Quoting: EikeWonder if they're using Simple DirectMedia Layer... ;-)

Yes, see the project history: https://github.com/cxong/cdogs-sdl#-what-is-c-dogs-sdl

It started out as a SDL port of a freeware game, made after the original author open-sourced it.

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I've already fixed a few errors causing some saves to blow up in size by including game data as well.

Method:
du -ch --max-depth=1 ~/var/backup/ludusavi |sort -h

For games with overly large backups, find a discrepancy between OSes in ~/.config/ludusavi/manifest.yaml
For example, the "os: linux" selector may be less precise; or, to the contrary, the "os: windows" one may be less precise (it is still use by default, see the `backup.filter.excludeOtherOsData` setting).

Then, make the paths more specific on https://pcgamingwiki.com/
There's some more detail about the infoboxes here: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/PCGamingWiki:Editing_guide/Game_data

The filters manifest seems to be rebuilt nightly (around 0-2 UTC); use the `--try-update` flag to refresh it.

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Quoting: scaineI was just commenting recently on another thread that The Witness was a similarly disappointing game that just dumps you onto an island full of incredibly repetitive puzzles with similarly bizarre spikes of difficulty. The Long Gate looks even prettier and appears to have more variety in the puzzle elements, but I completely agree - without some motivation or world building, it's really hard to keep momentum with these games.

I'll stick it on my watchlist and I might end up buying it as an afternoon's distraction, even if I don't come anywhere near completing it.

The Witness certainly worked for me, but I think that's because it does use, ahem, gating to teach its mechanics.

You can stumble on something you don't understand early on, but you do get gradual progressions close to the beginning of dedicated areas, and I can see a lot of thought and play-testing went into it.

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I'll try this, but I'd prefer if they tried to work from within Debian/Ubuntu nonfree repos, sticking closer to distribution policies.

For example,
- Debian and Ubuntu have sensibly split the udev rules into a DFSG-compliant (free software) package. Follow their lead, and go further by getting the rules integrated into systemd/udev
- The steamdeps script is an unused and unloved way to work around normal package dependencies. No wonder it's buggy. Admit it and get rid of it.

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I dropped Dirt Rally 2.0 and Street Fighter V for being expensive DLC fests, at 145€ and 524€ respectively.

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I'm in for the draw!

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Still nothing on the PPA front.
I see it was built for the Focal archive, but that's it.

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Quoting: GustyGhostI got it to build but not to run. Some error with default-run in the .toml file. Their documentation could use some love.

Sounds like an outdated Rust version. Run: `rustup update`

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Quoting: mao_dze_dunYet, they can't be bothered to ad HEVC/h.265 support for desktop to desktop streaming... How can they be THIS lazy?

I can imagine why they don't go there: it's a patent racket, it adds latency, acceleration is not portable or predictable enough.

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