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I don't know about you, but I hate redoing all my application preferences and configuration. I suggest setting up Borg backup. Or, at least in the case you were in, do a one-time rsync backup of your home folder "dot files" to another drive before resizing partitions.

But that situation stinks. I don't know how many times I've had to mess with filesystem management in Linux.

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Buying that.

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No changelog on what they did, no update to GOG version.

Another abandoned Nightdive release on GOG along with Turok and Forsaken Remastered.

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Quoting: ScottCarammellUnfortunately it *does* require the Steam Linux runtime to function it appears, working as sort of a pseudo-DRM, so it's not quite DRM-free as the Windows and Mac versions are. Still, better than nothing.

Hard to call it DRM when the Steam Linux runtimes are [open source](https://gitlab.steamos.cloud/steamrt), and all it takes is some developer effort to make the runtimes available in any Linux game launcher, completely legally. In fact, that's what [UMU](https://openwinecomponents.org/) already does.

All you need is someone motivated enough to implement (or copy) the Pressure Vessel and Steam Linux Runtime launcher bits for the purpose of running native games. (With a downloader and selector for the available runtime versions preferably, so that Steam isn't required at all.)

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Quoting: LestibournesI wonder, since Valve is now the OS vendor, if it can't implement its own kernel-level anticheat and let the game devs or anticheat devs make use of it.

https://ebpf.io/

Yes they can. Or, they can roll their own kernel level support. It wouldn't stop the cheaters, just like it doesn't stop them on Windows. However, a one size fits all solution from Valve that doesn't hand over super user controls to each game dev, I'm sure would be more acceptable to security conscious Linux users. This is what Microsoft has been promising for decades, especially after the recent CrowdStrike blunder. I'm sure Windows users will never see it though.

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That's hilarious.

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I dunno, it's not very much . . . only A Handful of Missions. Be nice if there were A Few Missions More.

A bunch of references to the Dollars Trilogy there. One of the villains looks like Angel Eyes from The Good The Bad and the Ugly.

The boiler plate armor is a reference to the The Fistful of Dollars.

Music themes are also very Ennio Morricone style.

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Quoting: ScottCarammell

Quoting: AsciiWolfDoes the native port work on a standard Linux system?

I've seen people say it doesn't work for them, but for me at least it does - and it runs MUCH better than through Proton. Still not great mind you (~40 FPS in most areas), but still better (Proton was like ~20 FPS most of the time).

Are these for steam deck? 40fps is pretty good for steamdeck for this type of game so If they can get the last BG city running at that, then its good. (BG being the most fps taxing part of the game)

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Quoting: AsciiWolfDoes the native port work on a standard Linux system?

I've seen people say it doesn't work for them, but for me at least it does - and it runs MUCH better than through Proton. Still not great mind you (~40 FPS in most areas), but still better (Proton was like ~20 FPS most of the time).

Unfortunately it *does* require the Steam Linux runtime to function it appears, working as sort of a pseudo-DRM, so it's not quite DRM-free as the Windows and Mac versions are. Still, better than nothing.

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Quoting: Doktor-MandrakeI wish it was actually called the 'gabecube' lol, gamecube was the first thing I thought of when I saw the reveal

Edit: I use the "target acquired" portal 2 gun turrent movie intro for few years now, for when I'm on big picture mode :)

The thing I don't like about "GabeCube" is that having two "B" in the same name, where one of them is replacing an "M", makes it sound like you have a cold.

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Imagine a 60FPS@1080p LCD built into the device. Heck, at that size it can be 720p. I could take it with me on the train to play while traveling, powered by plugging it into the train's regular power outlet. It would be super portable without needing an external monitor. Not that I expect people to do that, but it would be cool.

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I wonder, since Valve is now the OS vendor, if it can't implement its own kernel-level anticheat and let the game devs or anticheat devs make use of it.

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There is an MR to fix this llvm flag: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/38558

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I guess I spoke too soon. The OpenMW 0.49.0 generic installer works beautifully in Mint 21.3 but the OpenMW 0.50.0 installer throws a "version `GLIBC_2.38' not found" error and fails. So much for the OpenMW team's claim that they provide a universal/generic installer that works for any distro.

Now that Mint 22 has been out for a year and four months with 22.3 coming out in December, is there a reason you don't want to upgrade? I know 21.3 still gets security updates for a long time, but is there something specific holding you back?

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I hope they fix the path-finding issue with doom 1+2 at some point

Sometimes the demons get stuck

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Not for me. My mods are already installed. All I have to do is upgrade the game and update the config files with my mod list and game settings then I'm ready to go...!

I guess I spoke too soon. The OpenMW 0.49.0 generic installer works beautifully in Mint 21.3 but the OpenMW 0.50.0 installer throws a "version `GLIBC_2.38' not found" error and fails. So much for the OpenMW team's claim that they provide a universal/generic installer that works for any distro.

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And most games do exactly that. They ship their 32bit modules.(not all 32bit libraries, mind you, but still!)

And it's a shame more of them don't ship ALL of the needed libraries (32-bit or 64-bit). It's annoying to download a supposedly universal/generic installer only to have it fail on account of a missing version of a particular library. If they did, I'll bet we wouldn't have to worry as much about old native games failing in newer versions of Linux. (Missing libraries even happen with flatpaks & AppImages due to poor packaging jobs by devs.)

Looking at you, OpenMW 0.50.0!

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Quoting: StellaHopefully this won't cause problems for 32-bit games or 16-bit programs via Wine eventually, I'm assuming the prior version of Steam Linux Runtime will continue to be available for compatibility?

Yes. Steam Linux Runtime 2 is still available, and 3. And Steam Linux Runtime 1, although it is just symlinks to components from Runtime 2 as far as I can tell (apparrently no incompatible changes between 1 and 2.)

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If this was a single player survival/base building or story based game I would have bought it on launch. Unfortunately I have zero interest in MMOs at this point. It's a shame, because a lot of the visuals and some of the gameplay looks fun.

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I'm really hoping this turns out good. as a kid, everything from Clive Barker was read and as a movie watched. and look, I didn't turn that bad, haven't sacrified anyone yet. (still time)

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Quoting: Cloversheen

Earlier this year it also had an update to improve the anti-cheat on Linux too, so hopefully now you won't have too much trouble running it on Linux systems with Proton.

Anyone having any experience playing it crossplay?

We would be playing it with 2 linux users and 1 windows user.

Have played that exact config (2 on Linux, 1 on Windows) earlier this year, and it worked fine - from memory we all hosted at various times, but it might have just been the Linux players hosting. I use the 'bypass launcher' beta branch that you can opt in to, but that may not be necessary.

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They haven't documented it, but they also added arm64 build instructions and FEX submodule.


https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/tree/experimental_10.0?tab=readme-ov-file#arm64-builds

Now that Steam Linux Runtime and Proton is arm64 compatible the only thing that is missing is the arm build of Steam client.

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"Neat. I´m gonna add this to my library and play it later"
*Warhammer: Vermintide 2 is already in your Steam library*
"... ah"

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Pretty sure COD needs kernel level any cheat.

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Overwatch 2 uses phone number verification, you can't play without verified phone. However it doesn't use kernel anti cheat.

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The Wheel of Fate is Turning!

Rebel 1.

Action!

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Quoting: linuxjacquesTotal War: WARHAMMER III review ratings on Steam are ... not great.

I stopped trusting Steam reviews a couple years ago. Too many trolls and review bombers have rendered the overall score effectively worthless.

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Another game for me to stumble across in my Steam library a couple years from now and ask myself, "Where the heck did this come from?"

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This is a small thing that most likely annoys just me, but I wish they'd patch the Bethesda connection attempt in the Quake 1 port so that it happens only when you actually do something that requires that connection. I love that remaster, but I genuinely cannot stand that gnarly pop-up on startup every. Single. Time.

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I've got a 13 year old 4TB Hitachi happily chugging along in my array, with not a single blip to its name so far. As long as anything important is backed up and you're ready to swap in a new disk when one fails, you should be fine. Have fun!

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