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I would like to see more games ported by Feral and Aspyr. I'm very impressed with this ports. Now I want to buy DLC's!

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Quoting: KelsAny love for Midora, which is struggling a bit so far? It's got Linux listed right up front.

Midora is definitely not a lost cause yet, could still come through
http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1867607597/midora-0/#chart-exp-projection

I'm going to take a closer look at that one this weekend, seems potentially interesting...

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Quoting: KelsMan, Gender Bender DNA Twister Extreme goes out of its way to be some offensive trash, doesn't it? I guess deviantART members need games too. That one's on my "Not If You Freakin' Paid Me" list.

I don't see how this is offensive unless you're a religious nutcase or insecure in your own sexuality.

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QuoteXCOM doesn't use DX11 features on Windows, the game uses DX9 on Windows and we match the graphics exactly on our Mac and Linux versions. Mac and Linux don't have hardware support for PhysX (software only) but that does not effect the visuals of the game.

Thank you for the response! I was genuinely curious, and now I know :)

QuoteThat said there is a big difference between the drivers saying something is supported and it being usable and bug free when used in a game. I guess we will find out when we get to the first DX11 based Linux port

I look forward to that! Anything you'll be porting to Linux in the future, I will very likely be buying. No regrets here with XCOM :D

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Personally I couldn't care less about pretty textures in Civ5, as I spend 100% of the game in strategic view, but these are fine articles and I'm looking forward to read more of the series. :-)

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Quoting: KelsAny love for Midora, which is struggling a bit so far? It's got Linux listed right up front.

Very zelda-like, or zenonia-like if you want to be a bit more modern. Sadly, with only 12 days to run, this will have completed by our next issue, projected for Monday July 14th...

Yeah, they're up front about the Zelda-ness, claiming that Majora's Mask is a favourite game of most of the dev team and it's definitely a strong influence. I appreciate that they don't try to cover that up, and of course the fact that Linux is treated as a given.

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This is great to hear, can't wait for more games to covered this way!

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Good article. It's easy to forget sources like these. Would be good if we can add driver related performance as up to now I just maintain a spreadsheet on the open driver.

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You can try CardHunter too, which is browser-based, but better than any other card-based game I've ever played. It's free to play, but there is a slight pay-to-win element, which is unfortunate, but doesn't affect the single-player game, so it's still worth checking out.

Sadly, it requires a version of flash greater than the one currently supported on Linux, so you have to use Chrome, or use one of the tutorials out there to extract pepper-flash from Chrome and apply it to Chromium.

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Because this conversation is simply not going anywhere I've decided to shut down the comment section for this article. If you wish to continue this conversation you can always start a forum thread on our forum about it.

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Quoting: edddeduckferalThanks for offering Astro assistance, it's the one thing I have really been impressed by the Linux community is the spirt of trying to help one another. :)

It's lie and everyone perfectly knows that. Linux community is far away from that kind of spirit.

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Quoting: GuestThanks for the round-up. 3 suggestions:

• Sheltered


• Sunset


• We are Dwarves

Thanks for the suggestions, but only "We Are Dwarves" is likely to make the cut there - the first one, Sheltered, finishes in a few days, while Sunset is right on the edge, at 15. Might be able to cover it. I'll stick the last one in the WIKI when I get a moment, if you haven't already done so.

I'll also take this opportunity to point out further controversy regarding Areal. The Verge ran this article yesterday regarding Vostok vs West. Apparently GSC is in on it now and none of these studios are backing down. Interesting times ahead for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fans, but probably not in a good way, sadly.

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cute guys!

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I first played this game as a mod for Unreal Tournament... And guess what ? it was on my linux box :). The port of the standalone version is certainly not the perfect one, but they ported it.
Now if the new game will be developped with linux in mind, i think it could be pretty decent and i will certainly buy it.

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Quoting: linuxslackerim running nvidia binary 331.79 on slackware64 14.1 and i have always had it(well i dont remember scrakes having invisibility(they do now for me) but the map and stalker errors have always been there on nvidia cards)

are you sure your running nvidia phillip afaik it doesnt affect other cards

Yeah Im running nvidia, the day that I found out was when I checked this thread, at the time there were a couple bugs still http://steamcommunity.com/app/1250/discussions/0/810939350896199443/. I realize that the people that posted after me still had issues so I wonder if it was just a certain driver.
I havent played recently though so ill download it again tonight and see how it looks.

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Good thing I held off from buying this on Windows. I will be buying this when the Linux version comes out!

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im running nvidia binary 331.79 on slackware64 14.1 and i have always had it(well i dont remember scrakes having invisibility(they do now for me) but the map and stalker errors have always been there on nvidia cards)

are you sure your running nvidia phillip afaik it doesnt affect other cards

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finally registered after reading this site for a very long time

just got mine USB also blank i chucked them an email a few minutes ago(already own EG2 so i too have a spare key for a good home still cool to have a boxed copy and hopefully they will send over the USB image)

sofar the games have been awesome. my cubecraft is different(its just a goat) so looks like theres a few variations in the boxes they are shipping. Rogue legacy i also own(awesome game) but i still cant wait to get a boxed copy of that too

EDIT: very fast support a reply in under an hour and the missing files shortly after! gotta <3 these guys

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Quoting: scaine[Edit: just hit track 5 - this is... excellent! Real earthy, old school metal. Superb!]

Yes, 5 and 6 are my favourite. But really, the whole album is awesome. Since it's a concept album, there's some reprises of earlier themes in the songs at the end as well; I love that.

You should check out their earlier albums as well; I can recommend them. Their later albums aren't that..crunchy in my opinion, but YMMV. They changed their name to just "Slough Feg" (dropping the "The Lord Weird" ) after Traveller too.

Quoting: scaineNever figured you for a metalhead, McCoy.

http://www.last.fm/user/DrMcCoy

The two tag clouds at the right kinda say most of it. A lot of sludge/doom/stoner/psychedelic, but also (atmospheric) black and folk/viking/medieval, with a smattering of heavy/power-ish and progressive. Occassionally I also listen to chiptunes, or go back to the classic rock roots of metal, or throw in some weird jazz (doomish/noirish and/or minimalistic) or other experimental stuff.

And my listening history shows that I don't do shuffle. I prefer to listen to the whole catalog of an artist sequentially. What I listen to depends on my mood, and shuffle doesn't help there. :)

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Quoting: DrMcCoyNot really Linux- (or electronical gaming in general) related, but this movie project also still needs money: Spinward Traveller, based on the setting of the science-fiction pen & paper roleplaying game.

And moving further along that tangent, there's a great Heavy Metal concept album based on the RPG too: The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Traveller.

Yeah, I know, off-topic, but I just can't resist; I'm a roleplayer and metalhead at heart as well. :)

That's a pretty sweet sounding band. The guitars remind me of Megadeth, but the style of music has hints of Maiden, or perhaps Rhapsody in some of their ballady riffs. Loving the old school vibe. The production is a bit Man-o-war, but I'm enjoying it so far. Raw.

Never figured you for a metalhead, McCoy.

[Edit: just hit track 5 - this is... excellent! Real earthy, old school metal. Superb!]

[Edit 2: The Lord Weird Slough Feg have three albums available on Rdio - magic news. That's my next month's listening sorted! Big up, McCoy. Brilliant find, mate!]

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Quoting: KelsAny love for Midora, which is struggling a bit so far? It's got Linux listed right up front.

Very zelda-like, or zenonia-like if you want to be a bit more modern. Sadly, with only 12 days to run, this will have completed by our next issue, projected for Monday July 14th...

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Quoting: philip550cFirst one was fun, there were texture issues but they are gone, I keep hearing about the texture issue but i have installed this game on about 10 different computers and the textures look fine now. Cant wait, this game will be fun.

Just re-installed it, bugs are still here.

Which bugs? I used to have missing textures on all the floors, the screaming chick used to look like silver surfer, the flashlight used to cause serious graphical corruption. None of that happens for me anymore. Which drivers are you using?

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Quoting: philip550cFirst one was fun, there were texture issues but they are gone, I keep hearing about the texture issue but i have installed this game on about 10 different computers and the textures look fine now. Cant wait, this game will be fun.

Just re-installed it, bugs are still here.

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Any love for Midora, which is struggling a bit so far? It's got Linux listed right up front.

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I will definitly buy it as soon as it is released. It looks soooooo 90's :)

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First one was fun, there were texture issues but they are gone, I keep hearing about the texture issue but i have installed this game on about 10 different computers and the textures look fine now. Cant wait, this game will be fun.

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Very interesting news about Spinward Traveller. I might even pony up a few bucks; I never found people willing to play the P&P version, but I certainly admired the ruleset and universe.

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Not really Linux- (or electronical gaming in general) related, but this movie project also still needs money: Spinward Traveller, based on the setting of the science-fiction pen & paper roleplaying game.

And moving further along that tangent, there's a great Heavy Metal concept album based on the RPG too: The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Traveller.

Yeah, I know, off-topic, but I just can't resist; I'm a roleplayer and metalhead at heart as well. :)

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Quoting: jdub

Quoting: GuestMeh... As stated in the article, the first one is still buggy (textures issues...), so I'm going to stay clear of the second one.

What makes you think it will be like the first one

What make you think it won't?

As you note yourself, different engine, different team, support from day zero (pardon the pun) - not a port.

But sure, yeah, wait until it comes out and see how it plays for others. That's valid if you have concerns. But I think too many people are equating "Linux support from day one" with "Ported from Windows from day one". Which is wrong - if it's ported from Windows, you have valid concerns. But it's built for multi-platform from inception, that's a different story.

I won't wait though. I'm too invested in Killing Floor and too excited about this release. It'll be a day one purchase for me - I'll take the risk. I'll be your guinea pig!

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*** somehow duplicated my post... sorry

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