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The sad case of Unreal Engine 1 on Mesa and Linux in 2020
4 February 2020 at 11:10 pm UTC

Quoting: legluondunetI wroted 3 Lutris scripts installer for this games:
- Heretic 2
I just tried your Lutris script for Heretic II incidentally, and it hangs for me at "Extracting data.tar.gz". Any idea what is going on there?

The sad case of Unreal Engine 1 on Mesa and Linux in 2020
4 February 2020 at 9:28 pm UTC Likes: 2

Well, I am going to have to eat my hat, at least as far as Unreal Gold is concerned. The Lutris script does in fact work and the game launches just fine.

The same can not be said for Unreal Tournament or Rune when installed from Lutris. I wonder if this is because of the work done on the Unreal 227 patch?

The sad case of Unreal Engine 1 on Mesa and Linux in 2020
4 February 2020 at 8:44 pm UTC

Quoting: KayKay91Shouldn't removing libgcc and libstdc++ from game's folder fix this? Lutris has a script called "Mesa fix" for Unreal Gold which basically removes these files after using "GOG + OldUnreal 227i" script installer.
I can confirm that not having those libraries in the System folder makes no difference to Unreal Tournament and the game will still segmentation fault.

On the Lutris page for Unreal Tournament (1999) I also can not help but notice it says this:
"If using open source mesa drivers, switch to software rendering in the game's .ini config file."

I am going to try the Lutris script for Unreal Gold, but I am not optimistic.

Get ready to live a Life of Crime with Kingpin: Reloaded announced by 3D Realms - will be coming to Linux
3 February 2020 at 9:26 pm UTC

Try this command in a terminal before launching the game:
export MESA_EXTENSION_MAX_YEAR=2000

A lot of older Quake engine games struggle with the amount of OpenGL extensions that are now exposed.

Descent 3 returns to Linux (and macOS) with an official modern port
3 February 2020 at 1:31 am UTC

Like Patola said, this was done as one of Ryan's Patreon projects. If you want to support his work then you can do so by giving to him directly.

Descent 3 returns to Linux (and macOS) with an official modern port
2 February 2020 at 7:51 am UTC Likes: 3

I literally just got the Loki version of this on disk delivered last Friday:

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This is hilarious, especially if the port does come to GOG.com meaning I never have to use the disk.

Edna & Harvey return to Linux with The Breakout - Anniversary Edition now available
1 February 2020 at 2:53 am UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: cprnOoooh... I don't like the new graphics. :( They didn't keep the style.
Which is why the old graphics are still available as a toggle.

Quoting: soulsourceThe original game is "native" as well, as it is written in Java.
Okay, still more than happy to have it count as a Linux sale.

Edna & Harvey return to Linux with The Breakout - Anniversary Edition now available
31 January 2020 at 5:36 pm UTC Likes: 1

More than happy to pay $13.49 CAD to upgrade to a native version.

Edna & Harvey return to Linux with The Breakout - Anniversary Edition now available
31 January 2020 at 4:51 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: SirLootALotI just bought the DRM-free Gog version of the (windows only) original last year. If the new version became DRM-free I'd buy it again.
It seems past owners of the game on GOG.com get a 50% discount. I also picked the game up on sale last fall alongside its already Linux supporting sequel after seeing some of Kikoskia's Let's Play.

FTL: Faster Than Light now has Steam Achievements over seven years after release
31 January 2020 at 4:22 am UTC

Quoting: Liam DaweNot me though, I think I only ever had one successful run of it.
My last game of FTL went flawlessly all the way to the end. Now I kind of don't want to play again because I know I will never be able to match it. :S: