User:Chungy/Steam

Downloading with Steam on Linux
As of June 2015, the only game available for Steam on Linux is Strife: Veteran Edition, the rest are all Windows-only, even though source ports exist. It is possible, however to download files meant for another platform. Start Steam with the -console command line parameter, or open the steam://open/console link in a web browser, you should see the developer console.

From here, you can simply type download_depot  to download an item; the app_info_print command can be used to determine what the depots are. The following are known:


 * The Ultimate Doom: app 2280
 * Depot 2281: Vanilla Doom with DOSBox executables
 * Doom II: app 2300
 * Depot 2301: Vanilla Doom II with DOSBox executables
 * Final Doom: app 2290
 * Depot 2291: Vanilla Final Doom with DOSBox executables
 * Master Levels for Doom II: app 9160
 * Depot 9161: Vanilla Doom II, Master Levels with DOSBox executables


 * Heretic: app 2390
 * Depot 2391: Vanilla Heretic with DOSBox executables
 * Hexen: app 2360
 * Depot 2361: Vanilla Hexen with DOSBox executables
 * Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel: app 2370
 * Depot 2371: Vanilla Hexen: Deathkings with DOSBox executables (not up to date!)


 * Doom 3: app 9050
 * Depot 9051: Base game files
 * Depot 9052: English files
 * Depot 9053: Spanish files
 * Depot 9054: German files
 * Depot 9055: Italian files
 * Depot 9057: French files
 * Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil: app 9070
 * Depot 9071: Base game files
 * Doom 3: BFG Edition: app 208200
 * Depot 208202: Base game files
 * Depot 208203: English files
 * Depot 208204: German files
 * Depot 208205: French files
 * Depot 208206: Italian files
 * Depot 208207: Spanish files
 * Depot 208208: Japanese files


 * Quake 4: app 2210
 * Depot 2211: Base game files
 * Depot 2213: English files
 * Depot 2214: French files
 * Depot 2215: Italian files
 * Depot 2216: Spanish files

All the files will be downloaded into the $HOME/.local/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steamapps/content/app_ /depot_  directory. The original Doom 3 release and Quake 4 will require a CD key, it is not known at this time whether your key from Steam can be obtained through the Linux version; for now, you must run the Windows version of Steam or use another key you might already have.