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PayPalJust 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.
Thanks Liam for the complementary informations!
I received their email with 'FREE GAME' in the subject. Nothing in the mail said more about what game it would be or where to look for it.
I glanced over their entry page, but unless you stay and watch there LOOONG you're likely to miss the advert. I actually 'found' it by this article here. (OK, I went to the wrong entry page, namely the store page. Should have gone to top level. My bad...)
Not that I expected too much - all free games from Humble (that I remember) are steam-only anyhow.
Next was that earn-points promotion to get reduced/free games. All windows-only.....
What did they write in the email? "We miss you". Hell, I miss the Humble that had been the company getting the Linux/DRM-free wagon rolling many years ago. Where is it?
(Yes, I know there's finally a new HIB out. Undecided yet, some I already own, others are not my style. It would be the first one that I do not buy.....)
Schattenspiegel Mar 30, 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 Mar 30, 2018
cRaZy-bisCuiT Mar 31, 2018
Quoting: GuestI 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.
Quoting: SchattenspiegelDefinitely 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.
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