Oh, and that third issue you listed has a separate fix if you scroll down (#5). You have to get the Humble Bundle binary:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/91200/discussions/0/828933455988266794/ [External Link]

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It used to break for me due to "Extension EXT_texture_compression_s3tc not supported." It's a proprietary form of texture compression required by many games. Not having this causes games to have black textures or have everything black, or in this case, the game to shutdown when it sees you don't have it. I found the following solution a while back, fixing Team Fortress 2 Black textures, wine games black textures, The Dark Mod black textures, Anomaly, and many other games. In some cases, it even fixes missing cursors.

HOWEVER, READ THE PATENT WARNING FULLY! UNDERSTAND IT!:

http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/S3TC/ [External Link]

There is also an open-source, patent-free alternative of sorts, but I haven't been able to figure out a way to get it working. I don't understand how to:

https://github.com/divVerent/s2tc/wiki/libtxc_dxtn [External Link]

So, for the PATENTED S3TC, you would run:

export force_s3tc_enable=true ./AnomalyWarzoneEarth

Or whatever other game binary, or before running Linux Steam. Remember, you have to export that variable EVERY time you run the set game unless you set it permanently.

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Wait, what's the problem? The LUA CODE will be open source. The GRAPHICS are not, and you still have to buy them. Of course, they'll probably make some free alternatives, but know they probably won't be the same quality, and it would be some time. But the thing is, the LUA SOURCE CODE is released. Is the whole game engine really written in Lua? Or is there some C++/C code that's not released?

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Worms, viruses, and trojans ate my last Windows computer, so I couldn't play games anymore. I had all the top firewalls, virus-scans, etc. updated and working, all for nothing because the malware was in a part of Windows that not even the Windows repair techs could access, and you could never ever see even at the highest level of administration permissions (a sort of Nevernever land). Programs claimed to be able to remove it for a high price, but it never really worked, broke everything, and sometimes even added more malware (to support their own business). There were also numerous hack attempts. Windows by itself cost a fortune, cost a fortune to maintain, cost a fortune to repair, cost a fortune to add any useful programs (Powerpoint Pro), and the security was equivalent to keeping out a T-Rex with a paper door, constantly patched up crappily, and with even mouse-holes you could never find. The Windows computer slows down over time each day, and you have to reinstall Windows pretty often because it slows down with overall use (likely memory leaks and loading up with junk somewhere). Random crashes that provide almost no info as to what's wrong get more frequent over time.

I was forced to switch to Linux. I've forgotten to put a firewall and check for malware on Linux at times, and everything went fine. No problems. Of course I try to not forget those things nowadays. Everything runs smoothly and consistently. No slow-downs, even after leaving the computer on for days. I might miss out on many games, but they're getting worse and worse anyway, and it's not like I could play them on Windows anyway. I know much more about what's going on, and there's plenty of documentation and support, as well as many program alternatives, often open-source, all free. It's so free, it makes me want to pay! I have access to all parts of my computer and I know what's going on. There are no significant memory leaks (I don't have to clear any cache or RAM, unlike on Windows), no random unexplained crashes (except in Wine and badly-programmed games).

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Requiring the original purchased files would make this an engine remake, and any modifications would mean it's a mod or total conversion. So it should probably read "Fan-made Engine Remake and Mod of Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines".

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Quoting: godlikeYes we want Ubisoft's support because they are making really good games. DRM no DRM who gives a fudge about this dispute? I just want to have a choice. And if someone doesn't like DRM he can always avoid clicking "buy"... that simple.

That's just it: They're denying choices. In Japan, they already have DRMs that only allow you to play a movie that you BUY (NOT RENT; BUY) only a set number of times on ONLY a single DVD/Blueray player before you can't play the disk anymore, in some cases even "self-destructing" (no boom, just it wont play). Games there have very similar DRMs (like only 1 computer/console). So if anything happens to the player (like X-Box, X-Box 360 often broke), you basically lose ALL your games instantly, no refund.

Things seem to be headed in the same direction in the USA and other places. You must be young, or at least ignorant, and you haven't experienced the Golden Age of Gaming that was the whole of the 90s to early 2000s. Games used to be reasonable prices back then, even for big hit popular games, brand new were $9.00 to $29.99 (same with movies). To people who actually understand what DRM is and is doing, it means the company is telling you "This game/movie is MINE and only MINE, even if you buy it! I get to do with it whatever I want with it, even after you buy it! I can take it away at any time! You're just borrowing it for an exact amount of time that I set, for a hefty price! You're a criminal by default; guilty until proven innocent (which is NEVER, BWAHAHA!)! You deserve it you thieving pirate scum!" You can think of it as even worse than Harry Potter goblin's ideology of ownership.

And it's only gonna get worse. Trust me, I've played plenty of Ubisoft and EA games before, and they have been getting worse and worse in terms of games and DRM. I understand the allure, but I stopped playing because I wasn't allowed to play them anymore, and again the game quality was getting horrible. If you really want to play the games, at least cheap-boycott them: wait until the game gets old and the price comes down to $9.00 - $19.99 (actually the reasonable prices). Play games one generation behind in the mean time; They're MUCH better anyway, and what's the problem in waiting?

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