Quoting: EKRboi

Quoting: SmalokiI think one of the reasons for this is CryEngine's lack of Linux support (I know Crytek are currently porting it, but they aren't done yet...).

I really hope that they'll port it even if Crytek drops the promised Linux version of their engine.

Source? I've been under the impression that the engine has been Linux capable since mid last year. I can't recall really hearing/reading anything more about it much past when Crytek announced and showed Linux support at GDC last year. Everyone knows about Star Citizen, this game and I feel like there was a ski/snowboarding game announced last year that even showed it running in Ubuntu that was running in CryEngine.

EDIT* Yep, HERE is the link to the GOL article about the game titled "Snow".

Liam can you reach out to the devs for a linux support update please? It looks to be going into "closed beta" at the end of march.. which from the looks of things is open for registration on their website right now @ www.snowthegame.com

I've reached out to the developer of SNOW as requested.

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Quoting: kalinBetween 1-15 fps for me. 560ti i7 sandy bridge unplayable

Even on lowest settings? There's a lot of options to tweak.

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Quoting: dubigrasuWhat about performance with the new engine version?

Performance wise the game is quite a hog, but you can tweak quite a lot of different things for it, so I was able to keep it around 40FPS while still looking awesome. I think that's pretty great for a Unity game.

> Added that to the article.

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Quoting: edgleyThey still haven't fixed the issues with startup. Great.

Did you file a support ticket, have you updated it? They are very responsive to mine.

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Nice to see KDE doing so well, and it's yet more statistic to show debian type distros are king.

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They replied to all of my issues, and are looking into them.

I've discovered yet another crash bug that prevented me playing, so I really wouldn't get it yet :(

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Honestly, I still don't see why people accept a terrible release just because "it can be patched". They still have an obligation to deliver on what they promise and considering the price you would think a little more QA would be okay.

I haven't tried it in a SteamOS session, is there a simple guide anywhere to trying it that way?

Edit > I managed to install the SteamOS session, but without an FPS counter it's not really possible to check rates.

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Quoting: drmoth

I am starting to have faith in Techland, not a lot mind you due to the still awful performance of the game on OpenGL, but more faith than before.

To be honest, there's no reason not to have faith in them. They've provided two rapid patches fixing the bulk of the problems. Performance enhancements will obviously take longer, as that's a much harder thing to fix, but they seem competent enough so let's wait and see.

I haven't bought this yet but I'm definitely on the cusp!

Considering how bad the release was, and honestly, how can all of those issues have been missed by QA? I will remain sceptical.

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Quoting: MajorLunaCSo, if it were just Valve and Epic Games, I would have said "Yeah, sounds good!" BUT, with this motley crew of sadists and mostly idiots, I'd say it's VERY BAD NEWS! No way in hell it's gonna be able to replace anything Linux or high-performance! If anything, they're scheming to force this OpenGL replacement onto everyone, deliberately making it as crappy as possible so people will stop using Linux, otherwise known as sabotage. With Microsoft's and EA's records, it perfectly reasonable to assume this.

How can someone take these conspiracy theories seriously? Sabotage? Really?

I know right, what a silly post.

It's fantastic news to have companies like EA taking a look at it, and while they do get a lot of deserving flack, having their future games being close to supporting Linux is good news for our platform.

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Thanks to our server guru Levi the server now shutsdown and auto updates at 04:00am and 14:00 every day GMT time.

Thanks to Cheeseness as well for the gift copy for our new official GOL Steam account that we use for the Starbound server download.

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