Quoting: dredhammerJust an update on this, the delay may be because microtransactions have now been added to the game in its latest update.
Maybe they cant yet get it to run on the linux port.

I doubt it. The texture issue they mentioned is a problem a lot of developers face (see the other comments),

But yes, Topware have done an incredibly scummy move. They've taken away console access a lot of people used and replaced it with microtransactions. You couldn't make this shit up if you tried.

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Quoting: KimyrielleI am totally not sure if this is good news. Actually more the opposite. Square Enix is quite Linux friendly. Until proven otherwise, we have not the slightest reason to believe that IO will be the same. They are a Windows-only studio having made nothing but Windows games so far (if I am not totally mistaken), and it was -Square Enix- that hired Feral to do the port.

I don't think anybody hires Feral, Aspyr & VP directly. I think they reach out to developers and publishers to port their games.

There's no reason to assume IO will suddenly be anti-Linux.

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Quoting: 14I don't like side scrollers much, but the animation looks really good in that trailer. I'm actually a bit interested now.

It's not a side scroller. 2D yes, but you can fly in all directions to explore.

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Quoting: ElectricPrismFTFY: SteamOS is not dead, long live SteamOS.

(Delete this on fix?)

Good to see SOS gathering steam.

It's a joke ;)

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Quoting: liamdaweHah not likely, I just tried Lutris, then Wine by itself, then Wine Staging...couldn't get the darn Blizzard app working at all. No Starcraft II for me today!

What kind of problem did you run into when using the Lutris installer? We can try sorting that out in the Linux Gamers Group Discord channel.

It just sat installing game data and never progressed.

That seems to be a recurring issue for some people, unfortunately I've never been able to reproduce it nor did anyone provide me with enough info to get the issue fixed. I'd say that this is currently the biggest issue in Lutris right now and I have no way of fixing it :(

Well, if you know some steps I can take to help track it down, feel free to shoot me an email or PM. Happy to spend some time helping it if I can.

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Quoting: TheRiddickLMAO, I hate being right sometimes.

Large texture sizes is a big problem with OpenGL with its amazingly low Limit of 750MB or so on 32bit apps! DX9 32bit has a limit of 4GB on windows8+ (is unlimited on Win7). Truly it is a troubling issue that makes no sense to me.

If you plan to make a HD graphics game, for the love of god start with a 64bit exe or face major consequences!

It's likely the same issue I have with the experimental Arma 3 Linux version, as I cannot put textures above Low most of the time. It's almost the exact reason VP gave me, it's why I want the 64bit version baaaad.

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Quoting: TheRiddickLiam is it possible you can do a list of E3 games that might be coming to Linux? might make for a interesting news article. I'm trying to find out details myself but with not much luck...

There's practically no news, never is for us from E3. There's the two titles Aspyr are publishing (which we've covered before) but not much else I've heard about.

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Seriously guys, this has gone way way way off the topic and I've already asked once. If you want to debate such things, use the forum. I think we've had enough of a debate on it now ;)

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Quoting: strycore

Quoting: liamdaweHah not likely, I just tried Lutris, then Wine by itself, then Wine Staging...couldn't get the darn Blizzard app working at all. No Starcraft II for me today!

What kind of problem did you run into when using the Lutris installer? We can try sorting that out in the Linux Gamers Group Discord channel.

It just sat installing game data and never progressed.

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Quoting: TheRiddickpeople just want to play their games, they don't care about the politics of it all! MMKAY

^ important detail

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