Quoting: fagnerlnPS: Puns are farts in Portuguese (at least on Brazil), which make the text funnier...

Oh no. What have you done.

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Quoting: Valck

Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: Valck

Quoting: Liam DaweThey really need to get this right too, if they manage to it could really turn things around.

I don't know, but I've been enjoying the game for over 250 hours now with v2.50... there are certainly bugs to be fixed and things to be improved, but it's not like it is completely broken and not fun at all. Nothing that "really needs to get" fixed immediately because you absolutely can't play, and certainly nothing that needs turning around or else it goes in the completely wrong direction.[snip]

I'm not saying it's completely broken. The bit you quoted is in relation to the next update and DLC release.

I get that. But what "things" do you think "really" need "turning around"? That's some strong emphasis there IMO... what am I missing?
All I see from Egosoft is a continuous stream of bugfixes and improvements, for X4 specifically, but also for all of their history.

I mean of course there are design decisions I personally would like to see reversed, like those "space highways", or requiring an online connection for "achievements" in a single player game and linking game features to them...

Yes, they seem to be supporting it well and that's fantastic but yet again they released in a form that was clearly far too rough. My point about turning it around was about the public outlook and how with a good DLC release plus a big 3.0 patch that hits the mark, they can turn around their current rating into one that is positive. I've adjusted the article to make my point more clear.

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Quoting: Valck

Quoting: Liam DaweThey really need to get this right too, if they manage to it could really turn things around.

I don't know, but I've been enjoying the game for over 250 hours now with v2.50... there are certainly bugs to be fixed and things to be improved, but it's not like it is completely broken and not fun at all. Nothing that "really needs to get" fixed immediately because you absolutely can't play, and certainly nothing that needs turning around or else it goes in the completely wrong direction.

One might argue that they should have delayed the launch itself instead of launching a half finished product last year, and I'd agree – but it has been that way with Egosoft for the past twenty years when "X: Beyond the Frontier" was launched, and they have always been criticized for that (and apparently still haven't learned ;) ), yet they have always followed up their borked releases with bugfix patches and updates that not only fixed stuff but improved gameplay.

I'm not saying it's completely broken. The bit you quoted is in relation to the next update and DLC release.

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Quoting: ThetargosGiven the recent confirmation from Stardock that they would bin their port of Ashes of the Singularity

Well, to be clear Stardock did also claim the work done would ensure Ashes 2 would get on Linux. If they go through with that, I'm happy.

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Glad to see so many happy people :D, there's been so much negativity lately it's pleasing to see.

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Quoting: aejsmithThe AO change is described as lower quality in the article but in practice running it at half res makes virtually no noticeable difference to the quality.

I've done a wording adjustment to hopefully make it clearer! Not aimed as a dig at Feral or anything, just trying to ensure testing accuracy and make sure it's factually right on the bits.

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Quoting: MohandevirCould we get a comparison with Win10? I mean not necessarily form you Liam.

Its justs that it makes me wonder, since it was said that the original OpenGL port was 40% slower and looking at these benchmarks... It must not be far from the Windows native version's performances...

Why not me? :P Done, added.

Nice! Didn't want to put pressure on you, because I know you are a busy guy. ;)

This is your one exception per month allotted :P

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Quoting: MohandevirCould we get a comparison with Win10? I mean not necessarily form you Liam.

Its justs that it makes me wonder, since it was said that the original OpenGL port was 40% slower and looking at these benchmarks... It must not be far from the Windows native version's performances...

Why not me? :P Done, added.

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Quoting: Ham_TaroAo off 1080p min and max for vulkan and opengl are inversed.

Good catch! Fixed.

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