Posted May 16, 2020
Are there any plans to bring the Linux version to GOG ?
shylock.596
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Registered: Sep 2008
From Canada
zak256
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Registered: Sep 2011
From Germany
Posted May 18, 2020
I would like the Linux version as well. Thanks.
happyprancer
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Registered: Oct 2013
From Canada
Posted May 20, 2020
I would also like a Linux version.
Has anyone had success getting the Windows version to run on Linux? I believe it is an electron app, which should be reasonably straight forward to get running. I made some attempts at getting it to run under Wine or by trying to directly launch the electron app, but nothing worked straightforwardly. If someone could post a guide, that would be extremely helpful!
Has anyone had success getting the Windows version to run on Linux? I believe it is an electron app, which should be reasonably straight forward to get running. I made some attempts at getting it to run under Wine or by trying to directly launch the electron app, but nothing worked straightforwardly. If someone could post a guide, that would be extremely helpful!
shylock.596
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Registered: Sep 2008
From Canada
Posted May 21, 2020
Has anyone had success getting the Windows version to run on Linux? I believe it is an electron app, which should be reasonably straight forward to get running. I made some attempts at getting it to run under Wine or by trying to directly launch the electron app, but nothing worked straightforwardly. If someone could post a guide, that would be extremely helpful!
shylock.596
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Registered: Sep 2008
From Canada
Posted May 22, 2020
I emailed the developer about this and sadly they have no plans to release the Linux version onto GOG.
josekiller
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Registered: Jul 2014
From Brazil
shylock.596
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Registered: Sep 2008
From Canada
Posted June 02, 2020
I seem to have deleted the email but it was a pretty vague message about not being able to support it outside of Steam as they're only sure it would run on Ubuntu. It didn't make much sense because plenty of Linux games on GOG only officially support Ubuntu.
happyprancer
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Registered: Oct 2013
From Canada
Posted June 05, 2020
Unfortunately we have no plans to release the Linux version of Dekker on GOG at the moment. I’d actually only recommend purchasing the Steam version if you’re running our recommended version of Ubuntu or a near identical variant as we can’t guarantee it will work.
ciemnogrodzianin
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Registered: Dec 2013
From Poland
Posted February 20, 2022
That's sad.
It's a wrong devs' decision and I think it's also wrong GOG's approach – GOG should make some pressure to make the existing Linux port available for their customers...
It's a wrong devs' decision and I think it's also wrong GOG's approach – GOG should make some pressure to make the existing Linux port available for their customers...
ciemnogrodzianin
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Registered: Dec 2013
From Poland
Posted October 22, 2022
Just in case anyone is wondering: the game works well under Wine (report). For me it was required to enable ""Emulate Virtual Desktop" option and it's the only tweak needed for flawless gameplay.
xixas
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Registered: Jul 2014
From United States
Posted August 17, 2023
The game does indeed work well in just about any version of Wine, but Emulate Virtual Desktop is hit and miss.
Instead, disabling hardware acceleration in the game's hidden Electron settings works great, with or without Virtual desktop, Fullscreen or windowed mode.
To do so, edit the following file:
drive_c/GOG Games/The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker/resources/app/init.json
Change "hardwareAcceleration":true to "hardwareAcceleration":false
Instead, disabling hardware acceleration in the game's hidden Electron settings works great, with or without Virtual desktop, Fullscreen or windowed mode.
To do so, edit the following file:
drive_c/GOG Games/The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker/resources/app/init.json
Change "hardwareAcceleration":true to "hardwareAcceleration":false