I am currently playing through Buldur's Gate Enhanced Edition.

Even though I had the original, I never got to finish it, being a much bigger JRPG player.
I've got two "Tales of" games to finish on Proton, namely Zestiria and Berseria, but I just had a sudden urge to play something more deep and complex, and also less action-oriented.
I already went through big troubles and lost much money in resurrection costs, damn those games were quite harsh.

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Quoting: EikeYou complained that "DRM doesn't trust you and treats you as a potential criminal apriory." - and that's what you're doing with random foreign people as well, and for a reason. There's bad people out there.

So, you cannot demand trust from companies (or other foreign people

I don't know where you're from, but here in France if a shopkeeper starts being suspicious towards his clients, they just leave the shop and never come back.

So, shop detectives, electronic door devices to scan for stolen stuff labels (CDs, clothes, ...) or other theft prevention isn't a thing in our neighbor country? I find that hard to believe (and would search on my own of you insist that would be true).

You are right to make that point, but the fact I didn't make a link between DRM and those devices is quite revealing. I think more of DRM like "let's go through our customer's stuff because something may be wrong" than a simple automatic check (stuff paid for/stuff not paid for). In that case, CD Key looks more like theft prevention than DRM. But that's just how I see it.

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Quoting: EikeYou complained that "DRM doesn't trust you and treats you as a potential criminal apriory." - and that's what you're doing with random foreign people as well, and for a reason. There's bad people out there.

So, you cannot demand trust from companies (or other foreign people

I don't know where you're from, but here in France if a shopkeeper starts being suspicious towards his clients, they just leave the shop and never come back.

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Quoting: Liam DaweIf anyone agrees with DRM, they're insane. That's actively being okay with your rights being diminished. Convenience is a whole different argument remember, that should be entirely separate. There's also a big difference between not caring and not actually understanding how shite some DRM really is.

If you omit the conspiracy theory and so on, then normal DRM is not dangerous and everything is fine with it.

So what qualifies as "normal DRM"? As far as I can tell, there is no conspiracy theory around it, just some technical facts and gross implementations in some cases. Indeed some DRM solutions can be better, but at the end of the day it is still inefficient against piracy and can break a game completely when you have a legit copy. It brings more trouble than it solves.

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There is no possible way DRM can be considered as a good thing. I do play DRM'd games because if it's a matter of choosing between playing or not playing a title, when the game is really good I can overlook this stuff, but I still think it is crap. There is no DRM that can prevent a game to be cracked. It ranks from obstrusive hacks to complete rootkits, and only come as a penalty for legit users.

On topic, my only comment is that if this dev is enjoying some sort of success right now, with that kind of behavior, he's probably not going to get any kind of following from his audience. It has nothing to do with talent, I think this game is good enough, but this is definitely the wrong attitude towards his customers. It could work for a larger company like Activision or EA (to name two of the worst I can think of), but for indie devs, it could be fatal.

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Quoting: omer666Actually I was referring to firmware updates through LVFS.

Ah, then yes: companies that use LVFS 👍 Companies that don't 👎

It would be really good if Nvidia got on board, since GPUs often benefit from a firmware upgrade, but Nvidia gotta Nvidia.

Actually I'm quite surprised that AMD didn't upload any GPU firmware yet, as cards like the RX 5600 XT need it badly, but at least they have an account and the page states they are "evaluating the service". Nvidia's official statement is a big sound "no"...

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Quoting: omer666I thought it was only for wireless desktop mice though, not gaming peripherals, like my MX518 Legendary. Either way, never had a problem with it. My former Rival 300 had to be updated because it froze 1h after boot.

If the "it" here refers to Piper, the supported devices [External Link] are not restricted to wireless mice. I've used it for both my old Rival and my current Rival 310.

They list an MX518, but I don't know if it's the same model as your MX518. If it is different you could help them to add your device.

Actually I was referring to firmware updates through LVFS.
I tested Piper and it's a great project, works with the MX518 Legendary out of the box. I don't really have a use for it at the time though, I keep using my mouse with the factory defaults and acceleration disabled through gnome-tweaks.
As I was pointing to, the fact I had to plug and update my Rival's firmware on Windows is frustrating, and I'll stay clear from SteelSeries form now on.

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Quoting: omer666I thought it was only for wireless desktop mice though, not gaming peripherals, like my MX518 Legendary. Either way, never had a problem with it. My former Rival 300 had to be updated because it froze 1h after boot.

Correct, there are only limited devices supported [External Link] right now, but any effort is better than this:

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I agree ^^

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Quoting: gradyvuckovicThis is exactly the kind of thing Linux needs to encourage more gamers to make the switch to Linux.

Next we just need a universal app for managing your devices, like headsets, keyboards, mice, for changing hotkey mappings, RGB lighting, DPI settings, etc.

I'd rather not have a "universal app" for doing all of that but I agree with you otherwise. I use Piper [External Link] for my mouse settings/RGB lights and have been keeping an eye on OpenRGB [External Link] should I feel the desire to turn my motherboard RGB lights on (but it also supports keyboards/mice/other devices!).

I know there are specific tools for Razer/Corsair mice but as far as I'm concerned I'd rather have the application support as many models as possible. Unless Razer/Corsair/others start contributing their firmware to the LVFS [External Link] I'm unlikely to switch away from Logitech. It's awesome to see my mouse firmware get updated via a normal system update.

I thought it was only for wireless desktop mice though, not gaming peripherals, like my MX518 Legendary. Either way, never had a problem with it. My former Rival 300 had to be updated because it froze 1h after boot.

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Oh and I don't think attacking Epic Store exclusives' quality is relevant, as Epic has had both Metro Exodus and Borderlands 3 as exclusives, and those are very good titles. Doing business this way is just ludicrous, and they deserve the hate. It's not just a Linux-only argument here, people love Steam as a platform and want to use it.

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