At 2:31 - System Requirements part:

Other devs: Supporting Linux is hard due to the wide choice of distros....blah...blah...blah
Ethan: Typically people expect Ubuntu 16.04, Arch......nope it's all about glibc

Even though there's more to running a game than just the glibc library (GPU drivers etc), what he said is very true and I see no reason why people should make fun of the listed requirements. In my experience I've found that this matters more than some other libraries in native titles.

As someone who's still running Debian 9 (glibc 2.24) I've encountered 2 games where my glibc wasn't high enough SteamWorld: Quest and Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition. For the former game I've compiled a newer glibc from source into a custom folder and LD_PRELOAD'ed the library which solved the issue (game is awesome). Meanwhile for NwN:EE, the same method couldn't be applied, however I've found a complicated method to run it still.

It seems Beamdog was already aware of this issue and in the latest patch they noted "Linux binaries are now built against Debian Stretch (9), fixing requirements to Debian 9, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, or newer. This should take care of the glibc issues some folks were seeing, as well as the stray libsndio linkage."

So to sum it up, it's not the distro type, package manager or whatever name it's given, but the libraries you're compiling against. It's better to use a slightly older distro for broader compatibility and 'you' as the developer won't have to go back to the drawing board and set up a compiling environment all over again for your game in order to fix them.

Nice work Ethan, if you read this, keep it up and thanks for all you do.

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Respect to Beamdog for supporting these games for so long, not many companies support a game this long (8 years since BG:EE was released).

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Back in my Windows days, my biggest gripe with razer was in their software which requires online access, which I never believed it should be a requirement for basic peripherals such as mouse and keyboard. Maybe in time thanks to these wonderful projects, I'll buy a razer product should the need arises.

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Quoting: rustybroomhandleI hope it's still coming. Interesting note on that - the native port uses libdxvk.so

See https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/4929373/ [External Link]

Interesting find, so it seems the Linux version will be based off DX11. Only plus side I can think of having a native version is that it bypasses Wine's overhead.

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Linux installer on GOG has been added:grin:

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Unity has advanced a lot in recent years, however it has a big hunger for CPU usage. While not native, many Windows games in Wine can gain anywhere from 20 up to even 40 fps with esync/fsync enabled. I haven't seen such an improvement with Unreal or other engines.

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I suggest taking a look at Pirate Doom [External Link], it's one hell of a crazy TC and sometimes challenging too. Completed it a few months back.

Also you might want to take a look at Total Chaos [External Link], a very impressive and graphically intense mod.

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This will come in handy for me with stubborn games which don't scale particularly well on ultrawide. Will give it a shot later this week :)

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Time for some GPU Porn: https://phonemantra.com/gigabyte-and-sapphire-unveil-reference-radeon-rx-6800-and-rx-6800-xt/ [External Link]

Looks like I'm going with the Sapphire 6800XT all the way.

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Quoting: KROMAwesome presentation. But I think I just saw my wallet running out of the door screaming. :grin:

So did mine. The 6800 (non XT) is more than enough for my needs.

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