Latest Comments by Avehicle7887
A French court has ruled that Valve should allow people to re-sell their digital games
19 September 2019 at 9:49 pm UTC Likes: 10

Although the consumer might be at an advantage here, I can already see the downsides: More DRM, indie devs losing profit and even risk going out of business and DRM-Free stores would have to stop selling games to french customers otherwise they risk a serious issue. I doubt they will stop at Valve, it would be unfair otherwise.

This is a very bad call, and it shows clearly that the people making these decisions have no clue about games and of the challenges devs face every day. They're just paper pushers who didn't think of the consequences, which outweigh the benefits here.

Even if this rule goes against me (the consumer). I don't agree with it and I don't want it.

Steam Play gets a small update with Proton 4.11-5 now available
18 September 2019 at 10:19 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: PJ@orochi_kyo : how did you add media foundation libs? That's one of the things that prevents me from playing Darksiders.

I'm not using Proton however I managed to get the videos working by using the scripts from this github: https://github.com/z0z0z/mf-installcab (Darksiders 1 is 32bit so you need to use the 32bit installer).

There's a twist though, the mfplat.dll provided on that git didn't work (for me at least), as a solution I found a working one and uploaded it here just in case: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sQdup20USLHQdT3-EizA27In-i9b8Vu3

Let me know if you need help :-)

PS: I'm 18 hours into the game and has been a rock solid experience so far.

You may want to hold off on Linux Kernel 5.3 and systemd 243 if you use a gamepad
16 September 2019 at 9:40 pm UTC

Seems I'm in luck this time around, my systemd is a bit old (232) and my gamepad is so crappy that it doesn't work with almost none of my games regardless of which kernel I use, I have to use Antimicro to game with it.

On the other hand however, I upgraded to 5.3 this morning and everything went smooth, the nvidia driver also works fine with it. Also worth pointing out that this release contains a fix for system hangs when using Vulkan on Intel HD with Kabylake (7xxx CPUs).

Hello Games continue fixing up Linux issues for No Man's Sky in Steam Play
13 September 2019 at 5:47 pm UTC

Supporting Linux without offering a native version is always better than no support at all. I am nowhere near as far into the game, left the "tutorial" planet and began exploring, but I'm enjoying it a lot, keep em coming Hello Games and thanks!

Józef Kucia, Wine developer and founder of Vkd3d has passed away
10 September 2019 at 7:02 pm UTC Likes: 1

Very sad news, his contributions to open source were some of the best. My condolences to his friends and family.

Sin Slayers, the dark fantasy roguelike RPG has released with Linux support
9 September 2019 at 7:39 pm UTC Likes: 6

Liam you might want to add that on GOG there's a free Demo which also has a native Linux version available. Makes it easier to try the game before you buy :)

NVIDIA has a new Vulkan Beta driver which may fix multiple titles with DXVK and Steam Play
7 September 2019 at 9:10 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: edoDoes people prefer to play SR 3 & 4 with proton rather that the performant VP ports?

I don't know how the VP port performs vs DXVK but this fix is helpful for GOG users where the Linux version is not available.

DRM-free store GOG are doing a back to school sale with lots of discounts
30 August 2019 at 7:21 pm UTC

Here I am trying to save money and an awesome discount appears. To make matters worse, some of those games run perfectly with DXVK (looking at you Divinity OS 2).

The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is now out, adding Linux support and other goodies
27 August 2019 at 6:19 pm UTC Likes: 6

Much as I'm super hyped to play it, I'm gonna hold off a little longer. The list of issues is a bit too long in my book, once the situation improves a bit further I'm buyin at full price.

Not quite time to wine down yet, with Wine 4.14 released to lift your spirits
20 August 2019 at 7:47 pm UTC

Quoting: JompaYou can try these scripts from github

https://github.com/z0z0z/mf-install
https://github.com/z0z0z/mf-installcab

I think i used the 2nd one to get both Call of Cthulhu and The Sinking City to work, with some minor bugs but playable.

Thanks for those, I had the first one but not the 2nd (which is what I need for Darksiders 1). Tried it over the weekend but hit a snag, a small issue on my end but definitely a good start.

Again, thanks!