They made a huge marketing campaign around Steam OS. The logo was on each video, images, blog articles, official website, FAQ, forums... and they even announced a second part of the game with a similar campaign and the same Steam OS promises.
But there are no plans for GNU/Linux. I don't understand the logic of these guys, but probably they lie more than talk

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Well... other step before Rise of Tomb Rider ^^

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Sometimes, the enigma is better than the game itself :whistle:

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When Vulkan was officially released back in April, Khronos group knew what Apple was doing with Metal and they create, at the same time, MetalVK (now called MoltenVK) which allows to run Vulkan applications directly over Metal.

https://moltengl.com/moltenvk/ [External Link]

So, with that "abstraction layer" (or whatever), a Vulkan -> Metal port should be trivial, even Doom.

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I don't know. I'm just thinking on Doom right now ¿^^

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Quoting: lucinossupporting only closed source drivers, is of course better than nothing, but is should never considered a job well done that does not need fix.

This example demonstrate why.

Quoting: Sbrega82On mine radeon with open source drivers has the same problem. Ghostly body :P

So... what now? ¿^^

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Well, It's still completely broken, but they finally added the multiplayer problem to the bug list:

Linux Bugs
[...]
Co-op Bugs
[...]
Some players have reported not being able to join co-op sessions after patch 1.10.0

"Some" players, after patch 1.10.... ¿^^

https://steamcommunity.com/app/239140/discussions/0/604941528488544773/ [External Link]

EDIT: My mistake, it's listed as a regular bug, not a GNU/Linux bug. Really? O_O

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Quoting: lvlark

Quoting: poke86Rise of the Tomb Raider (and the older TR games too not just 2013)

This.

Me too.

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Your system does not meet the above requirements with respect to: unsupported XFS Kernel modules

As a result, the game may be unstable on your system. We often release patches aimed at improving various issues on supported equipment, however we cannot guarantee stability with respect to unsupported components. Upgrade your components so that they are on par with the game's official minimum specifications, please.

I'm asking about multiplayer issue and that was their answer. WTF? REALLY, WTF?

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Quoting: DamonLinuxPLTechland cant hire more Linux developer, because Linux market is too small and sale is low. So they can't get profit to make Linux version better important. They only experimenting with Linux gaming market.

We should be happy with what we have. Otherwise we would not have anything, because we generate still too small profit for big games. This profit in many times is good for small games - they can hire one developers and make linux port. Big games are more expensive and require resources.

So what you better want? Have Linux native port with sometimes issues or not have this games?

It's a vicious circle. The profit are related to the quality of the product too.
If the game is broken and badly supported. What profits they expect to get from GNU/Linux customers?

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