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Haemimont Games & Paradox announce 'Surviving Mars', a management strategy game
By Shmerl, 12 May 2017 at 8:42 pm UTC

Quoting: rustybroomhandleVictor Vran as a character is about as "defined" as a dead insect smear on a car windshield. And how does "story" figure in the multiplayer

That may be, I didn't play the game yet. If the story there doesn't have any meaning, then not providing a selection is indeed more questionable.

Quoting: rustybroomhandleEither way, if someone says they don't like playing a game because of whatever, it's nobody's job to argue with them.

We aren't coming here to "do the job" of arguing. We are discussing the topic, no? I don't see any problem asking to explain someone's position.

The Linux port of Xenonauts is not supported and was only made for 'legacy customers'
By lagh, 12 May 2017 at 8:41 pm UTC

Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: lagh@liam: Have you actually been in contact with the developers?
How do they justify this behaviour?
As noted:
QuoteI've sent an email to the developer to see if we can get this cleared up, as I never like to outright not support a small developer, but nothing sounds good here right now.

Sorry liam.
I missed the last sentence. Please let us know what they answer.

The Linux port of Xenonauts is not supported and was only made for 'legacy customers'
By BabaoWhisky, 12 May 2017 at 8:16 pm UTC Likes: 1

Hopefully, there will be Phoenix Point for us !!!

The Linux port of Xenonauts is not supported and was only made for 'legacy customers'
By dmantione, 12 May 2017 at 8:05 pm UTC Likes: 10

If anything, Windows is a legacy operating system...

Haemimont Games & Paradox announce 'Surviving Mars', a management strategy game
By rustybroomhandle, 12 May 2017 at 8:04 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Shmerl
Quoting: KimyrielleI skipped on Victor Vran because I am not too eager to play games that force me to play a male character, at least not unless premade female characters become just as normal.

As @Xpander was pointing out, how can you apply it to any defined story character? It's one thing if you have a generic character builder in a flexible RPG, but it's another thing if some story aspects are locked. Do you also refuse to play any adventure game, because they don't let you selecting the character? Games can be quite different in this aspect.

Victor Vran as a character is about as "defined" as a dead insect smear on a car windshield. And how does "story" figure in the multiplayer?

Either way, if someone says they don't like playing a game because of whatever, it's nobody's job to argue with them.

Wine 2.8 released with asynchronous Direct3D command stream
By mrdeathjr, 12 May 2017 at 8:01 pm UTC Likes: 1

In this wine version introduce some work related mf implementation, thanks to this akibas trip begins work however input dont work (mouse input work but keyboard input not)

View video on youtube.com

Maybe more later add another test

^_^

The Linux port of Xenonauts is not supported and was only made for 'legacy customers'
By Liam Dawe, 12 May 2017 at 7:55 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: lagh@liam: Have you actually been in contact with the developers?
How do they justify this behaviour?
As noted:
QuoteI've sent an email to the developer to see if we can get this cleared up, as I never like to outright not support a small developer, but nothing sounds good here right now.

The Linux port of Xenonauts is not supported and was only made for 'legacy customers'
By lagh, 12 May 2017 at 7:35 pm UTC

Wow... I own the game and follow the development of X2, but I didn't know this
and it comes as a shock for me. To see this kind of bad practise from Goldhawk
is horrible and makes me quite sad.

@liam: Have you actually been in contact with the developers?
How do they justify this behaviour?

Best regards,

lagh

Absolver, a combat game with RPG elements, won’t have Linux support at launch
By hardpenguin, 12 May 2017 at 7:33 pm UTC

Alright, finally an answer! It's understandable that they prefer to focus on big platforms first. I only hope that they will do Linux at some point!

The Linux port of Xenonauts is not supported and was only made for 'legacy customers'
By Tchey, 12 May 2017 at 7:01 pm UTC Likes: 1

QuoteConsidering the developer has moved on to making the sequel, which might support Linux, this will seriously impact my decision to support them.

Yeah, and they have a kind of tech demo for Xeno2 only via Galaxy GoG, one more reason to be prudent.

Steam Controller & Steam Link on sale for a few days, the Link is especially cheap
By inlinuxdude, 12 May 2017 at 6:16 pm UTC

Quoting: inlinuxdudeAnyone know if the Link has been hacked to run standard Linux or Android? I could use another cheap Kodi box...

Well, I just had to go and Google it... It looks like Kodi is recently running natively with a few bugs/quirks. http://steamcommunity.com/app/353380/discussions/1/451850849186712370/?ctp=13

Haemimont Games & Paradox announce 'Surviving Mars', a management strategy game
By Shmerl, 12 May 2017 at 5:43 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: KeyrockThis looks good and I like Haemimont's work. I wonder if this will be more serious or follow in the tradition of Tropico's humor?

Judging by the trailer, it looks more satirical than serious.

Haemimont Games & Paradox announce 'Surviving Mars', a management strategy game
By Keyrock, 12 May 2017 at 5:37 pm UTC

This looks good and I like Haemimont's work. I wonder if this will be more serious or follow in the tradition of Tropico's humor?

Dungeons 2 is currently free on the Humble Store for a limited time, has a Linux version
By NovenTheHero, 12 May 2017 at 5:36 pm UTC

It crashed for me during the intro video as well, but I lowered my AA from x16 to x8 and that worked for me. *shrug*

Steam Controller & Steam Link on sale for a few days, the Link is especially cheap
By inlinuxdude, 12 May 2017 at 5:36 pm UTC

Anyone know if the Link has been hacked to run standard Linux or Android? I could use another cheap Kodi box...

Haemimont Games & Paradox announce 'Surviving Mars', a management strategy game
By Shmerl, 12 May 2017 at 5:05 pm UTC

Quoting: KimyrielleI skipped on Victor Vran because I am not too eager to play games that force me to play a male character, at least not unless premade female characters become just as normal.

As @Xpander was pointing out, how can you apply it to any defined story character? It's one thing if you have a generic character builder in a flexible RPG, but it's another thing if some story aspects are locked. Do you also refuse to play any adventure game, because they don't let you selecting the character? Games can be quite different in this aspect.

Haemimont Games & Paradox announce 'Surviving Mars', a management strategy game
By Xpander, 12 May 2017 at 4:57 pm UTC

no no, im not upset. but i find it really weird to skip games you potentially might like just because of character is this or that gender.

Haemimont Games & Paradox announce 'Surviving Mars', a management strategy game
By Shmerl, 12 May 2017 at 4:57 pm UTC Likes: 1

Since it's not their own Paradox Studio who have some serious issues with Steam lock-in in all their recent games, do they plan to release it on GOG? Other games from Haemimont came out there (Victor Vran for example).

DiRT Rally is currently free to play for three days with 70% off
By rustybroomhandle, 12 May 2017 at 4:53 pm UTC

Bah, it's not recognising my Logitech Driving Force GT. Odd since it works fine with other Feral port, GRID Autosport. I was very tempted with the 70% discount, but might have to give it a miss.

Steam Controller & Steam Link on sale for a few days, the Link is especially cheap
By Mohandevir, 12 May 2017 at 4:51 pm UTC

Quoting: GoLBuzzkillTalking about Steam crap, I miss overly optimistic Steam survey articles :(

Talking about that... Just got the Steam survey when I installed Ubuntu-Gnome on top of my Ubuntu vanilla previous edition.

First time in over a year. :)

BATTLETECH, the turn-based mech battler from Harebrained Schemes has a new trailer
By slaapliedje, 12 May 2017 at 4:51 pm UTC

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: ziabiceI'm already sold!

Message to the devels: please add a "Sniper" type Mech that can only fire from long distance. Maybe a one that has a shape like two legs and a big cannon over it.

I'm sure the big cannon over two legs is a phallic reference, but if you're after sniper setups, they don't really have them in Battletech. It's a massive mechanical battle machine, not something easily hidden. The closest you'll get is something packed with gauss rifles and LRMs. Or 'mech mounted longtom artillery.
Inner Sphere combat from the era they're setting it in is particularly close quarters (relatively speaking) and brutal. Also, anything with enough tonnage to field lots of and only long range weaponry had a tendency to get torn apart by smaller 'mechs that could out-manoeuvre, close the distance, and open up on weaker rear armour.

It's been many moons, but I swear they had a 'sniper' type, but as you said, it was basically a cannon you would have sit back and fire like artillery more than a nice quick sniper attack, then hide type of tactic.

The great thing about this game is that it's hard core Battletech+mechwarrior from all that I've seen, it's not like the Mechwarrior games, which were real time. Used to love the board game, it's like a more complex version of Ogre, which I wish Steve Jackson would create (or allow to be created) a new version of that game for the computer. I do still have my original Atari ST version laying around...

VK9, the open source project to implement d3d9 over Vulkan reaches another milestone
By GloriousEggroll, 12 May 2017 at 4:48 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: ArehandoroCould this lead to more ports of old/legacy games and, eventually, a discontinuation/lose purpose of Wine for games?

its designed as a windows dll which can be run with wine, which would allow programs running in wine to use that dll and send the vulkan translations to wine

basically its doing what wine does for dx9->ogl, except it works with wine and without having to recreate wine from the ground up since wine has native vulkan support, the dll would do the dx9->vk translations and wine would just read the translations instead of doing the translations itself. and because its in vulkan and not ogl it would ideally give better performance.

if anything it would be a neat add in for wine or even eventual part of wine like wine-staging's csmt

Haemimont Games & Paradox announce 'Surviving Mars', a management strategy game
By Nezchan, 12 May 2017 at 4:35 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Xpander
Quoting: KimyrielleI skipped on Victor Vran because I am not too eager to play games that force me to play a male character, at least not unless premade female characters become just as normal.


Sorry but what the hell? There are games where you need gender lock because of the story, Victor Vran is pretty much one of those. Ohh noo why do i have to play as female character in Tomb Raider? ...

thats just seriously stupid if you ask me. Why does the gender in games matter at all. If its designed this way its how you play it, if it has a choice to choose, then you choose what you want to play.

You sound upset. People have preferences. People like to play games with leads they can identify with. And yeah, there have been complaints by dudes about games that have female leads, even though there still aren't that many of them.

I've only played a bit of Victor Vran, and honestly so far I haven't really come across much that really requires him to be this particular dude. He's a bit of a cipher, you could swap him out for pretty much any gruff, detached character and have very much the same game. Is there something later on that contradicts that?

DiRT Rally is currently free to play for three days with 70% off
By Keyrock, 12 May 2017 at 4:27 pm UTC

Man, this game runs really well and it's so freakin' fun, even if it is brutally unforgiving (as it should be). :D

The Culling hopefully won't be broken forever on Linux, the developer does 'value' the Linux community
By Xpander, 12 May 2017 at 4:26 pm UTC

Quoting: GuestMostly negative reviews? Ouch.

yeah, recent reviews are negative because of game balance.
hopefully they will fix all those issues, cause its actually pretty fun game

Haemimont Games & Paradox announce 'Surviving Mars', a management strategy game
By Xpander, 12 May 2017 at 4:20 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Kimyrielle
Quoting: GuestHaemimont Games are the developers of the Tropico series and Victor Vran.
I’m afraid I won’t enjoy it much if it is similar to Paradox games or Tropico 5.

I skipped on Victor Vran because I am not too eager to play games that force me to play a male character, at least not unless premade female characters become just as normal.


Sorry but what the hell? There are games where you need gender lock because of the story, Victor Vran is pretty much one of those. Ohh noo why do i have to play as female character in Tomb Raider? ...

thats just seriously stupid if you ask me. Why does the gender in games matter at all. If its designed this way its how you play it, if it has a choice to choose, then you choose what you want to play.

BATTLETECH, the turn-based mech battler from Harebrained Schemes has a new trailer
By Mountain Man, 12 May 2017 at 4:08 pm UTC

This looks awesome. I love strategy games, I love giant robots, and it's coming from two good studios. I'm sold.

Haemimont Games & Paradox announce 'Surviving Mars', a management strategy game
By Kimyrielle, 12 May 2017 at 4:08 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: GuestHaemimont Games are the developers of the Tropico series and Victor Vran.
I’m afraid I won’t enjoy it much if it is similar to Paradox games or Tropico 5.

I skipped on Victor Vran because I am not too eager to play games that force me to play a male character, at least not unless premade female characters become just as normal.

Paradox's grand strategy games are not for everyone, I concede that (I love them, though). But what's wrong with Tropico 5? It's nowhere as complex as the average Paradox game. I had fun with it, at least.

Dungeons 2 is currently free on the Humble Store for a limited time, has a Linux version
By Ray54, 12 May 2017 at 3:53 pm UTC

I also found that Dungeons II crashed every time, about 20 seconds into the introductory video. So I was really pleased to find playgameswearingatux's message about simply skipping the video when it starts (press escape), as the LC_ALL=... command did not work for me either. However, it would be good to have a fix that I did not have to remember every time, and to skip the video as well if possible, does anybody have a permanent fix?

Haemimont Games & Paradox announce 'Surviving Mars', a management strategy game
By razing32, 12 May 2017 at 3:51 pm UTC Likes: 2

Looks really cool. Paradox have been good to penguins.
Only 6 months , 3 weeks and 2 days till 2018. :(