Just a little warning if you were thinking of picking up '7 Days to Die', they just release Alpha 12 which has completely broken Mac & Linux builds.
I haven't been their biggest fan (and it's well detailed in articles here on GOL), but they did eventually release the Linux build and people have been enjoying it.
The problem now, is it appears all testing on Linux (and Mac) has stopped. Proof is in the pudding with Alpha 12 being completely broken on both platforms. Here's what it looks like right now:
Something that big with everything being grey, textures not appearing, black boxes everywhere would have been caught if they had a single Linux test machine, as it took me all of 5 minutes to see the bug in action. They aren't the only developer who treats Linux as a second class citizen, I'm looking at you Rust.
Early Access does come with a whole host of troubles if not done by a competent developer, but that "Early Access" excuse wears a little thin with such glaringly obvious bugs that just weren't tested. Remember, no matter what, you have paid for it, so it should work to a certain degree. There's also six pages of people confirming the bug here, so it's not a small issue.
If you were thinking of picking 7 Days up, I would seriously lay off it right now, and I would seriously wait until it exits Early Access. You can find 7 Days To Die on Steam. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
I haven't been their biggest fan (and it's well detailed in articles here on GOL), but they did eventually release the Linux build and people have been enjoying it.
The problem now, is it appears all testing on Linux (and Mac) has stopped. Proof is in the pudding with Alpha 12 being completely broken on both platforms. Here's what it looks like right now:
Something that big with everything being grey, textures not appearing, black boxes everywhere would have been caught if they had a single Linux test machine, as it took me all of 5 minutes to see the bug in action. They aren't the only developer who treats Linux as a second class citizen, I'm looking at you Rust.
Early Access does come with a whole host of troubles if not done by a competent developer, but that "Early Access" excuse wears a little thin with such glaringly obvious bugs that just weren't tested. Remember, no matter what, you have paid for it, so it should work to a certain degree. There's also six pages of people confirming the bug here, so it's not a small issue.
If you were thinking of picking 7 Days up, I would seriously lay off it right now, and I would seriously wait until it exits Early Access. You can find 7 Days To Die on Steam. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Mäh, it doesn't run for me on Linux since a few months. Crashes upon startup. Couldn't be bothered to fix this so far. (Yes I did give them a bug report)
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Quoting: MaelraneMäh, it doesn't run for me on Linux since a few months. Crashes upon startup. Couldn't be bothered to fix this so far. (Yes I did give them a bug report)
Not that you should have to but have you tried editing the 7DaysToDie.sh ? For me making sure it launches the 64 bit version worked.
I realize that there had been deserved contention with these developers over this very game. I am also disappointed with the fact that this was not caught before release of the patch. However is been out what a second whole day and hadn't gotten fixed yet? Seriously seems petty to me. Give them some time to have a chance to fix it. I mean many other games have officially released with glaring issues and we didn't jump on criticizing without at least a grain of salt of understanding. I mean this is an patch that came out two days ago on an alpha game, it broke things. That's to be expected. I dunno I think it would be one thing to say fyi to Linux users looking to update to alpha 12 is not working well right now and tall about that, but bad mouthing them at this point just seems like perpetuating any bad blood. As a consumer when I read articles about devs bashing Linux or Linux sales I feel less inclined to support them I can only imagine how as a developer I would feel reading this article.
I know they took there time getting the port out in the first place and that there is some history. The port is out now and it sometimes breaks on updates (for me it had only been the launch script except most recently). I just think that we should acknowledge that they are trying to support us and incourage progress rather then chasing devs away.
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We have ARK: Survival Evolved where the devs constantly release new builds for Linux. :)
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Why do such people even release for linux?
If I support a platform, I support it.
If 5 people buy it on that platform, I must ensure that these 5 people can play.
Easy workaround: Don't support that platform.
No game is better than paying for a broken game.
Also that Rust dev needs to read a tutorial on how to be respectful on social media.
He wrote many disrespectful things that just made me close that tab.
Great negative-example, thanks :)
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If I support a platform, I support it.
If 5 people buy it on that platform, I must ensure that these 5 people can play.
Easy workaround: Don't support that platform.
No game is better than paying for a broken game.
Also that Rust dev needs to read a tutorial on how to be respectful on social media.
He wrote many disrespectful things that just made me close that tab.
Great negative-example, thanks :)
Last edited by Zanval on 5 July 2015 at 11:58 am UTC
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marcelomendes Jul 5, 2015
I'm done with Unity since my last refund (Son of Nor). Most of the devs don't use Linux and doesn't care, it is just a checkbox for them. I'm also done with Early Access in general, with few exceptions (Ark), because they use this (EA) as excuse to delay fixes for Mac/Linux prioritizing the Windows users. I think linux users should stay away of Early Access, and specially if it is a Unity based game.
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i think came up with a sorta work around on the Linux boxes; to get around graphics issue. enter DM mode and set graphics to debug mode. you can see the none rendered buildings. the black panels only turn white tho so not perfect but maybe more usable.
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Crazy Penguin Jul 6, 2015
Quoting: marcelomendesI think linux users should stay away of Early Access, and specially if it is a Unity based game.
Why should they? Because some "funny pimps" have no clue about game development? But I can't blame them this time for it, as the bug seems to be in the Unity engine :/
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QuoteThis might seem cruel, twisted, disrespectful to the Linux users.
I think Garry STILL doesn't understand what we felt was disrespectful.
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It can be forgiven since its early-access, its in alpha afterall, what I would expect is to see efforts from them in looking for a way to fix it for the next update.
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Crazy Penguin Jul 7, 2015
Quoting: AryvandaarWe have ARK: Survival Evolved where the devs constantly release new builds for Linux. :)
Which means what? ARK for Linux isn't out for two weeks now. Sure they have to push out fixes every day xD
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