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A Linux beta of X4: Foundations is due in 'the next few days' (update: it's up)
10 Mar 2019 at 2:09 pm UTC

Quoting: peta77P.S. I don't understand why everyone (or at least many people) hated X-Rebirth... I'm relatively new to the X-Series and X-Rebirth gave me a wonderful introduction to the whole thing, being able to actually play it. X3 was kind of a small desaster in that respect (when being able to play a game needs to look for tutorials on the web and watch a couple of introductory videos, I don't think that's something to be called user-friendly)
Ah, thanks for that insight!
I own X2, X3 the limited edition version (signed by the porter, and a shirt tucked in in an X) since they came out. I rebought those versions on steam, and then could actually play them because egosoft redid the ports correctly. But it's such an immense universe, I have to page out a lot of other games for a year, just to be able to play and control these series :-(.
So I never have.
Should start with rebirth then :-).

Valve is getting back to focusing on gaming, with non-gaming videos being retired
24 Feb 2019 at 1:21 am UTC

I did buy a few series. I am waiting for their player to make it easy to see what you have watched, and what is the next episode. Currently I can't, so the series are collecting dust.
Currently all I can see is 20 times the same icon, and the beginning of the series title. So yeah, 20 times the same. Actually more times the same. No grouping or other obvious things.
If the library was not such a joke I would have bought a lot of series a long time ago.

Unique steampunk survival game Volcanoids has erupted into Early Access
31 Jan 2019 at 9:55 am UTC

Quoting: DMGWhat exactly is goal in this game?
To me, the goal of any openworld "survival" game is to extend my stay as long as possible.
For fortresscraft evolved thats 1500 hours on my first world that I started in 2015, and that I am still busy building in, with some hiatus spend on other (openworld) games and playing with my dj sets on linux.

Unique steampunk survival game Volcanoids has erupted into Early Access
31 Jan 2019 at 9:52 am UTC

Quoting: rustybroomhandleLooks... boring

(hur hur, geddit? fine, I'm leaving)
It needs some flamethrowers and baseball caps.

X4: Foundations to come to Linux with one of the next major updates
28 Jan 2019 at 3:17 pm UTC Likes: 1

Pfff, the X series seems so incredibly cool to play, so that's why I have all the linux versions.
Just to play them...
I really must sit down and try it some time...
The biggest space game I've ever playes was freespace 2. But that was awesome.
(not counting no man's sky as a space game)

Steam Play versus Linux Version, a little performance comparison and more thoughts
21 Jan 2019 at 11:49 pm UTC Likes: 1

I think this actually supports what I was saying: stop linux opengl ports, but do a windows vulkan port instead on the common engines. And then export to linux.
So what I am saying: vulkan first, linux next.
Despite what I just said, I do welcome every linux port. I'd rather play a bad opengl port than native vulkan still using proton. But for the developers concentrating on vulkan might be better, especially since you can expect a lot of hate from some of the 31337 uberhacker linux users when the opengl port is sub par.

Another Steam Client Beta is out, adds the ability to force Steam Play
18 Jan 2019 at 9:17 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Leopard
Quoting: Cr1ogenif they want to force Linux games to work with Steamplay because they do not use windows directly? I think it's a step backwards in the fight that Valve has been doing for Linux users
No , with this way Valve guarentees a good gaming experience for Linux users.

Example: A Linux user bought the MotoGPX3 game ( native VP port) but performance wise game is beaten by DXVK with a big margin.

So user can use Windows version without dealing Steam on Lutris.

Valve provides you choice and says " Use what you want"
Well, that's Valve. You make the choice how you want to get the best of the game, as long as you are using Steam.
I have mixed feelings, but I am actually kind of glad it is possible to force it. Because I like choice.
The best thing would be statistics that proof that the native renderer is better.
But the ultimate goal (to me) would be a platform agnostic game. Just look at the current windows API as a middleware layer that gets thinner and thinner.

NVIDIA to support VESA Adaptive Sync with 'G-SYNC Compatible' branding
11 Jan 2019 at 4:50 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: dpanterMulti-monitor G-Sync in Linux... yeah. Kill me now.
TLDR: Multi-monitor G-Sync in Linux sucks goat nads. My next card will be AMD. Period.
I completely support your rant on nvidia and dual monitor. They somehow always must make it so that it doesn't work like it is supposed to work.

132 of the 250 most highly rated games on Steam support Linux, even more when counting Steam Play
8 Jan 2019 at 12:49 pm UTC

I don't know how that list is compiled. I miss GTA V/online, ARK, and a few others.
I mean: common, a list without GTA V is just incomplete.

Planet Nomads has another update out with new weather types and lots of tweaks
20 Dec 2018 at 5:03 pm UTC

I love what they have achieved so far. And how the community has been able to fuck the physics and create very interesting space ships at a moment that it was not even on the table.
That's probably the biggest advancement so far to be able to load another persons design.
The game in itself is very difficult due to very advanced physics and "microbuilding" of vehicles. In that respect it's more advanced than planet explorers.
I did not care for multiplayer that much, but after seeing what NMS now has in place (small cooperating teams) it doesn't seem that bad.
But I have a hard time on planet nomads to see a goal, except for my standard goal: to build the biggest (moving!) base ever. With trains and stuff like that.

I wish that the developers of NMS, PN, FcE and PE got together and develop the most complete game.