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I loved Myst. Will give Quern a hands-on soon.

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Are they real puzzles, or try and repeat puzzles ? I mean, a quick example i have in mind : a piano with 20 keys, find the correct 8 keys and in order, to open the door, is try and repeat. If there are clues to find the keys immediately if you think well, then it's real puzzles. In my opinion.

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Quoting: spiffykGreat news. I'm really considering grabbing Morrowind just to try this :)

As for the installation, innoextract should do the job if you get it from GOG, no need for Wine.

That is good to read. I didn't know this, i will be sure to try this way when I get Morrowind since I prefer to buy DRM-free Windows only games.

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Great news. I'm really considering grabbing Morrowind just to try this :)

As for the installation, innoextract should do the job if you get it from GOG, no need for Wine.

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It's on the Steam store page right now.

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I will add that openmw is in the Ubuntu repos, and it's the best way to get the stable version. It's been updated twice since I installed it.

I agree that Morrowind is a superior game; I don't know if it's better than Oblivion or Skyrim, but it's one fine, fine game, with at least as much complexity as any RPG you've ever played.

BTW, I installed the complete Morrowind from disc when I installed openmw, and openmw found the Morrowind installation without my having to tell it where to look.

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I think the last kickstarter project from an unknown developer/publisher I supported was back in 2014 or early 2015. If memory serves me, I have backed 13 projects, of which 7 have delivered. Some of them with considerable delays (a year to two years). So I have a return-on-investment of more than 50% which is not too bad. So, naturally, I've now become more discriminating when it comes to investing money into uncertain ventures.

Having said that, I *always* support any project by King Art Games, if they promise a linux port, which they so far have always done. Not only do they always, and I mean ALWAYS, stick to their promises, but they always, and I stress ALWAYS, deliver on time. Must have something to do with the well-known German work ethics. I take their word at face value and they have never disappointed me.

So, yes, while kickstarter projects are a risky proposition, we should not shun the platform outright. There are some good, responsible developers, who get the freedom to experiment with new ideas without the pressure of having to get approved by publishers, who are by nature risk-averse and prefer sequels of successful franchises to interesting, but perhaps not so marketable ideas.

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From the game quoted on this thread, i think i actually want Warframe. I played it a little when i was dual booting a few years ago, and stopped when i throw Windows away. I still have friends playing it, and they say it's great(er).

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Wow , yet another " burn the witch " title

First of all , i couldn't see anything that leads people to thinking "first day Linux release" at their Kickstarter page. It only says Linux support

Second ; if you promised a Linux version that "back in our heads" term is wrong. Keep your promise

Third; that kind of toxic approaches won't help. In fact , if you keep "No Tux , no bux " approach you won't mind that Kickstarter things.

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Quoting: KohriasI wish these companies would be sued for this. It still sounds like fraud to me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_scheme

Schemes simular to these are illegal in most EU countries also China! But i don't think they are as well controlled in the US.
It might not be looked at by authorities as a typical Pyramid scheme, but it must feel like that for those who get robbed of money on a wish and a prayer. I think they continue because technically most people benefit and there is usually a product at the end, even if it's a crappy one.

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It would be interesting if someone of GOL community backed up the project and they received a better explanation or an easy refund for the pledge.

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Quoting: UltraViolet

Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: UltraVioletI guess if I'm using a legacy AMD GPU I have to use the open source drivers on Mint 18 and still can't use Steam ?

The open source AMD drivers won't stop you from running Steam and games, but your legacy GPU might.

Quoting: LeopardNo, you can run Steam with open source drivers.

on Mint 17 everything was fine, now on Mint 18 i get the 'bootstrap' error when trying to load up Steam because its looking for the proprietary drivers and Mint 18 doesn't have them. i realize its just a matter of removing some legacy code from Steam, but, not being great at this kind of thing last time i tried it i didn't have much luck

I'm using with open source ones. Steam Client is not looking for prop drivers. Is there any chance you tried the fglrx drivers by mistake? Because this fglrx drivers are not supported on Mint 18,Ubuntu 16.04. They're supporting Mint 17 , Ubuntu 14.04.

sudo apt-get purge steam

Remove Steam with this command. Go to the Steam page on your browser , install .deb Steam by just clicking.

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Quoting: UltraVioleton Mint 17 everything was fine, now on Mint 18 i get the 'bootstrap' error when trying to load up Steam because its looking for the proprietary drivers and Mint 18 doesn't have them. i realize its just a matter of removing some legacy code from Steam, but, not being great at this kind of thing last time i tried it i didn't have much luck

If you haven't already, try installing the most recent version of the Steam client directly from http://store.steampowered.com/about/ and see if that helps. Just click "Install Steam Now" and install the provided deb package. You should also make sure you have a recent Mesa release installed to get the most out of your gpu. Check out the PPA I linked to earlier.

BTW, Steam itself doesn't look for any particular graphics driver, proprietary or not. The problem must be something else.

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Quoting: KohriasI wish these companies would be sued for this. It still sounds like fraud to me.

I agree. Lack of accountability is the biggest problem with crowd funding.

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... and Morrowind is by far the better game compared to its successors. Yes, Oblivion and Skyrim are not on Linux, but Morrowind is, and you can play it like nobody did before. Combined with some other community upgrades (which OpenMW supports in an excellent way), it is fantastic.

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Good interview, thanks as usual :)

Would have been nice to know whether they'll be bringing new titles too instead of revamping old ones only :D

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: UltraVioletI guess if I'm using a legacy AMD GPU I have to use the open source drivers on Mint 18 and still can't use Steam ?

The open source AMD drivers won't stop you from running Steam and games, but your legacy GPU might.

Quoting: LeopardNo, you can run Steam with open source drivers.

on Mint 17 everything was fine, now on Mint 18 i get the 'bootstrap' error when trying to load up Steam because its looking for the proprietary drivers and Mint 18 doesn't have them. i realize its just a matter of removing some legacy code from Steam, but, not being great at this kind of thing last time i tried it i didn't have much luck

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Maybe they mean they now have and extra $5000 in the back of their heads.

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I wish these companies would be sued for this. It still sounds like fraud to me.

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Thanks again everyone :)

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Not to forgive the developers, but I've been using the Unreal Engine for a while now on Linux and they don't make it that easy to develop on the platform.

To install you have to use the Source, no binary available. No launcher and although 4.16 is quite good, in previous version there were bugs constantly crashing the Editor. Imagine the pain of someone that never worked on Linux before.

Again, this does not forgive the delay of the developers. These problems should already have been tackled and fixed prior to release.

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Quoting: tuubiThat doesn't mean I'd have the gall to tell our customers to accept glaring, user experience spoiling bugs and glitches in our products. But to be fair, ARK is still an unfinished game. I guess someone who pays for Early Access should expect beta quality at best.

Honestly, I'd rather accept an excuse "this game is huge and complicated, hence bugs" than "it's been two years now since first people bought the game, but we're still in development, so you cannot complain about bugs". :)

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Quoting: Ardje

Quoting: tuubiThe PPA method is still safer and simpler. Only consider using Nvidia's installer if you actually have problems with the PPA packages.

Indeed, repairing your distro after using nvidia's installer really isn't worth it.
There is a reason I always liked ATI's distribution, because it always had a "build deb package", and it had a kernel source module package, so you can build the kernel binary module next to the kernel binary on your compilation rig, and leave all dkms stuff off your system.
The few times I used nvidia's installer, I always regretted it later.

Nvidia driver works all fine with DKMS e. g. on Debian.

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Quoting: Ardje

Quoting: tuubiIt's big and complicated so of course there'll be bugs and glitches? Developers just love customers like you. :)

Maybe because I am a developer too.

Yeah, me too. That doesn't mean I'd have the gall to tell our customers to accept glaring, user experience spoiling bugs and glitches in our products. But to be fair, ARK is still an unfinished game. I guess someone who pays for Early Access should expect beta quality at best.

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Quoting: tuubiThe PPA method is still safer and simpler. Only consider using Nvidia's installer if you actually have problems with the PPA packages.

Indeed, repairing your distro after using nvidia's installer really isn't worth it.
There is a reason I always liked ATI's distribution, because it always had a "build deb package", and it had a kernel source module package, so you can build the kernel binary module next to the kernel binary on your compilation rig, and leave all dkms stuff off your system.
The few times I used nvidia's installer, I always regretted it later.

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: ArdjeI spent 40 euro on ark, and it was a 40 euro well spend. I have glitches and bugs, but if you look at the size of the game of course it will have problems.

It's big and complicated so of course there'll be bugs and glitches? Developers just love customers like you. :)

Maybe because I am a developer too. To be clear: I've seen some sad cases of development in my life, and I had to teach a few. And I occassionaly see things in my own code that have me like "How could I think that could work".
Being toxic doesn't help, being realistic helps. And in that light, ARK: is a pretty good project.
If it was a pacemaker, the stakes would be different, but even in pacemaker land the programmers are average, and the design is crap. But why? Because they never thought anyone would willingly hack a wireless controlled pacemaker for instance.
And let's not forget the second generation radiation equipment used against cancer. How many people died on the table because the software was buggy.
And the biggest question of all:
If everybody is dissing you, comparing you to the worst of the world, why would you even listen to them. There are about 100k players, 30k continuous players and about 200 of them continously release toxic on the forums.

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Quoting: Quenestil

Quoting: chtkWade > Wade Wilson > Deadpool?

(One can dream ...)

I agree! Wade, red symbol... It would be awesome! :D

Sorry but it wouldn't - Deadpool is a game that according to the reviews are mediocre at best. it's not a good game at all. Of all the releases this could be we want a game that's picked from the top shelf.

I'm hoping, crying, begging that it's NieR: Automata. That would be awesome.

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So almost on pair with RL now? ;-)

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I like their comment about Steam runtime: a standard set of libraries to link to is something that makes cross-distribution support much easier.

I wonder if Valve could talk (talks?) with developers and porters of games for Linux how to maintain and upgrade the runtime.

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About bug reporting, this won't help the small number of linux player either:

https://support.survivetheark.com/hc/en-us/articles/227266608-High-Ticket-Volume

Hello Survivors,



We are currently experiencing a high volume of tickets due to the AWS outage, which caused several players to lose their survivor. As such, we're getting to everyone's tickets a bit slower than we'd like, and due to the high amount of tickets received, this can take an extremely long time for in game issues to be resolved.

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