Quoting: PublicNuisanceI really like the cut of their jib so to speak. Sadly the genre they make games for is no fun for me.

I know what you mean. I might possibly find Deep Sixed a bit interesting, but that's the only one there is any hope for.

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[W]e do fully expect any of their future titles to skip over Linux support since it's not likely Microsoft / Xbox will want their next games to be supported on Linux.

That's what I'd generally expect as well. I've always found it odd when I start up Dust: An Elysian Tail in Linux and see "Microsoft Studios" as the publisher. I guess that was something to do with cashing in on the Humble Indie Bundle.

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Quoting: TheSHEEEPI do wonder what "unknown" platform is or how one would achieve that.

I would guess a key reseller store that didn't track it correctly or at all.

Yes, and it could also include purchases where the buyer hasn't downloaded the game yet, so there is no system it's been downloaded for.

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Quoting: PraxachNot sure if I will get one of these, since my main Linux PC will do everything this can (and probably better). I would probably pick one up for the HTPC aspect of it. Something that looks nice compared to other HTPC's

I was toying with the idea of picking one up and replacing the Raspberry Pi 3 I have in the living room with it. I imagine I could find a way to run Kodi and RetroArch/Emulation Station along with the other things it does. The Raspberry Pi 3 is pretty low power usage, though.

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Quoting: mahagrI also really wish to get EE version of the game for Linux, even if I don't yet own RTX card. It would finally give me a reason to get one. :) BTW, it looks like in the normal version you can enable RTX even if you have only GTX card, though the performance penalty is really bad.

The 3080 was definitely a decent bump in performance over the 2080 on the non-EE game. But I decided I really should beat the original one first... but apparently there is an issue with Metro 2033 Redux on Linux assuming I have a game pad connected, so the menus and such are all messed up... I mean it's an FPS, why would I play it with a gamepad on a PC?

Huh, that's odd. I recently started the first game, and it just uses the mouse and keyboard for me, even though I do have a gamepad connected most of the time for use with other games.

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Quoting: scratchiHello,

I can't find an IRC channel for BOA, so I figure I'll ask here and hope someone can help.

I'm trying to play this on FreeBSD 13. I have gzdoom from FreeBSD ports which is version 4.1.1

Question 1 - What is the minimum version of gzdoom required to play boa3? is 4.1.1 too old?

Question 2 - I'm using the gzdoom -iwad /path-to-file/boa.ipk3 command to launch the game (with the right path), but it fails to launch.

Your version of GZDoom is too old. That is probably your entire problem. It may be difficult to get a new enough version of GZDoom without compiling it yourself. I haven't used FreeBSD, so I'm mostly going by information I have found on the Internet. I didn't find an up to date binary for GZGoom on FreeBSD. The Internet is a big place; your mileage may vary.

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Quoting: DebianUserHmmm, i think i have to drop Debian... MESA is the only thing problematic (i can have recent packets via flathub integrated to gnome-software, but MESA is another story).
Maybe Ubuntu... any advice on a good Debian-based distribution, maybe rolling release ?
I can debootsrap on my old Windows partition (not booted from 2017). :grin:

I use Debian for decades and its simply the best for me.
You have to compile Mesa... its easy and you can switch to any driver version you want by environment settings, symbolic links, ldconfig, etc... so flexible.
This way you can have many drivers installed... like 20.3.1, 20.3.2, 20.3.4... 21.0.1, 21.0.2... you get it.

Maybe I should write a little docu.

Oh, if you write a doc, ill be your first reader !

OK, stay tuned. Give some time...

Thank you very much, i have tried right now:
Install libdrm and meson from unstable with apt-pinning... but steam:i386 (and other packages) is linked to the default libdrm-common version and is uninstalled in the process.
I understand i have to set a prefix in meson, but i also have to update llvm.
After all that, i think i have understand that i have to use LD_LIBRARY_PATH and LIBGL_DRIVERS_PATH to select another MESA version.
I have reinstalled default Buster libdrm(-*) and all packages removed earlier, i'm returned to square one.
All that to say i'm not asking without searching first, i think i'm on the right way, but it is definitely out of my knowledge.
Don't hesitate to PM me when you have news on the doc ! :D

Here comes the first part... compile 64bit driver. 32bit will follow.
https://www.goodbytez.de/howtos/compile-mesa-debian-bullseye [External Link]
It's a simple text file on my web server you can download or simply open in your browser.

I would not recommend mixing/pinning packages... you will run into problems one day.
Oh, you use Buster... than I have bad news for you... I've run into the same situation because of Metro Exodus.
This game is compiled against libc6 2.29 but Buster ships with 2.28. You NEED to update to Bullseye when you want to play the "native" Linux version. All programs/libs in a linux system are compiled against libc6 (GlibC) and there are no Buster backports for that.
Debian Bullseye is currently in soft-freeze and I can recommend it. It's already "rock" solid.

Wow i was not expecting the doc this soon, thank you.
Yeah i dont want a FrankenDebian too, i keep track of what i do to undo stuff if i have.
I have already tested FrankenDebian some years ago with deb-multimedia, it was working fine, but at the end it was a mess, to upgrade distro i was obliged to remove this repository, and removing it was breaking things. I finally managed to repair that without reinstalling, but it was a pain and a good lesson.
I was thinking the FrankenDebian way was the only way to have Debian with last MESA: this is why my first choice was to change my distribution.

I'm on Buster, but upgrading to Bullseye is not problematic, some games (Dying Light) have already forced me to upgrade sonner to next version (or it was AMD).
Yes i have the """best""" case possible: AMD card, and it is not the worse, it is a CGN1.0/1.1 card (i must activate experimental features in kernel command line to get my card working...)

Some info on my current system:

$ glxinfo | grep ^direct
direct rendering: Yes

$ glxinfo | grep 'renderer string'
OpenGL renderer string: AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series (TAHITI, DRM 3.27.0, 4.19.0-16-amd64, LLVM 7.0.1)

$ LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo 2>&1 >/dev/null | grep so$
libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/tls/radeonsi_dri.so
libGL: OpenDriver: trying /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/radeonsi_dri.so

$ glxinfo | grep Mesa
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.5 (Core Profile) Mesa 18.3.6
OpenGL version string: 4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 18.3.6
OpenGL ES profile version string: OpenGL ES 3.2 Mesa 18.3.6

I think i have to adapt the meson build line (i dont see radeonsi stuff) ?

Thank you again, i try this as soon as possible !

I would just like to note that the older your card is, the less important a newer kernel is likely to be. It won't hurt anything to run the latest kernel (it at least shouldn't), but it becomes less likely that driver changes will significantly affect your card's performance. Mesa is still important, though.

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Quoting: DebianUserHmmm, i think i have to drop Debian... MESA is the only thing problematic (i can have recent packets via flathub integrated to gnome-software, but MESA is another story).
Maybe Ubuntu... any advice on a good Debian-based distribution, maybe rolling release ?
I can debootsrap on my old Windows partition (not booted from 2017). :grin:

One of the least troublesome ways to benefit from the latest updates for video games while still keeping everything easy and on supported versions for Steam is to run the latest LTS version of an Ubuntu variant along with a PPA for mesa (kisak or ernstp is good) and the Mainline utility to update the kernel to the most recent one released by the Ubuntu team.

It's not the only way, but it's an effective way.

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I just started playing Metro 2033, since I haven't played it before.

Before this, since I beat Children of Morta, I played Torchlight II further than I've played it in the past, but it gets a bit repetitive for my taste, along with the burden of inventory management, so I'm still only a third of the way through it. I played a bit of Skullgirls and Antichamber after that, but I have been busy with other things a lot lately.

Here's hoping I will get into Metro 2033 a bit further. My plan is to work my way through it and Metro: Last Light and have a polished installation of Metro Exodus to move on to by the time I'm done with the first two.

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Well ... in the meantime it's on Steam. But I was so pissed off at the time that I still notice it today. I didn't buy it when the Windows version was released on Steam (to play it with Proton). And I won't buy it now either. Even though one copy more or less doesn't make a difference. For me it's a matter of principle.

I would say not buying a game because it used to be an Epic exclusive is a bit detrimental for stopping Epic exclusives.

Think about it.. What's the ideal scenario for stopping Epic exclusives? Is it no one buying the game? No, then the publisher would just assume that no one liked it. The ideal scenario is no one buying the game on Epic Store and then everyone buying the game once it comes out on other stores like Steam, GOG, itch. That's the biggest middlefinger to Epic exclusives I can think of.

I understand you want to "punish" the publisher for going Epic exclusive, but that's not how it works. Publisher is like a dog. It doesn't understand punishment. It only understands positive reinforcement.

This is so true. Not buying the game from other digital stores will only encourage the publisher to leave it exclusive on Epic. The key to discouraging Epic exclusives is to not buy the game on Epic, but be perfectly willing to buy it other places.

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