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Join the fun on our new server for Rust
By metro2033fanboy, 6 July 2017 at 9:47 pm UTC

Later I'm installing...as my Linux SSD is almost full(98%)! lmaaaaao!

PS: Yet another developer eager to skip Linux cause of retards yelling as troglodytes

Join the fun on our new server for Rust
By Liam Dawe, 6 July 2017 at 9:01 pm UTC

Note: Server is now updated to today's patch and the monthly wipe just happened, so now everyone can truly get to work ;)

ARK: Survival Evolved has just had a price increase, it has more than doubled
By 14, 6 July 2017 at 8:56 pm UTC Likes: 1

I wish I could get rid of ARK or resell my Steam license to it.

ARK: Survival Evolved has just had a price increase, it has more than doubled
By Egonaut, 6 July 2017 at 8:27 pm UTC Likes: 5

The Linux version has still the same bugs as 2 years ago. Right, they never fixed any Linux specific bug in 2 fucking years. Not a single one, believe me. Worst developers ever.

Also I got the game for free by the devs, to do a pre-aplha test of the Linux version. Now they gave us the codes, we installed it reported bugs and guess what? Yep, they didn't even fixed one of them but released the Linux build just 12 hours after giving us the keys anyway. They just realised that there are many bugs to fix and probably decided to just ignore it but still put a price tag on it.

They alos claimed several times they would go for a newer Unreal Engine version, to bring OpenGL4 to Linux and with that the same graphics as the Windows version have. Yep, you guess right, still haven't updated the UE Version in 2 years.

Please, don't buy this game, never ever. Even if you can get it for 12€ on a key reseller. Thank me later.

ARK: Survival Evolved has just had a price increase, it has more than doubled
By artvandelay440, 6 July 2017 at 8:08 pm UTC

Quoting: g000hYes, pretty insane pricing. But then I see the logic re consoles.

Meanwhile, similar game "7 Days To Die" has just recently been at 60% discount in Steam Summer sale, it has just had a big update improving graphics, variety, and game balancing. Absolutely love 7D2D. Can't recommend it enough. I've just recently written a chapter in the life of my latest Alpha 16 7D2D character playing on a random map.

I do second this. I have almost 300h in this one as well, and I'd play a linux community server of it for sure.

ARK: Survival Evolved has just had a price increase, it has more than doubled
By artvandelay440, 6 July 2017 at 8:05 pm UTC Likes: 3

QuoteHonestly, if this wasn't one of iAlwaysSin's favourite games there's absolutely no way I would continue running a server for it.

Well, I'm glad you do, at least for now, as I quite enjoy my evenings taming dinos with my kids, so thanks :)

No pressure to keep it though!
maybe just a little.
maybe.
a bit.
nbd.
k.

ARK: Survival Evolved has just had a price increase, it has more than doubled
By harshbarj, 6 July 2017 at 8:01 pm UTC Likes: 4

Wow. It's former price was why I avoided buying it. Now at nearly twice the price, I have twice the reasons not to buy it. I miss the days when buying EA meant spending just a little money($5-$10) to support the development of a game. I'm not about to spend full retail on a game that may never be finished!

ARK: Survival Evolved has just had a price increase, it has more than doubled
By neowiz73, 6 July 2017 at 7:51 pm UTC Likes: 1

a little while back I installed windows for a couple of days on an extra HD I had laying about just to see what it's like to run Ark and some other games. what I discovered is that the quality of the shaders are better on windows (because they have all the things working as intended), but the overall look was more cartoony and ran slower overall than compared to the current Linux version. at least on my system. because on the exact same settings for each system I was only getting 45 to 35 fps on windows but on Linux I was getting 50 to 70 fps on high with some epic settings like texture quality.

But the funny thing about the Linux client the textures look more "realistic" because of the lack of shaders apparently. although in some of the more recent builds (since around Jan 2017) I've noticed that some shadows on Linux have gotten better, although the caves are still borked to hell. the artifacts from exiting water has gotten a lot better.

This has been one circus of a game that's for sure.

The share of Linux users on Steam is still holding steady
By razing32, 6 July 2017 at 7:47 pm UTC

Quoting: Pompesdesky
Quoting: ShmerlSome people ditch Windows because they are fed up with DRM. Same people usually don't use Steam ;) You can see a lot of such folks among GOG users.

Might be the case for some, but what I see around me is people ditching Windows because of Microsofts policy with regards to privacy and their general practices since introducing W10 (my case btw).

Same here.

Don't think Windows is necesarilly a bad OS , nor am I a Linux zealot , but their attitude to privacy and their implementation of 10 pushed me over the edge.

The Witcher 3 didn't come to Linux likely as a result of the user-backlash from The Witcher 2
By bjb1959, 6 July 2017 at 7:45 pm UTC Likes: 1

I understand that a small percentage of users on any platform can be childish and moronic and throw tantrums when they don't get their way. however, I have read plenty of tantrums from gamers on other platforms so punishing all Linux users for the sins of a vocal minority is also childish and also shows a tremendous disrespect for the vast majority of Linux users that would willingly support your efforts. I paid good money for Witcher 2 and would have paid the same for Witcher 3. I won't buy it, even though I also have a Windows 10 install, out of principal. If the developer won't support my preferred platform I won't support the developer. I have always felt that and do not own any steam game that does not also have a linux variant. So I do apologize to the developers for some people's lack of tack and childish behavior (even though I had nothing to do with it) but I will keep my money and spend it elsewhere on developers that support Linux.

Join the fun on our new server for Rust
By Xpander, 6 July 2017 at 7:39 pm UTC Likes: 3

Wohooo... started to play already :)

Move or Die could quite easily be my new favourite game, it's absolutely nuts
By Mal, 6 July 2017 at 7:29 pm UTC

Quoting: tumocsWhat actually makes the game nuts for me is:

You only gain experience and level up in online play.
The system is put in place that way to prevent local exploits.

~finch

Becayse why the fuck would I want to play a party game online...
Made me uninstall that game quite fast.

I wanted to rant this as well. But their support for workshop is excellent so overall it's irritating but tolerable (I can still find skins and costumes to use during actual parties).

The Witcher 3 didn't come to Linux likely as a result of the user-backlash from The Witcher 2
By g000h, 6 July 2017 at 7:25 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: adolsonLinux isn't a big enough market for most companies to care about, yet it's big enough to significantly drop stock prices?? OK, then.

This is all unfortunate, but it's not really surprising. Many companies received a lot of abusive correspondence from Linux users for the past two decades. Some things never change.

While you're on that subject, as a proud Linux user, I regularly post to friends and other channels about my lack of appreciation of Microsoft and Apple. Not going to do it here, but I have plenty of bad things to say about both those companies and their business practices.

ARK: Survival Evolved has just had a price increase, it has more than doubled
By g000h, 6 July 2017 at 7:22 pm UTC Likes: 5

Yes, pretty insane pricing. But then I see the logic re consoles.

Meanwhile, similar game "7 Days To Die" has just recently been at 60% discount in Steam Summer sale, it has just had a big update improving graphics, variety, and game balancing. Absolutely love 7D2D. Can't recommend it enough. I've just recently written a chapter in the life of my latest Alpha 16 7D2D character playing on a random map.

Move or Die could quite easily be my new favourite game, it's absolutely nuts
By tumocs, 6 July 2017 at 7:20 pm UTC

What actually makes the game nuts for me is:

You only gain experience and level up in online play.
The system is put in place that way to prevent local exploits.

~finch

Becayse why the fuck would I want to play a party game online...
Made me uninstall that game quite fast.

ARK: Survival Evolved has just had a price increase, it has more than doubled
By Lomkey, 6 July 2017 at 7:16 pm UTC Likes: 1

I can never get this game run well with 8 gigs of rams yes is very poorly performance in the Linux side.

ARK: Survival Evolved has just had a price increase, it has more than doubled
By Xpander, 6 July 2017 at 7:07 pm UTC Likes: 9

Quoteretail parity

:D

i wanna see that retail parity on linux client when it gets released

ARK: Survival Evolved has just had a price increase, it has more than doubled
By Samsai, 6 July 2017 at 7:03 pm UTC Likes: 4

Don't think I've ever seen as insane pricing with a video game before.

Sit back and watch a galaxy evolve or take control of an empire in Galimulator
By Snoddasmannen, 6 July 2017 at 6:53 pm UTC Likes: 12

Hi guys, author of the game here, thanks for the nice review and traffic spike :)
I'm a linux user myself, and I'm glad to see there's a thriving linux gaming community out there! I can assure you that Galimulator, and any other game I make, will always have linux as the main platform, at least in it's heart :)

Having mouse issues in The Long Dark? Here's a quick fix for now
By RedTea, 6 July 2017 at 6:45 pm UTC

Quoting: SamsaiTried to put this in the launch options: "LD_PRELOAD=~/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/steam-runtime/amd64/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libSDL2-2.0.so.0 %command% -screen-fullscreen 0"?

You're my hero for the next day! Giving the game '-screen-fullscreen 0' solved the problem of not having any text when picking up objects, failing actions or seeing how long fires are expected to last.

The Witcher 3 didn't come to Linux likely as a result of the user-backlash from The Witcher 2
By Shmerl, 6 July 2017 at 6:21 pm UTC

Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: ShmerlI'd call it perceived lack of demand. Disprove them by flooding them with requests for Linux versions.

The problem is that it's not just perceived. We really need bigger market share. Man, the Linux desktop is really pretty damned good (I remember when it wasn't, but those days are gone) . . . I know there's a monopolist busily trying to keep it sidelined, I know nobody has figured a way to milk it for concentrated money, but there's a side of me that really can't understand why we're not growing much.

To a degree. Bigger market share would surely prevent such snags, but even current is already enough to make profit, as other developers demonstrated. I suppose CDPR are either not convinced, or they don't want to bother anymore, since they aren't familiar with Linux development and fixing that requires investment.

In the context of this discussion, I think the main reason for all these problems is their expectation for Valve to push Steam Machines, which didn't materialize. Remember - both ads were about SteamOS specifically.

The Witcher 3 didn't come to Linux likely as a result of the user-backlash from The Witcher 2
By elbuglione, 6 July 2017 at 6:09 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: ShmerlThey can demonstrate demand requests to their investors (to show potential customer base). Not sure what else can motivate them.
Maybe you forget that the system does not work like this. CDPR should convince ME to buy your product, not vice versa.

Quoting: ShmerlDisprove them by flooding them with requests for Linux versions. And if you don't want to, it only proves their point of view
Maybe you're right ... being like that, R.I.P. CDPR

The Witcher 3 didn't come to Linux likely as a result of the user-backlash from The Witcher 2
By Purple Library Guy, 6 July 2017 at 5:47 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: ShmerlI'd call it perceived lack of demand. Disprove them by flooding them with requests for Linux versions.

The problem is that it's not just perceived. We really need bigger market share. Man, the Linux desktop is really pretty damned good (I remember when it wasn't, but those days are gone) . . . I know there's a monopolist busily trying to keep it sidelined, I know nobody has figured a way to milk it for concentrated money, but there's a side of me that really can't understand why we're not growing much.

The Witcher 3 didn't come to Linux likely as a result of the user-backlash from The Witcher 2
By Shmerl, 6 July 2017 at 5:22 pm UTC

Quoting: elbuglioneI did not know about that game.
In any case, Gwent (2D Unity Engine game and NOT LINUX?) is the final evidence that needed to understand the problem of CDPR and GOG is unrelated to the difficulty of making ports for Linux, lack of time or poor support.

It is simply negligence...

I'd call it perceived lack of demand. Disprove them by flooding them with requests for Linux versions. And if you don't want to, it only proves their point of view ;)

They can demonstrate demand requests to their investors (to show potential customer base). Not sure what else can motivate them.

Dawn of War III updated on Linux, we now have the Annihilation mode update
By Kuduzkehpan, 6 July 2017 at 5:21 pm UTC

finally A real RTS game for linux.
Great. Keep up the good work Devs..
And thanks Liam

The Witcher 3 didn't come to Linux likely as a result of the user-backlash from The Witcher 2
By elbuglione, 6 July 2017 at 5:08 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Shmerl
Quoting: elbuglioneMaybe we could choose to skip the part where we put the negative reviews for The Witcher 3 ... and opt for a rainfall of Positives in The Witcher 2, with special emphasis on its good performance for Linux ...
Do you think that approach would get someone's attention in CDPR?

I think simply expressing interest in their new (and recent) games on Linux is already enough. For example, GOG/CDPR seem to be focused a lot on their on-line game Gwent. It's even using Unity. Why is it not available for Linux? Personally I'm not so interested in it, but some are.

Besides voting in wishlists I already linked above, leave some informative comments where you express your interest here:

The Witcher 3: http://forums.cdprojektred.com/forum/en/the-witcher-series/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/21270-the-witcher-3-for-linux

Gwent: http://forums.cdprojektred.com/forum/en/gwent/general-discussions-aa/101703-linux-version

Cyberpunk 2077: http://forums.cdprojektred.com/forum/en/cyberpunk/cyberpunk-2077-discussion/110083-cyberpunk-2077-for-linux

If you want to praise TW2 as their previous achievement on Linux - why not. But show some visibility. So far the impression is, that very few care (besides the wishlist entry).


I did not know about that game.
In any case, Gwent (2D Unity Engine game and NOT LINUX?) is the final evidence that needed to understand the problem of CDPR and GOG is unrelated to the difficulty of making ports for Linux, lack of time or poor support.

It is simply negligence...
CDPR and GOG have the policy of completely ignoring Linux.
Maybe, it's time to do the same... as I did with Activision-Ubisoft-EA

R.I.P. CDPR

The Witcher 3 didn't come to Linux likely as a result of the user-backlash from The Witcher 2
By Shmerl, 6 July 2017 at 4:43 pm UTC

Quoting: elbuglioneMaybe we could choose to skip the part where we put the negative reviews for The Witcher 3 ... and opt for a rainfall of Positives in The Witcher 2, with special emphasis on its good performance for Linux ...
Do you think that approach would get someone's attention in CDPR?

I think simply expressing interest in their new (and recent) games on Linux is already enough. For example, GOG/CDPR seem to be focused a lot on their on-line game Gwent. It's even using Unity. Why is it not available for Linux? Personally I'm not so interested in it, but some are.

Besides voting in wishlists I already linked above, leave some informative comments where you express your interest here:

The Witcher 3: http://forums.cdprojektred.com/forum/en/the-witcher-series/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/21270-the-witcher-3-for-linux

Gwent: http://forums.cdprojektred.com/forum/en/gwent/general-discussions-aa/101703-linux-version

Cyberpunk 2077: http://forums.cdprojektred.com/forum/en/cyberpunk/cyberpunk-2077-discussion/110083-cyberpunk-2077-for-linux

If you want to praise TW2 as their previous achievement on Linux - why not. But show some visibility. So far the impression is, that very few care (besides the wishlist entry).

The Witcher 3 didn't come to Linux likely as a result of the user-backlash from The Witcher 2
By elbuglione, 6 July 2017 at 4:38 pm UTC

[quote=Shmerl]
Quoting: elbuglioneWe could organize a boycott where we would massify hundreds of negative notes for The Witcher 3 on Steam, claiming for the version of SteamOS that never came ...
See the results of similar campaigns, such as "GTA V" and its MODs.

At the same time, we could organize a positive rain on The Witcher 2 on Linux, because its current Linux Port works perfectly.

Quoting: elbuglioneI think @Liamdawe and @Shmerl are the ones to organize this massive complaint on Steam.


Quoting: Shmerl
Quoting: elbuglionefair enough...
When you are interested on a different approach, you know what you have to do.

I had enough interactions with CDPR. Complaints won't really do anything with them. But I'm not claiming they are completely rational either. Some things they do don't make sense. Like quite major communication failures, or expectations that community won't react to stuff like "downgrade".


Maybe we could choose to skip the part where we put the negative reviews for The Witcher 3 ... and opt for a rainfall of Positives in The Witcher 2, with special emphasis on its good performance for Linux ...
Do you think that approach would get someone's attention in CDPR?