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You can get Total War WARHAMMER for $12 in the current Humble Monthly Bundle
By Teodosio, 3 February 2017 at 11:55 pm UTC
Bought it and tried. I was a fan of Rome 2 and Shogun 2 and I am already in love with this. Performance feels similar, if not better, to Attila TW.
The whole DLC thing feels like a ripoff but wait until they are 75%-80% off and problem solved. I will certainly pick up the blood DLC at some point.
Double Fine confirm that Full Throttle Remastered will see a Linux version after the Windows release
By lejimster, 3 February 2017 at 11:53 pm UTC
I was trying to finish my collection of 90's puzzle/adventure games about 10 years ago and a friend of mine recommended Full Throttle, I had never heard of it. Anyway, I found a classic boxed version and grabbed a copy of ebay. Fantastic game :D. These remasters look too clean in my mind somehow. I think the low res blockyness has it's charm.
Mesa has a patch from a Valve developer to help ARK Survival Evolved run on the open source drivers
By lejimster, 3 February 2017 at 11:46 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: Leopard
Quoting: RussianNeuroMancerI don't think this is good idea. Wouldn't it will be better to ask game developers fix their engine?

I also pretty sure someday they will decide to update their engine, probably require higher OpenGL version, discover that Mesa for some reason report 3.2 to the game while support 4.5 or 4.6, they could make another workaround, instead of fixing thing right way, or straight declare Mesa as unsupported driver.

They will update their engine with Vulkan.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/ark-survival-evolved-plans-to-use-vulkan-for-linux-this-year.8831

True, but like others have said, this is unlikely to happen. It's hard enough to get some developers to port to Linux in the first place, even if they're using OpenGL. Even less likely that they are willing to make changes for one set of drivers. The end users experience should be priority now as it looks like Valve are pushing to replace the pro driver stack with the open source on SteamOS. We want users to have a flawless experience, so they come back and support the community. Not having to hunt around for bug fixes/hacks.

Having said that, if the developers were ever to fully support mesa properly. They could easily submit a patch to revert the "hack", this is the beauty of open source.

It looks like the priority is going to be native titles on Steam, but I hope some workarounds are added for Rage, Doom and other id titles that need it to get OpenGL through wine running properly on mesa.
Double Fine confirm that Full Throttle Remastered will see a Linux version after the Windows release
By Cheeseness, 3 February 2017 at 11:31 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: ShmerlA nice remastered art from one of the users on Double Fine forums
This is not art from the remastered edition. This is fan art made many years ago. Here's a forum thread for it.


Quoting: Mountain ManWow, that trailer sucks. Doesn't give you any idea what the game actually is.
For better or worse, that's pretty typical for adventure game trailers. If it's of interest, here's a FT trailer from the 90s.
You can get Total War WARHAMMER for $12 in the current Humble Monthly Bundle
By hummer010, 3 February 2017 at 11:29 pm UTC
Quoting: Mountain Man
Quoting: hummer010Hmmmmm, I'm seriously considering buying my first Humble Monthly for this game. The game looks great, and $12 is the right price for it, and then there are the other games too.
Total Warhammer is worth the money at full price. $12 is almost highway robbery!

I read a couple of reviews, and bought it. Looking forward to trying it out tomorrow (my crappy internet will take most of the night to download it!)
Mesa has a patch from a Valve developer to help ARK Survival Evolved run on the open source drivers
By Liam Dawe, 3 February 2017 at 11:25 pm UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: Purple Library Guy
QuoteI know people and likely some Mesa developers are opposed to having more game-specific bits in their drivers, but this is about getting the game to actually run, not about hacking around performance issues.

Wellll, it seems like this is extensible though. I mean, it's meant to fix this one game, but it looks like it could work for any game that had some kind of weird OpenGL version requirement--once you've got it working for ARK, you could easily add other games to a list or something, right? And there's bound to be more of them, so.
Likely, yes.

Personally, I think it's damn important for end-users to get a good experience. I don't think users should have to deal with setting special launch options or dealing with any kind of hack to get a game running on Mesa. It's nothing but a nuisance. Most users don't give a frig about the politics inside the drivers, they just want the game to run.
Mesa has a patch from a Valve developer to help ARK Survival Evolved run on the open source drivers
By Purple Library Guy, 3 February 2017 at 11:23 pm UTC
QuoteI know people and likely some Mesa developers are opposed to having more game-specific bits in their drivers, but this is about getting the game to actually run, not about hacking around performance issues.

Wellll, it seems like this is extensible though. I mean, it's meant to fix this one game, but it looks like it could work for any game that had some kind of weird OpenGL version requirement--once you've got it working for ARK, you could easily add other games to a list or something, right? And there's bound to be more of them, so.
You can get Total War WARHAMMER for $12 in the current Humble Monthly Bundle
By g000h, 3 February 2017 at 11:16 pm UTC
Yeah, thinking about getting the new month's subscription myself. I did get last month's subscription in order to acquire XCOM-2. Then on last month's subscription, there were 8 additional games. Of those 8 additional, 2 were for Linux, and the others weren't. I'm a little disappointed in that regard. However, quite pleased to say that I didn't already own any of the games in the bundle (It's annoying if you get given something you already own.)

Last month's Linux games: XCOM-2, Steamworld Heist, Okhlos
Remainder (not Linux): Ryse: Son of Rome, ABZU, Project Highrise, Husk, Hollow Knight, Oh, Deer!

My own experience with Humble Subscription - Yes, you can cancel it, rather than continue running and get charged for the next month, *BUT*: It is best to cancel approx 24th of the month, because on 26th-27th they already grab the money for the next month, because you didn't cancel it soon enough. (You can still speak to Support and get a refund, but in order to avoid that.)
Also, it is good to decide to buy EARLY because from starting subscription until the date you end it (say 3rd Feb - 24th Feb), during that subscribed period, you get 10% discount on Store purchases. (As soon as you end the subscription, the 10% discount also goes.)
Mesa has a patch from a Valve developer to help ARK Survival Evolved run on the open source drivers
By Liam Dawe, 3 February 2017 at 10:51 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: RussianNeuroMancerI don't think this is good idea. Wouldn't it will be better to ask game developers fix their engine?
It's always better if a developer fixes their game properly, but the problem is most likely won't. We are a tiny market in most developers eyes, Mesa even more so in comparison to NVIDIA proprietary (proof of that here, 73% are NVIDIA). NVIDIA likely has something like this built-in already, which is why it's only an issue on Mesa.

Quoting: RussianNeuroMancerI also pretty sure someday they will decide to update their engine, probably require higher OpenGL version, discover that Mesa for some reason report 3.2 to the game while support 4.5 or 4.6, they could make another workaround, instead of fixing thing right way, or straight declare Mesa as unsupported driver.
If ARK does ever fix it, then it would be a very quick patch for Mesa and they could then remove this, so it's not really an issue.
Mesa has a patch from a Valve developer to help ARK Survival Evolved run on the open source drivers
By Leopard, 3 February 2017 at 10:39 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: RussianNeuroMancerI don't think this is good idea. Wouldn't it will be better to ask game developers fix their engine?

I also pretty sure someday they will decide to update their engine, probably require higher OpenGL version, discover that Mesa for some reason report 3.2 to the game while support 4.5 or 4.6, they could make another workaround, instead of fixing thing right way, or straight declare Mesa as unsupported driver.

They will update their engine with Vulkan.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/ark-survival-evolved-plans-to-use-vulkan-for-linux-this-year.8831
Mesa has a patch from a Valve developer to help ARK Survival Evolved run on the open source drivers
By RussianNeuroMancer, 3 February 2017 at 10:23 pm UTC Likes: 6
I don't think this is good idea. Wouldn't it will be better to ask game developers fix their engine?

I also pretty sure someday they will decide to update their engine, probably require higher OpenGL version, discover that Mesa for some reason report 3.2 to the game while support 4.5 or 4.6, they could make another workaround, instead of fixing thing right way, or straight declare Mesa as unsupported driver.
DiRT Rally announced for Linux, arriving on March 2nd
By Ehvis, 3 February 2017 at 10:22 pm UTC
Quoting: t3g
Quoting: leillo1975
Quoting: t3gVulkan?

OpenGL

https://twitter.com/feralgames/status/827180437021732864

Ugh, it feels like we will never get any Vulkan games.

I don't think this game has DX12, so it was never going to be Vulkan.
Cossacks 3 for Linux finally has a release date and it's close (updated)
By johnhannibalsmith, 3 February 2017 at 10:10 pm UTC
Quoting: cRaZy-bisCuiT
Quoting: johnhannibalsmithI've picked up when I hada few spare bucks based upon what I've read here, hoping to lend some support to developers and games that at least are trying to bring Linux into the fold.
Actually you shouldn't by Games before they're released on Linux for at least two reasons: 1. Maybe the release got delayed or cancelled. 2. The Linux devs won't earn a penny like that. Except for it's an in-house port.

In this case, I can run the game either way. It sounded plenty interesting when I read about it here that I was happy to plop down the money for it. I probably shouldn't have lumped it in with the others since they were truly purchased specifically for the Linux aspect after reading here (still have about 0.01 hours in Block'hood, but played Motorsports quite a bit despite not being a car racing fan as such), but I get longwinded as it is. :)

I know what you're saying. Similarly, I pre-ordered Civilization 6 after Steam store and other sources made it seem a slam dunk to be ported for Linux. I would have never otherwise pre-ordered, but I'm sure I would have bought it for Windows as a fan of the series either way eventually. I was a bit miffed when suddenly the port was being cast as more of a possibility than an inevitability. That cured me of taking anything seriously prior to it actually being completed.

One question on the last part of your statement about the Linux developers not making money - are you implying that the Linux port devs are paid in part based on sales after the port? I'm curious how a Linux dev would do better by me if I bought the game after it was ported (or otherwise released) rather than before. Thanks.
You can get Total War WARHAMMER for $12 in the current Humble Monthly Bundle
By Mountain Man, 3 February 2017 at 10:10 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: hummer010Hmmmmm, I'm seriously considering buying my first Humble Monthly for this game. The game looks great, and $12 is the right price for it, and then there are the other games too.
Total Warhammer is worth the money at full price. $12 is almost highway robbery!
You can get Total War WARHAMMER for $12 in the current Humble Monthly Bundle
By Mountain Man, 3 February 2017 at 10:07 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: TeodosioThat games is not available on Mac. However, I don't see any threads in the Steam Forum asking for when it will be available.
The GNU/Linux thread had a very large number of posts.
Anybody willing to reason on this?
Linux users tend to be proactive while Mac users seem content with whatever they're given. This is likely because Apple's marketing department spends millions of dollars a year to convince certain consumers that they don't need anything other than what Apple sells them.
DiRT Rally announced for Linux, arriving on March 2nd
By Leopard, 3 February 2017 at 9:56 pm UTC
Quoting: t3g
Quoting: leillo1975
Quoting: t3gVulkan?

OpenGL

https://twitter.com/feralgames/status/827180437021732864

Ugh, it feels like we will never get any Vulkan games.

No,they said at Boiling Steam's podcast #5 they will start with Vulkan games at next year
DiRT Rally announced for Linux, arriving on March 2nd
By t3g, 3 February 2017 at 9:45 pm UTC
Quoting: leillo1975
Quoting: t3gVulkan?

OpenGL

https://twitter.com/feralgames/status/827180437021732864

Ugh, it feels like we will never get any Vulkan games.
Double Fine confirm that Full Throttle Remastered will see a Linux version after the Windows release
By t3g, 3 February 2017 at 9:38 pm UTC Likes: 1
I do hope it is Cheese as he did a great job with the Day of the Tentacle Remastered port for Linux: http://boilingsteam.com/podcast/podcast-4-with-cheese-porter-on-dott-remastered
You can get Total War WARHAMMER for $12 in the current Humble Monthly Bundle
By hummer010, 3 February 2017 at 8:57 pm UTC
Hmmmmm, I'm seriously considering buying my first Humble Monthly for this game. The game looks great, and $12 is the right price for it, and then there are the other games too.
You can get Total War WARHAMMER for $12 in the current Humble Monthly Bundle
By const, 3 February 2017 at 8:44 pm UTC
Awesome.
I also bought the last bundle for xcom2 and got pleasently surprised with Steamworld Heist.
I then found out that I already owned MadMax from last years june bundle - nearly bought that in the last humble sale :D
You can get Total War WARHAMMER for $12 in the current Humble Monthly Bundle
By pete, 3 February 2017 at 8:42 pm UTC
Nice deal :) I went ahead and got it...
I just really hope that the feral guys get their share!
Double Fine confirm that Full Throttle Remastered will see a Linux version after the Windows release
By Shmerl, 3 February 2017 at 8:38 pm UTC
A nice remastered art from one of the users on Double Fine forums.

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Wine 2.1 is out with more Shader Model 5 work
By Shmerl, 3 February 2017 at 8:28 pm UTC
Nice. By the way, did anyone manage to make intro video play in the Witcher 3? I'm testing GOG version (which someone kindly gifted to me, otherwise I wouldn't have bought it). From the start menu it goes straight into the rotating snake and broken graphics starting area. But some apparently managed to make intro videos work.
A reminder that I rely on Patreon funding to keep GamingOnLinux running
By Liam Dawe, 3 February 2017 at 8:17 pm UTC Likes: 2
Thank you everyone, I really appreciate the kind words and extra funding!
A reminder that I rely on Patreon funding to keep GamingOnLinux running
By skinnyraf, 3 February 2017 at 8:14 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: Joeyboots80It's the least I can do to give back to the site I use so frequently. Thank you for all you do Liam, and here's to the future of Linux gaming! Cheers!

I second that. Thank you Liam for all the work.
Lifeless Planet Premier Edition, a third-person action-adventure is now available for Linux
By Beamboom, 3 February 2017 at 8:13 pm UTC
It's received less than favourable reviews though. Unfortunately.
You can get Total War WARHAMMER for $12 in the current Humble Monthly Bundle
By Adinimys, 3 February 2017 at 8:05 pm UTC
Looking at the main page it seems that Feral announced that they are working on it with Metal. So it's pretty much confirmed that it is coming if I'm not mistaken (someone that knows more should be able to confirm this if true ^^).

But wow, I picked my first Humble Monthly last month for XCOM2 and now this ? :O It's way cheapper than in the Steam sale (plus with luck, maybe one or two good Linux game coming with it)
Just one thing I want to know before buying. I no longer see any mention of Denuvo in the main page, has it been removed ? At least in the Linux version ? (if yes, that's a new buyer :D)
You can get Total War WARHAMMER for $12 in the current Humble Monthly Bundle
By Leopard, 3 February 2017 at 8:04 pm UTC
Quoting: TeodosioThat games is not available on Mac. However, I don't see any threads in the Steam Forum asking for when it will be available.
The GNU/Linux thread had a very large number of posts.
Anybody willing to reason on this?

My guess is because Apple's hardware limitations.There are some configurations and that's it.

If they know their hardwares are not capable of these new games at the moment,then it's normal not to be asked by Mac folks.
You can get Total War WARHAMMER for $12 in the current Humble Monthly Bundle
By Crazy Penguin, 3 February 2017 at 8:01 pm UTC
Phew! Good thing I haven't bought it already. So lets give a try :)
You can get Total War WARHAMMER for $12 in the current Humble Monthly Bundle
By Teodosio, 3 February 2017 at 7:50 pm UTC
That games is not available on Mac. However, I don't see any threads in the Steam Forum asking for when it will be available.
The GNU/Linux thread had a very large number of posts.
Anybody willing to reason on this?
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