Quoting: AnthraXOldUnreal recently took over maintenance of the UT99 source code and we now have a beta patch available for macOS and Linux. We took this opportunity to modernize the codebase. The new Linux binaries were compiled with gcc 4.8 and they link against a somewhat recent version of libstdc++. We also use SDL 2.0.10 now.

Whaaaat?!! That's what I have been asking for years! When will you be able to release it? And by the way; THANK YOU!

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Let's hope that'll be a Vulkan port.

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1)

After installing a third party OpenGL renderer, OpenAL audio device, and S3TC textures the game was looking and sounding better than ever before.

What you have linked as OpenGL renderer is same OpenAL. That's a mistake I guess. Is the third party OpenGL renderer the same Stéphan's Kochen OpenGLDrv based on Chris Donhal's enhanced OpenGL renderer?

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Unreal_Tournament#The_game_runs_too_fast [External Link]

In that case both native and WINE version of UT99 is better run with a FPS cap since it is heavyly affected by CPU speed. I suggest limiting it to 120 via .ini setting pointed at the guide.

2) For native Rune on Linux, I suggest using following scripts and libraries for sound and speeding issues.

https://www.icculus.org/lgfaq/#runeutfast [External Link]
https://icculus.org/~ravage/ [External Link]

3) For sound on Loki games, I usually switch to OSS to translate to PulseAudio via osspd which returns much more stable results than ALSA nowadays.

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Quoting: KlaasIt seems that the Linux version of Machinarium disappeared when they switched to the new engine – at least the Steam version is Windows/Mac only and according to GOGdb the Linux version hasn't been updated in ages. I can't check directly, because I only have the Humble version.

I am fairly certain both GOG and HB releases of Linux version of Machinarium are the same Flash based build. Before Machinarium switched to a new engine, Steam version was too Flash based and could be manually patched with retail Linux patches. However, Amanita never bothered to keep the Flash version in a separate branch, instead nuked it, so only way to get play the Linux version is to get GOG or HB version. Here is my outdated guide for patching Steam version for Linux:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=433074006 [External Link]

Edit: I managed to download and patch old Flash version from Steam, here is the new guide:

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/df19al/guide_machinarium_linux_version_from_steam_version/ [External Link]

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Quoting: HamishI think it is only reasonable to point out that, despite having the official blessing of Atari, this port is essentially the same as NBlood or BloodGDX in that it is a reverse engineer made with no access to the original game's source code.

Doesn't BloodGDX utilize leaked Blood alpha source code therefore remains faithful to original physics and weapons handling?

I know it's too much to ask but wouldn't a spreadsheet that compares features of those source ports and engine reimplementations as well as the original a good idea? :whistle:

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Quoting: axredneckNow waiting for Redneck Rampage remaster and for ability to buy Heretic 2 and maybe Hexen 2 somewhere legally.

HeXen II:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/9060/HeXen_II/ [External Link]

Don't higher your hopes for Heretic 2 which is published by Activision that is known to lose legal documents of their back catalogue, therefore effectively causing games to fall into legal limbo, obscurity and abandonware.

By the way, Heretic 2 is available in some places and works natively just fine. ;-)

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Quoting: Klaas

Quoting: MblackwellI don't believe movie playback is supported (you could hack them in in various ways but I'm not going to get into it). For the CD tracks you can rip them to FLAC or OGG at the very least.

Fresh Supply has a TON of inaccuracies and bugs.

NBlood has move playback, but you have to extract them from the CD image included in the “previous” GOG version.

Same goes for BloodGDX. From the readme.txt of BloodGDX:

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How to add cutscenes to the GOG and Steam version of Blood:
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— Download and install IZArc2Go: http://www.izarc.org/downloads [External Link]
(you can also use your favorite CD images manager like Daemon Tools)

— In the game folder, find game.gog file and rename it to game.bin.

— Open game.bin in IZArc.

— Extract "movie" folder into the game folder.

I used gCDEmu on Linux to mount game.gog (game.bin) image in order to extract movie directory.

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No, thank you. There are tons of native and/or Steam Play compatible game that I can spend my time rather than wasting it with this scam.

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Quoting: callciferWhat's the use case for that? If the game is already in your library, the key is no longer valid.

Sigh... CD Key is different than Steam key. Some games like Unreal Tournament 2004, Return to Castle Wolfenstein use CD Key aka LegacyKey which can be viewed in current Steam client in order to use for source ports and/or unofficial native releases.

https://old.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/9fmboc/steam_play_shows_previously_unavailable_cd_keys/ [External Link]

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And how about view CD Key option?

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