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A developer has posted on the Gauntlet Steam forums about Gauntlet: Slayer Edition, a free upgrade to Gauntlet. In the same post the developer noted that the SteamOS version has now been cancelled due to limited resources.
You can read the full post here.
So, that's that then, no Gauntlet for the penguin crowd it seems. I've done a quick scan of the Steam forums and it seems some people did pre-purchase the game due to the earlier promise of a Linux port. You might already be familiar with my attitude towards pre-orders and pre-purchases but I'll give you a small reminder: DON'T FRICKING DO IT.
This should be a good example of what could happen if you do not follow the mantra "don't buy before it's out". Hopefully the folks who bought early can get the game refunded. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
QuoteSince all our focus has been needed on this free upgrade for PC, regretfully, the SteamOS version of the game has been cancelled. We hoped to have had that version ready by the time Valve had officially launched it later this year, but together with WBIE, it was decided that our limited resources were better dedicated to making the PC version the best it possibly could be. In our judgment that’s both what you PC players deserve, and what the PS4 version needs for the August release. We’re hoping that instead, you will enjoy the updates coming next month in Gauntlet: Slayer Edition as much as we do ourselves!
You can read the full post here.
So, that's that then, no Gauntlet for the penguin crowd it seems. I've done a quick scan of the Steam forums and it seems some people did pre-purchase the game due to the earlier promise of a Linux port. You might already be familiar with my attitude towards pre-orders and pre-purchases but I'll give you a small reminder: DON'T FRICKING DO IT.
This should be a good example of what could happen if you do not follow the mantra "don't buy before it's out". Hopefully the folks who bought early can get the game refunded. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Mountain Man Jul 25, 2015
Quoting: tuubiI wasn't trolling, dude. I've just seen his type before, those people who show up in Linux discussions and try to give the impression that Linux is a buggy, poorly supported, fragmented OS by describing atypical problems and then acting like it's par for the course for the Linux experience; for instance, he claims that his inability to run LibreOffice is a "perfect example" of what it's like to use Linux and that developers "constantly [release] ... unfinished, unpolished, buggy stuff" for the platform. Frankly, I'm surprised he didn't pull out the old canard about having to use the command line for everything.Quoting: Mountain ManLooks like I struck a nerve. Exactly as intended.Your trolling was a success? Have a cookie.
Quoting: Mountain ManSeriously, dude, you're on a Linux site talking trash about Linux. What'd you expect?He most certainly shouldn't expect conspiracy theories and flaming. This isn't a circle-jerk site for zealots and Tux fetishists, hopefully. We're here for news and discussions on Linux gaming, not on how much better we are than the heretics who are too blind to see the glorious superiority of our preferred OS. This might come as a shock, but your attitude is in no way beneficial to "the cause".
I feel it's important to call people like that out, and when they throw a hissy fit over it, well, I can't help but laugh.
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Quoting: Mountain ManI feel it's important to call people like that out, and when they throw a hissy fit over it, well, I can't help but laugh.Yeah, he was wrong in blaming Linux as a whole for his hardware problems. Baseless bashing gets on my nerves as well. But anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering and so on, young padawan.
It is undeniably true that Linux support for customized laptop hardware as well as other niche components and gadgets is rarely available. Expecially as most (consumer) hardware vendors do not feel any pressure to support Linux themselves. Then again, the same hardware will most likely be unusable in newer Windows versions as well.
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A good example is my wife's work laptop from Dell that came preloaded with an old Ubuntu LTS (12.4 or something, can't remember as I immediately swapped in an SSD with the latest Mint). Everything works great except for the integrated webcam. There are simply no working drivers for recent Linux kernels or Windows versions (according to Google). Apparently it works fine with older linux kernels and Windows 7, and that's it. I'm pretty sure the support will be fixed at some point in the open source Linux driver, but according to Dell there will be no drivers for Win 8 or newer.
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Mountain Man Jul 25, 2015
Quoting: tuubiBut anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering and so on, young padawan.You thought I was angry?
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Quoting: Mountain ManNah, I guess the partial quote didn't quite fit. My point was that we shouldn't be dicks on the internet even if the other person is wrong. You won't get anyone to see the error of their ways by accusing them of stupidity or malice.Quoting: tuubiBut anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering and so on, young padawan.You thought I was angry?
But enough about this. We're so far off topic it's not even funny. And I guess I'm starting to sound like a condescending old git. Sorry about that.
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Quoting: InokiGraphics: Card-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Mullins [Radeon R4/R5 Graphics]I admit that some games run better on Windows, but it's not a lot of them. Well at least if you have a NVidia card, because if you have AMD then, yes most games run better on Windows.
Card-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Sun LE [Radeon HD 8550M / R5 M230]
Display Server: X.Org 1.17.1 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
With this configuration on Windows I can run the game nicely on around 80 FPS, zero lag, full details.
On Linux I have to lower settings below medium and still can't get past 25 FPS on average with terrible lag spikes, frame drops to 1. I even use Xfce for lower resource usage.
Last edited by Nyamiou on 25 July 2015 at 3:32 pm UTC
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Quoting: liamdaweRemember that we were all new once, we all get frustrated with Linux issues, so give people some credit for trying Linux eh?On topic:
I've been outspoken about Linux issues a lot in the past, some things to this day still piss me off about it to no end, but I still prefer it over Windows.
I am sad about this one, I really love gauntlet.
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To be perfectly fair there are plenty of issues to deal with no matter what platform you're on. Liam, no one was born knowing what a C:\\ drive was and honestly when I have to admin Windows machines I have more headaches than anything I have had in Linux for some time. Sometimes it's preference, other times technical but no OS is perfect and if you really want Linux to work it's best to understand it that it's a monster when it comes to letting you do what you wish but to quote Stan Lee, "With great power comes great responsibility" ... and a greater learning curve. Ohh I got it, it's like the difference between learning DOTA 2 vs mario for the Nintendo. You can do so much more in DOTA but mario was very easy to pick up... not that many people were good at mario either.
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So, was this the devs decision, or Warner's? Because if it was the latter, it throws the ports of Shadows of Mordor and Batman into serious doubt.
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