Quoting: fireplace

Quoting: dibzAgreed, system package manager any day of the week. AppImages, Flatpaks, Snaps, all seem to be the current (unfortunate) hotness and all of them are sub-par compared to native packaging.

Flatpak IS a package manager, you know. It’s just that it’s a lot more robust than the legacy traditional ones (dnf, apt, pacman, etc).

There's a reason I said system/native. Not everyone likes flatpaks or appimages, and some people do. There are pluses and minuses to using something like a flatpak and the same is true for system/native.

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Quoting: jordicoma

Quoting: dibzAlternatively I wrote this little bash script to update yuzu (early access) if anyone wants it. Requires jq and curl to be installed.

#!/bin/bash -x
OUTDIR=/home/$USER/apps/appimages

ID=$(curl -s -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" https://api.github.com/repos/pineappleEA/pineapple-src/releases/latest | jq '.assets | map(select(.name=="yuzu-x86_64.AppImage"))[].id')
curl -H "Accept: application/octet-stream" -L https://api.github.com/repos/pineappleEA/pineapple-src/releases/assets/$ID -o "$OUTDIR/Yuzu.AppImage"
chmod +x "$OUTDIR/Yuzu.AppImage"

This, and I would prefer using the distro package manager, it's easier.
Probably it's because I'm using linux for some years, that I think that using the package manager it's easier than searching on internet for an installer, downloading it, executing it, and follow an assistant.

Agreed, system package manager any day of the week. AppImages, Flatpaks, Snaps, all seem to be the current (unfortunate) hotness and all of them are sub-par compared to native packaging.

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Alternatively I wrote this little bash script to update yuzu (early access) if anyone wants it. Requires jq and curl to be installed.

#!/bin/bash -x
OUTDIR=/home/$USER/apps/appimages

ID=$(curl -s -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" https://api.github.com/repos/pineappleEA/pineapple-src/releases/latest | jq '.assets | map(select(.name=="yuzu-x86_64.AppImage"))[].id')
curl -H "Accept: application/octet-stream" -L https://api.github.com/repos/pineappleEA/pineapple-src/releases/assets/$ID -o "$OUTDIR/Yuzu.AppImage"
chmod +x "$OUTDIR/Yuzu.AppImage"

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The game looks a LOT better then the teaser stuff that's been put out so far.

Also, like everyone else, not a big fan of the art style or animation -- mostly the animation that the art style requires, I think. It reminds me of the 2D art you see for Pixar movies sometimes, like Monsters Inc, or the art that gets used for the preschool books related to them.

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Quoting: itscalledrealityThree decent point and clicks for free. I’m not upset but GOG would probably reach more customers if they updated their catalog a bit and gave away more recent games or games from different genres.

To each their own, I thought their giveaways were phenomenal this sale. Not all of them were point and clicks, yesterday was Flashback. About a month ago they gave away Shantae and the Pirate's Curse too.

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Quoting: tpau

Quoting: EhvisCombined game view! Yes! Now I really need the Amazon Games Store added to it. :happy:

I think Ubi or Origin would make more sense as they cooperate with Epic already.

He probably suggested it because there's a working open-source client (nile) compatible with Amazon Games Store already, so Heroic just needs to add support for it.

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Quoting: 1xokSorry, probably a stupid question:
Why do the videos from Soul Calubur VI work on the Steam Deck but not on my normal Linux/Steam PC?

For what it's worth, I just installed the game under Linux Mint XFCE and first-launching it with Proton Experimental it seems to work perfectly with videos. I did not try with any other proton version, as the Experimental one is currently set to default in my steam settings.

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Quoting: syxbitThe Steam game page doesn't mention Linux support.
I'm always confused when Linux is listed. Does this mean a native port, or are they just saying it will work with Proton

Since it's Wadjet Eye, it's very likely to be native. I believe this game is still using AGS for the engine, and Dave (who basically is "Wadjet Eye Games") recently paid someone to *port all of their AGS library games to native linux builds.

*: AGS supports native linux to begin with, but custom plugins and such don't necessarily; which is why actual porting was a good idea!

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Quoting: NanobangHmm. I don't have a Steam Deck (yet), so I wonder if the Jellyfin client might work on the SD, too?

If not, you could always use the Jellyfin add-on for Kodi so that you can use Kodi as the client for your Jellyfin server.

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Quoting: NociferIf you've played the first Psychonauts, how is this story- and jazziness-wise compared to that unique gem of a game? Is it worth being called "Psychonauts"? I mean, seeing as you've 100%'ed it and are still excited about it speaks volumes, but I guess I'd still like a straight answer :)

Well, let me start by saying Psychonauts 2 is a wonderful game and a worthy successor to Psychonauts, it absolutely earned all the praise it's received.

That said, both games are obvious products of their times. The original game I felt had harder edges all around, as games from that time did -- the story, the gameplay, the way the worlds came together; The slight jankiness of that one is part of it's charm, and frankly you wouldn't even notice it being there until compared to modern games -- including Psychonauts 2.

Psychonauts 2 frankly does an excellent job of appealing to original Psychonauts fans while "fitting in" with the current times. It's far more polished all around, which is something to be proud of, but also the lack of that jankiness does give it a little bit of a different charm -- it's still what we all love, but the hard edges for better and worse aren't really there. They've also did their homework with mental illness/emotions/all-of-that so it's matured in a sense. I loved it, not as much as I loved the first one, but I loved it all the same. Highly recommended. I hope someday they decide to make a third (or fourth if you count Rhombus of Ruin).

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