Well if L4D is already supported on Mac I don't see why Valve would neglect to go the extra step and add Linux support. It would help push those numbers and maybe some adoption even if it's only one game.

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Quoting: GuestEven Left 4 Dead is in Windows purgatory.

Really? I had it in my mind that Valve brought all of their games to Linux. De we know why L4D is stuck.. middleware, cost?

On topic: It would be neat to see a pledge system which will automatically pay once conditions (set by the backer) have been met. Kind of like how eBay can audo-bid up to a defined amount. That way, as a backer, you would be able to back a project for X amount with --condition [by date] [feature implemented] [whatever] flags and the developer will only receive funds as the conditions are met.

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I say we devise a Linux release date formula.

days_to_release = (get.valve_time() * days_to_windows_release + (proprietary_middleware / budget))

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Murphy's Law dictates that by the time Rocket League releases for Linux, Rocket League player base will have vanished and gone off chasing the next new Windows-only game.

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Quoting: boltronicsI'm currently running a R9 285, which is the first card to have the new amdgpu driver support. It works almost out of the box on Debian Testing, and runs great!

I did notice a few games don't work. Ark, Dead Island, Dying Light and Shadow or Mordor all have problems. The first three just crash (just because they aren't well made, or - in the case of Ark - are still in early access), and the last one works but has a lot of missing textures (presumably something to do with the lack of OpenGL 4.2 support in Mesa).

And that is the only significant problem with amdgpu today; only OpenGL 4.1 is supported, which isn't enough for some of the recent releases. When Mesa gets that sorted (or when AMD's proprietary stack for amdgpu is released), AMD's driver will be far superior to Nvidia's in a lot of ways. But as it stands today, almost all games seem to work fine with amdgpu - assuming you have a card based on GCN 1.2 or higher. Otherwise... yeah that sucks.

Same. I picked up a 285 as a place-holder card until Polaris specifically because it has the latest GCN 1.2. I'm glad you posted this because I made a half baked thread probing the viability of Debian for gaming. Tell me, does your card work out of the box? Package tracker says testing is on kernel 4.3.5 [External Link] which doesn't have powerplay or DRI3 enabled by default in AMDGPU. Is there anything special you had to do? I am thinking about switching from Mint to Debian.

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Quoting: ripperActually, one of those companies is working hard on something even better, something you don't even need to install, which works out of the box. The second one isn't. Guess which is which :)

Additionally, it's very refreshing to see Intel take the kernel driver approach. Now if only their GPUs were powerful enough for high end UHD gaming.

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Quoting: WorMzyit doesn't look good to people on the fence about getting a Steam Machine when games keep getting delayed.

...or canceled, Batman.

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Gift those copies to folks you feel will play and add to the multiplayer count. Maybe they'll even bring friends into the project > more money to the team.

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For those of you who are still skeptical, a very telling post by a developer: https://forums.robertsspaceindustries.com/discussion/comment/6342993/#Comment_6342993 [External Link]

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Quoting: fakk2As for SC on Linux, I have my doubts we will ever see it, at best super late comparing to windows version.

"Linux at or around launch" [External Link]

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