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Valve have now pushed out all the recent beta changes in Steam Play's Proton to everyone
14 Sep 2018 at 7:03 am UTC
14 Sep 2018 at 7:03 am UTC
I have pretty much been going through a backlog of windows games I used to play and have been reporting my findings to the community site; https://spcr.netlify.com/ [External Link]
The biggest problem right now are games relying on the .NET Framework 3.5 which doesn't seem to want to install in most cases, thereby breaking the games in question. Beyond that there are a lot of minor glitches which can be easily fixed, even for the less tech-savvy among us. A few hardcore problems just break the games or even the system in one way or another. It's interesting to note how many games run out-of-the-box, though.
The biggest problem right now are games relying on the .NET Framework 3.5 which doesn't seem to want to install in most cases, thereby breaking the games in question. Beyond that there are a lot of minor glitches which can be easily fixed, even for the less tech-savvy among us. A few hardcore problems just break the games or even the system in one way or another. It's interesting to note how many games run out-of-the-box, though.
What are you clicking on this weekend and what do you think about it?
9 Sep 2018 at 11:21 am UTC
9 Sep 2018 at 11:21 am UTC
Since Steam Play/Proton allowed me to play them again, I've been revisiting some of my old Windows-based games;
In recent days I've gone deep into Port Royale 2 & 3 (making spreadsheets to keep track of trade routes et al) and will revisit the Patrician series afterwards. I got to revisit Pandora in the original Borderlands (Still not released for Linux even if the sequel and pre-sequel are) as well, so I can finally connect it to the events in its sequels. I'm having some trouble with Fallout 3/New Vegas (but that's true for running it on Windows as well) and have to look if I can apply the unofficial patches to their Proton installations...
On the native side, Two Point Hospital has been a wonderful release recently, harkening back to Theme Hospital (which I never got working well through CorsixTH for some reason...) and the Early Access title Rise of Industry is making amazing progress.
So, lots to keep me busy this weekend, and probably through the next week.
In recent days I've gone deep into Port Royale 2 & 3 (making spreadsheets to keep track of trade routes et al) and will revisit the Patrician series afterwards. I got to revisit Pandora in the original Borderlands (Still not released for Linux even if the sequel and pre-sequel are) as well, so I can finally connect it to the events in its sequels. I'm having some trouble with Fallout 3/New Vegas (but that's true for running it on Windows as well) and have to look if I can apply the unofficial patches to their Proton installations...
On the native side, Two Point Hospital has been a wonderful release recently, harkening back to Theme Hospital (which I never got working well through CorsixTH for some reason...) and the Early Access title Rise of Industry is making amazing progress.
So, lots to keep me busy this weekend, and probably through the next week.
The latest Linux-powered 'Atari VCS' update gives a small behind the scenes look at their progress
29 Aug 2018 at 10:06 pm UTC
29 Aug 2018 at 10:06 pm UTC
I really really want to know what they plugged into those PCIe slots... or any of the others, really. I'd love to see which of these ports remain on the production board and what, if anything, they (or the end-user) can do with them.
Abbey Games have announced Godhood, a simulation game where you create your own religion
31 Jul 2018 at 4:34 pm UTC Likes: 3
It sounds more like Populous to me.
In any case, I've been craving a good god sim. Will keep an eye on this. ;)
31 Jul 2018 at 4:34 pm UTC Likes: 3
Quoting: x_wingSmells like black & white but without some fun parts (no sacrifices feature? What a shame!)I don't know about Black & White. I mean, no giant creature?
It sounds more like Populous to me.
In any case, I've been craving a good god sim. Will keep an eye on this. ;)
Turn-based village builder 'Seeds of Resilience' is now out in Early Access, we have keys to give away
5 Jul 2018 at 1:18 pm UTC
5 Jul 2018 at 1:18 pm UTC
Well, I'm late to the party here, but I'd love to see whether this turn-based game may make me forget that Banished is not getting a Linux release. ;)
Total War: WARHAMMER II confirmed for Linux, to release later this year
18 Jun 2018 at 6:35 pm UTC
18 Jun 2018 at 6:35 pm UTC
Feral could make my day a little better when Borderlands 1 finally gets a Linux port... having to start a cross-platform multiplayer session 2nd of the games instead of the first one makes not a lick of sense to me.
We've teamed up with GOG for another fantastic giveaway: Surviving Mars & Iconoclasts
14 Jun 2018 at 1:18 pm UTC Likes: 2
14 Jun 2018 at 1:18 pm UTC Likes: 2
Surviving Mars, please.
weeds@garden:~$ rm -rf /
Want to play Track Mania Nations Forever on Linux using Wine? There's a snap for that
13 Jun 2018 at 3:48 pm UTC
13 Jun 2018 at 3:48 pm UTC
Strangely enough it complains about lacking dx9 when I try to run it. Shouldn't the snap install that?
Microsoft acquires GitHub for some loose change
4 Jun 2018 at 3:17 pm UTC Likes: 13
4 Jun 2018 at 3:17 pm UTC Likes: 13
I deleted my account there when the news broke.
Steam now has a form of platform-specific wishlisting, to help developers see demand
7 Dec 2017 at 8:20 am UTC
7 Dec 2017 at 8:20 am UTC
And here I just did my yearly purging of my wishlist...