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Latest Comments by Mountain Man
Euro Truck Simulator 2 has a new 'Beyond the Baltic Sea' expansion out now
30 Nov 2018 at 10:10 pm UTC

Quoting: leillo1975
Quoting: Mountain ManI gave up on this on this game when the developers never bothered to fix the Steam Controller bug in Linux. I emailed them, they acknowledge that they were aware a bug existed that prevented the Steam Controller from being recognized, and then proceeded to do nothing about it. I'm still kinda pissed off.
You can use Steam controller in ETS2 with sc-controller. You can emulate an xbox controller and then customize it as you wish

https://github.com/kozec/sc-controller [External Link]

It's important that you load first SC-Controller and then run Steam
I'm aware of the workaround. But my point is, the developers have not seen a single dime from me since my initial purchase simply because they are aware of but never bothered to fix this bug.

Euro Truck Simulator 2 has a new 'Beyond the Baltic Sea' expansion out now
30 Nov 2018 at 1:04 pm UTC Likes: 2

I gave up on this on this game when the developers never bothered to fix the Steam Controller bug in Linux. I emailed them, they acknowledge that they were aware a bug existed that prevented the Steam Controller from being recognized, and then proceeded to do nothing about it. I'm still kinda pissed off.

BATTLETECH for Linux updated, releases Flashpoint expansion – some thoughts
29 Nov 2018 at 8:10 pm UTC Likes: 2

Having enemies randomly spawn right on top of you sounds almost game-breaking.

Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Gathering Storm expansion announced
23 Nov 2018 at 3:20 pm UTC

Has performance improved any? I haven't played the game on PC in a while just because the poor performance mid-game and on became frustrating. I recently bought it for the Nintendo Switch, which Aspyr did the port for, and performance is outstanding, so I'm not sure how they botched the Linux port so badly.

Stoic have now removed the Linux version of The Banner Saga, in favour of Steam Play
16 Nov 2018 at 3:14 pm UTC Likes: 3

I think Steam Play is an acceptable alternative to native ports so long as developers take the time to ensure that their games run as intended.

Feral Interactive are asking you to send the game port suggestions again
14 Nov 2018 at 11:31 am UTC Likes: 2

How about another Total War game?

Just kidding. This question is much harder to answer now that I've gotten LEGO Lord of the Rings, Skyrim, and Arkham City working with Proton.

Reports: Valve making their own VR HMD and apparently a new VR Half-Life
11 Nov 2018 at 5:13 pm UTC

Quoting: GuestOn a more positive note, in the niche market of flight simulators, i have seen people excited by VR.
That's the one area where VR has a chance to shine. Otherwise, they have no mass market appeal. I anticipate that VR will always be a high-dollar niche product for the "hardcore" crowd.

Obsidian Entertainment and inXile Entertainment have officially joined Microsoft
11 Nov 2018 at 4:59 pm UTC Likes: 2

Interesting strategy on Micorsoft's part. Since they realize that Valve's commitment to Linux is a threat to their ability to control the market on the distribution side, they appear to be cutting Linux off at the knees by taking control of the development side.

Tropico 6 release date announced, looks like Linux will see same-day support
7 Nov 2018 at 3:24 pm UTC

I've been interested in this series for a while and almost pulled the trigger on Tropico 5 multiple times, but the wide range of mixed reviews always stopped me.

System76 reveal the Thelio, their new custom-built Linux desktop with three versions
6 Nov 2018 at 3:25 pm UTC Likes: 1

The importance of an open source motherboard is to prevent things like what Microsoft tried several years ago when they quietly attempted to strong-arm motherboard manufactures into adding some sort of Windows-only layer to prevent the motherboards from booting other operating systems.