FWIW I got it to work natively:

- I rebuilt my local iortcw build circa 2017 with current master and copied the resulting bits to my rtcw directory.
- download the mod, WolfETSP.2.exe
- Install the mod into a fresh wine prefix. It doesn't require RTCW to be installed.
WINEPREFIX=$HOME/wolfrtcw_et_sp wine WolfETSP.2.exe
- Change directory into my RTCW install: cd /usr/local/games/rtcw
- Copy the plugin: rsync -avp $HOME/wolfrtcw_et_sp/drive_c/Program\ Files/Return\ to\ Castle\ Wolfenstein/ET .
- Launch: ./iowolfsp.x86_64 +set fs_game ET

I've only played about 10 minutes but I haven't noticed any issues.

edit: and in the 11th minute I got a core dump :cry:

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The second video was the first real game play I've seen without being mostly just zoomed-in cut-scenes. I could have done without the voice over though.

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Quoting: ljrkA bit weird that they showcase RSA, most people (should) have moved to elliptic curves by now.

EC is a dead end with the emergence of quantum computing. The smaller keys make it significantly faster but also more vulnerable. NIST has been working on Post Quantum Cryptography standards for 5 years or more.

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I'm a Patreon supporter and it's worth every penny. Years ago I used to monitor a half dozen web sites to get maybe three new Linux gaming articles a week. Liam and friends manage that almost every single day.

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From the 6.17 release announcement on GoL at https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/09/wine-development-release-617-is-out-with-continued-work-for-the-gdi-syscall-interface

In regards to many things being "converted to PE" over multiple Wine releases: previously Wine has built its Win32 libraries (like DLLs and EXEs) as ELF but for many reasons (like better compatibility) they've started to move them over to use PE instead. So it's another change that will gradually improve compatibility as more is moved over.

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Quoting: TheRiddickCan anyone list some specific use cases for this GDI system? do games even benefit or is this more of a application thing? (which is ok imo, applications under wine are always finicky)

From https://zetcode.com/gui/winapi/gdi/ [External Link]

The GDI insulates the programmer from the hardware. From the programmer's point of view, the GDI is a group of API functions for working with graphics. The GDI consists of 2D Vector Graphics, Fonts and Images.

As I said, they didn't implement GDI in this release, they converted it to PE. Based on a 10-second review of the commits consists it was mostly of code re-organization (because it was already implemented).

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As I understand it, the conversion to PE format (Portable Executable) helps with some copy protection schemes that check that modules on-disk and in-memory are identical.

This thread on the Fedora development list also mentions that it improves compatibility with some applications (again it could be copy protection but the author isn't explicit about it).

https://lists.fedorahosted.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/SL4IPD2VBMJ2XVGXRYFPDXZIC4YIYPWY/#FQ5UO3BJHFST7YC3H3X3GKCOGQLBMGHN [External Link]

The thread gets pretty technical and Fedora-specific.

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I had a great time playing Yooka-Laylee and it was perfect with my Steam controller. I can recommend it.

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This is the first game that sparked any interest in me for getting the Steam Deck. This is a portable game I'd play the heck out of.

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Am I the the only one hesitant to remove native games in case they disappear from Steam?

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