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Wow Great News... One of my favorite game, now on my favorite OS :)

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Really is too bad, this doesn't affect me but I would think the Linux community would be more grateful (and im sure a higher percentage are, than windows or Mac) but I guess we're not immune to entitlement :/ ah well

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It support Intel cards ?

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i thought i saw this game supports controller. not that i mind, i bought it to support developers in their linux endeavour more or less

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Quoting: XpanderAnd Quick Video to test the port:

<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mED0irI8NIU" data-youtube-id="mED0irI8NIU"></iframe>


no idea if mods like Clash of Kings and similar work yet
but so far the framerate is rock solid and no graphical glitches noticed.

game hangs on exit.. process needs to be killed or forced to close

Just so say, I admire your work on your Youtube chanel. You won a subscriber.

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Really, one of the major reasons for not running 32-bit is RAM. Even if you have 4GB, your 32-bit system can only read about 3GB of it! Please upgrade people!

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Can you buy it now and it count for Linux?

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Sooo, I use Fedora and bought Torchlight direct from Runic to support the dev's but it didn't play with wine and I then got a copy from GOG, and your now telling me the linux version from Ubuntu is going to be available on Steam.... I appear to be totally incapable of backing the right horse.

(Please don't take this as a negative comment for doing linux ports it isn't meant to be, and I applaud any effort to port games to Linux.)

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Quoting: wleoncio

Quoting: Astrothere wasn't any words that says XCOM dosn't run on 32bit OS

To be fair, the game's Steam store page does state Linux 64 bits as minimum requirements, but I agree that was easy to miss out on.

No, there wasn't! They added this warning later!

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Bought it recently, played it for a hour. So far I can say:
- its hard like a hell. I play it on 2nd skill level and I die a lot
- gameplay could be more enjoyable by better keyboard control of player, by more precise control of player
- so far I was not able to get to level 3 (boss) :-D
- I continue playing

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Quoting: Astrothere wasn't any words that says XCOM dosn't run on 32bit OS

To be fair, the game's Steam store page does state Linux 64 bits as minimum requirements, but I agree that was easy to miss out on.

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Quoting: nllaRegarding devs payment, Steam should have something like the Humble Bundle's system where you tell them for what platform you bought the game.

After that incident when I've been deceived by Feral and bought their game as many other people because there wasn't any words that says XCOM dosn't run on 32bit OS, I'm gonna be more careful with purchases from now on. And I think that many people will go that way.

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Quoting: DrMcCoyAlso: I'm actually shocked that there's still so many people running full 32-bit installs. I had thought that pretty much died out around the time I got a 64-bit system...

Think about people like me, who back in 2010 wanted a stable Linux system, went to www.ubuntu.com, read "we recommend the 32-bit version", installed it and had just been updating that same machine since then.

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Quoting: vulture

Quoting: FutureSutureCD Projekt RED, take note. This is how it's done. Feral and Aspyr FTW.

i thought so to, but someone pointed me to pool where GOG was asking native or wine wrappers. most of the people asked for later.

Who, What, When, Where, Why? :><: This is complete news to me!

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Quoting: WorMzyif this survey is to be believed, over 61% of Steam on Linux users are on 64-bit versions of their distribution.

Steam survey sample selection is very misterious, but it's a start. Thanks!

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Also: I'm actually shocked that there's still so many people running full 32-bit installs. I had thought that pretty much died out around the time I got a 64-bit system...

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Quoting: wleoncioI'm wondering, has the majority of people really been running 64-bit Linux OSs for years

Yes.

The Linux kernel has had x86_64 support since 2001 (and other 64-bit architectures even earlier). The only "compatibility issues" has been with people insisting to run proprietary 32-bit binaries. And even that had been solved early by many distributions.

I installed a 64-bit Debian in 2007. And that's still the system I'm running today. (GNU/Linux can be pretty easily copied around with hardware changes. Prior to that, I had been copying my 2001 32-bit install around, but thought I'd reinstall for 64-bit support). I went through several multi-arch attempts in Debian Sid (unstable); other distributions were more stable earlier there, of course.

Really, that was 7 years ago. 64-bit has been solved ages ago.

The only reason I still had knowledge about 32-bit was because of my 2005 laptop. And even that one I recently upgraded since a friend of mine gifted me his old laptop.

There is no reason to run a 32-bit operating system on hardware newer than 2005.

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Quoting: RutineI wonder if there are statistics concerning 32-bit and 64-bit use by Linux users ?

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/?platform=linux

As always, the Steam HW survey is just that -- a survey. It's neither a full picture, nor is it necessarily an accurate portrayal of the situation, but if you click "Linux Version", you'll see the top five are all 64-bit variants, and the sixth, "Ubuntu 14.04 LTS", doesn't specify whether it's 64 or 32 bit. Nevertheless, if this survey is to be believed, over 61% of Steam on Linux users are on 64-bit versions of their distribution.

I expect that the true percentage of users on 64-bit Linux OS' is easily that value, if not considerably higher.

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Quoting: RutineThere was a thread in Steam, some guy asked for a 32-bit version of X-Com, and many people told him he was obsolete, and started patronizing him, and making jokes about 16-bit support, etc.
I wonder if there are statistics concerning 32-bit and 64-bit use by Linux users

I saw that, and I honestly had never seen Linux users be so condescending with each other. I've asked about those statistics myself in that thread, but all I got was some unquoted figures of "98% 64-bit" which I found hard to believe.

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Quoting: nllaUbuntu was cautious for a long time about recommending 64-bit as default because of some issues with java, flash, and wine, but these issues are now past. But 64-bit is specially relevant for gamers, as overall it has some performance improvements: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_1404_x64

Thanks for the explanations, but hasn't this switch happened more or less simultaneously throughout the Linux community or was is just Ubuntu who held back on 64 bits for all those years?

I'm wondering, has the majority of people really been running 64-bit Linux OSs for years, even though only a few years ago those had many compatibility issues, or has everyone but me just reinstalled their whole OS when multilib went stable?

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Quoting: nllaWell, I've been using Ubuntu 64-bit for the last 3 releases with a Sandy Bridge Core i7 and 4GB RAM and it's wonderful. Try Ubuntu 14.04, maybe you'll get a better experience!

I definitely will. Kubuntu 14.04 in my case, but it's almost the same. :)

Quoting: wleoncioHonestly, I'm still trying to understand how come I'm feeling like I'm among a very tiny minority that uses a 32-bit OS

I know. There was a thread in Steam, some guy asked for a 32-bit version of X-Com, and many people told him he was obsolete, and started patronizing him, and making jokes about 16-bit support, etc.
I wonder if there are statistics concerning 32-bit and 64-bit use by Linux users ?
However, I agree that 32-bit should probably slowly fade away, but I can't understand when people say it should have been abandoned long ago, and look down at us 32-bit users.

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Bioshock, Hitman, Tomb Raider...dayone Feral FTW!

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Honestly, I'm still trying to understand how come I'm feeling like I'm among a very tiny minority that uses a 32-bit OS. My gaming computer is a living room PC which has been running Ubuntu LTS releases for over 6 years. Up until April 2014, I was running 12.04, which was released on a time where 32 bits were still the recommended version.

So for someone running Ubuntu LTS releases, this whole thing about 64-bit being the norm and 32-bit being something that should have been abandoned long ago feels quite strange.

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Shhh you saw nothing.

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It's "Warband", Liam.

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All of my yes!

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And Quick Video to test the port:

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no idea if mods like Clash of Kings and similar work yet
but so far the framerate is rock solid and no graphical glitches noticed.

game hangs on exit.. process needs to be killed or forced to close

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Wow, this is freaking awesome. Mount and Blade is a fantastic game and it runs pretty well using Wine. I am really surprised they would port it to Linux. I think I'm going to buy a second copy just so I can support the Linux port.

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Quoting: AstroSomething tells me they just couldn't build 32bit binary and that's the end of the story.

And how do yo know that they "just couldn't build 32bit binary" ?

Quoting: AstroIt's pitty I bought this port and supported devs. This port shouldn't cost money. And they're worst of devs I know about.

Worst devs ? Based on what ? And why should this port be free, in your opinion ? I completely disagree, but I would like you to explain that, if you're not just trolling.

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Quoting: gbudnyI was forced to install 4 operating systems because I have bought different types of games/applications.

Mac OS X 10.9 - new applications
Mac OS X 10.6 - PowerPC games e.g. Max Payne, SOF 2 etc.
Ubuntu 14.04 (32 bit) I use it for old commercial games (e.g. Loki), and many games/applications that are not available for Linux 64 bit (e.g. in USC)
Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit) - I use it for games/applications that are available only for Linux 64 bit.

I can't comment on the OSX variants, but Ubuntu 64-bit has 32-bit compatibility libraries available for it. Steam is only available as a 32-bit application after all.

Any way, I'm very thankful to Feral for porting XCOM. I'm waiting for the Steam sales to finish, so that I can buy it full price for my brother. He can't play on PC at the moment, so I'll get him to log in on my Linux PC and start the game up. That way Feral should get some of my money!

Such a convoluted payment system Valve have set up, I hope they revise it so it defaults to the platform it was bought on if it's not played in a few weeks..

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