Garry Newman of Facepunch shared on twitter that Rust has now hit over 4 million sales, and Linux is sitting at over 30 thousand.
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That's obviously far short of what it has sold on Windows, still not close to Mac levels, but that's still quite a bit of money from Linux sales.
While I'm not a fan of Rust myself, it just doesn't click with me, I can't deny it has appeal to people who like those sorts of games. Even though Garry doesn't feel Linux has been worth it in his previous statements, I am still very glad it's on Linux. It's also nice of Garry to be so open about the sales.
I haven't played Rust for a long time, how's the Linux version looking now folks? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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DamonLinuxPL Jul 21, 2016
I buying one copy from steam some times ago. I played in it about 2-3h and this game wroking very poorly for me :/
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I bought it cheap probably back in 2014 sometime on a sale, it always ran so badly and had lots of bugs I could never get into it. It was early access so that didn't shock me. I fired it up the other day and they have certainly made a lot of improvements.
Still not sure if it is my kind of game haha, what I do wonder is how long it will stay in EA for. Does anyone know if he has any sort of rough release window planned?
Still not sure if it is my kind of game haha, what I do wonder is how long it will stay in EA for. Does anyone know if he has any sort of rough release window planned?
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Quoting: jo3fisStill not sure if it is my kind of game haha, what I do wonder is how long it will stay in EA for. Does anyone know if he has any sort of rough release window planned?AFAIK, they don't have any release window planned and thats good in it's own way.
They are still focusing to new content like electricity and new content pops out every now and then.
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I've put in 279 hours into Rust. Most of that was before procedural maps. After that update hit, Linux performance sank like a sack of shit. It was a lot better the last time I played it, but finding a nice server is difficult, and the standalone server for hosting your own is (was?) Windows-only for some bizarre reason. :/
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Perkeleen_Vittupää Jul 21, 2016
Quoting: kalinIs it possible for someone who have twitter to answer to this tard and tell him that his game is unplayable under linux and this is the reason for smaller percentage under linux. I have the game and I cant play it because of lag or glitches
I tweeted him, but it seems to not at least yet gone through. Do i have to get following this guy to interact?
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My kind of game, but I wouldn't touch his games with a barge pole after his comments. 7 Days to Die, ironically, is an excellent substitute. Ironic, because not so long ago, 7 Days to Die was catching a lot of heat from the Linux community (myself included) for not treating their Linux kickstarter promise with enough respect to actually launch the game. They finally launched a few alphas in.
They still prioritise Windows fixes, but they're much more open on their forums and Youtube channel about the work they do to support all platforms. I'm actually looking forward to the A15 release!
I doubt Facepunch could turn around their public image the way the Fun Pimps have.
They still prioritise Windows fixes, but they're much more open on their forums and Youtube channel about the work they do to support all platforms. I'm actually looking forward to the A15 release!
I doubt Facepunch could turn around their public image the way the Fun Pimps have.
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I play Rust maybe 6 hours per week. It works well on SteamOS. I have a long list of complaints, but I should probably focus first on why and how I play. I like to play solo on an empty server. I like to start out naked and alone in nature and work my way up to building shelter, growing food, and exploring the map. They wipe the servers frequently, so by the time I get bored, they wipe it again.
Recent developments have been good.
They finally implemented a system that rewards cooperation. You craft a tool, give it to a player, and you earn experience when they use the tool. It's too soon to tell if this will reduce the slaughter fest, but I'm hoping we continue moving in the direction of cooperation over murder.
Crafting the rock. You start out naked with a rock and a torch. In the past, if you lost the rock, you were pretty screwed. Now, they allow you to craft a rock cheaply by gathering a few resources laying around the map.
Stash. You can now craft a small storage sack that you can bury. It's completely hidden. I suggest putting a good portion of your valued items in stashes since it's likely that your home will be raided. If you are murdered, you can at least retrieve the basics from your stash, so you don't have to start with the rock and torch again.
Fish traps. Finally, you can catch fish. Craft and place a fish trap in a river. Put bait in the trap. A mushroom will do. You can also drink from the rivers now. I recommend drinking from the source up river to avoid getting sick.
Plant seeds to grow corn, hemp, and pumpkins.
If you have a problem playing a different skin color or gender, be aware that there are no customization options... In Rust, you play with what they give you, and you can't change it. It does not appear that they care to change that... ever.
Recent developments have been good.
They finally implemented a system that rewards cooperation. You craft a tool, give it to a player, and you earn experience when they use the tool. It's too soon to tell if this will reduce the slaughter fest, but I'm hoping we continue moving in the direction of cooperation over murder.
Crafting the rock. You start out naked with a rock and a torch. In the past, if you lost the rock, you were pretty screwed. Now, they allow you to craft a rock cheaply by gathering a few resources laying around the map.
Stash. You can now craft a small storage sack that you can bury. It's completely hidden. I suggest putting a good portion of your valued items in stashes since it's likely that your home will be raided. If you are murdered, you can at least retrieve the basics from your stash, so you don't have to start with the rock and torch again.
Fish traps. Finally, you can catch fish. Craft and place a fish trap in a river. Put bait in the trap. A mushroom will do. You can also drink from the rivers now. I recommend drinking from the source up river to avoid getting sick.
Plant seeds to grow corn, hemp, and pumpkins.
If you have a problem playing a different skin color or gender, be aware that there are no customization options... In Rust, you play with what they give you, and you can't change it. It does not appear that they care to change that... ever.
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Quoting: kalinIs it possible for someone who have twitter to answer to this tard and tell him that his game is unplayable under linux and this is the reason for smaller percentage under linux. I have the game and I cant play it because of lag or glitches
It runs smoothly on my SteamOS PC: Intel Core i5 (Ivy Bridge), 16 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, Samsung Evo SSD. SteamOS is built on Debian, and I can exit to the Debian desktop. I have tried installing Rust on a stripped down version of Debian, but I failed to get it to run at all.
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Quoting: whitewolfguyInteresting than this numbers be disclosed so openly, this represents 0.82% of linux players, a close number of steam hardware survey.
I think that you forgot to total the numbers ;). The Linux sales is 0.78% which is lower than the 0.80% from the HW survey, it seams that OSX however at 3.94% sold better than the 3.60% they have in the HW survey so for some reason the game is more popular on Mac than on either Windows (95.3% vs 95.50%) and Linux.
Actually it's quite impressive numbers for Linux sales considering how many reports there are about the game not working very well.
That Gary complains about the sales is probably because he sees the large number of close to $8 million for totals vs the $700k, i.e he probably got blind by the larger number and have as of yet not realised that any business that would pass a (mostly free) increase of sales by 0.8% would have their management replaced on the next share holders meeting.
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Quoting: ElectricPrismSo 19.99 * 34,291 = 685,477.09
We in Europe pay in €, I payed this game 25-28€ just after Linux "port" was released, could not played it on Linux for 2-3 years because it was full of bugs; game runs bad and look ugly even on Windows, tried it last time 1y ago, maybe something changed.
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