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They fixed Metro Exodus EE once before. Then broke it. Now they re-fixed it. But I am certain they will break it again.

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YESSSS!!! PoE2 is one of my fav games of the past decade, but I never played 1 because of the lack of tb mode. I just can't stand rtwp. This is so wonderful and I'm so happy they're spending time revisiting such an old game. Love it!

As soon as I finish my playthrough on ANOTHER obsidian game (ow2) I'll definitely be giving this a go.

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The way I played PoE was to set it to pause after everyone made their moves in a round, then give them new commands. I called it liar's RTwP.

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I finished PoE I despite RTwP, and looking at my backlog I don't think I'll revisit it in the near future. The update is appreciated though, and the improvements Obsidian are making sound quite nice.

I did play a portion of PoE II in turn based mode, and liked it quite a lot. But it also made for slower gameplay and I never completed the game. Though I might not have in RTwP mode either.

I didn't (yet) succeed in carrying over the game saves to PoE II. :-(

I thought that worked for me, but I am not quite sure now, because I did not feel much of an impact.

Or it's just because none of the characters keep their levels or skills from the first game. And since PoE II plays in a different part of the world, I don't know if any decisions from the first game carry over in a noticeable way either.

But it's been a while and memory is hazy.

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I'll check Podman, never used it. I only experimented with lxc which is Linux's own container feature.

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Pillars of Eternity or Power over Ethernet. Both are PoE and I always think of both with the acronym.

Well, now you've got me praying for Power over Ethernet never going turn-based!

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I'm a huge GOG advocate, as they a) are based outside of the USA and have to comply with GDPR (in fact, not just lip service) and b) DRM free is growing in importance to me (I want to give my video game collection to my kids before I die - you can't do that via other storefronts). There is only one thing lacking and that is a new version of GoG Galaxy (3.0 is well overdue) and a Linux native version of that. That said, Heroic Launcher is a great alternative.

GoG is actually my first preference when buying any game.

On the digital preservation side of things, whilst I'm sure there was some good commercial reasons for CDPR to go for it, I'm a frequent donor as I believe that video game preservation is a critical thing to do, to ensure that all the generations to come, can see how this art-form evolved from simple sprites all the way to vast open worlds in 3D that is near real. Sure there are areas that could be improved, but GoG (CDPR) is the only firm in the world that is doing anything even remotely close to what is needed, and for that, I think we should applaud and support with some real gusto!

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Does it fail/gives you an error when you try?

Will need to take a look; thanks for asking!

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Isn't it nice that Microsoft lets them do such work on that old games, including the Linux version as it seems?

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I'm using Steam and I'm using my (Linux) PC for many other things, and I bet that's the case for most of us. So yes, I think their point is valid.

No it's not, because Bazzite is far more [...]

I cannot comment on Bazzite. I was talking about Steam being a gaming site, but many Steam users probably still using their PC for many things, not only gaming.

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Proton Hotfix is the extra special version of Proton that gets very sporadic updates, specifically when a game needs them so you shouldn't really touch it unless you need to.

It's the gaffer tape and chewing gum build of Proton.

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Yeah, they lost a sale here, thanks to Denuvo. I never played the originals, but would love to have given this a try.

Yeah... me too.

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I didn't (yet) succeed in carrying over the game saves to PoE II. :-(

Does it fail/gives you an error when you try?

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I didn’t liked the crew game until I try this one.
For me it’s the best free roam currently in the market. It’s better than FH5 (but not better than FH4). If you can have a look, I recommend it.

For additional info : starting the 5 November, if you own a game you can invite 3 friends to join you and play together, even if they don’t own the game (like a guest pass). There is only need to one owner of the game to be able to play all together.

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Distrobox uses rootless podman (or rootful if specified) and it's dead simple to use. One command to fetch an image and create a container (in one go), another to enter the container. The container acts like a regular distro so you can sudo apt install or sudo pacman -S and changes will survive unlike docker.

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Isn't realtime part of vanilla kernel now?

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I've found that my enjoyment of real-time with pause is directly tied to the party size. If the party is 4 characters, it's fine. If it's 6, I can't keep up anymore and have no idea what's happening and why.

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I prefer real time + pause mechanic myself, but it's cool they are adding an option for turn based mode. I wish games with turn mode only did the same the other way.

I remember I thought back then real time plus (configurable!) automatic pause is the optimum between tactics and action.

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Let's hope they understand that Linux-based os use a case-sensitive file system. This can be a problem if they do not take into account the issue of case sensitivity of the file system, for example, Fallout - The Frontier

The Frontier-Master NVSE
The Frontier-Hotfix nvse
You have two folders with the same plugin, so which one will load? There are other files and folders where the case of the file and folder names is different between the Master and the Hotfix

There is an updated master that combines the master and the Hotfix. This may not be a problem for this mod now, but there may be other mods with the same problem

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I've been seeing the term "rollback netcode" a fair bit recently, so I had to look it up. Wikipedia to the rescue; it's basically input prediction for remote players, to help avoid lag from slow peers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netcode#Rollback

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I guess I picked a good time to buy. It is fun but tough to get into as somebody who grew up playing F-Zero rather than Wipeout. Piloting the racers in this feels comparatively like trying to steer an oceanliner at transonic speeds.

Try practicing at Cassandra. That's the best track for learning, IMO. The 2159 version of the Barracuda Model A ship on the toxic speed class is a good way to get used to the speed. I'd run some speed laps around Cassandra in it, and then, after you feel comfortable, increase the speed class gradually over time. That's what worked for me anyway.

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prefer real time + pause mechanic myself, but it's cool they are adding an option for turn based mode. I wish games with turn mode only did the same the other way.

well afaik there is a real time mod for BG3 https://www.nexusmods.com/baldursgate3/mods/12668
mentioning it since its seems like a barrier for people not familiar with TBC

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needing to use an aternative kernel is quite common for those who work with audio (they need an real time kernel)

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I prefer real time + pause mechanic myself, but it's cool they are adding an option for turn based mode. I wish games with turn mode only did the same the other way.

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I guess I picked a good time to buy. It is fun but tough to get into as somebody who grew up playing F-Zero rather than Wipeout. Piloting the racers in this feels comparatively like trying to steer an oceanliner at transonic speeds.

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Pillars of Eternity or Power over Ethernet. Both are PoE and I always think of both with the acronym. lol

Oh, and Path of Exile too, I suppose. :P

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I prefer VMs over containers for development. I played around with lxc containers, but it always felt much easier to set up a user session qemu/kvm + libvirt VM (in something like virt-manager) than jump through the hoops of setting a non privileged lxc container and all permissions for it. lxc seems to be better prepared for privileged use cases. Or may be I just need more experimenting with it.

I'm not really sold on immutable distros for normal desktop use cases anyway, I don't see a major benefit in losing flexibility for general purpose needs. So far the only case where I'm using one is with [OpenWRT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWrt) for my router. Immutability makes sense there due to special installation requirements on the embedded devices. Customization with packages there is possible using overlayfs. It doesn't need to generate a new image, it keeps immutable components separate from installed packages.

If a kernel module you need is not there, you will need to create a "custom image" that bundles the kernel module you need.

Which sort of starts defeating the purpose of using such approach. It's easier to build just a module than to build a whole new image to use a single module.

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Turn based mode does make these games much more accessible for people and also easier since you can be tactical vs just zerg rushing with same combos until you RNG win.

One downside however is combat is drawn out for ages sometimes, normally they let you toggle it on/off depending on the situation.

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A game I bought somewhere near release and have never played yet. Maybe subconsciously I was just waiting for this update.

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I've just started the game a few days back! Maybe I'll try this, probably better suited for me that real time with pause!1

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