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Latest Comments by Schattenspiegel
Armello, the really fun fairy-tale digital board game had a huge upgrade
28 Feb 2019 at 5:19 pm UTC

Just got my feet wet with the first two mp matches: the game is maybe a little slow for my taste in mp(4players taking turns) but quite a bit of fun and the turn timers are well set. What makes it great is the comeback potential and the pure nastiness of the actions you can pull. ;-)

A reminder about Steam's platform-specific wishlist feature you should be using
22 Feb 2019 at 11:07 am UTC Likes: 3

One could question why the wording of the option does in no way reflect what it actually does.(I always wondered why I was shown windows titles regardless of that setting)

One could also question why if an account does have a Linux or Mac client associated it is not automatically flagged as having interest in a Linux or Mac version of games. Even if a person uses multiple operating systems the moment they have a client on that OS they clearly are interested in gaming on that platform.

What have you been playing recently and what do you think of it?
17 Feb 2019 at 4:11 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quite a bit of Battletech including a lot of skirmishes against a friend and done a bit of modest modding to increase the late-game challenge and fun a little.
Also had a bit of fun flying in IL-2 Battle of Stalingrad (wine). There is a fresh guide how to set it up on Linux in their forum.

Next on the agenda will The Witcher 3 . This might become the first Witcher game that keeps me playing after the tutorial ;-)

Steam Play versus Linux Version, a little performance comparison and more thoughts
20 Jan 2019 at 6:56 am UTC

Has anyone tried TW:Attila? Would be nice to get cross OS multiplayer working if fps are decent.

Valve put out another Steam Beta Client with minor Steam Play changes
19 Jan 2019 at 12:48 pm UTC Likes: 6

Easiest way to avoid redownload is:
1. download the update - do not restart steam!
2. switch to offlinemode - will restart steam
3. redo the steamplay settings the way they were before the update
4. restart in online mode again

Valve have detailed some changes coming to Steam in an overview post
14 Jan 2019 at 9:31 pm UTC Likes: 3

Stop 0kb Downloads now!....,plx!
Download library Banners permanently instead of every time you scroll through the library, plx!
Make the highlight/middle-click paste work in Steam client, plx!
THEN start thinking about new stuff or redesigning old s(h)...tuff!
Thx!

Some Linux games we’re excited to see in 2019, a list to keep you going
2 Jan 2019 at 1:28 am UTC Likes: 1

For some reason Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is on my radar...
...I know I dislike their DLC policy and they will probably F up the new campaign features somehow and we will certainly not get crossplatform multiplayer...
... but for some reason I am interested again ;-)

The Forgotten Sanctum, the final DLC for Pillars of Eternity II is out along with a patch
14 Dec 2018 at 2:59 pm UTC

Quoting: buenaventuraCan you enable them in an ongoing game or how does it work?
I think they are only available for new games via the main menu
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There's a brand new Steam Play Beta version out with FAudio, also a Steam Play whitelist update
12 Dec 2018 at 12:10 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: SchattenspiegelOh great, it redownloads the games... .:dizzy:

maybe put a word of warning into the article.
It doesn't. One Steam Play game update will grab the new Proton, all others are zero byte updates. Hopefully Valve will make it clearer eventually.
Might have been my fault somehow, but when i manually switched to the new proton beta version (was on the last stable one before) it wiped the games and started redownloading them completely.