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Overkill drops Linux support for PAYDAY 2
10 Jun 2023 at 7:38 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: Whitewolfe80Native triple a games are a thing of the past.
Were native triple A games every really a thing of the present?
Not regularly, but a few did happen. I don't know if Total War counts as triple A, but Half-Life (Alyx) sure does.
Overkill drops Linux support for PAYDAY 2
9 Jun 2023 at 5:25 pm UTC
Quoting: slaapliedje
Quoting: Guest
Quoting: slaapliedjeWeird, pretty sure Monaco worked for me when it came out.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/113020/discussions/4/630802343848424492/#c666824800759604947 [External Link]
Huh, well I have 58min of play time, but suure enough it crashes, even after making the change to the shaderfile.
Worked for me as well, at the time when it was free to keep at Steam.
What would I need to test to say "It still works!"?
GuliKit reveal an upgraded anti-drift thumbstick module for Steam Deck
9 Jun 2023 at 1:23 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: Mohandevir
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: RealChrisThere Is Absolutely ZERO Reason To Mod The OEMs Steam Deck Joysticks, They Work Just Fine As Is, This Is Just In Case You Receive A Defective Unit After Your Warranty
I stopped reading here due to all that capitalization.

I haven't got problems with the sticks either, but then, joystick feel like something gone for good in the early Nineties to me. ;)
That's what I was asking: Is there a glaring issue with the OEM sticks that I'm not aware off, like the Nintendo Switch? Personally, I'm not going to mess with my Steam Deck, if it's not broken. I would like a 1tb nvme upgrade and I'm hesitant for the same reason.

That's one thing I would like to see in a Steam Deck2: an easy way to swap the storage, without taking it apart.
Never change a running system...
Overkill drops Linux support for PAYDAY 2
9 Jun 2023 at 1:12 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestIt's mainly older titles, 2000s and earlier. But for a Linux game from Steam that doesn't work: Monaco.
I booted it up sometime last year, and it instantly crashed.
As it turns out, it's a known issue since launch, that they never fixed. The entire issue is solved by modifying a shader file.
I did meet a handful of games that didn't work correctly when I bought and played them, but I returned those. Sometimes it was somewhat subtle, like Born Punk, where everything worked except displaying the lore.
GuliKit reveal an upgraded anti-drift thumbstick module for Steam Deck
9 Jun 2023 at 10:56 am UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: RealChrisThere Is Absolutely ZERO Reason To Mod The OEMs Steam Deck Joysticks, They Work Just Fine As Is, This Is Just In Case You Receive A Defective Unit After Your Warranty
I stopped reading here due to all that capitalization.

I haven't got problems with the sticks either, but then, joystick feel like something gone for good in the early Nineties to me. ;)
Overkill drops Linux support for PAYDAY 2
9 Jun 2023 at 10:53 am UTC
Quoting: ArdjeI am actually just glad if they keep supporting proton.
The fact is: proton is the only middle ware that guarantees support for the next 20 years. Not because it acts like windows, in fact it doesn't. Unlike windows, proton guarantees a fixed API and bug compatibility.
None of my original Linux games still work, but their windows counter parts work without problems or patches on proton. And no, they don't work on windows 11 either.
Well, I could hardly believe the situation with native Linux games is that bad, so I tried it on my side. I redownloaded and started the first 10 games I got for Linux on Steam, from late 2012 to mid 2013.(*) Every single one of them is running without problems and without any tinkering on my 2023 system.

(*) My PAYDAY: I got some new collectible cards. :D
Overkill drops Linux support for PAYDAY 2
8 Jun 2023 at 5:21 pm UTC Likes: 5
Quoting: buckysrevengeHa, this is one of the games that came with my SteamOS running Alienware Steam Machine back when I got it years ago
Time to RMA it! ;-)
Claim a free copy of Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs on GOG
7 Jun 2023 at 8:32 am UTC
Quoting: GroganI wanted to play Amnesia Rebirth, but that's horrible OpenGL programming. I'm sure it works for somebody, but it's just corruption and crash/freezing with both the Linux native and the Windows version for me. Very same behaviour. Trial and error programming on Nvidia, probably. I tried that game twice, once when it came out, and maybe 3 months ago and refunded it both times as "game does not work properly".
I played through it on Debian/Nvidia. I remember I had to change a setting at the beginning, I think it was something about windowed or fullscreen.

*edit* Good I included it in my Steam review: Had to use borderless window instead of fullscreen.
Linux hits a multi-year high for user share on Steam thanks to Steam Deck
7 Jun 2023 at 8:30 am UTC
Quoting: CatKiller
Quoting: adolsonIt's still early days, but so far, we're seeing the opposite effect due to Proton.
No, we aren't. The release of Proton had no effect whatsoever on the proportion of Linux-native games that are released. The growth in the Linux market has since caused an increase in the proportion of Linux-native games that are released.
Could you show the latter? What I'm seeing is even some developers with year long native support for Linux have given up on it (as well as our porting houses).
Linux hits a multi-year high for user share on Steam thanks to Steam Deck
2 Jun 2023 at 1:27 pm UTC Likes: 4
Quoting: ZlopezIt's also good to see that Flatpak Steam is so widely used. :-)
Why? The reason for Flatpak that I'm aware of is getting newer software, but Steam is updating itself...