I should really play this... before the children start to ask all those questions I couldn't answer. :D

... to the point of wanting to go out and find some of the creatures you learn about, so it seemed to do a really good job of getting him interested in nature.

That's great!
Significant other will approve. ;)

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyI'm pretty sure Chronarius only didn't care how search works with the wish list, because search isn't the problem anyone has been pointing out. You seem to be consistently replying to people who have problems with other things related to the wishlist OS setting thing by saying "No, search isn't a problem". No doubt it isn't, but that's not relevant if what people were complaining about is something else.

I keep pointing out that search works because people keep missing this point. Chronarius thought that Steam wouldn't display Windows-only games anymore, which is true for some parts (e.g. discovery queue) and wrong for other parts (e.g. search, publisher weekend lists). The global search helps me because I get information about gaming from other sources and then lookup the game on Steam to see if it supports Linux. If it helps him depends on what he's looking for, but it's always better to know more than to know less.

g000h, which you are probably referring to as well, wanted to see Windows deals. If this works or not also depends on his approach: When wishlisting Windows only games, it works, if you want to see Windows only sales on the store page, the filter is hindering him (which is probably the case, I give you that).

I want people to know what works and what doesn't to make an informed decision, not an "I don't know and I don't care" kind of decision.

I want to add one more thing: I see that Linux gamers don't like this feature too much and I understand why. But seen from the other side, it makes more sense: If you're buying Windows only games anyway if there's no Linux version, the feature wouldn't send a strong message. Now it's of the "Do a Linux version or lose x customers" kind. People who want to see Windows games as well send a message more like "I want a Linux game! But if you don't do it, nevermind, I'll buy anway..."

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Looks awesome! Setting sounds great! So much looking forward to it!

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Quoting: Chronarius

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: ChronariusMaybe. I don't know and don't care. Valve can do a better job.

Without Valve, I would still be playing on Windows (while doing everything else on Linux for decades).
Valve maybe could do even better - but they could do lots worse. Like not supporting Steam for Linux at all.

Can you stay on topic please? We are talking about the wishlist here.

In fact, the article is about the wish list in combination with the OS filter - which you explicitly said you don't care about how it really works.

Well..

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Thanks for this tip! I guess I should have more sources for new Linux games than GoL - but I haven't. So feel the liability!

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Quoting: ChronariusMaybe. I don't know and don't care. Valve can do a better job.

Without Valve, I would still be playing on Windows (while doing everything else on Linux for decades).
Valve maybe could do even better - but they could do lots worse. Like not supporting Steam for Linux at all.

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Quoting: jarhead_hThis feature seems a well intentioned waste of time, specially since the introduction of Proton. Maybe this made sense for people that didn't bother with WINE, but with Proton all it's really doing is obscuring Windows games that we might want to play that we now can with little to no hassle. As long as you quit dual booting and run all your new Windows titles through Steamplay it counts as a Linux sale which accomplishes what this was intended for, unless I'm missing something.

The choice of games officially supported games might actually be a result of this feature...

I still use it, as I'm using neither WINE nor Proton.

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Croteam has a way of working that surprises me again and again. Wonder how they can afford touching old games (even if it's mostly engine changes). Happy they can, of course.

And... do play Talos Principle if you're into puzzling.

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Quoting: ChronariusProblem with this setting is, as you can also see in your picture:
Only show me games which support one of these operating systems

Which renders it useless for the wishlist, as it only shows games which supports Linux already.

Set Linux only, enter "Fallout" in the search. Does it only show games which supports Linux already?

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Quoting: g000hI haven't enabled it because it would exclude me from seeing deals on Windows-only titles. When enabled though, I can see it would potentially benefit Linux gaming from a visibility perspective. I thought these details were implied by my post.

You still an see the Windows titles if you search for them. So it depends on where you'Re getting your infos from. If it's Steam, the filter would be bad. If you're reading elsewhere about a game, the filter doesn't change anything: You go to Steam, search for the game and do whatever you want with it.

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