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Quoting: berarmaDisappointing so far. I've tried Eschalon Book II but it won't work on Debian since it needs libc2.15. This problem is getting more and more common and it sucks, and they don't even care to warn about it. I can't even find and email address to ask for support.

There's a trend of game developers giving a fuck about their customers arriving to our platform lately. :-(

You can play libc2.15 games even if your distribution uses libc2.13. Try this:

1. Download the glibc 2.15 package from packages.ubuntu.com
2. Extract it with "dpkg -x". Note I wrote "extract", not "install".
4. Add the lib/i386-linux-gnu folder to your LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.

5. Play.

It worked with all the games I tried so far, both 32 and 64 bits if you choose the proper package.

If you want to ask for support, Basilisk Games provides a lot of channels: http://basiliskgames.com/about-us

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QuoteRUNNING THE GAME ON LINUX
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Eschalon: Book II was compiled and tested using Ubuntu 12.04LTS, and we can only verify that it runs on that version of Linux. Many people have managed to get the game to run on numerous other versions of Linux, but we do not, and cannot, support every Linux variation. Please check our forums for information on running the game on other variations of Linux.

That's a pretty dumb statement, and you'll only get to see it when you buy the game. Normally, I can run every game compiled and tested on Ubuntu 12.04LTS as long as it hasn't been linked with a glibc newer than 2.13. I bet no game needs the newest glibc version.

On Windows, these games are usually compatible with Windows XP (11 yo?), Vista (6 yo?) and 7 (3 yo?), but they won't make them compatible with a fundamental GNU/Linux library that is only 2 years old! Great!

We shouldn't buy the argument in the statement above about so many variations because truth is they don't care about GNU/Linux as they do for Windows. I'm not surprised but it's still unfair. I regret having paid for that since it seems I won't even get a support contact. I'm sticking to games by good known sources or with working demos, i.e. HIB et al.

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The way the game is played, it reminds me of the old SNES "Lawnmower Man" games

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@Cheeseness Perhaps you missed the part where I said, "I do agree in spirit".  But I don't set the rules or strategies. The business world is rarely concerned about "doing the right thing" nearly as much as "how do we get people to pay more for the same thing".

By the way, one of those increasingly rare people appears to have a kickstarter campaign that is beginning to stagnate at 89% and nearly 600 discount $15 full game rewards at Asylum. This fellow put ALL the good stuff as a CORE part of his campaign with only 8 days left. What do you say Linux lovers? If you  haven't gone to lend a hand, please do so. At $15 you can give the game to a friend who logs to get scared. Even at $5 you'll help get a game whose core (The Dagon game engine) is open source and promised to Linux from the very beginning. It will take a relative small amount of money (11k) to guarantee funding. IF you agree that Linux offerings should be a core, and not a stretch goal, let's put our money where our mouth is (if you have the budget for it of course). You can help make another quality game for Linux happen here:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/agustincordes/asylum-kickstart-the-horror/

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Says it's not available on my platform yet.

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Good news!!! Also, can you provide the link/download for the wallpaper used in the above screenshot.

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sorry to break your party, but I got an invite from a friend, and I could install dota2. But you can't play it though

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You are right!

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Well, the Mistery Game was finally revealed last weekend and it's none other than AirBuccaneers. At the current rate of purchases it will be unlocked pretty soon.

At first I was very excited since it's a game built with Unity3D and I read that they had recently upgraded to Unity4, so a Linux port seemed a matter of (little) time. The game's FAQ isn't very definite about this question, though:

Quoting: AirBuccaneers FAQ1.9 Will there be a Linux version of AirBuccaneers?

We have moved from Unity 3.5, which didn’t directly support Linux, to Unity 4 which does. AirBuccaneers has been seen running on Linux.

Quite an ambiguous answer, by any standard... So I decided to contact them by email and that's the answer I've got:

Quoting: LudoCraft Marketing DepartmentI'm sorry to inform you that we've currently put the AirBuccaneers Linux client development on hold.

We do aim to return to it as soon as possible, but can't really give any kind of estimation of when it might be done.

Nevertheless, have a great week!

While I appreciate their good wishes I'm a little disappointed to read this. So as it is we can only hope they retake the porting tasks ASAP so a native Linux port can finally see the light of day. If you're as hopeful as I am remember that this game will fit under the $5 tier, so you might need to raise your payment to get it.

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Quoting: berarmaDisappointing so far. I've tried Eschalon Book II but it won't work on Debian since it needs libc2.15. This problem is getting more and more common and it sucks, and they don't even care to warn about it. I can't even find and email address to ask for support.

Ew, that's not cool. On my end I can only confirm that it works flawlessly on Ubuntu 12.10 64bit.

They warn about this in the README.txt file, but I agree that they should say it on their website.

Quoting: README.txtRUNNING THE GAME ON LINUX
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Eschalon: Book II was compiled and tested using Ubuntu 12.04LTS, and we can only verify that it runs on that version of Linux. Many people have managed to get the game to run on numerous other versions of Linux, but we do not, and cannot, support every Linux variation. Please check our forums for information on running the game on other variations of Linux.

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Quoting: LeoAlso you can add games in Wine to the Steam Linux Client

Except that it's a steam game... and you can't run wine steam and Linux steam at the same time so... there would be absolutely no point to that.

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Also you can add games in Wine to the Steam Linux Client

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@jlibster Stretch goals are not the place for offering support for additional platforms that occupy the same space as currently supported platforms.

For an effective campaign, stretch goals need to be focused on rallying the existing contributors (for whom those additional platforms will not be attractive as additional game features, and create a "dead space" that makes those goals less likely to be achieved than other goals would be - I've had a couple of windows users tell me that they would have pledged a smaller amount if they had've realised that the first stretch goal wouldn't bring them anything).

It also sends the message that devalues the contributions of existing backers on those platforms who've made a good-faith contribution with the understanding that a native version wouldn't be guaranteed.

At the end of the day, there's nothing wrong with holding out for more money to support additional platforms, but it's a much better idea to just announce those additional platforms when you're comfortable with them.

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Desura News Update:

QuoteWe also have the initial steering implementation in now for vehicles in water, with Sainte-Anne featuring a few drivable[sic] rubber boats. AI currently neglects them pretty much, the navigation logic needs a bit different approach than the on-ground vehicles, looking forward to work on that for 0.81. Hope I can squeeze in the "AI battle-taxi" feature for that too, can't wait to get into some beach assault action!
Also, the online servers now support persistent player profiles (per server), which means that if the server has been set to store the profiles over battles and map changes, you can have your stats, rank, mortars and weapons with you again when you reconnect. One of the official modulaatio-servers will be soon set up as something we call Invasion; players only join Green faction, they all start with 0 XP to fight through all the maps in randomized order, each map starting with Green faction having one base with some over capacity to get the invasion going, with XP and items carrying over map changes.
We'll be adding plenty of new items in the near future, we've been talking about vests, rare weapons, support items and new calls logically similar to mortar strikes, which will fit the persistent cooperative Invasion mode really well!

Exciting!

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@Cheeseness, I agree, don't like linux stretch goals, on the other side it's not a silly high amount, for a product this size I don't think 50k is over the top for extra Quality control/testing/hardware/etc.   

and to be honest... the previous where so good, I won't let this spoil it for me this time :)

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Quoting: faemirJust FYI, cyborgmatt isn't a developer, he's just a dota player who is famous for analyzing the game files to see what content updates will be in the future.

Corrected.

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Wonderful website you have. Always the latest gaming on Linux news. Thank you!

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Just FYI, cyborgmatt isn't a developer, he's just a dota player who is famous for analyzing the game files to see what content updates will be in the future.

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@Cheeseness Many people agreed with you.That said, you can make an argument of funding additional testing, but since the games were being developed on MacOS anyway...if I didn't enjoy the first game so much, I wouldn't supported this one. I do agree in spirit that any game made with Unity 4 shouldn't have MacOS/Linux as a stretch goal, its should be a core goal. Ah well, at least its happening.

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Well, if DOTA2 will have better performance than HoN. HoN is sorta ok, but with good system i get much worse performance on Linux than i'd get on WIndows.

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Awesome =D Wonder if I'll stop playing HoN because of this

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Congratulations on getting nominated! It looks like you're in good company there, and it's great to see SuperTuxKart towards the top of the results so far :)

Here's the blog post talking about the March poll for anybody who wants to read more: http://sourceforge.net/blog/potm-vote-201303/

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To vote for SuperTuxKart to become SourceForge "Project of the Month", please go to vote.supertuxkart.net. We also have a video briefly showing the upcoming wiimote support: View video on youtube.com
Thanks!
  Joerg aka hiker

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I can't help but be disappointed at this one. They're using Unity 4, and their FAQ had already said that they were going to pursue Linux if at all possible. Subsequently announcing Linux  and Mac support as a stretch goal (which is bad enough a practice on its own) has left a pretty sour taste in my mouth.

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Hooray, estimate exceeded! Linux support is official as of tonight, i.e. Sunday Feb 17th

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Just send an email to the email address stated in the thread on the Ogre forums.

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Disappointing so far. I've tried Eschalon Book II but it won't work on Debian since it needs libc2.15. This problem is getting more and more common and it sucks, and they don't even care to warn about it. I can't even find and email address to ask for support.

There's a trend of game developers giving a fuck about their customers arriving to our platform lately. :-(

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where do you sign up for that port testing?

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Ask and you shall receive, edited it for you :)

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Apologies if medieval messes with your mind. I was feeding my 6 month old baby when I wrote it and it should have read old England. To be precise the 1660's was the last major out break of plague and we still had a world made of the landed aristocracy supported by knights/nobleman and you had a mix of weaponry which will be shown by the game as bows meet muskets. Technically it is a period of change, where old medieval Britain meets renaissance Britain and would be better phrased as 17th Century England or Renaissance England, as the Industrial revolution does not arrive until the 1750's. 

If someone could replace medieval with old I would be grateful :)

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