Quoting: a0kamiIt only took 8 years [External Link]...
I don't know if I get this blog post confused with another one but I quite remember another one of that type stating that QoL improvements on Linux would be a priority circa 2017...
Yet, nothing happened and still no linux native epic launcher in 2022.

I thought one of the biggest pros of the engine was the asset and plugin marketplace that integrates well within the launcher, that and the project+version manager. I guess it's still too early for us penguins, I'll stick to godot, Tim already broke my heart once.

I used UE(4) for years, and now am using UE5 and had no issues whatsoever with plugins or assets ever really. Godot is amazing, don't get me wrong, but i'm a bit befuddled by some of the comments here. UE has been usable and stable professionally for years. I cannot be the only one lucky enough to have a stable experience, though some occasional API changes imply a bit of work to keep custom forks.

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Quoting: salomFinally!
I promised my self back in 2018 to never (compile, use or learn) UnrealEngine until they give us proper Linux support and a native build

Why? If you want to do anything reasonable with Unreal, you'll need to set up a build environment for C++ scripting anyhow (yes, there is Blueprint, but as soon as your project grows beyond "game jam" size, Blueprint scripts become so large and convoluted, that they are hard impossible to read/maintain). After using Unreal for a few days, you'll find yourself in the situation that you'll want to modify the engine because your project gets blocked by a bug in it. That's then the point where you uninstall the precompiled engine, compile it from source, and ask yourself why you thought it was a good idea to waste time on the precompiled build in the first place.

(Edit: Please take this with a grain of salt. I'm currently working with Unreal professionally, and had enough opportunities to get frustrated by it.)

I was thinking about the same, but have a bit of frustrations with (custom) forks since UE development occurs so fast that i was bitten more than once by breaking changes in the APIs, even with what were supposed to be small point releases. Lighting and shading, BxDFs in particular come to mind. But back to the discussion, the lack of binary releases for UE is a non-issue since the target users are developers anyway.

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20 hours of fiddling is soul destroying? People have it easy these days.
In my days we had to flip bits by switches manually. On a more serious note, you do have it easy these days, you have the internet, and for sure someone somewhere ran into the same problem before you do.
A luxury we didn't had. On the other side, we didn't had VR or Alyx either, so there's that.
Thanks for the article and for sticking with it, and don't despair. If after 20 days you're still stuck, then there's a problem.

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Heliborne. Incredibly addictive game, fun. No pay2win, no heavy grinding. Just a fun game.

Also, after getting a Sinclair SpectrumNext with Z80N, been playing StarQuake again. In fact, i've been playing this for over 30 years, that's how addictive the damn game is. See https://archive.org/details/zx_Starquake_1985_Bubblebus_Software [External Link]
PacMan256. Skyrim a bit. The Tomb Raider series.

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Awesome news. Instabuy the moment it's released.

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It looks like the Overlook Hotel (Kubrick's The Shining), just fantastic!

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After referring to the thread on reddit, initiatied by psyonix, being sent to Steam again, Steam again denied the refund.
So no, it seems refund requests will not be honoured, no matter what is being published on social media by psyonix, see https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/eswu1s/rocket_league_ending_support_for_mac_and_linux/ffd835b/?context=1000 [External Link]

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Anyone managed to get a refund? Their support sent me to Steam, Steam denied, went back to support, now back to Steam. Any clues?

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Well... Skyrim of course :)

More realistically, perhaps

* Shadow of War
* Hitman 2
* Grid 2019
* Dirt Rally 2
* Dying Light 2
* Metro Exodus
* A Plague Tale: Innocence

Is it my impression or we're lacking good modern FPS on Linux?
Dying Light is fantastic (may Techland be blessed with a thousand years of prosperity and good fortune). Hopefully we'll have Dying Light 2 on Linux, fingers crossed.
Anything non-RTS. After hell at work, only the prospect of descombobulating vast hordes of zombies with a spoon keeps one mentally sane. Lacking this, any fast wild FPS will do.
Just anything that doesn't require a lot of cognitive effort.
Not RTS.
Definitively not RTS.

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I wouldn't want this game even if they payed me. More so, judging by the attitudes these "developers" displayed, they must really be a nice group of mature, responsible professionals. A pleasure to work with no doubt.
Thanks, but no thanks.

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