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Latest Comments by Liam Dawe
Announcing the GamingOnLinux wallpaper competition
24 Jun 2016 at 6:26 pm UTC

Resolutions: At least 1920x1080, one that scales okay to higher and lower would be awesome.

You can only use other wallpapers if:
1) You link to the original
2) It has a license where I can use it for whatever I like

Announcing the GamingOnLinux wallpaper competition
24 Jun 2016 at 4:52 pm UTC

Quoting: GabmusHey there, where can we post our submissions?
You can post them right in here, feel free to use any image upload site for it :)

The work to bring Banished over to OpenGL is still going on
24 Jun 2016 at 4:09 pm UTC

Quoting: cRaZy-bisCuiTI don't feel like playing the game after it has been released. Was totally looking forward to it, but now the attraction is gone. Things may take a while but I feel like he's a bit too busy with the whole thing on his own...
I would call it dedicated. And it's a myth that more people speed everything up.

The future of the Friday Livestream and my other GOL work
24 Jun 2016 at 11:46 am UTC Likes: 7

First Brexit and now the GOLEXIT, my world today has been crushed. Send help.

In all seriousness, Sami, I wish you all the best and as he said it is not a goodbye from him at all. Still sad, as he is my trusted right hand.

GOL will continue on as normal and I will do the Friday livestream. Hopefully Samsai can join in on a few once he is more settled!

XCOM 2 - Alien Hunters thoughts, prepare to get frustrated
24 Jun 2016 at 8:47 am UTC Likes: 4

We do not support piracy here, keep it out of our comments. This is the last word on it, further comments arguing that will be removed.

To quote our rules which are not up for debate:
Piracy is not cool, we do not support it and don't want to hear/read about it. Keep it out of our comments. Support developers, buy their games, don't be a dick.

XCOM 2 - Alien Hunters thoughts, prepare to get frustrated
23 Jun 2016 at 11:14 am UTC

For those interested from last nights livestream: https://www.twitch.tv/gamingonlinux/v/73926320 [External Link]

From 12:35 it shows me the first alien ruler without doing any special mission it is just there, also a very early mission where I have fuck all equipment.

Ashes of the Singularity still plans Vulkan and Linux & SteamOS support
23 Jun 2016 at 9:54 am UTC

Quoting: GuestI explicitly shut every instance of Steam down, fired up the little Linux netbook and proceeded to redeem the free game code I got for this with a new video card. For a week after, I dared not even breathe around or hover over it in my library, let alone stare at it for too long while using the "other" OS. If this isn't clearly registered as a Linux purchase, I don't know what is. Despite BPM's urgings, I will never touch this game until it gets installed on a SteamOS partition.

Same goes for The Talos Principle. That one is going to be purchased, downloaded, and played completely in SteamOS.
It wont count as a Linux sale, that will already be a set key for that promotion.

XCOM 2 - Alien Hunters thoughts, prepare to get frustrated
22 Jun 2016 at 11:04 pm UTC

Quoting: rustybroomhandle
Quoting: liamdaweIf it only triggered them once you reached a certain tech level, I might have actually enjoyed it.
They only start showing up after you take that mission to go investigate the cave.
They do not, maybe they are supposed to, but they don't. I have never even heard of such a thing.

My game gave me some sort of introduction to the enemy, like I was supposed to know about it.

XCOM 2 - Alien Hunters thoughts, prepare to get frustrated
22 Jun 2016 at 10:49 pm UTC

Quoting: rustybroomhandleI have seen this criticism on Steam forums.

So far I have been lucky - no boss casualties yet. So far have killed the first two, with the third one at about 30% of his health. It is difficult with their boss reaction thing, but there are strategies for it. Things like Bladestorm help, so do mines, the decoy etc. It definitely helps to not start that chain until you have some decent armour and weapons researched/equipped. The specialists restoration ability is also handy since the boss tends to alternate between soldiers instead of focusing on one at a time.
The problem is they can appear any time, like my game before I get any of the special abilities or equipment. It completely throws off the balance.

If it only triggered them once you reached a certain tech level, I might have actually enjoyed it.

Street Fighter V has passed the initial Linux & SteamOS release window
22 Jun 2016 at 3:26 pm UTC

Quoting: Shadowsedge117I learned my lesson about pre-ordering the hard way with Batman: Arkham Knight. Now I just wait until the game officially comes out. I won't believe SF V will come to Linux until I see the little logo in the Steam store...or if I read about the release here first :D.
You realise that game port was officially cancelled right?