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Ehh... I like to get steam version :(

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Quoting: Xpanderit seems to be issue with 1920x1080 native monitor resolution

No issues with e16 on Gentoo with 1920x1080.

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QuotePC versions

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Glest is completly dead, so no need to mention it imho.
MegagGlest has a LOT more content than glest!
Just some things:
10 times more maps than glest
18 tilesets(sceneries) instead of only 2 in glest
7 factions instead of only 2
8 player support instead of only 4 in glest
and so on , its really a lot more than the simple game it was originally.

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Indeed I tried windowed on KDE which used to solve it on Cinnamon, no dice on KDE I have to switch WM to Openbox.

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Quoting: Xpanderit seems to be issue with 1920x1080 native monitor resolution, anything lower than that doesnt cause the issue.

also with xfwm i can start game in windowed mode and then when in menus i alt+space and switch to fullscreen. no issues with mouse then.. cant do that with marco however.

In KDE it doesn't matter if you use a resolution smaller, it's still broken without changing wm.

I can start windowed and then tell kwin to make it fullscreen, and it does work around the mouse issue. But vsync is still broken then and get worse performance.

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Quoting: Xpanderit seems to be issue with 1920x1080 native monitor resolution, anything lower than that doesnt cause the issue.

What about higher? I'm running ratpoision, no compositing and 1920x1200 on my main monitor with no common issues on Unity games.

i dont know anyone with higher resolutions that have issues with it

just 1920x1080

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Quoting: Xpanderit seems to be issue with 1920x1080 native monitor resolution, anything lower than that doesnt cause the issue.

What about higher? I'm running ratpoision, no compositing and 1920x1200 on my main monitor with no common issues on Unity games.

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Wow, what a month!!

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Well I only have some trouble with Killing Floor on Ubuntu 13.10(64x with Unity). The mouse not always works and with dual monitor it really is buggy as hell. But I hope that Goat Simulator won't be so buggy.

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Quoting: FutureSutureLeft 4 Dead bugs me as well with Left 4 Dead 2 already being on Linux.

To be fair all L4D maps are included in L4D2 now, even if the gameplay is slightly different.

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I am playing the demo and it almost feels like an RTS, I like it but I would love it with better graphics. Probable future purchase.

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nope.. it happens for me with marco and and with xfwm as well.
without compositing.

it seems to be issue with 1920x1080 native monitor resolution, anything lower than that doesnt cause the issue.

also with xfwm i can start game in windowed mode and then when in menus i alt+space and switch to fullscreen. no issues with mouse then.. cant do that with marco however.

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It does look like it's mainly affecting compositing then which is why you most likely don't see it on XFCE.

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I've never had issues, though I use LXDE.

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I don't have the issue, but if you're using Steam, you could probably set the required commands in the launch options for each of the problem games. That would handle changing the WM back and forth automatically for you. I did something similar with AntiMicro to load and unload kb/mouse to gamepad mappings for certain games.

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Like Hamish, I use XFCE and have never seen mouse problems in Unity

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Quoting: WorMzyI use openbox, but I still get mouse jumps in Rust. :c

Yes, the mouse jumps in rust. But that is yet another problem lol. In particular this Fix stop the issue that people have with the character getting stuck looking at the sky and having to alt-tab to get the game to respond again. The problem only occurs on some window managers, generally the compositing ones.

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I have always played Unity3D games from Xfce. I guess that is why I have never had problems.:|

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Found it. Thanks! =) Yeah, I remember hearing that somewhere before, a lot of the Steam Dev Days videos are really interesting! I watched quite a few of them.
They say their engine still has D3D centric stuff from its heritage but they'd like to move away from that (see the slide as well).
http://youtu.be/45O7WTc6k2Y?t=6m50s
View video on youtube.com
goto 6m50s.

Video in full playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45O7WTc6k2Y&list=PLckFgM6dUP2hc4iy-IdKFtqR9TeZWMPjm&index=10

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Quoting: DrMcCoyKeep in mind though, that despite what other news sites have reported, while this might technically be "open source", you're not getting free (as in speech) software. It will not be GPL (nevermind any more permissive licenses), and earlier engines won't be GPL'd either.

From what I've read, there's no info yet on how exactly the license will look or how code contributions will be handled.

I believe that is only because they didn't want to call it GNU/UnrealEngine4.

There are plenty of other "open source" licences beyond the GPL or other GNU licences. I haven't read the UE4 licence in full, but skimming it gives the impression that it would have a hard time fitting the OSI's definition of an "open source" licence.

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I so want to change "the Linux API was actually easier to use than the equivalent on Windows or Mac." to "Linux was actually easier to use than Windows or Mac." and post out of context lol. But i'm not like that. Project looks interesting and if it can open the door to more linux games/ports (ports that are worth a damn) then kudos

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I have had this issue in every DE except XFCE and unity. In both these DE’s all my games run flawlessly.

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Quoting: GuestI don't think Sanctum 1 will get a port, I think Ryan was just working on porting 2. Besides if they were releasing both, you'd think they'd port 1 first before 2, so if you have both in your Steam inventory but only 2 is showing up on Linux, I'd lose hope that 1 is ever coming.

I hope that logic doesn't apply to The Witcher as well. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is allegedly making its way to Linux, and chances of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt coming to Linux are increasing as well, but what about The Witcher? Left 4 Dead bugs me as well with Left 4 Dead 2 already being on Linux.

Yeah, of course any situation where the earlier games were popular in their own ways and have their own merits so there are gamers wanting them, they should consider them. Fact is though if a newer game is an improvement in most areas over an older one so that there is a lot more demand for it than the older one, chances are much lower for seeing a port since at that point you're talking about a percentage of a percentage. Since Linux now has enough demand to put it over the threshold for seeing some good ports, that first hump has been crossed, but good luck getting over those extra humps...

That having been said, the future will be much different, since now with most big game engines being multi-platform from the start and Linux just being another click of a button, these porting problems will go away and you'll see much easier Linux releasing, no more humps to deal with for the most part.

Except for me and the penguin. God I love Linux. >:3

I'll just give my money to those who bother, like Frozenbyte with Trine.

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Quoting: Phantom HooverMuch as I love Freespace 2 open, it really doesn't belong on this list. Only the engine is open-source; if you want the actual game assets you'll need to buy a copy. The Diaspora project, based on BSG and using the FSO engine, would be a much more appropriate choice.

This is not a FOSS list, so it does belong here.

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Much as I love Freespace 2 open, it really doesn't belong on this list. Only the engine is open-source; if you want the actual game assets you'll need to buy a copy. The Diaspora project, based on BSG and using the FSO engine, would be a much more appropriate choice.

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I use openbox, but I still get mouse jumps in Rust. :c

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Added a note for FPS games.

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Yeah, he should of mentioned that the mouse problem is for games like first person shooters that use the mouse to look around, like Rust, Verdun, Zigfrak ect.

This fix also makes vsync work in Unity engine games. When the engine detects that you are using a compositing window manager, it forces vsync off. So for me in KDE, every game using this engine (except bit-trip runner 2) has horrible screen tearing. Bit-trip was made in a earlier version of the engine that didn't have this problem.
The developers intentionally coded it this way, because games were running like crap when people had compositing running. Specifically Unity on ubuntu with compiz, back when you couldn't use the "unredirect fullscreen windows" option in compiz to stop games from getting composited because of some bug which got fixed shortly after. They didn't even give us a way to disable the behaviour in a config file or something, this is pretty sad.

Hopefully this stuff gets sorted in the new version that's coming.

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Quoting: GuestI don't think Sanctum 1 will get a port, I think Ryan was just working on porting 2. Besides if they were releasing both, you'd think they'd port 1 first before 2, so if you have both in your Steam inventory but only 2 is showing up on Linux, I'd lose hope that 1 is ever coming.

I hope that logic doesn't apply to The Witcher as well. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is allegedly making its way to Linux, and chances of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt coming to Linux are increasing as well, but what about The Witcher? Left 4 Dead bugs me as well with Left 4 Dead 2 already being on Linux.

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