Just a quick tip, Humble Store is currently giving away Spec Ops: The Line which has a Linux version. It's free to grab a permanent copy (no strings attached) for another 1 day and ~20 hours.
Spec Ops was ported to Linux by Virtual Programming back in 2015. Here's a little more about the game itself:
Spec Ops: The Line is an action-packed Third-Person Shooter that delivers heart pounding physically close combat through a squad-based play mechanic. Players lead a team of three characters, Captain Martin Walker, Lieutenant Adams and Sergeant Lugo. Each character has his own distinct personality and specialized skills, and the mature story they each play a role in explores the dark side of war in a realistic way, in which there are no good outcomes, only hard choices. As missions are completed more advanced weapons and equipment are made available. In addition, the desert environment of Dubai is brought into the game in a unique way with stunning visuals, and dynamic sandstorms that actively effect level designs, and which can be used to help and hinder progress. The vertical interiors of Dubai high rise buildings also provide tactical advantages and risks that can used be by players. Multiplayer campaigns bring new modes and unusual situations and environments to expand the single player experience.
If you see stuttering issues, you can try opening the file "steamapps/common/SpecOps_TheLine/Engine/Config/BaseEngine.ini" (or just right click in Steam -> Properties -> Local Files tab -> Browse local files) and adjust the "PoolSize" option under the "TextureStreaming" section to something like 256 which can make it quite a bit smoother.
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Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
GustyGhost 29 Mar 2018
(no strings attached)
Well, that is debatable...
Fixed that for you ;)(no strings attached)
Well, that is pedantic...
walther von stolzing 29 Mar 2018
I like how there’s a line in the screenshot.
Surely it's the titular 'line'. I would've appreciated a spoiler tag at least.
The game doesn‘t take your hand and shows you your choices, you have to discover them yourself.
For free it‘s a no brainer.
GustyGhost 29 Mar 2018
Comandante Ñoñardo 29 Mar 2018
Thanks Liam for the complementary informations!
Schattenspiegel 30 Mar 2018
In case someone is having problems with stuttering starting on the menu screen: for some reason loading into a game closing it completely and then and starting it a second time always fixed it for me.
armageddon51 30 Mar 2018
cRaZy-bisCuiT 31 Mar 2018
I grabbed a copy. Gonna try to download it next month depending on how much of my data cap I have to use up with GoW (hopefully none). I only have a 8gb hotspot on my phone that I'm using. :(Just do it like I did in the past: Take your notebook to some (free) hot spot, download the game and copy it over to your desktop.
Even with 100 GB data plan it's impossible to maintain a large Steam library before eating up your monthly data quota.
Definitely a nice game.
In case someone is having problems with stuttering starting on the menu screen: for some reason loading into a game closing it completely and then and starting it a second time always fixed it for me.
I have vague memory that there was a fix that involved modifying OpenAL configuration file. I found this configuration file from my disk:
.alsoftrc
And contents are following:
drivers=alsa,pulse,ossThose settings might help or not. That's order in which audio drivers are tried. What driver works best might depend on your setup.
I think that configuration came from Virtual Programming GitHub, but as that's no longer public, I can't really check the original source.
Schattenspiegel 31 Mar 2018
I have vague memory that there was a fix that involved modifying OpenAL configuration file. I found this configuration file from my disk:
.alsoftrc
And contents are following:
drivers=alsa,pulse,oss
Those settings might help or not. That's order in which audio drivers are tried. What driver works best might depend on your setup.
I think that configuration came from Virtual Programming GitHub, but as that's no longer public, I can't really check the original source.
Interesting!
Will keep it in mind in case I ever get the itch for another playthrough.
Hope your finding helps people enjoying their first run!
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