Quoting: PublicNuisanceUnless the issues with the demo have been fixed (they haven't been fixed yet in the demo) then the only Linux gamers who will be enjoying this game will be those using closed source Nvidia drivers or possibly closed source AMD drivers (haven't tested those myself). Those with Mesa or Nouveau drivers will not be able to play it due to a glitch in Unity that hasn't been fixed for years.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1296980/discussions/0/2252307485538393113/

-force-vulkan as a workaround.

Second workaround is to override the OpenGL version. Presumably this disables the problematic feature:
MESA_GL_VERSION_OVERRIDE=3.2

Running the game with a debug context results in this warning (Not present in the 3.2 context):
Mesa: User error: GL_INVALID_VALUE in glUniform1i(invalid sampler/tex unit index for uniform 256)

I'm guessing it's a Unity bug, but will retry with Mesa 21 and file a bug just to be sure.

Problem is still there with 21. I filed a bug with Mesa:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/4498

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Nooo! Absolutely shocking!
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(Actually, I have no idea what a Discord is.)

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Quoting: slaapliedjeAnd I generally buy the ebook ones (I have so many ebooks now that I'll never read...)

The ebooks are all DRM-free?

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Nice! The new demo finally got an intro sequence!

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The demo was a lot of fun! I'm not sure if it was the british accent or the bedroom setting, but it did put me in mind of Simon the Sorcerer.

The Linux port is, as noted, broken OOTB. I get two black flashing windows, a cursor that goes haywire and following that a gnome-shell crash...

Besides the fullscreen fix I had to set a resolution manually in config.ini:

FULLSCREEN = no
RESOLUTION = 1920x1080

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I would love to see Liam review one of these - *hint, hint FunKey guys*!

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Quoting: kokoko3kYou really need to get a crt :(

...and as a grand finale to the article series, blow it up using an erroneous xvidtune modeline. Always end with a bang!

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I loved Bluecurve back in the day! Never used Red Hat or Fedora, but I always pilfered the theme (and pretty backgrounds) from the rpms.

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Quoting: scaineFrom the #wine channel on the GOL discord, I've seen a few instances where Mesa 21 was causing issues with certain big games, like Red Dead Redemption. A few folk migrated from Padoka to Kisak just to downgrade to Mesa 20 until 21 had better stability. It'll be good to see how that stability shapes up now it's released!

That's good to know, but pretty normal for new releases. Major Mesa releases always have this boilerplate:

"Mesa 21.0.0 is a new development release. People who are concerned with stability and reliability should stick with a previous release or wait for Mesa 21.0.1."

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2021 seems to be the year for free retro adventure games set on a train!

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