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The update comes with a new map, the "Flak Tower", which can be played across various game modes. It looks good and introduces a mechanic where you need to get through blast doors in order to proceed. Support players also now have the ability to drop ammo for themselves and team mates, making the role a lot more useful too. Dropped ammo can be picked up by the enemy team as well though, so be careful.
They also fixed a bunch of bugs. You can read the full patch notes here.
On top of the Linux version not getting the 64bit build of the Source Engine, the Linux version still has the bug where it doesn't show you as in-game, so the community features don't work at all. I did send a support ticket for that some time ago, with no word on a fix. I've sent a tweet today and opened a new post in their Steam forum to see what's happening for Linux gamers.
It's a good FPS and I do think it's worth checking out, but it's another developer who needs to spend a little more time making the Linux version a better experience.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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razing32 14 Dec 2017
Kinda sad.
Was hoping to buy this for X-mas sale for my mates , but if it's broken and I can't play with them , then ... oh well.
Was hoping to buy this for X-mas sale for my mates , but if it's broken and I can't play with them , then ... oh well.
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Sil_el_mot 14 Dec 2017
A quick fix for the bug, not be shown ingame is , to set the "crash_handler" in /steamapps/common/dayonfinfamy/ to NOT executable.
Works with insurgency too.
Works with insurgency too.
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thelimeydragon 15 Dec 2017
Quoting: razing32Kinda sad.There isn't any problem in the game with playing with other people.
Was hoping to buy this for X-mas sale for my mates , but if it's broken and I can't play with them , then ... oh well.
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pete910 15 Dec 2017
Still has that loading bug it's also not very stable to what it was before patch.
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Joeyboots80 15 Dec 2017
This is a shame. :( DOI is my favorite Linux native FPS hands down. But lately it's been giving me nothing but headaches. I recently switched to Ubuntu 17.10 and it simply would not work, would not even execute program.
I thought it was my Mesa drivers alone at first so I downgraded them to padoka stable ppa from the regular padoka ppa, as sometimes the bleeding edge drivers can have issues, and it still would not start. Then I downgraded back down to Ubuntu 16.04.3 and it worked fine on that. So I'm thinking DOI doesn't like 17.10's newer default kernel.
Also, the dreadful loading times they have yet to fix make me want to wipe my exterior with a live, very upset porcupine. What is the deal with that? By the time I load into the game I have to either wait for a while to join in or the match is nearly over. Sheesh!
With that said, I still love this game and I hope that the devs don't drop the ball and hopefully they give us the 64-bit upgrade and squash these bugs and niggles in the near future. A man can dream eh?
I thought it was my Mesa drivers alone at first so I downgraded them to padoka stable ppa from the regular padoka ppa, as sometimes the bleeding edge drivers can have issues, and it still would not start. Then I downgraded back down to Ubuntu 16.04.3 and it worked fine on that. So I'm thinking DOI doesn't like 17.10's newer default kernel.
Also, the dreadful loading times they have yet to fix make me want to wipe my exterior with a live, very upset porcupine. What is the deal with that? By the time I load into the game I have to either wait for a while to join in or the match is nearly over. Sheesh!
With that said, I still love this game and I hope that the devs don't drop the ball and hopefully they give us the 64-bit upgrade and squash these bugs and niggles in the near future. A man can dream eh?
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Hmm quality issues too, so how many people are there playing it?
I bought Ballistic Overkill based on the opinion here but could only get 3 games with players in the 2 months I've owned it.
I bought Ballistic Overkill based on the opinion here but could only get 3 games with players in the 2 months I've owned it.
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Quoting: [email protected]Hmm quality issues too, so how many people are there playing it?Really i get into full games all the time i jacket the game in because i am really really bored of the same three maps being in rotation.
I bought Ballistic Overkill based on the opinion here but could only get 3 games with players in the 2 months I've owned it.
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Plintslîcho 15 Dec 2017
This is currently the only game I'm playing besides of The Signal from Tölva and I'm still greatly enjoying it. No problems whatsoever. The new map is a pure frenzy though, not my cup of tea. Gave it a once-over yesterday in coop and am not looking to playing it again. Looks great though.
I appreciate all the improvements New World Interactive is doing to this game. Played a couple of rounds of Insurgency lately, and geez, this game is so much better in my opinion (and so are the players).
I appreciate all the improvements New World Interactive is doing to this game. Played a couple of rounds of Insurgency lately, and geez, this game is so much better in my opinion (and so are the players).
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omer666 17 Dec 2017
Are you having black trees in-game? I just bought it and it's annoying me a great deal, I think it's going to be a refund.
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pete910 17 Dec 2017
Quoting: omer666Are you having black trees in-game? I just bought it and it's annoying me a great deal, I think it's going to be a refund.Welcome to the supposed perfect NV drivers :P
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omer666 18 Dec 2017
Quoting: pete910As soon as AMD releases a Radeon GPU that offers the same power efficiency as my 1050 Ti, I am pretty sure I'll switch over to AMD + Freesync screen. But for now, Nvidia's hardware still has my preference.Quoting: omer666Are you having black trees in-game? I just bought it and it's annoying me a great deal, I think it's going to be a refund.Welcome to the supposed perfect NV drivers :P
I have found a workaround for my problems though: I needed to turn the paged memory to High. If it can help...
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pete910 19 Dec 2017
Quoting: omer666I take it the new AMD APU's due out have peaked your interest then? they seem to be at 1050 level perf from whats been floating about.Quoting: pete910As soon as AMD releases a Radeon GPU that offers the same power efficiency as my 1050 Ti, I am pretty sure I'll switch over to AMD + Freesync screen. But for now, Nvidia's hardware still has my preference.Quoting: omer666Are you having black trees in-game? I just bought it and it's annoying me a great deal, I think it's going to be a refund.Welcome to the supposed perfect NV drivers :P
I have found a workaround for my problems though: I needed to turn the paged memory to High. If it can help...
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omer666 19 Dec 2017
Quoting: pete910In fact I missed on this piece of news because I am not that interested in APUs, but I'be been reading a lot of rumours about AMD's next-gen GPUs.Quoting: omer666I take it the new AMD APU's due out have peaked your interest then? they seem to be at 1050 level perf from whats been floating about.Quoting: pete910As soon as AMD releases a Radeon GPU that offers the same power efficiency as my 1050 Ti, I am pretty sure I'll switch over to AMD + Freesync screen. But for now, Nvidia's hardware still has my preference.Quoting: omer666Are you having black trees in-game? I just bought it and it's annoying me a great deal, I think it's going to be a refund.Welcome to the supposed perfect NV drivers :P
I have found a workaround for my problems though: I needed to turn the paged memory to High. If it can help...
It is said that they will get multiple cores with a more decent TDP. Also if I upgrade I'd want something at least more powerful than what I have now because investing in hardware is not something I can allow myself to do too often...
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Quoting: omer666Are you having black trees in-game? I just bought it and it's annoying me a great deal, I think it's going to be a refund.which drivers are you using if you are using 384.98 dont there are issues making performance worse with that series of drivers roll it back to an older driver should see performance gains they are working on fixes.
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Quoting: pete910No not perfect just 1 million times better than the official AMD ones.Quoting: omer666Are you having black trees in-game? I just bought it and it's annoying me a great deal, I think it's going to be a refund.Welcome to the supposed perfect NV drivers :P
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omer666 21 Dec 2017
Quoting: Whitewolfe80In fact I haven't had any performance problems so far with 387.34, it was what I suppose to be shader problems, for which I found a fix (see my comment a bit earlier), but thanks for the tip.Quoting: omer666Are you having black trees in-game? I just bought it and it's annoying me a great deal, I think it's going to be a refund.which drivers are you using if you are using 384.98 dont there are issues making performance worse with that series of drivers roll it back to an older driver should see performance gains they are working on fixes.
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pete910 21 Dec 2017
Quoting: Whitewolfe80Stop being silly and trolling!Quoting: pete910No not perfect just 1 million times better than the official AMD ones.Quoting: omer666Are you having black trees in-game? I just bought it and it's annoying me a great deal, I think it's going to be a refund.Welcome to the supposed perfect NV drivers :P
You come across as a idiot making ridiculous statements like that.
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omer666 23 Dec 2017
Quoting: pete910I believe his statement was about AMDGPU-PRO, not open source AMDGPU. Nevertheless, AMDGPU-PRO is far better than Catalyst drivers have ever been. I am really looking forward to switching to AMD, and I really hope they will release a gaming-grade GPU that's energy efficient. When this day comes, going AMD will be a no-brainer for Linux users.Quoting: Whitewolfe80Stop being silly and trolling!Quoting: pete910No not perfect just 1 million times better than the official AMD ones.Quoting: omer666Are you having black trees in-game? I just bought it and it's annoying me a great deal, I think it's going to be a refund.Welcome to the supposed perfect NV drivers :P
You come across as a idiot making ridiculous statements like that.
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Quoting: pete910Only to you i believe i made the point of making the edgy and snarky comment about nvidia drivers can be flipped round on an amd fan boy but it flew over your head sorry about that.Quoting: Whitewolfe80Stop being silly and trolling!Quoting: pete910No not perfect just 1 million times better than the official AMD ones.Quoting: omer666Are you having black trees in-game? I just bought it and it's annoying me a great deal, I think it's going to be a refund.Welcome to the supposed perfect NV drivers :P
You come across as a idiot making ridiculous statements like that.
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pete910 4 Jan 2018
Quoting: Whitewolfe80I was joking as the sticky tongue out should have been the key here! you was trying to troll so run along!Quoting: pete910Only to you i believe i made the point of making the edgy and snarky comment about nvidia drivers can be flipped round on an amd fan boy but it flew over your head sorry about that.Quoting: Whitewolfe80Stop being silly and trolling!Quoting: pete910No not perfect just 1 million times better than the official AMD ones.Quoting: omer666Are you having black trees in-game? I just bought it and it's annoying me a great deal, I think it's going to be a refund.Welcome to the supposed perfect NV drivers :P
You come across as a idiot making ridiculous statements like that.
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