Just want to bring to light this forum post I made on Desura's forum first of all, but don't go there until you read this article.
http://www.desura.com/forum/thread/linux-32bit-and-64bit-seperation
Something that really annoys me about Desura is that Linux's 32bit and 64bit games are separated, I seem to miss games completely because when I am logged in it picks me up as 64bit so any game tagged 32bit (and not 64bit as well) I won't see without directly knowing it exists to search for it.
Considering when you go to a game it notes what platform it supports as well in the form of Linux icons for 32bit and 64bit. Not to mention that 64bit Linux can play both 32bit and 64bit games.
It's just plain wrong in my opinion.
Livalink a game I now love and own on Desura still doesn't show up even though I own it, I have to go to either my games list that I own or search for it.
Does anyone else think this is a big issue?
I wanted to bring this to light as I love Desura and what they do for indie's but I can't help but think they need to put a bit more love into their website (and client but that's a whole other story..). Something like this is trivial to fix on a website, it should be a case of adjusting their database query to not filter out 32bit games.
If you agree with me please chime in on the linked forum post at the top of this article.
Update: You can fix it yourself manually by going here http://www.desura.com/platforms/selection and going to Linux but it's not solving a bigger issue - people who get lumped into the 64bit selection and don't know about that page are still stuck. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
http://www.desura.com/forum/thread/linux-32bit-and-64bit-seperation
Something that really annoys me about Desura is that Linux's 32bit and 64bit games are separated, I seem to miss games completely because when I am logged in it picks me up as 64bit so any game tagged 32bit (and not 64bit as well) I won't see without directly knowing it exists to search for it.
Considering when you go to a game it notes what platform it supports as well in the form of Linux icons for 32bit and 64bit. Not to mention that 64bit Linux can play both 32bit and 64bit games.
It's just plain wrong in my opinion.
Livalink a game I now love and own on Desura still doesn't show up even though I own it, I have to go to either my games list that I own or search for it.
Does anyone else think this is a big issue?
I wanted to bring this to light as I love Desura and what they do for indie's but I can't help but think they need to put a bit more love into their website (and client but that's a whole other story..). Something like this is trivial to fix on a website, it should be a case of adjusting their database query to not filter out 32bit games.
If you agree with me please chime in on the linked forum post at the top of this article.
Update: You can fix it yourself manually by going here http://www.desura.com/platforms/selection and going to Linux but it's not solving a bigger issue - people who get lumped into the 64bit selection and don't know about that page are still stuck. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Yeah I updated the article to have it :), can't see it linked from anywhere on the Desura website though.
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Its found by selecting a platform at the top bar. It'll pop up saying Now browsing "platform" if you want you can manage your platforms which is linked to that page.
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Holy cow you are right, good find but honestly only including Linux 32bit selection from a link inside a real small pop up most will ignore...sigh.
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Just FYI all commenters, indiecity will be doing it in a much more sane way and just putting 32bit or 64bit in the system requirements area and not split them into two platforms :)
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muntdefems Feb 5, 2013
There's no way to change your selected platform on Desura's official client, right? Maybe uninstalling the 64bit client and installing the 32bit one? (just feeling too lazy to try it myself...)
For what it's worth, here's the complete list of 32bit-only games that don't show without tweaking your platform selection (13 in total):
· Battlemass
· Blue Libra 2
· CAFÉ 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~
· Cube MetalHeart - Sauerbraten Extended
· Exodus Wars: Fractured Empire
· Incursion
· Livalink
· Revenge Of The Cats: Ethernet
· Running with Rifles
· Solar War
· Super Space Rubbish
· The Real Texas
· Zombie Grinder
For what it's worth, here's the complete list of 32bit-only games that don't show without tweaking your platform selection (13 in total):
· Battlemass
· Blue Libra 2
· CAFÉ 0 ~The Drowned Mermaid~
· Cube MetalHeart - Sauerbraten Extended
· Exodus Wars: Fractured Empire
· Incursion
· Livalink
· Revenge Of The Cats: Ethernet
· Running with Rifles
· Solar War
· Super Space Rubbish
· The Real Texas
· Zombie Grinder
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Their main website annoys me as well, the fact that I have to manually subscribe to a game to receive news in my notifications about it even when I own it as well.
When you buy a game you should be then subscribed to it.
When you buy a game you should be then subscribed to it.
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offtopic: liamdawe can you fix your site as well. or maybe only i have that bug.
every time new replay(comment) has been entered into the news article and i refresh the page it throws me error which asks me to go back to the index and then i can check the link again.
every time new replay(comment) has been entered into the news article and i refresh the page it throws me error which asks me to go back to the index and then i can check the link again.
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Please report bugs to the bugs forum and tell me how to reproduce.
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I thought that the Desurium client RC1 already solved this by exposing 32-bit games to 32-bit client builds, and exposing 32-bit & 64-bit games to 64-bit builds. Better ask Cheese, Liam! He's all up in that :)
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muntdefems Feb 5, 2013
Quoting: s_dI thought that the Desurium client RC1 already solved this by exposing 32-bit games to 32-bit client builds, and exposing 32-bit & 64-bit games to 64-bit builds. Better ask Cheese, Liam! He's all up in that
Interesting... I remember reading on Ubuntu Forums that Desurium lacked the ability to filter games according to your platform. I should definitely give it a try, then.
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