Quoting: ShabbyXSo, for the first time ever I decided there's no point in fighting it, put the "no tux, no bucks" rule aside, and bought The Witcher 3 that's got so much praise.

A huge download and an hour of fiddling later, couldn't get it to launch. That'll teach me to pay for a game that ignores my platform.

Refunded, and I'll try proton again in 10 years.

Yeah, since the "next gen" update and the introduction of the launcher it's been a mess and a half. Initially the launcher worked fine, but somewhere during the summer it stopped working. I had to skip the launcher and edit a config file to make it run the DX11 version. The performance of the DX12 version is just tragic.

Honestly, if it wasn't for the gameplay fixes and changes, I would have switched back to the "classic" branch.

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Quoting: dziadulewiczWhy in the world must the damned drivers be closed in this day and age!

Because of Windows. Nvidia's market dominance over competitors was in no small part due to software support. And while the core driver might not be as critical (since they are opening up portions of that), it's probably tied into the rest as well. This is not about Linux, it's about everything that nvidia supplies that makes them stand out.

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What do you prefer to game with?

1. MKB
2. MKB
3. MKB
4. MKB
5. Controller. Maybe :)

I've only ever used xbox controllers (and steam deck), so I can't really make a good choice between them. But I suspect that I'd not be a fan of the left stick placement on PS controllers.

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Nice. I'm always up for a well made and more difficult Portal mod. Let's see how it matches up to Portal Stories: Mel.

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Quoting: pbWe can fight it but it will come. Fortunately I already have enough human-made games in my library to last me a lifetime.

Maybe. But the real fight still has to come first. Do the creators of the data used to train "AI" models need to be compensated for the usage of their work?

Some people pretend that this is easy because "humans learn from other people" too. But that completely ignores the fact that humans are actually intelligent. AI models are not. They have no understanding at all of what they produce. They can't be held accountable for things like plagiarism. The law has already demonstrated that an animal can't hold the right to a photo it took of itself because of its legal status. AI models won't fair any better in this regard. So my expectation is that commercial work created by AI will become very difficult once all this is sorted.

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Well, now we know what the HDR work in gamescope was for.

I'll stick with current one though. The little upgrades compared with my usage really doesn't justify getting a new one.

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I thought it was one of those Assassins Creed games.

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Between the freebies and previous bundles, I imagine it has gotten really difficult to sell these games.

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Quoting: LinasSo wait wait wait... Is this a sequel to a game that is not released yet? :huh:

Prequel actually. SQ42 is the first part in a series of events that are technically "lore" for the SC universe.

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Quoting: pete910The trouble is it's taken longer than both backers and the devs initially thought!

That's an euphemism. We are talking about years and years. The initial release (according to the Kickstarter campaign) should have happened in late 2014. They may be "only" 10 years late.

As is often the case, there's a bigger story to that. They could have (and maybe should have) stuck with the plans they did the kickstarter with. If you look back in their youtube channel you can find the old concepts of what that would have looked like. But when the money kept pouring in they changed the scope, something that proper business people probably would not have done.

In that context, 10 years is not really extraordinary. Modern AAA games are in development for 5 years as well and that doesn't include tech/engine development which games back almost 20 years. The big difference is that AAA developers don't tell you much of what they're up to where CIG tells almost everything.

Personally I find it quite interesting. I have no real stake in the project since I'm not a backer, but according to Lutris I still managed to clock 280 hours in the current install (which probably means the total exceeds 300). From a technical perspective it's a fascinating piece of software with some good gameplay in there. But it's definitely incomplete.

But hey, the player counts of the current live builds rival the top games on steam, so they must be doing something right. And it would definitely be good for the games industry if this project got there in the end. Because the AAA industry could use a few more humbling experiences like the one that Baldurs Gate 3 gave them.

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Next free fly for Star Citizen should be for the IAE at the end of November. My guess would be the 24th, but I could be a week off.

Also, if you ever decide to give it a try and create an account, use someone's referral code. Not immediately useful, but if you ever decide to buy a game package, it could give you some extras if you time that right.

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