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what exactly is going on over at nexus mods....? Sheesh. Seems to be just random thrashing about of ideas and decisions that make no sense...?

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Yves Guillemot must have some serious dirt on someone somewhere to still remain in charge of this "company" if you can even call it that at this point. "Stinking rotting carcass that long ago resembled a function entity" ... maybe that's more apt?

Is his nepo baby son still in charge of any number of their subsidiaries? Probably.

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Quoting: mr-victoryI forgot this guide existed lol. Option 1 (Lutris) does not work and hasn't for months unless the default Wine version is changed from Wine GE 8.26 to something newer. Other wine versions can be installed by clicking a tiny button that looks like an open box in the main page of Lutris, next to "Wine" button.

For most games you'll want to select "GE-Proton (Latest)" instead. No need to download anything manually. Lutris (UMU) will automatically download and manage the latest Proton version for you.

Lutris really needs to cut a new release at some point and make this the default.

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Better than nothing but you'd still be better off using dedicated managers than Vortex... Hope they can improve Vortex itself but I would give it a few years.

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So, they care only about SteamOS? Will they at least distribute Vortex as Flatpak?

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I've got a weak spot for Far Cry -esque ubislop, keep it coming.

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I forgot this guide existed lol. Option 1 (Lutris) does not work and hasn't for months unless the default Wine version is changed from Wine GE 8.26 to something newer. Other wine versions can be installed by clicking a tiny button that looks like an open box in the main page of Lutris, next to "Wine" button.

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Quoting: Wolfgang RoseVery shortsighted, but there is an alternative already.. Steam! I've never understood why more games that support modding, don't use the steam workshop. Perfect it isn't, but it could be used in a far better way. Nexus lost my business as a result of their lack of Linux support. I guess I won't be returning anytime soon.

Because it ties you in to Steam and when you release outside of it, you will not have Mod support. It's a decision you can make, but it preempts devs from complaining about other stores then (IMO).

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I did install Steam thru Flatpak (K)ubuntu 25.10;
Proton 9 did not work, but Proton 10 did. It got stuck on "agent went to sleep attempting to wake it up steam".

The location for the directory is here: `~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/compatdata/`

Hope this helps someone.

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There's an update to this story, Nexus Mods announced today https://www.nexusmods.com/news/15433 they will be supporting Vortex on SteamOS, naming the Steam Deck and Steam Machine as hardware/software targets. I assume this means either an AppImage or a Flatpak (or maybe just verify that it installs correctly with Proton) but only verified to function on SteamOS. In practicality, I imagine that means it should still work on 90% of distros in that case, just without any official support like bug reports for other distros.

That said, with the number of developers seemingly only interested in targeting SteamOS, I do hope Valve releases a desktop spin or just makes it slightly easier to configure for regular desktop use. I'll probably give it a spin on my rig whenever they update to Mesa 25

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i always hate 3rd party in a PVP. because getting 3rd Partied breaks equality and pushes players to play hide and seek or camping issues. (i mean fighting against members of 2 different teams. getting ganked flanked and so on.)

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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
SteamOS + Linux
MINIMUM:
RECOMMENDED:

🤔

I really don't like when developers abuse the SteamOS + Linux tag.

Either you provide native binaries or you don't.

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Quoting: emphyOn the upside, one can play the original trilogy, including multiplayer, via the native aleph one open source engine.

And even conveniently available on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Aleph%20One%20Developers

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Quoting: LeprottoStill no controller support though.

I've been playing it with a Dual Sense controller, working great.

What's missing?

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Quoting: Philadelphus

Based on the national poem of Finland

Which inspired both (parts of) The Silmarillion and Noita, so you know it's good!

It's easy to underestimate the amount of Nordic developed games.

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Based on the national poem of Finland

Which inspired both (parts of) The Silmarillion and Noita, so you know it's good!

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Quoting: whizse

Quoting: pb

Quoting: TaresThe only odd thing here is you.

Reported for harassment. 😝 (jk idc)

Oddness is a virtue, wear it like a crown! (or [teacup](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16002008-odd-duck) )

Something is a virtue, because it's brave.
Something is brave, because it has the chance of danger.
Dangerous tend to be considered bad to the level of becoming illegal.

Watch out with this advice.
Some of us are better off hiding their virtues.

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Quoting: pb

Quoting: TaresThe only odd thing here is you.

Reported for harassment. 😝 (jk idc)

Oddness is a virtue, wear it like a crown! (or [teacup](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16002008-odd-duck) )

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Quoting: Jarmer

Quoting: Strapinski

Quoting: JarmerNobody from the Bungie glory days are still around. The suits are running the show, and when this doesn't get instahit status, which it won't, they'll shut it down.

Nothing to see here, just a shambling corpse. Safe to move on.

Do you know where they went? I really played the game a lot and I still like many aspects of it. But over the last few years, you could just tell how little art, story, etc., mattered anymore. It became all about grabbing cash. But I’d at least be interested in seeing what the talented people who used to be at Bungie have put together now.

If we're talking the og Marathon, Myth, Halo, Oni ... the vast majority of those hyper talented people are either retired or dead. There are still a few I think related to some modern companies but not a lot. I don't even know if any originals are at 343 anymore.

The Microsoft acquisition (and then after that all the other garbage stuff with netease and sony etc) pretty much destroyed the company. There was no going back after the mass exodus from that era / layoffs.

Makes me feel old to realize that game developers from when I was young are probably mostly retired. Actually, it doesn't just make me feel old, it impresses on me how old the idea of personal computers is now.

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Bungie just continues to not want my money. The absolute hundreds I'd have spent on Destiny 2 by now if they'd just ticked the "Linux on BattleEye" box.

Bizarre, but I've come to terms with their attitude now and I've had their creator page ignored for quite some time.

Feel feel to "ignore creator" with me by visiting their page and hitting the settings cog at the top right. It's quite cathartic!

https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/Bungie

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Quoting: Strapinski

Quoting: JarmerNobody from the Bungie glory days are still around. The suits are running the show, and when this doesn't get instahit status, which it won't, they'll shut it down.

Nothing to see here, just a shambling corpse. Safe to move on.

Do you know where they went? I really played the game a lot and I still like many aspects of it. But over the last few years, you could just tell how little art, story, etc., mattered anymore. It became all about grabbing cash. But I’d at least be interested in seeing what the talented people who used to be at Bungie have put together now.

If we're talking the og Marathon, Myth, Halo, Oni ... the vast majority of those hyper talented people are either retired or dead. There are still a few I think related to some modern companies but not a lot. I don't even know if any originals are at 343 anymore.

The Microsoft acquisition (and then after that all the other garbage stuff with netease and sony etc) pretty much destroyed the company. There was no going back after the mass exodus from that era / layoffs.

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Also on GOG and itch.io. No sale pricing on these platforms, however. GOG has confirmed they are being delisted on their platform as well.

Itch.io versions are apparently out of date.

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Absolutely no idea what to make of that trailer! On to the wishlist it goes!! 😅

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Still no controller support though.

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Regarding the deep discounts. It's only on steam, not GOG (the discounts). But they also include the OSTs under discount. Also multiple in discount from the publisher, so the timing might be to accommodate this last lunar NY sale.

" Explore the social life of Laura in this spiritual sequel to A Normal Lost Phone. "

Alt-Frequencies

"An audio mystery set in a time loop. Record, rewind time and broadcast snippets of radio shows to expose radio hosts, conspiracy theorists and politicians."

I knew the developer from the Lost Phone ones and didn't know about this one, so thanks for the tip Liam. Also not in GOG (the Alt-Frequencies game, [dev page on GOG](https://www.gog.com/en/games?developers=accidental-queens) only shows the lost phone games).

EDIT: detailed on each case what I meant by non on GOG (either the discount or the specific game missing).

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Other ports of Mario 64 would get their compiled releases taken down but if you look you can still get the source code, this was because they'd get compiled together with the rom and so would include the assets within the build, which would be unauthorized distribution.

Only later on did it become standard to make N64 ports that would get the assets from a rom after the fact, which I think we first saw with Mario 64 on the co-op port, so that's why only those have releases sticking around in the open.

Nintendo rarely goes after you when they don't have a good angle, and using their assets or asking for money beyond just donations (see how Yuzu had early access builds behind Patreon) is a big no no.

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Quoting: Strapinski

Quoting: JarmerNobody from the Bungie glory days are still around. The suits are running the show, and when this doesn't get instahit status, which it won't, they'll shut it down.

Nothing to see here, just a shambling corpse. Safe to move on.

Do you know where they went? I really played the game a lot and I still like many aspects of it. But over the last few years, you could just tell how little art, story, etc., mattered anymore. It became all about grabbing cash. But I’d at least be interested in seeing what the talented people who used to be at Bungie have put together now.

Hmmm... Concord? That's not a joke, that was a rather expensive project made with former Bungie devs.
Maybe the better answer is that clearly, management don't have the ability to recognize "talent" in general, so don't be surprised if the talented people happen to be "made redundant" or "replaced by AI" or who knows.

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If they're closing their studio it will be likely an income and tax situation, if they kept selling the game someone would have to continue doing all the taxes and general admin on behalf of anyone involved.

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Quoting: NoahTheDukewhat's the point of delisting the games? stop support issues? do they have to pay steam to keep them up? (this is the reason a lot of games are removed from the ios app store.) or is there a legal reason to remove them?

Highly doubt that they have to pay Steam anything. That's what the 30% cut is for - eternal hosting.

But your question is totally valid... why delist the games when you can continue selling them?

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Quoting: TaresThe only odd thing here is you.

Reported for harassment. 😝 (jk idc)

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