https://shocksolution.com/tags/unity/Recent content in Unity on shocksolution.comHugoen-usMon, 28 May 2018 19:15:33 +0000https://shocksolution.com/posts/running-unity-games-via-steam-in-linux/Mon, 28 May 2018 19:15:33 +0000https://shocksolution.com/posts/running-unity-games-via-steam-in-linux/<p>There seems to be a lot of confusion about how to run games built on the <a href="https://unity3d.com/">Unity engine</a> distributed by Steam on a Linux system. I recently solved this problem after backing the promising <a href="https://%3Cwww.planet-nomads.com/%3E">survival sandbox game Planet Nomads</a> on Kickstarter. Here is how to configure an Ubuntu Linux system and launch Planet Nomads successfully.</p> <h2 id="prerequisites">Prerequisites</h2> <p>If you have an Nvidia card, you must download and install the <a href="http://%3Cwww.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.aspx/114708/en-us%3E">official proprietary drivers provided by Nvidia.</a> I could not get Unity to launch with the open-source drivers. Once I installed the proprietary (closed source) drivers, I was able to launch Planet Nomads from the Steam application.</p>