Hello fellow Linux gamers!

Here you can find informations about ./play.it, a tool building packages for Debian, Arch Linux, Gentoo and any derivative (Ubuntu, Manjaro, Linux Mint, etc.) from your installers for Surviving Mars.
These packages can be installed easily with you favourite packages manager.

Download links and usage instructions can be found on the following page:
Surviving Mars

We hope youʼll enjoy the ease-of-use provided by this tool as much as we enjoy writing and tweaking it ;)

Here you go for more supported games!

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Salut camarades Linuxiens !

Vous trouverez ici des informations à propos de ./play.it, un outil construisant des paquets pour Debian, Arch Linux, Gentoo ou nʼimporte quelle distribution dérivée de celles-ci (Ubuntu, Manjaro, Linux Mint, etc.) à partir de vos installateurs pour Surviving Mars.
Ces paquets sʼinstallent facilement via votre gestionnaire de paquets habituel.

Les liens de téléchargement et les instructions dʼutilisation se trouvent sur la page suivante :
Surviving Mars

Nous espérons que vous apprécierez le confort apporté par cet outil autant que nous apprécions lʼécrire et lʼaméliorer ;)

Pour plus de jeux, rendez-vous par ici !

Um... I just ran

> bash [surviving_mars_installer].sh

and the game installed and ran with zero issues. No need for root privileges, either.

./play.it isn’t the only installation method for Linux games, of course you can install games without using it ;)

But for GOG games, it is one of the few methods that allow the packages manager to handle the installation, including dependencies tracking.

Update

Add suport for Stellaris Dome Set DLC

Surviving Mars base game
New supported installer:
surviving_mars_en_180619_curiosity_hotfix_3_21661.sh

Digital Deluxe Upgrade DLC
New supported installer:
surviving_mars_digital_deluxe_edition_upgrade_pack_en_180619_curiosity_hotfix_3_21661.sh

Mysteries Resupply Pack DLC
New supported installer:
surviving_mars_mysteries_resupply_pack_en_180619_curiosity_hotfix_3_21661.sh

Update

Surviving Mars base game

New supported installer:
surviving_mars_en_davinci_rc1_22763.sh

Digital Deluxe Upgrade DLC

New supported installer:
surviving_mars_digital_deluxe_edition_upgrade_pack_en_davinci_rc1_22763.sh

Mysteries Resupply Pack DLC

New supported installer:
surviving_mars_mysteries_resupply_pack_en_davinci_rc1_22763.sh

Update

Surviving Mars base game

New supported installer:
surviving_mars_sagan_rc1_update_23676.sh

Digital Deluxe Upgrade DLC

New supported installer:
surviving_mars_digital_deluxe_edition_upgrade_pack_sagan_rc1_update_23676.sh

Mysteries Resupply Pack DLC

New supported installer:
surviving_mars_mysteries_resupply_pack_sagan_rc1_update_23676.sh

Stellaris Dome Set DLC

New supported installer:
surviving_mars_stellaris_dome_set_sagan_rc1_update_23676.sh

Update

Surviving Mars base game

New supported installer:
surviving_mars_sagan_rc3_update_24111.sh

Digital Deluxe Upgrade DLC

New supported installer:
surviving_mars_digital_deluxe_edition_upgrade_pack_sagan_rc3_update_24111.sh

Mysteries Resupply Pack DLC

New supported installer:
surviving_mars_mysteries_resupply_pack_sagan_rc3_update_24111.sh

Stellaris Dome Set DLC

New supported installer:
surviving_mars_stellaris_dome_set_sagan_rc3_update_24111.sh

Hi.

I am having troubles using the new supported installer

surviving_mars_sagan_rc3_update_24111.sh

on my Ubuntu 18.04


I got the message

Using surviving_mars_sagan_rc3_update_24111.sh
Checking integrity of surviving_mars_sagan_rc3_update_24111.sh
Error:
Hashsum mismatch. surviving_mars_sagan_rc3_update_24111.sh is not the expected file.
Use --checksum=none to force its use.

I tried forcing as it suggested, but only to lead to the following message

Using surviving_mars_sagan_rc3_update_24111.sh
Extracting data from surviving_mars_sagan_rc3_update_24111.sh OK

Error:
The following icon file could not be found: /tmp/play.it/surviving-mars.Sdmni/gamedata/data/noarch/support/icon.png
Please report this issue in our bug tracker: https://framagit.org/vv221/play.it-games/issues

I could use some guidance on how to install the game properly.

Hashsum mismatch means that the installer file is not correct. You'll need to download it again.

The Hashsum is a string of numbers generated by doing set mathematical equation based off of the original installer file when the developer finished compiling it. When the installer runs, it runs the same mathematical equation and compares the results to make sure that the number produced is the same. That lets the installer know that the file is exactly the same as the original.

That is important, because if the installer was corrupted during download, or by some other means, it could damage your system, give undesired results, or make it an "unclean" installation that could cause problems when someone tries to troubleshoot issues with you.

If you keep getting this issue, then something is wrong with how you are downloading the file, either your download manager or browser downloading function is malfunctioning, because it's corrupting the file somehow.

Tethtibis got it right, your installer might have been corrupted during its download. That would explain why the icon file could not be found when you forced its use, data extraction did not happen as expected.

Update

Surviving Mars (base game)

Add missing dependency on old libSSL for Gentoo

New installer supported:
surviving_mars_cernan_update_29871.sh

Digital Deluxe Upgrade

New installer supported:
surviving_mars_digital_deluxe_edition_upgrade_pack_cernan_update_29871.sh

Update

Surviving Mars (base game)

Display a warning when building .deb packages but the libSSL archive has not been provided.

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