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Don't Starve Together is now in Open Beta. Don't Starve is a wilderness survival game and this standalone expansion adds new content as well as multiplayer.
If you already own Don't Starve and didn't sign up for the beta you will receive Don't Starve Together when it officially launches. If you can't wait you can buy into the beta with a heavy discount by buying the Frontier Pack and receive a copy for a friend. If you don't own Don't Starve you can purchase the full priced Frontier Pack for access to the game and a copy for a friend.
To access the beta:
-You must already own Don't Starve Together
-In your Steam client right click on Don’t Starve Together Beta and select “Properties”
-Select the “Betas” tab
-Enter the code “osxlinuxbeta” in the text box and press the “Check Code” button. You should see a confirmation message that the osxlinuxbeta beta is now available.
-In the drop-down under menu select to opt into osxlinuxbeta. You should see a message that you have successfully opted into the osxlinuxbeta beta. Press “Close”.
You can check out the game on Steam here. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
If you already own Don't Starve and didn't sign up for the beta you will receive Don't Starve Together when it officially launches. If you can't wait you can buy into the beta with a heavy discount by buying the Frontier Pack and receive a copy for a friend. If you don't own Don't Starve you can purchase the full priced Frontier Pack for access to the game and a copy for a friend.
To access the beta:
-You must already own Don't Starve Together
-In your Steam client right click on Don’t Starve Together Beta and select “Properties”
-Select the “Betas” tab
-Enter the code “osxlinuxbeta” in the text box and press the “Check Code” button. You should see a confirmation message that the osxlinuxbeta beta is now available.
-In the drop-down under menu select to opt into osxlinuxbeta. You should see a message that you have successfully opted into the osxlinuxbeta beta. Press “Close”.
You can check out the game on Steam here. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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micha 7 Feb 2015
Doesn't work for me. :(
I can unlock the drop-down menu item and have it selected but I still get a message box:
"Don't Starve Together Beta is not available on your current platform."
I can unlock the drop-down menu item and have it selected but I still get a message box:
"Don't Starve Together Beta is not available on your current platform."
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dnlbaines 7 Feb 2015
Strange, what distro are you using? Works for me on Ubuntu 14.10.
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Segata Sanshiro 7 Feb 2015
I wish this had split-screen local co-op, I would buy it for sure then.
Valve need to understand that if Steam Machines are going to compete with consoles then they need to incentivise developers to have actual multiplayer. At the moment it's just the Portal 2 missions, Left 4 Dead 2 if you tinker with it a bit and some indie games that aren't exactly going to pull people away from their Call Of Duty and FIFA.
Valve need to understand that if Steam Machines are going to compete with consoles then they need to incentivise developers to have actual multiplayer. At the moment it's just the Portal 2 missions, Left 4 Dead 2 if you tinker with it a bit and some indie games that aren't exactly going to pull people away from their Call Of Duty and FIFA.
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micha 7 Feb 2015
Strange, what distro are you using? Works for me on Ubuntu 14.10.
Ubuntu 14.04 TLS
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Spl-it 7 Feb 2015
Doesn't seem to be working here either, I opted in to the beta but when I try to install it shows the same message:
"Don't Starve Together Beta is not available on your current platform."
Kubuntu 14.10 here
"Don't Starve Together Beta is not available on your current platform."
Kubuntu 14.10 here
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Akamanah 7 Feb 2015
All works fine for me. Kubuntu 14.10.
Spoiler, click me
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MayeulC 7 Feb 2015
I wish this had split-screen local co-op, I would buy it for sure then.
Valve need to understand that if Steam Machines are going to compete with consoles then they need to incentivise developers to have actual multiplayer. At the moment it's just the Portal 2 missions, Left 4 Dead 2 if you tinker with it a bit and some indie games that aren't exactly going to pull people away from their Call Of Duty and FIFA.
+1, Local co-op games are a must for me.
How did you manage to get local co-op in left4dead ? Why isn't it official ?
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Segata Sanshiro 7 Feb 2015
How did you manage to get local co-op in left4dead ? Why isn't it official ?
If you look round steam, there's a lot of guides on how to do it. It's mostly just pulling up the console in-game and typing in a few commands. There's a video one here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlp1j9u3T1Y
No idea why it was never made official.
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Doesn't work on Crunchbang Waldorf either.
Install says it's finished in less than one second and when trying to start the game I get "Failed to Start Game (Missing Executable)".
Install says it's finished in less than one second and when trying to start the game I get "Failed to Start Game (Missing Executable)".
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Liam Dawe 7 Feb 2015
Works fine for me on Mint :D
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Corben 7 Feb 2015
Just bought the Frontier pack (and gifted it to somebody, so the extra copy of Don't Starve didn't get lost), and got Don't Starve Together gifted back. Redemption worked fine, but game is in my library only visible, when I set the filter from SteamOS + Linux to (all) Games.
Opting into the OSX/Linux beta branched was successfull then, but still no install button. Rightclicking on the game an then pressing install leads to the message:
"Don't Starve Together Beta is not available on your current platform."
Using Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS 64bit (german locale).
Any ideas? Restarting Steam or changing content servers didn't help.
PS: Same on my mac.
edit: Strange, just after waiting for a while, the install button appeared. Now I could install it on Linux (which I rebooted once in the meatime) and OS X (which was not rebooted). It seems to have been just a matter of time.
Opting into the OSX/Linux beta branched was successfull then, but still no install button. Rightclicking on the game an then pressing install leads to the message:
"Don't Starve Together Beta is not available on your current platform."
Using Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS 64bit (german locale).
Any ideas? Restarting Steam or changing content servers didn't help.
PS: Same on my mac.
edit: Strange, just after waiting for a while, the install button appeared. Now I could install it on Linux (which I rebooted once in the meatime) and OS X (which was not rebooted). It seems to have been just a matter of time.
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micha 8 Feb 2015
Suddenly just started to work! =)
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MayeulC 8 Feb 2015
If you look round steam, there's a lot of guides on how to do it. It's mostly just pulling up the console in-game and typing in a few commands. There's a video one here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nlp1j9u3T1Y
No idea why it was never made official.
Thank you. Well, I will try this later, when I have access to my xbox360 controllers.
In my opinion, every multiplayer game should offer a splitscreen option.
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So this works without Wine or PlayonLinux? I can just use the Linux Steam client to install once ive opted into the beta?
I was trying to get a client working for a few hours last night, Wine, Virtualbox, Playonlinux, nothing was working for me.
I was trying to get a client working for a few hours last night, Wine, Virtualbox, Playonlinux, nothing was working for me.
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