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A look at the top 100 Steam games and how many will work on Linux and the Steam Deck
6 Oct 2021 at 6:34 am UTC
and there was a thing about resolution and how it impacts performance, now i wish i could remember the details and the source of the info but it was quite informative.
6 Oct 2021 at 6:34 am UTC
Quoting: AussieEeveeGTA V is such a pain to run under Proton. If your computer, like mine, is underpowered and not running a high enough graphics card, it doesn't seem to work right.i saw somewhere that the issue is the ammount of code that has to be translated and if its cpu code or gpu code...
In Windows, I get about 45-60FPS, depending on what's going on... with most settings turned to low.
In Linux, I get 5FPS, same settings.
GTA is the only game I've played where the Linux performance is worse than the Windows performance, so I chalk it up to either my card being rubbish (It is. GTX 960 2GB) or the game itself.
Of course, none of this really matters to the Steam Deck, but I just wanted to ramble about this..
But yeah, in my experience, most games tend to work unless broken by anti-cheat... and this list confirms that.
and there was a thing about resolution and how it impacts performance, now i wish i could remember the details and the source of the info but it was quite informative.
Steam Next Fest is live again with demos, livestreams and more
2 Oct 2021 at 3:42 am UTC
2 Oct 2021 at 3:42 am UTC
HEY! isnt "The Garden Path" an godot game?
and ex-zodiac definitely is
wait, tail quest too! how many godot games do we have on this list?
ok, never mind, i didnt understand what the list was about ...
and ex-zodiac definitely is
wait, tail quest too! how many godot games do we have on this list?
ok, never mind, i didnt understand what the list was about ...
XIGNCODE3 anti-cheat working towards Steam Deck support by launch
1 Oct 2021 at 9:31 pm UTC
1 Oct 2021 at 9:31 pm UTC
i would get excited but we saw this movie before, and the last time it was more exciting...
game engines were the ones who started supporting linux, but the marketshare didnt moved an inch, we get just a few AAA native games, the number of AAA decreassed over time and some games stop working after a few time due to linux breaking backward compatibility or if the game was something with constant updates, the linux marketshare wasnt worth it.
steam deck can change it since it has an higher demmand, lets hope story dont repeat itselft, but let keep our expectations in check.
game engines were the ones who started supporting linux, but the marketshare didnt moved an inch, we get just a few AAA native games, the number of AAA decreassed over time and some games stop working after a few time due to linux breaking backward compatibility or if the game was something with constant updates, the linux marketshare wasnt worth it.
steam deck can change it since it has an higher demmand, lets hope story dont repeat itselft, but let keep our expectations in check.
Free and open source racer SuperTuxKart 1.3 is out now
29 Sep 2021 at 9:24 pm UTC
29 Sep 2021 at 9:24 pm UTC
i would like to donate to this game, but there is an chicken and egg problem.
the game isnt good, so i dont the urge to donate, but the game will never improve if people dont donate.
now, i know that a lot of people will disagree with me that "the game isnt good", so let me explain:
there are 2 types of players of mascot racing games...
casual gamers who play the campaing, and competitive who play... the time trial!
i mean, sure you can compete against other players, but usually where those games really shiny is on the time trial, at least that was the case for DDKR64 and Mario Kart DS, playing against other people is fine, but its hard to find some one as good as me at those games, and itens dont help to see who is the best in some games, if anything they actually harm the balancing, because you have to focus on dodging rather than chosing the best path or even worse: you can play flawless and still lose because you were hit by something, sometimes the best strategy may be stay behind so you can fire anything in front of you, instead of taking the lead and being the target, TL:DR the itens arent properly balanced , the interfer too much in the result so it become more "luck based" or "item based" than "skill based".
on time trial on the other hand, you solve both problems, each player has an equal oportunity to win and you always have one rival as good as you, even if that rival is yourself, your ghost.
as some on who played countless times on ancient lake from DDKR64, and had an lap time with something arround 14 seconds and something, im a bit more critical on how whell an game controls, how whell designed are the levels etc than an casual player that only care about if he is having fun or not.
dont get me wrong, there is nothing about being an casual player in something, im totally casual at fighting games, i dont know even how to do an hadouken (i dont have muscle memory to perform it even if i know in theory)
its just that... i dont know, as anyone i have an limited budget so i have to have priorities, my gamer side says:
"you should only fund games that are worth it, otherwise the world will be full of crap games that dont worth the time of the players compared to old school games"
and my FLOSS enthusiasts side says:
"FLOSS software desperate need funding, most of the time they strugle to get any funding to hire full time employees and that is the reason why they cant make great products"
as someone who was almost poor and could only afford 1 game per year during my childhood, i really want to support the idea of free games avaliable for everyone.
as someone who aways wanted to make my own games and know that not everyone will be able to, having open source games is a dream (Despite the fact that i never touched this code, and i doubt i will understand anything, that its easy to understand)
and as someone with an quite limited budget... i cant make the difference in this project, so i rather donate to someone who is almost hiring one more employee than someone who will just have one more lunch per day with the donation.
the game isnt good, so i dont the urge to donate, but the game will never improve if people dont donate.
now, i know that a lot of people will disagree with me that "the game isnt good", so let me explain:
there are 2 types of players of mascot racing games...
casual gamers who play the campaing, and competitive who play... the time trial!
i mean, sure you can compete against other players, but usually where those games really shiny is on the time trial, at least that was the case for DDKR64 and Mario Kart DS, playing against other people is fine, but its hard to find some one as good as me at those games, and itens dont help to see who is the best in some games, if anything they actually harm the balancing, because you have to focus on dodging rather than chosing the best path or even worse: you can play flawless and still lose because you were hit by something, sometimes the best strategy may be stay behind so you can fire anything in front of you, instead of taking the lead and being the target, TL:DR the itens arent properly balanced , the interfer too much in the result so it become more "luck based" or "item based" than "skill based".
on time trial on the other hand, you solve both problems, each player has an equal oportunity to win and you always have one rival as good as you, even if that rival is yourself, your ghost.
as some on who played countless times on ancient lake from DDKR64, and had an lap time with something arround 14 seconds and something, im a bit more critical on how whell an game controls, how whell designed are the levels etc than an casual player that only care about if he is having fun or not.
dont get me wrong, there is nothing about being an casual player in something, im totally casual at fighting games, i dont know even how to do an hadouken (i dont have muscle memory to perform it even if i know in theory)
its just that... i dont know, as anyone i have an limited budget so i have to have priorities, my gamer side says:
"you should only fund games that are worth it, otherwise the world will be full of crap games that dont worth the time of the players compared to old school games"
and my FLOSS enthusiasts side says:
"FLOSS software desperate need funding, most of the time they strugle to get any funding to hire full time employees and that is the reason why they cant make great products"
as someone who was almost poor and could only afford 1 game per year during my childhood, i really want to support the idea of free games avaliable for everyone.
as someone who aways wanted to make my own games and know that not everyone will be able to, having open source games is a dream (Despite the fact that i never touched this code, and i doubt i will understand anything, that its easy to understand)
and as someone with an quite limited budget... i cant make the difference in this project, so i rather donate to someone who is almost hiring one more employee than someone who will just have one more lunch per day with the donation.
Trouble is brewing over on GOG due to the HITMAN release needing online for some features
26 Sep 2021 at 5:47 pm UTC Likes: 2
26 Sep 2021 at 5:47 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: ShmerlUnless developers want to spy on users in some way? =.its a bit ironic coming from an spy game...
BattlEye confirms Linux support for Steam Deck, will be opt-in like Easy Anti-Cheat
25 Sep 2021 at 11:35 am UTC
if making your own store was cheaper than selling on thirdy party stores, many companies would sell their own products by then selves nowadays, but that is not the case.
the cost for valve to store unsold units and sell then by thenselves may not worth it in some regions, outsource it to someone who better understand this market may be an better solution.
25 Sep 2021 at 11:35 am UTC
Quoting: Slyvanvalve is an software company, they may not have the physical infra structure and economics of scale to distribute it thenselves at an low cost.Quoting: DerpFoxI hope not steam had to cut their budget already. Distribution through other companies could make the steam deck .ore expensive aka less desirable then a switch for the normies.Quoting: CatKillerSo now all Valve need to do is keep this device highly desirable, and sell enough units that it represents a significant number of users rather than a potentially significant number of potential users.That will be a big problem if Valve keep selling their hardware exclusively on Steam and not in the usual store circuit. Particularly for the Deck, whatever people say it's not just an ultra-mobile gaming computer it's a handheld console. And console sell way better when you can found them everywhere.
EZ.
if making your own store was cheaper than selling on thirdy party stores, many companies would sell their own products by then selves nowadays, but that is not the case.
the cost for valve to store unsold units and sell then by thenselves may not worth it in some regions, outsource it to someone who better understand this market may be an better solution.
BattlEye confirms Linux support for Steam Deck, will be opt-in like Easy Anti-Cheat
24 Sep 2021 at 11:43 pm UTC Likes: 3
to be fair, things were much worse back then:
1)prety much no games
2)an shit distribution
3)an country who is used to pirate stuff.
hopefully things will be different this time, but i would not hold my breath, its better to not create any expectation and be surprised than create and be disapointed.
24 Sep 2021 at 11:43 pm UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: F.Ultraon my country people didnt knew how to USE an computer, but they were able to put an pirated copy of windows to replace the shit linux distributions that came on cheap computers due to tax exemptions for machines running linux.Quoting: elmapul"there will be a lot of disappointed players if some games are blocked when they ship with the Arch Linux-based SteamOS 3 distribution."IMHO some 99% of steam users don't know how to even install Windows on a normal PC. They all get it preinstalled with their gaming pc.
or players instaling windows :unsure:
to be fair, things were much worse back then:
1)prety much no games
2)an shit distribution
3)an country who is used to pirate stuff.
hopefully things will be different this time, but i would not hold my breath, its better to not create any expectation and be surprised than create and be disapointed.
BattlEye confirms Linux support for Steam Deck, will be opt-in like Easy Anti-Cheat
24 Sep 2021 at 10:19 pm UTC Likes: 3
24 Sep 2021 at 10:19 pm UTC Likes: 3
"there will be a lot of disappointed players if some games are blocked when they ship with the Arch Linux-based SteamOS 3 distribution."
or players instaling windows :unsure:
or players instaling windows :unsure:
Epic Games announce full Easy Anti-Cheat support for Linux including Wine & Proton
23 Sep 2021 at 9:14 pm UTC
unless you are big like valve and essential to their business that move could make game developers dump you.
as for counting it as freedom? i'm not sure if it counts.
23 Sep 2021 at 9:14 pm UTC
Quoting: einherjari think if an software took away control form the developers of where their software/game is shipped, this software would be dumped by many big companies, because its damage their capabilitie of charging for platforms like stadia to support their platforms.Quoting: KimyrielleNot sure why they thought it would be a good idea to make developers perform a "few clicks" to enable other platform support. Developers quite frankly shouldn't have a say about what platforms people run their software on. Just enable it for all EAC games, with no way to turn it off. :SHm, freedom of choice - but not for game devs?
No one should be forced to support Linux IMHO.
unless you are big like valve and essential to their business that move could make game developers dump you.
as for counting it as freedom? i'm not sure if it counts.
Epic Games announce full Easy Anti-Cheat support for Linux including Wine & Proton
23 Sep 2021 at 8:57 pm UTC
23 Sep 2021 at 8:57 pm UTC
Quoting: Mohandevir:grin:Quoting: dubigrasuSo, Fortnite?Yeah... For that to happen, Epic will have to make the few clicks... It's not a given! :tongue:
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