Feral Interactive are teasing a brand new native Linux port

Quoting: KohlyKohl

Quoting: MayeulC

Quoting: Brisse

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: BrisseDon't quote me on this, but I believe I've read on Feral's Twitter that if you buy a game that was announced but not released by Feral, and you do it from a Linux-machine, they still get their cut, as long as you avoid playing it on a Windows-machine within the first two weeks.

I remember the same! That would make one interesting question...

What I'm curious to know is if you buy it now and play using Proton, does Feral still get their cut? Someone should ask on their Twitter, but I don't have a Twitter-account :)

Yes, the platform you play it more on in the two weeks following the purchase determine the platform that it's counted at. Proton is counted as Linux. This has been stated many times before, and repeated by the Great Liam Himself in the two [bottom] proton articles lately. (a permalink to article updates would be nice, Liam)

The real question here is rather: does the Feral radar count as an official announcement?

Sure it'll be counted as Linux. However, since there is no Linux developer at the time, the money will go to the main developer.

Once a Linux developer publishes a Linux version, from there on the money for the Linux purchases will go to them.

So the problem with Proton in this case is that if someone develops and then publishes a Linux version at some point in the future, they will lose out on the previous Linux purchases using Proton.

This is just my understanding of how it all works.

That's not always going to be the case. So this is somewhat based on assumptions, but since Feral stated they get their cut on Linux sales that happen before a port is released as long as it's a game they have already announced, and considering Proton counts as Linux, it seems that you can go out and buy for example LiS:BtS right now, play it in Proton, and Feral will still get their cut since it's a game they already announced, and the sale counts as Linux.


Last edited by Brisse on 25 August 2018 at 3:40 pm UTC

Quoting: jens

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoI think Feral must stop doing this porting zapping..

They should concentrate the porting skills in one game at a time..

Now they must focus in the ultra super delayed Life is Strange: Before the Storm.

My guess is that Ferals is also waiting for a DX stream-output like feature to get into Vulkan specifications and drivers.

As I said in another post, they should implement a plan B with ye olde OpenGL if they are having problems with Vulkan..
I understand that LIS:BTS works fine on wine OpenGL

Quoting: Rooster

Quoting: Mountain ManMaybe it's Skyrim. Wouldn't that be ironic now that you can play Skyrim in Steam for Linux using Proton.

As far as I know, you can't play Skyrim using Proton yet. Or am I wrong?

I assure you that you can, and it actually works extremely well.

dwarfs work with fire and steel. this game has 100% dwarfs as principal figures

Quoting: Mountain Man

Quoting: Rooster

Quoting: Mountain ManMaybe it's Skyrim. Wouldn't that be ironic now that you can play Skyrim in Steam for Linux using Proton.

As far as I know, you can't play Skyrim using Proton yet. Or am I wrong?

I assure you that you can, and it actually works extremely well.

Glad to hear that. What are your specs and which version are you using?

Well I give doom a go a tbh works better than lutris

Did try Planetside 2 but that was a no go still :(

Quoting: Mountain Man

Quoting: Rooster

Quoting: Mountain ManMaybe it's Skyrim. Wouldn't that be ironic now that you can play Skyrim in Steam for Linux using Proton.

As far as I know, you can't play Skyrim using Proton yet. Or am I wrong?

I assure you that you can, and it actually works extremely well.

Is that the original? Because I hear Special Edition still doesn't run well.

It would be great if Feral could update their games to use Vulkan. Another thing, I did read on Proton github that the Tom Raider 2013 does not run as good as on Windows and this people prefer to play it with Proton.


Last edited by legluondunet on 26 August 2018 at 3:38 pm UTC

Quoting: MayeulC

Quoting: Brisse

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: BrisseDon't quote me on this, but I believe I've read on Feral's Twitter that if you buy a game that was announced but not released by Feral, and you do it from a Linux-machine, they still get their cut, as long as you avoid playing it on a Windows-machine within the first two weeks.

I remember the same! That would make one interesting question...

What I'm curious to know is if you buy it now and play using Proton, does Feral still get their cut? Someone should ask on their Twitter, but I don't have a Twitter-account :)

Yes, the platform you play it more on in the two weeks following the purchase determine the platform that it's counted at. Proton is counted as Linux. This has been stated many times before, and repeated by the Great Liam Himself in the two [bottom] proton articles lately. (a permalink to article updates would be nice, Liam)

The real question here is rather: does the Feral radar count as an official announcement?

I'm pretty sure this is not the case, and is only relevant for which platform the purchase is counted for in the platform statistics. For Feral to get their cut of your purchase, you need to buy or pre-order from the Feral store directly, or buy on Steam after the Linux version has been released.

Here's a couple of tweets to support this:

https://twitter.com/feralgames/status/983384280876437504?s=19

Quote[...] Just pre-order the game from the Feral Store [or] just buy the game on Steam and install the Linux version once it's released.

https://twitter.com/feralgames/status/575351411430526976?s=19

Quote[...] Ideally, please wait for the Linux release before you buy or play.

Last edited by flesk on 26 August 2018 at 6:47 pm UTC

Why wouldn't it be Total War: Three Kingdoms?