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SNOW is incredibly interesting, mainly as it's our first proper winter sports type game to have on Linux & SteamOS, it's a bit buggy though. It's free, so no big loss right now if it's a bit iffy.
Issues
First thing, is it will probably die right as soon as you launch it, but some fine folk found out how to fix that. You need to open up system.cfg in the games install folder, and edit:
s_AudioSystemImplementationName="CryAudioImplFmod"to
s_AudioSystemImplementationName=""That will at least allow it to launch, but then you have no sound. The developer is now aware of it, but initially put it down to an "an unsupported version of Linux", thankfully more reports are coming in to debunk that.
I also see no mouse pointer in the main menu, despite moving it around enables me to select things. So, I assume that's a bug too.
The settings menu shows up empty, so I get a tiny window.
It's just as bad on SteamOS right now, no sound (but it does launch), cursor appears during gameplay and moves across the screen whenever you move too.
Not the best launch. Hopefully we will see a patch soon to address the audio issue and the non-starting issue, as I can't wait to give it a proper go.
About the game (Official)
SNOW is the only free-to-play, open world, winter sports game. Explore a massive mountain, customize your character with clothing and equipment from the biggest brands, and compete in events to be the best. Or head online and explore the mountain together with other players! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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This is but one of a multitude of reasons of why I don't play early access games.
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Quoting: KeyrockThis is but one of a multitude of reasons of why I don't play early access games.
Well, it is free.
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elbuglione Jan 28, 2016
CRYENGINE ON LINUX....
it's happening
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BlackBloodRum Jan 28, 2016
Well, at least they tried ^_^
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GustyGhost Jan 28, 2016
Quoting: elbuglioneCRYENGINE ON LINUX....
it's happening
Bring on the Star Citizen!
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LinuxGamesTV Jan 28, 2016
Quoting: GuestQuoting: TheBossQuoting: KeyrockThis is but one of a multitude of reasons of why I don't play early access games.
Well, it is free.
Free with 52.97€ of DLCs...
You DON'T must buy the DLC's. So it's free, yes.
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Quoting: GuestWith this much in DLC, I expect the free content to be pretty shallow...
Usually, I'd agree and I avoid F2P games, but in this case, it might actually be a good thing. This is the first cryengine game on Linux (I think, correct me if I'm wrong), and no matter how shallow the game itself might be, it's a great test case for CryEngine on Linux. Anyone running Linux can download this game for free and test it without any big expectations. If the first CryEngine game had been a $60 AAA big name game, fewer people would have access, and people would obviously expect more.
I'm not really into sports games, but I certainly plan on downloading this, just to see how it runs on my PC and maybe contribute a bug report.
Hopefully, the developer's experiences and feed-back will lead to improvements in CryEngine, or at least in the documentation for shipping on Linux.
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Storminator16 Jan 28, 2016
[quote=ricki42]
That's not a good thing. Gamers shouldn't be wasting time testing games for developers. (Especially a game that has DLC for gullible gamers to waste their time & money on. Joy.)
It's come to this has it?
Last edited by Storminator16 on 28 January 2016 at 10:25 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestAnyone running Linux can download this game for free and test it without any big expectations.
That's not a good thing. Gamers shouldn't be wasting time testing games for developers. (Especially a game that has DLC for gullible gamers to waste their time & money on. Joy.)
It's come to this has it?
Last edited by Storminator16 on 28 January 2016 at 10:25 pm UTC
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linux_gamer Jan 28, 2016
Quoting: BdMdesigNIf you read the describtion its "ingame credit", so its free to use but has no max price. Therefor it seems to be bit like TF2 item drop and market system, where you can try to play for an item or just buy it.Quoting: GuestQuoting: TheBossQuoting: KeyrockThis is but one of a multitude of reasons of why I don't play early access games.
Well, it is free.
Free with 52.97€ of DLCs...
You DON'T must buy the DLC's. So it's free, yes.
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Quoting: AnxiousInfusionBring on the Star Citizen!
Please God of Gaming: Let this be.
I need no other game that year.
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Quoting: Storminator16That's not a good thing. Gamers shouldn't be wasting time testing games for developers. (Especially a game that has DLC for gullible gamers to waste their time & money on. Joy.)
It's come to this has it?
Again, in general I'd agree with you, and I'm not saying users should be debugging the game for the devs (and I'm definitely not saying anyone should buy the DLC...). But since this is free-to-play, and early access, and the first game using this engine on Linux, I'm willing to cut them some slack. This game being available for free means that people can run it on a far larger range of hardware and software than the developers ever could have.
Also, while I don't have Windows, I hope that some folks who dual-boot will run some benchmarks so we can get an idea of how well CryEngine performs on Linux. This is something I'm really curious about, and a free game will hopefully allow more people to run benchmarks.
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LinuxGamesTV Jan 28, 2016
Quoting: linuxgamerQuoting: BdMdesigNIf you read the describtion its "ingame credit", so its free to use but has no max price. Therefor it seems to be bit like TF2 item drop and market system, where you can try to play for an item or just buy it.Quoting: GuestQuoting: TheBossQuoting: KeyrockThis is but one of a multitude of reasons of why I don't play early access games.
Well, it is free.
Free with 52.97€ of DLCs...
You DON'T must buy the DLC's. So it's free, yes.
Fishing Planet has "Ingame Credits", too but you EARN this "Ingame Credits" in game.
Again, you DON'T NEED the DLC's.
Last edited by LinuxGamesTV on 28 January 2016 at 11:55 pm UTC
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I believe CIG changed the audio engine from Fmod to the Wwise engine.
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So its free but how big a download is it?
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+1 for Star Citizen coming soon™
i hope :)
Last edited by neowiz73 on 29 January 2016 at 3:57 am UTC
i hope :)
Last edited by neowiz73 on 29 January 2016 at 3:57 am UTC
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There is still room for performance improvements, but it it playable.
They fixed the Settings menu btw:
View video on youtube.com
Last edited by dubigrasu on 29 January 2016 at 5:50 am UTC
They fixed the Settings menu btw:
View video on youtube.com
Last edited by dubigrasu on 29 January 2016 at 5:50 am UTC
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lucifertdark Jan 29, 2016
I'm removing it from my library for now, I don't need to fight with games to get control of my screen resolution back & having the mouse pointer vanish when the game crashes leaving me stuck until I force quit the game is annoying to say the least.
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leillo1975 Jan 29, 2016
I think many people forget that the game is Early Access...
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lucifertdark Jan 29, 2016
Quoting: leillo1975I think many people forget that the game is Early Access...I haven't, I'll go back to it in a couple on months & see how it's getting on.
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