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Quoting: MaathI don't blame Valve. I bet they took it on Naughty Dog's word that it was working.

It is likely that the promotional video was created by some graphics artist from various footage, and doubtful it even came directly from a Steam Deck. I mean, why capture from the Steam Deck in order to provide exact visuals when you can just take it from a PC. It's nice when you can do it but to save time I'm sure they skip that step.

In that case I would blame Valve. As Liam pointed out, the picture of it is running on a Steam Deck. So yeah, either it's fake, like you mentioned, which is a problem with Valve not being truthful to it's consumers or it is a shot from a Deck, which is a problem as Valve would known it didn't work much earlier but still encouraged sales.

Simulating the screen image for a PR campaign on the Deck is one thing, but when you do it you're implying the game is going to work on on the Deck... That's the problem.

Either way, I'm glad, Valve marked it unsupported, but it's still pretty sketchy they did it after initial release sales. As pointed out earlier in the comments, this isn't the first time Valve has done this with a hyped up game.

Yeah makes you wonder how Valves Steam Deck verification process is setup. Can a big publisher just pinky swear everything is golden thus skipping all the testing?

There's an earlier article about it, but basically, there's no requirement that a dev or publisher put it through the process although Valve might do it on their own. From the article above, the publisher/dev hadn't submitted it yet.

It's a little bit strange that a game can get the Verified tag without actually being verified xD Playable I am fine with publishers adding themselves but the green verified tag should mean something, a process that has been completed.

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Quoting: denyasis

Quoting: MaathI don't blame Valve. I bet they took it on Naughty Dog's word that it was working.

It is likely that the promotional video was created by some graphics artist from various footage, and doubtful it even came directly from a Steam Deck. I mean, why capture from the Steam Deck in order to provide exact visuals when you can just take it from a PC. It's nice when you can do it but to save time I'm sure they skip that step.

In that case I would blame Valve. As Liam pointed out, the picture of it is running on a Steam Deck. So yeah, either it's fake, like you mentioned, which is a problem with Valve not being truthful to it's consumers or it is a shot from a Deck, which is a problem as Valve would known it didn't work much earlier but still encouraged sales.

Simulating the screen image for a PR campaign on the Deck is one thing, but when you do it you're implying the game is going to work on on the Deck... That's the problem.

Either way, I'm glad, Valve marked it unsupported, but it's still pretty sketchy they did it after initial release sales. As pointed out earlier in the comments, this isn't the first time Valve has done this with a hyped up game.

Yeah makes you wonder how Valves Steam Deck verification process is setup. Can a big publisher just pinky swear everything is golden thus skipping all the testing?

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Quoting: GuestWhy would anyone believe anything Druckmann says? The guy already has a reputation of being a liar and an asshole, lol.

I mean I know the current state of the game is probably not great but let's not go too far. Steam has a good return policy if people are unhappy with their purchase and the game in question is not marked as "Unsupported". They f-up, they know it and now it's up to ND to fix it. Let's not turn this place into a hate train. It's one of the few places I read can the comments without getting hit in the face by the negativity.

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Looking forward to the new Kubuntu 23.04 :)

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Same here. Loving it so far :)

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I really don't care about what package format Ubuntu uses. I didn't care about package formats when I used Windows, I didn't care when I ran Mac OS X, and I don't care now. As long as it's easy to find apps, install and update then I'm happy. I do understand the reasoning for all Ubuntu flavors to use Snap as that is a core technology for the project. I hope they do more in the future do make the flavors be more aligned, for example through theming, using the same installer or whatever. An Ubuntu flavor should "feel Ubuntu" in some ways regardless of desktop environment.

I'm very happy with Kubuntu on my main machine. It's stable, updates are regular and performance is good. For people who somehow find snaps controversial there are many, many other distros to use. Currently I use both snaps and flatpaks and it works good but I care about that in much the same way as I care about what package format Steam uses. I don't even know what format Steam uses :)

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I have not yet tested this latest version but OBS 29 still has issues under Kubuntu Wayland. Sometimes the replay buffer works fine but other times it only records a black screen. I also have something similar to @Tchey were when I open recorded video files with VLC I only see black screen, but with Dragon Player the video can be viewed as normal.

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Quoting: damarrinThe logo is VERY unfortunate. As is the name, really. Both for different reasons.

Otherwise, cool.

Edit: I realise they probably were around before the stupid war, so why should change their logo. Still... it was the first thing that came to mind.

I refuse to let anyone hijack a letter in the alphabet. How are we gonna know when cartoon characters are asleep?

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: tohurThis doesn't make any sense at all .. Valve has NOTHING to do with Havok.. Microsoft owns Havok.. so this story is a bit off and is pretty much a lie from the leaker.. Pretty sure this is a Inside job as highly doubt Valve gives access to their assets to ANYONE even if they are a partner other then the assets that are already included with the source engine

To clarify for you: previously if you used Source to make things, you needed to pay a fee which was waived back in 2021 [External Link] when Valve made a deal with Microsoft on it.

Just an FYI: Source 2 does not use Havoc but a Valve developed physics engine called Rubikon [External Link].

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Quoting: SiinamonThis game is already pretty good and I can't wait for a full release! Going to have to get my sibling to join in with me 'cause we used to play tons of Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander together. :grin::heart:

Thanks for the tips Liam! I am a huge fan of Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander 1. Not as much Supreme Commander 2 or Planetary Annihilation. For one reason or another they never captured the same feeling. I also play a lot with my siblings and friends back in the day :) As soon as BAR gets into a more stable beta/early access I will force everyone to play with me. It's looks amazing and I am very impressed at how much they accomplished.

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