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Quoting: AnonymousAlso a gay

Wut?

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Also a gay misleading video cos it really about DOTA not other F2P like TF2.
I would be interesting in the F2P business model and how it worked out for Valve but this is all about DOTA 2...

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Quoting: insomniac_croThis game is forever in alpha...
I wll never buy a steam early access game again!

Here's a hint: Games take time, good games take even longer.

I remember the devs joking that being an Introversion game means it might take some time indeed :P

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this + oculus rift = pure win

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Voted for Steam OS, and now is in first position ;)

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Quoting: jdubHas anyone heard anything at all about the rome II port since sept?

Early Next Year they said, so maybe it's not far from release ;)

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"In a shocking turn of events Valve has learnt how to play videos on Linux"

Made my day. :D

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Ha!
Like your humour =P

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7 GB for something than I could watch in youtube? really? lol

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pretty awesome

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finally i can watch it ! :P

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Having a blast with this one. Very fun game. Looks great as well.

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lol, got to admit that this sentence "For instance, I'm pretty sure there isn't a Unity3D *editor client* for Linux (though I believe it exports games themselves to Linux now). That's obviously irrelevant to me as I don't use Unity, for this kind of reason" made me chuckle with really evil grin on my face.

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Is based on AIR. It does contain plain video files in "data" directory, so luckily you can use your own media player. "free_to_play.mp4" is just 4 GB. Rest is "bonus features", I guess.

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Quoting: AnonymousWhy would you want accelerated mouse input in games?

What part of « unplayable » don’t you understand? Without acceleration the movements are extremely slow.

I think you're confusing sensitivity with acceleration.

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7 GB download.

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When I click "register" in the game, or on http://star-conflict.com/en/registration absolutely nothing happens. How do I get an account?

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Has anyone heard anything at all about the rome II port since sept?

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Quoting: AnonymousIf you properly grab the mouse with SDL2 you get unaccelerated XI2 mouse input, if you do it manually by warping the cursor you get accelerated mouse input.
Might be good enough for many games, but especially for first person shooters and similar it's suboptimal.

That must be why several FPS games are unplayable on my system, like Penumbra: Overture for example, because they completely fuck up mouse input instead of using my (accelerated) settings. So allow me to disagree…

Why would you want accelerated mouse input in games?
If I move my mouse by 3cm I want the camera to turn by 40° (or whatever).. and not 10° if I move it slowly and 90° if I move it faster.. and I don't want the camera movement to accelerate when I move the mouse over a longer distance with the same speed.
Many gamers don't want accelerated mouse input, see http://www.esreality.com/?a=post&id=1846538 for example

(Some games provide it by themselves and configurable, which is probably a nice option)

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Well they did show Civ5 in Steam Controller promotional videos. While I realise it was most probably streamed, they are certainly aware that people who buy Steam Machines based on promotional videos will be asking questions if they don't find the advertised games available. So I'd take this as a hint that something is going on behind the curtains.

Anyway it's only logical that more and more devs are going to release Linux versions from day one. While games that are being worked on currently are mostly going to be released for Win and then ported, new games would be more often planned for Win/Mac/Lin form the beginning. The reason behind this is that a game typically sells best right after the release, when the hype is still around, and then the numbers slowly fade, rising only around sales. So now that it's obvious that Linux/SteamOS customer base will only grow, from business perspective it's best to release for all platforms and earn 100% per copy rather than port to Linux a few months later, when most people are getting the game on sale or in bundles (vide Jagged Alliance: Back in Action - it went on -75% sale and then into a bundle very soon after release of the Linux port).

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Looking forward for this. Defender Quest 1 was great! You can grab in on Humble Weekly Sale (20 h left).

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Quoting: GuestYeah I know (not sure if it’s the same under Gnome and Xfce, but looks like it). However game developers can circumvent the problem easily:
- do not grab the mouse pointer and instead “manually” reset its position to the center of the window every frame.

No, that sucks.
If you properly grab the mouse with SDL2 you get unaccelerated XI2 mouse input, if you do it manually by warping the cursor you get accelerated mouse input.
Might be good enough for many games, but especially for first person shooters and similar it's suboptimal.

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Never a hint about Civ5. But TW Rome 2 was announced months ago.

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Nice to hear about the Linux port, but I'm disappointed to hear that Linux users have to wait again after a Windows release. Conclusion: no buy in May, maybe I'll get the game on a sale or might trade it.

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Will it be cross multiplayer platform as in are we able to play with other users from different platforms? Would be epic if we can

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I'd start playing it if it came out on Linux, but has there been even a hint of Civ5 being ported beyond a pro-Linux publisher?

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I am happy that they porting tropico to Linux, i really am.

But i am also disappointed that its takes sooo long that we see a linux version for games :(, its like not big off a deal or yeah we do it when we have some spare time someday from a dev point of view.

I think we see the steamOS version for Tropico round 4th quarter this year... :(

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Quoting: pbI have a feeling that when Steamboxes start to ship, they will be accompanied by some big releases - Tropico 5, Civilization V, X-COM, Project Cars, maybe Age of Wonders 3, and... could it be... Half-Life 3? I'm not sure if HL3 has been in the works long enough, though.

I agree, it now makes me pretty sure XCOM is also waiting for the first Steam Machine release.

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I have a feeling that when Steamboxes start to ship, they will be accompanied by some big releases - Tropico 5, Civilization V, X-COM, Project Cars, maybe Age of Wonders 3, and... could it be... Half-Life 3? I'm not sure if HL3 has been in the works long enough, though.

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