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Worthless scum company unable to produce anything positive. Just fold already. 😡

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A number of years ago one of the chief Vortex devs, when asked whether they'd support Linux, said no way, no how -- Vortex was built using Windows tooling. Better to make a clean-sheet manager, which there were no plans to do.

A year later, a cross-platform, clean-sheet mod manager is announced. New devs hired to work on it, community built around it, active engagement with user base helped shape the product. Despite being clean, good, actively developed, no technical debt, and actively desired by the market segment, it's canceled.

To appease the peasants Nexus asserts they are "supporting" Linux by suckering remora-like onto Valve's compatibility work. The Vortex update will only be supported on Steam hardware; the rest of you Linux losers are on your own.

Did I get the timeline right? Sure wouldn't want to, I dunno, look like an _idiot_ or something....

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We have a link to the documentation in the article where you can see them all, yes Nintendo are listed too.

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This is awesome news. It happened faster than anyone expected!

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Phoronix listed some companies that worked on the VK_EXT_descriptor_heap, and Nintendo is listed. Am I tripping?

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Someone's trying to save on an actual technical support, huh? 😂

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Maybe by "official" they mean "officially supported by GPD"?

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GPD lying? No that can't be! They are such a trust worthy company with a perfect track record /s

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what exactly is going on over at nexus mods....? Sheesh. Seems to be just random thrashing about of ideas and decisions that make no sense...?

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Yves Guillemot must have some serious dirt on someone somewhere to still remain in charge of this "company" if you can even call it that at this point. "Stinking rotting carcass that long ago resembled a function entity" ... maybe that's more apt?

Is his nepo baby son still in charge of any number of their subsidiaries? Probably.

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Quoting: AsciiWolfSo, they care only about SteamOS?

Unfortunately they're not the only ones. Thankfully, unlike anti-cheat that does hardware check, this should work on basically any distro as the Steam path and Steam library system are more or less the same.

The only downside of this is that it'll seemingly only work with Steam since they're relying on Steam for launching, detection, and prefix management. Sounds like if you use the GOG version, you'll probably be better off using something like Limo. It'd be nice if they added some basic functionality to set up non-steam games manually though.

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Quoting: mr-victoryI forgot this guide existed lol. Option 1 (Lutris) does not work and hasn't for months unless the default Wine version is changed from Wine GE 8.26 to something newer. Other wine versions can be installed by clicking a tiny button that looks like an open box in the main page of Lutris, next to "Wine" button.

For most games you'll want to select "GE-Proton (Latest)" instead. No need to download anything manually. Lutris (UMU) will automatically download and manage the latest Proton version for you.

Lutris really needs to cut a new release at some point and make this the default.

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Better than nothing but you'd still be better off using dedicated managers than Vortex... Hope they can improve Vortex itself but I would give it a few years.

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So, they care only about SteamOS? Will they at least distribute Vortex as Flatpak?

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I've got a weak spot for Far Cry -esque ubislop, keep it coming.

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I forgot this guide existed lol. Option 1 (Lutris) does not work and hasn't for months unless the default Wine version is changed from Wine GE 8.26 to something newer. Other wine versions can be installed by clicking a tiny button that looks like an open box in the main page of Lutris, next to "Wine" button.

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Quoting: Wolfgang RoseVery shortsighted, but there is an alternative already.. Steam! I've never understood why more games that support modding, don't use the steam workshop. Perfect it isn't, but it could be used in a far better way. Nexus lost my business as a result of their lack of Linux support. I guess I won't be returning anytime soon.

Because it ties you in to Steam and when you release outside of it, you will not have Mod support. It's a decision you can make, but it preempts devs from complaining about other stores then (IMO).

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I did install Steam thru Flatpak (K)ubuntu 25.10;
Proton 9 did not work, but Proton 10 did. It got stuck on "agent went to sleep attempting to wake it up steam".

The location for the directory is here: `~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/`

Hope this helps someone.

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There's an update to this story, Nexus Mods announced today https://www.nexusmods.com/news/15433 they will be supporting Vortex on SteamOS, naming the Steam Deck and Steam Machine as hardware/software targets. I assume this means either an AppImage or a Flatpak (or maybe just verify that it installs correctly with Proton) but only verified to function on SteamOS. In practicality, I imagine that means it should still work on 90% of distros in that case, just without any official support like bug reports for other distros.

That said, with the number of developers seemingly only interested in targeting SteamOS, I do hope Valve releases a desktop spin or just makes it slightly easier to configure for regular desktop use. I'll probably give it a spin on my rig whenever they update to Mesa 25

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i always hate 3rd party in a PVP. because getting 3rd Partied breaks equality and pushes players to play hide and seek or camping issues. (i mean fighting against members of 2 different teams. getting ganked flanked and so on.)

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
SteamOS + Linux
MINIMUM:
RECOMMENDED:

🤔

I really don't like when developers abuse the SteamOS + Linux tag.

Either you provide native binaries or you don't.

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Quoting: emphyOn the upside, one can play the original trilogy, including multiplayer, via the native aleph one open source engine.

And even conveniently available on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Aleph%20One%20Developers

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Quoting: LeprottoStill no controller support though.

I've been playing it with a Dual Sense controller, working great.

What's missing?

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Quoting: Philadelphus

Based on the national poem of Finland

Which inspired both (parts of) The Silmarillion and Noita, so you know it's good!

It's easy to underestimate the amount of Nordic developed games.

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Based on the national poem of Finland

Which inspired both (parts of) The Silmarillion and Noita, so you know it's good!

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Quoting: whizse

Quoting: pb

Quoting: TaresThe only odd thing here is you.

Reported for harassment. 😝 (jk idc)

Oddness is a virtue, wear it like a crown! (or [teacup](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16002008-odd-duck) )

Something is a virtue, because it's brave.
Something is brave, because it has the chance of danger.
Dangerous tend to be considered bad to the level of becoming illegal.

Watch out with this advice.
Some of us are better off hiding their virtues.

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Quoting: pb

Quoting: TaresThe only odd thing here is you.

Reported for harassment. 😝 (jk idc)

Oddness is a virtue, wear it like a crown! (or [teacup](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16002008-odd-duck) )

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Quoting: Jarmer

Quoting: Strapinski

Quoting: JarmerNobody from the Bungie glory days are still around. The suits are running the show, and when this doesn't get instahit status, which it won't, they'll shut it down.

Nothing to see here, just a shambling corpse. Safe to move on.

Do you know where they went? I really played the game a lot and I still like many aspects of it. But over the last few years, you could just tell how little art, story, etc., mattered anymore. It became all about grabbing cash. But I’d at least be interested in seeing what the talented people who used to be at Bungie have put together now.

If we're talking the og Marathon, Myth, Halo, Oni ... the vast majority of those hyper talented people are either retired or dead. There are still a few I think related to some modern companies but not a lot. I don't even know if any originals are at 343 anymore.

The Microsoft acquisition (and then after that all the other garbage stuff with netease and sony etc) pretty much destroyed the company. There was no going back after the mass exodus from that era / layoffs.

Makes me feel old to realize that game developers from when I was young are probably mostly retired. Actually, it doesn't just make me feel old, it impresses on me how old the idea of personal computers is now.

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Bungie just continues to not want my money. The absolute hundreds I'd have spent on Destiny 2 by now if they'd just ticked the "Linux on BattleEye" box.

Bizarre, but I've come to terms with their attitude now and I've had their creator page ignored for quite some time.

Feel feel to "ignore creator" with me by visiting their page and hitting the settings cog at the top right. It's quite cathartic!

https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/Bungie

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Quoting: Strapinski

Quoting: JarmerNobody from the Bungie glory days are still around. The suits are running the show, and when this doesn't get instahit status, which it won't, they'll shut it down.

Nothing to see here, just a shambling corpse. Safe to move on.

Do you know where they went? I really played the game a lot and I still like many aspects of it. But over the last few years, you could just tell how little art, story, etc., mattered anymore. It became all about grabbing cash. But I’d at least be interested in seeing what the talented people who used to be at Bungie have put together now.

If we're talking the og Marathon, Myth, Halo, Oni ... the vast majority of those hyper talented people are either retired or dead. There are still a few I think related to some modern companies but not a lot. I don't even know if any originals are at 343 anymore.

The Microsoft acquisition (and then after that all the other garbage stuff with netease and sony etc) pretty much destroyed the company. There was no going back after the mass exodus from that era / layoffs.

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