Quoting: KeyrockGotta love SCS, they keep tinkering with their games for years after release.

Yet Steam Controller support for Euro Truck Simulator 2 is still DOA in Linux.

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Quoting: bakgwailoI wish they would focus a little more on performance (especially in Linux). Don't newer engine versions bring a lot to the table for OpenGL performance ?

Linux performance has been Cities: Skyline's bugbear since day one. It's especially frustrating because there's no reason it should be a problem.

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Quoting: niarbehtHonestly, if Microsoft published their own runtime for Linux, giving effectively Wine-style functionality but more... work-y, I'd probably pay $30 or $40 for that.

No way. That could so easily end badly for Linux.

It could. Then again, it could also end really well. It could end in Microsoft just being a vendor of a particular set of proprietary window controls that a few big-name software vendors pay out money for, and everything else using standard Linux stuff (Qt, GTK, etc.). Get people on the platform, and suddenly Microsoft becomes just another vendor, instead of the platform controller.

That is until Microsoft squeezes out non-proprietary APIs like Vulkan and then suddenly ends DirectX support for anything but Windows/Xbox. No thank you.

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The fact that it's being released for consoles is concerning. You're just not going to find a complex, in-depth railroad sim on a console.

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The real question we should be asking is the one we can't answer: Is Valve happy with the current success of Linux/SteamOS/Steam Machines? Because that's what really matters. Is everything going according to plan, and just how far is Valve willing to push this experiment? I have no idea. I hope they're in it for the long-haul, because I'd hate to see commercial gaming on Linux abandoned and have to return to Windows (shudder) or turn to console gaming exclusively.

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Where did you hear that Aspyr is moving away from Linux?

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Quoting: ZaxthThe fonts still aren't antialiased on the Linux build. And the textures are lowres on the Linux build. Try it on WINE to see the difference.

I would be interested in seeing comparison screenshots.

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I have Empire: Total War and Total Warhammer. That's more then enough Total War games for me at the moment, so I won't be getting Shogun.

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Quoting: ArehandoroIs it just me or are they pretty overpriced?

Typical for this kind of product. It's always cheaper to build yourself (although that's not really an option for laptops, unfortunately).

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Quoting: t3gJust fucking implement Vulkan already! So sick of DirectX 12 to OpenGL ports (like this one) that makes our OS of choice look like shit. Both Aspyr and Feral need to step their game.

I'm sure if it was as easy to do as it is for you to say it then they would have done it already.

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