• Dota 2
• SteamCMD
• Goldberg Emulator

• These notes allow downloading Dota 2 using SteamCMD and running it in offline mode through Goldberg Emulator ¹⁾

• https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD#Manually

wget -O '/tmp/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz' 'https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz' && mkdir -p ~/'Steam/steamcmd' && cd ~/'Steam/steamcmd' && tar -xvzf '/tmp/steamcmd_linux.tar.gz'  && cd ~ && sync

cd ~/'Steam/steamcmd' && ~/'Steam/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh' +login 'Espionage724' +quit && sync && cd ~

• https://mr_goldberg.gitlab.io/goldberg_emulator/

• This relies on this URL which looks fragile, but comes from the above download page

rm -Rf '/tmp/Goldberg_Lan_Steam_Emu_master.zip' '/tmp/Goldberg_Lan_Steam_Emu' ~/'.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so' && wget -O '/tmp/Goldberg_Lan_Steam_Emu_master.zip' 'https://gitlab.com/Mr_Goldberg/goldberg_emulator/-/jobs/4247811310/artifacts/download' && unzip '/tmp/Goldberg_Lan_Steam_Emu_master.zip' -d '/tmp/Goldberg_Lan_Steam_Emu' && mkdir -p ~/'.steam/sdk64/steam_settings' && mv '/tmp/Goldberg_Lan_Steam_Emu/linux/x86_64/steamclient.so' ~/'.steam/sdk64' && ls ~/'.steam/sdk64/steamclient.so' && rm -Rf '/tmp/Goldberg_Lan_Steam_Emu_master.zip' '/tmp/Goldberg_Lan_Steam_Emu' && sync

• Readme_release.txt

touch ~/'.steam/sdk64/steam_settings/offline.txt' ~/'.steam/sdk64/steam_settings/disable_overlay.txt' ~/'.steam/sdk64/steam_settings/disable_networking.txt' && echo 'Espionage724' | tee ~/'.steam/sdk64/steam_settings/force_account_name.txt'

mkdir -p ~/'Steam/steamapps' && mv ~/'Downloads/Dota 2/'* ~/'Steam/steamapps' && sync

• This may need re-ran if game data is restored from backup ²⁾

cd ~/'Steam/steamcmd' && ~/'Steam/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh' +login 'Espionage724' +app_update '570' +quit && sync && cd ~

• 2023/12/30: Sniper

cd ~/'Steam/steamcmd' && ~/'Steam/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh' +login 'Espionage724' +app_update '1628350' +quit && sync && cd ~

cd ~/'Steam/steamcmd' && ~/'Steam/steamcmd/steamcmd.sh' +login 'Espionage724' +app_update '570' validate +quit && sync && cd ~

• Dota 2 will likely crash since it's being ran outside the runtime, but settings are still erased

cd ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/bin/linuxsteamrt64' && ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/bin/linuxsteamrt64/dota2' -autoconfig

• ANV_NO_GPL=1 is required for Intel UHD 630 to prevent random crashing
• SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER=x11 is required for Wayland sessions

ANV_NO_GPL='1' SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER='x11' ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper/run-in-sniper' ~/'Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota.sh'

• TODO: Icon, and modernize with bash

mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/applications/Valve' && nano ~/'.local/share/applications/Valve/Dota 2.desktop' && sed -i 's/'CHANGEME'/'$USER'/g' ~/'.local/share/applications/Valve/Dota 2.desktop'

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Dota 2
Comment= Dota is the deepest multi-player action RTS game ever made and there's always a new strategy or tactic to discover. It's completely free to play and always will be – start defending your ancient now.
Categories=Game
Exec=env ANV_NO_GPL='1' SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER='x11' '/home/CHANGEME/Steam/steamapps/common/SteamLinuxRuntime_sniper/run-in-sniper' '/home/CHANGEME/Steam/steamapps/common/dota 2 beta/game/dota.sh'
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Icon=TODO.0