Quoting: jondysauceThis release also fixes an issue when building vkd3d-proton. Issue here https://github.com/HansKristian-Work/vkd3d-proton/issues/1487 [External Link]

I actually ran into that with Wine 8.4, the problem was with widl ("windows interface definition language compiler"... it converts Windows' weird idl headers into our kind). I temporarily fixed it by dropping in the widl binary from my previous Wine 8.3 build (it was still OK, it doesn't actually have wine dependencies, just glibc).

Last night I built Wine 8.5 for my system wine (I use the wine-tkg build system ( https://github.com/Frogging-Family/wine-tkg-git [External Link] ) and the first thing I did was build vkd3d-proton to see if widl was fixed, and yes indeed. Widl has a somewhat larger binary size than usual, so they must have added more shit to it.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

For the refund window, I would think that if you used up your 2 hour play time compiling shaders and troubleshooting, that would be a special case for consideration. They state the 2 hour/2 week general rule, but also indicate that there's wiggle room. This is their wording:

Valve will, upon request via help.steampowered.com, issue a refund for any title that is requested within 14 days of purchase and has been played for less than 2 hours. Even if you fall outside of the refund rules we've described, you can submit a request and we'll take a look at it.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: M@GOidL4D2 is overrated. There is nothing special in that game. And I did not played over 3000 hours of it. No sir.

I used to like that game for half an hour or so. I seldom finished an entire level (I just played single player). My favourite was the swamp level, I'd have been more likely to finish all the parts of that one.

They did a lot of work on that game years later. However, they dumbed down the ONE thing that actually amused me about that game. The gore! It used to be utterly over the top, now it's modest.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I did get a little further, I just had to drive some more distance before it let me turn off to free roam. However, everything looks the same everywhere you go. The same Toronto street names on those blue signs, even the same billboards appear in multiple places (e.g. "Tim Hurtins" lol). It's not a very interesting city.

I tried the game proper, there's no need to get used to controlling the car, it goes about as fast as drying paint (relative to the game I mean) unless you get boost pickups and even then it's not terribly exciting.

To add insult, somehow my language got changed to Chinese (or similar glyphs) and I couldn't read the menus to change it back. Fortunately it didn't get saved (I can't even find game data anywhere yet, not even in steam/userdata/myidnumbers/appid as I don't think anything has been saved yet) and I just had to quit out and choose "English" again from the round icons on the first menu.

"Meh" as a general, non-descript statement of mediocrity doesn't go far enough for this game. I wrote a review for Steam, but I haven't posted it because it's too mean, even for this.

About the only praise I can give this is that the linux port seems to work well. I genuinely appreciate Linux support (and good Linux support isn't guaranteed even with Unity, which provides the means)

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I've been waiting for this game and I'm very disappointed in it now that it's here. It's a just a little Unity engine arcade game, basically. It's not what I was expecting in the released game.

The dispatcher is long winded and obnoxious (I'll turn HIM into a "meat popsicle" nobody talks to me like that lol). That did not entertain me.

The game requires a game pad (I had to listen to the whole dispatcher speech because I couldn't press A), it won't operate without one and constantly shows a big "Game Pad Not Found" in the middle of my screen. I have one but I don't like using a controller. If I HAVE to plug in a controller to play a game, I'm unlikely to ever play that game. I get it that in some games you need to use one to play properly of course, but if they don't at least map a working keyboard and mouse configuration then I'm afraid I have no use for it.

So I try Free Roam with my Xbox 360 controller and great, I picked a player and I can drive the car. However, every turn I make to explore the city and get used to the car annoyingly flashes "Restricted Area" (it's not altitude, it won't let me ascend or descend much when that happens). I can't even make out what the car's female voice is saying, because of jumbled layers of music and audio.

What is Free Roam if I just have to drive in a straight line?

It's so rudimentary that there isn't even an audio volume control in the game's menus.

The price was good ($18 for me) but this is, quite frankly, crap.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: BlackBloodRumI can't comment on iPhone customers, since I've never owned any apple products! So I can't comment there. (Too expensive for my taste)

Mine too (waste of money) but I was referring to the upgrade cycle of iPhones. It keeps them envious, and a lot of people tend to upgrade their iPhones whether they need it or not.

(Personally I HATE getting a new phone! What do I need that hassle for? I keep a smart phone for 4 to 5 years at least. It's usually Android getting too old that makes me upgrade, not the hardware)

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: BlackBloodRumThe thing is, they don't have to target the hardware. They only need to ensure it works in proton or SteamOS (which, most of the work has already been done for them).

Even if the hardware changes, it doesn't break or change any of the developers previous or current on-going work.

I don't want to leave this hanging without acknowledgement. Of course that's right for the most part. The thing is, it's not me you have to convince.

First of all, customer disappointment. The clientele here is a bit different than iPhone customers lol

Secondly, right now they all have the same hardware and things are reproducible.

I'm sure I don't have to elabourate further, but these are more human conditions. Butthurt users, and devs that might throw up their arms and ridicule the platform for being so "unstable" (subject to change).

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Steam can boast multiple tens of thousands of games, because most of them are crap. Stupid little indie knick knack games etc. I know one man's junk is another man's treasure, but that stuff inflates those numbers for the Steam platform :-)

P.S. When you look at it, GoG is even worse that way. The ratio of rudimentary crap (old and young) to desirable titles is much higher on GoG, for their numbers. Again, YMMV.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: BlackBloodRumTechnically speaking, PC gaming as a whole is always a moving target. With new hardware that brings (sometimes) big improvements almost yearly, PC game developers are very much accustomed to following a moving target.

Realistically speaking, in terms of people's expectations, this is not a PC. Nobody is going to buy this if they have to keep chasing physical upgrades every year. Game devs will put zero effort (less than they do now) into supporting it, if it's a moving target too.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Well... if they were to release a "next gen" Steam Deck too soon, it would ruin the credibility of the platform.

A viable platform doesn't just run games, it has to stabilize so people can build on it. If the deck is a moving target, nobody is going to want to chase it.

View this comment - View article - View full comments