I think I still have the beta and final releases of Hopkins FBI for OS/2 around somewhere. The final version had some of the "graphic violence" censored, and I do believe it had the "simple map" rather than the FPS.

In between the beta and the final version, the guy who ported it became enamored with the "drag&drop install" method used by macOS, so the other big change was he got rid of the installer. :-p

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Certainly better than the last couple of months. I was curious yesterday what was in Humble Trove these days - and discovered it's declined even more than the monthly selections. There may be a gem or two in there, but they used to have an overall better selection.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeI still remember when you could put in multiple resolutions into your XFree86 config file and then change between the resolutions with some shortcut keys (like control+alt+number?).

It was Ctrl+Alt+[+|-]; pretty useful on CRT displays, but most digital flat panels don't handle anything other than native resolution all that well.

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Quoting: SilverCodeIt is a Qt5 problem though that the KDE devs are waiting to be fixed upstream.

That's not good news - Qt5 is officially EOL, and won't get updates except for paying customers. So unless there is a consensus on a community-updated Qt5, don't hold your breath.

5.15.2 released in Nov 2020 was the end; they tell everyone to move to Qt6 instead:
https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_5.15_Release#Qt_5.15_release_plan

While the commercial release is up to 5.15.8 as of yesterday:
https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_5.15_Release#Release_Plan

Note how they even list known security issues in the old 5.15.x releases... FWIW, this type of scenario was one of the original motivations for the GNOME project to start, way back when. KDE came first, but relied on (not fully open) Qt.

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Quoting: Marlockwhat happened to Icewind Dale 2

I seem to recall hearing that Beamdog couldn't remaster that one because the source code was lost.
https://screenrant.com/dungeons-dragons-icewind-dale-2-port-baldurs-gate/

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I loved this game on Playstation 2 back in the day; I seem to remember there was not only a direct sequel, but also another that didn't use the Baldur's Gate name... must have been Champions of Norrath, although there was also Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowblind_Studios#Game_engine

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Quoting: scainethanks to the legal fiasco that occurred when Tell Tale went under, it's still A16 you'll get on the Xbox and PS4.

Was Tell Tale their publisher for consoles? Can they not get a new one?

Edit: sounds like they will be doing a new console port:
https://7daystodie.fandom.com/wiki/Console_edition

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Quoting: tpauHopefully more capable developers get inspired by this work and create such open source tools for the other game launchers /stores out there.

Have you seen GameHub? It seems promising.

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I'm not terribly familiar with EA games on EGS (or Steam for that matter), but if they require an extra client (Origin?) for Steam, I'm sure they do for EGS as well.

Quoting: Lofty1. do you have to run a separate client among the Heroic launcher to play games from the EA store ? i.e Heroic downloads the game but then installs the actual client in wine?

Heroic runs all games through Wine, since Epic does not have any Linux downloads.

Quoting: Lofty2. How (if any) is DRM handled, is it any different to the way steam does things with EA game is there any extra layer here or does it just depend on the specific game ? do all EA games released use a DRM layer authenticated via the client ?

Heroic is not doing anything for DRM; whether it sets up Origin like Steam does for those games that need/use it, I do not know.

Quoting: Lofty3. Can i download or get a key from EA account using Heroic and then add it to steam and it show up in my library as a legit copy ( i don't expect that of course )

You can add non-Steam games to Steam, but Steam isn't going to see them as "Steam copies". I imagine Origin has its own authentication mechanisms, which might link to Steam and/or EGS accounts.

Quoting: Lofty4. Can i somehow use the Heroic client to act as a buffer for the EA games that are bought on steam where it claims a 3rd party client is needed ?

No.

Quoting: Lofty5. Is it easy to get proton working with this, instead of just using wine prefixes.

Yes, you can point it at any Wine or Proton instance.

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Quoting: The_Aquabat

Quoting: axredneck

wwow protecting minorities, protecting the enviroment and standing against racism, is not worth it? but... why

Don't you see his username?

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