Quoting: TimeFreeze

Quoting: ageres

Quoting: TimeFreezeCastlevania Anniversary Collection is also working without issues, same with Contra Anniversary Collection.

Is it? When I played these collections (two years ago), they ran terribly. Problems with fullscreen, aspect ratio, wrong button binding, glitchy emulator menu, no hotkeys, encrypted ROM files... I couldn't even quit the game without Alt+F4.

They work as they should. Just with Castlevania Anniversary Collection you have to force quit the game since the Devs didnt implemented an Exit Game option for whatever reasons. So thats an "issue" on Windows as well.

I don't know what systems these were made for, but on early "home computers" or the like, we didn't have an option to leave a game. I remember I had a game that had a quit option and I considered that so much unprofessional...

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An interesting one, I liked the demo!

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Quoting: PhiladelphusThis might be an odd request, but could you try running a game which has a native Linux version that works perfectly fine on desktop but is listed as Unsupported? I'm seeing some really surprising ones pop up from my library (e.g. Surviving Mars, or Ultimate Chicken Horse, which I'd've thought would be a shoe-in for the Deck). Do they run on the Deck (and just have such a crappy experience, for whatever reason, that Valve marked them Unsupported)? Or do they really not run? (If so, well…that's that I suppose, it just seems weird that Linux-native games that probably aren't using some sort of anti-cheat or anything wouldn't run on the Deck). Thanks.

I'm interested, too. My guess for e.g. Surviving Mars is that it works, but they (according to the wording of their message Valve, I'd guess the developers) want to improve the experience before it gets labeled.

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Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: slaapliedjeBut seeing as how I had to hex edit a file to get the resolution right, I still have that one installed...

Doesn't Steam preserve edited files? I think so...

Nah, you can mod the files all you want. There is a 'validate files' thing you can do. I'm sure there are some games that are multiplayer where file checks are a thing. But a single player game like the Witcher? Why?

I was thinking the opposite: You edit the file, Steam does not rechange it, and when you remove the game, Steam keeps what you've edited. I'm not sure though if it only keeps files added by you or also those changed.

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Quoting: Spl-it

Quoting: AussieEeveeBut threatening a ban on players that manage to get the game running under proton is just scummy, Bungie and that makes you one of the scummiest companies in the industry.

They're not. They threaten people that disable the anti cheat with a ban.

Erm... no?

They're threatening people running the game on Linux with a ban:

Players who attempt to bypass Destiny 2 incompatibility will be met with a game ban.

This might be due to fear of cheating, but includes all people who just want to play, and it doesn't even mention anything about cheating.

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Quoting: dubigrasu

Quoting: DribbleondoWhat we got was boilerplate PR speak, and nothing more.

I think it was indeed PR speak (I personally believe that this is temporary and eventually they'll make it work), but it was just at the border of PR speak, and right behind/between the words they purposely left a hint of annoyed menace.

I feel this was totally lacking some PR person making it a bit... nicer.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeBut seeing as how I had to hex edit a file to get the resolution right, I still have that one installed...

Doesn't Steam preserve edited files? I think so...

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Elden Ring is running better on Linux than it is on Windows

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2022/02/27/yes-elden-ring-is-perfectly-playable-on-linux-including-online-features/ [External Link]

What might be the game of the year is running better on Linux than on Windows?
Is that true?
If yes, that would be very close to the wildest dreams some of us were having for a very long time!?!
An actual gaming-related reason to change the OS?

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Quoting: PhiladelphusUp to 27% for me, with just Ultimate Chicken Horse and Supporting* Surviving Mars unsupported. I'm hoping UCH gets supported soon, since literally one of the first things that popped into my head upon hearing the Steam Deck announcement was taking it around to friends' houses with a few controllers to play a few rounds on the TV as a party game. It runs natively (and fine) on Linux and already handles controllers, so I'm not sure what the hold up might be, but at least the devs have continued to support it quite well so I hope it'll be fixed soon.

*Genuine Freudian slip!

You can see it e.g. on the store page, Steam Deck compatibility, more information => Valve is working on the compatibility. (I wonder what that might mean. I would understand better if the devs are working on improved Deck compatibility of native games.)

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Already, Elden Ring is running better on Linux than it is on Windows

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2022/02/27/yes-elden-ring-is-perfectly-playable-on-linux-including-online-features/ [External Link]

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