So they sucker people into donating to Kickstarter, and then release it as "free to pay"? Wow.

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Crusader Kings II is the greatest grand strategy/political simulation/role playing game ever made, and every expansion makes it even greatester. That's a word, right?

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: Mountain ManI assume this is one of those cases where even though the source code is in the public domain, it's not possible to simply get the game for free?

Edit: Yep, just checked the GitHub page, and they make it clear that what's available in the repository is not actually the whole game but only select portions of code as a resource for other developers who are interested in learning the Unreal Engine.

The games source code is there, but the assets are not. Similar to how a lot of developers do it, so that they earn money still while allowing others to use the code.

Yes. I don't have a problem with that. I was just looking for clarification.

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I assume this is one of those cases where even though the source code is in the public domain, it's not possible to simply get the game for free?

Edit: Yep, just checked the GitHub page, and they make it clear that what's available in the repository is not actually the whole game but only select portions of code as a resource for other developers who are interested in learning the Unreal Engine.

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This would be a lot more tempting as a Linux purchase if the Aurora toolset wasn't Windows-only.

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: Mountain ManNow if only they would give us an easy way to install Unreal Tournament on Linux.

The new one? Don't think they even develop it any more. Their focused heavily on Fortnite.

I obviously haven't kept up with the news.

For the record, I have zero interest in Fortnite, but my son is addicted to it.

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Now if only they would give us an easy way to install Unreal Tournament on Linux.

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Let's put it this way: Microsoft is not doing this because they think it will lose them money and market share. If they can keep or expand both by being good open source citizens, then they will. If they need to grind open source into the dust in order to achieve their goals, then they will.

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Quoting: Kels

Quoting: Guest

Quoting: GuestBest news since Proton was announced! This means playable Skyrim at last! My favourite game of all time!

Skyrim is playable on linux(with wine) for a very long time. I'm playing it for 2 years.

Just don't do any quests that involve going underwater.

That's actually a common Skyrim bug that has plagued many Windows gamers for years. You can solve it by modifying a configuration file, but it has the unfortunate side effect of removing all underwater shaders.

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Quoting: jarhead_h

Quoting: dibzBetter .Net support would be HUGE for Wine, it's the bane of any linux user's winesperience. That and old windows kernel-level DRM, anyway.

Right now there are bunch of .net games that run on WINE that don't run on Proton. Arkham Asylum and Arkham Knight spring to mind.

There are various "hacks" to get .net to install in Proton, but I've not had any success with them.

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