Quoting: _wojtek

Quoting: emphyBack on topic: I see on their github that they are also working on arm builds. That would be a raspberrypi port?

Or macOS silicon?

Checked on the oldunreal website, and it is for Linux Cortex-A72. That includes pi4 and pi5?

If so, I expect there may be an install script on retropi in the not too distant future.

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Quoting: _wojtekThis is weird... wouldn't it just be simple to still offer the game in stores (GOG seems like a perfect choice) and/or make it Freeware?

I am also thoroughly baffled by this apparent lack of interest and/or pride in what they made.

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or not. They can't peddle silly dances in the original unreal, after all.

Back on topic: I see on their github [External Link] that they are also working on arm builds. That would be a raspberrypi port?

Also, I really hope someone from the team could also take a peek at implementing raytraced 3d audio similar to the good-old a3d, but using the recently open sourced steam audio api [External Link]. What we have now, based on eax-like reverb effects in openal, doesn't quite reach the quality of a3d.

To end on a more positive note: don't forget the awesome texture packs, also available via the project's webpage: https://www.oldunreal.com/downloads/textures/ [External Link]

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Quoting: Avehicle7887The video starts with the best opening line - "Annual Top Flagship Windows Handheld"

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A handheld unfriendly and resource hog OS. Then they had to cram the obligatory AI which is silly for a handheld designed mostly for gaming.
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Strike one for stupid branding; they're not cramming in ai, they're using amd's ai-branded mobile processors. Big difference: while the naming is repulsive, the processors themselves turn out to have a very interesting performance/power-consumption ratio. Which, one has got to admit, is somewhat less silly.

Basically, all ayaneo had to do to really grab the enthusiast's interest was name that processor (preferably with the code name, not the ai-manure). All the rest being fluff more likely to scare them away despite that nugget of info.

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Drm decreases the value of a game. Adding an extra layer above steam decreases its value for me to the point of it no longer being worth my time.

As for multiplayer safety: They already lost me at the mere principle of multiplayer being centralised on servers fully owned and managed by the dev/publisher. That's a red flag for the playable software in question being a business model first, game second.

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There's always a reason that the organisation in question deems to be a good one.

The problem is, anything short of informed and active consent is ethically (possibly, also legally in some parts of the world) a step on the road in the wrong direction, however much it may be paved with good intentions.

Imo, providing "free" (or, indeed any) software does not give devs the right to trample on this elementary principle, regardless of whether it concerns important usage statistics or something as small as a begging notification.

The second problem I see here is that I am getting sick to the core of telemetry-driven development. There are devs out there, including in major projects, that will take more time to argue that a certain modification did not result in a significant change of usage statistics than it took for a single-person fork project to implement an option to re-enable said feature.

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Last time that I attempted to find the original ttd I was very surprised to not encountering it in any digital store. I can't be the only one for who it would have been a near-insta-buy.

Openttd may include its own graphics and music, but my nostalgia brain prefers to use the original data.

On a side note: the remastered music in the mobile version is excellent (the mobile game itself is meh). A bit of a pain to extract it and play it during play (openttd still doesn't support ogg, flac, or even wav music playback), but well worth it imo.

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Great fan of mint, and keeping an eye on the framework for my next system.

Still hoping, against all hope, that someone will come along and mod in a classic-thinkpad-layout keyboard with trackpoint included.

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Quoting: RavenWingsNot a fan of this fake-hype-BS. Usually its not sign of anything good to come.
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For all the fakeness, they got this upcoming product on gamingonlinux's front page.

Again.

While being known for delivering all their x86 handhelds with windows pre-installed.

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Quoting: prosoorHello,
I am using RPI 5 for my Desktop station since 12/2013.
I never had any speed problems with SD CARD providing the card is AT LEAST U3 (just 10 or U1 won't suffice).
The processor is limited, so having a ultra speedy disk won't be much of the improvement, and if it's true that the hat is covering over the processor and if the processor can't be any longer cooled with the coolsink, then it's a huge step back bacause RPIs heat a lot (if used as a desktop PC). If this is true then I won't get this hat.

Also get a decent case with your RPI. FLIRC case with passive cooling is excellent and looks megacool. https://flirc.tv/products/raspberry-pi-5-case [External Link]

The biggest problem people have with using the sd card is not speed, but reliability.

Rightly or wrongly, sd cards on pies have a reputation for dying quickly.

<waiting for the joke that one shouldn't be eating sd cards>

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Rockstar Games released an update to the Rockstar Games Launcher which actually includes an improvement for Steam Deck players.

They removed it? ^_^

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