPK and we can avoid making thousands of file system calls to attempt to open files // in folders where they don't exist. (Searching a VPK is much faster than making an operating // system call.) // Base Half-Life 2 Content: ep2, episodic, hl2 game_lv |all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_lv.vpk game |all_source_engine_paths|ep2/ep2_english.vpk game |all_source_engine_paths|ep2/ep2_pak.vpk game |all_source_engine_paths|episodic/ep1_english.vpk game |all_source_engine_paths|episodic/ep1_pak.vpk game |all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_english.vpk game |all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_pak.vpk game |all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_textures.vpk game |all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_sound_vo_english.vpk game |all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_sound_misc.vpk game |all_source_engine_paths|hl2/hl2_misc.vpk platform |all_source_engine_paths|platform/platform_misc.vpk //game+mod downfall/downfall_pak.vpk platform |all_source_engine_paths|platform/platform_misc.vpk // Now search loose files. We'll set the directory containing the gameinfo.txt file // as the first "mod" search path (after any user customizations). This is also the one // that's used when writing to the "mod" path. //mod+mod_write+default_write_path |gameinfo_path|. // Add the HL2 directory as a game search path. This is also where where writes // to the "game" path go. game+game_write downfall // Where the game's binaries are gamebin downfall/bin // Last, mount in shared HL2 loose files game |all_source_engine_paths|episodic game |all_source_engine_paths|hl2 platform |all_source_engine_paths|platform } } }

Restart steam, and you should be see Downfall in your games list!

Please reply if you need help, or if you want to correct any mistakes I made, as I threw this guide together rather hastily.

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letting it crust :3 30 Mar, 2023 @ 7:18pm

Does this apply to all sourcemods or just the ones on steam? having trouble getting other sourcemods to work.

rst 6 Feb, 2023 @ 4:08pm

on one hand im glad that you don't need this guide. on the other... LMAOOOOOOOOOO

UltimateTornado 12 Dec, 2022 @ 7:32am

Linux rules!

4LT [author] 11 Apr, 2022 @ 4:40pm

Yep, this is pretty much obsolete now

:3 :3 :3 :3 :3 :3 :3 :3 :3 :3 :3 26 Mar, 2022 @ 2:41pm

Game works well with proton 6.3 btw

Tomasart1 27 Feb, 2022 @ 12:54pm

or just test with protons

Mauzki 耳廓狐 15 Nov, 2020 @ 12:37pm

was about to comment on the futility of the post but then I looked at the date, for anyone who doesn't care much about it being native then just run this in proton.

Jim_Partridge 21 Mar, 2018 @ 4:00pm

Can you provide a few notes on the things you had to change to get it working?

Lead 19 Jun, 2017 @ 6:49am

Thanks!

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