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Latest Comments by razing32
Ballistic Overkill set to get an exciting sounding update with a new game mode
11 Jul 2018 at 7:37 pm UTC

Quoting: Whitewolfe80
Quoting: razing32I'll play this again when they get rid of that Red Shell nonsense.
They pledged to remove it , once they do i may re-install it.
I get where you are coming form personally could not give a rats fuck if some game studio wants to know what game i played after i played there game hell pay me what they paid red shell and i would happily tell them.
It gathers a LOT more.
Including , OS , screen resolution , browser and sites visited.
All in the name of "marketing".
Sorry but NO.

Ballistic Overkill set to get an exciting sounding update with a new game mode
11 Jul 2018 at 2:12 pm UTC

I'll play this again when they get rid of that Red Shell nonsense.
They pledged to remove it , once they do i may re-install it.

The pretty good puzzle game 'Train Valley 2' added a level editor and Steam Workshop support
9 Jul 2018 at 7:36 pm UTC

Hmmm , I hate to put it this way but the graphics look ... juvenile.
Is this meant for kids or does it have some actual depth to it ?

Turn-based village builder 'Seeds of Resilience' is now out in Early Access, we have keys to give away
8 Jul 2018 at 4:49 pm UTC

Quoting: btzyzuknwm
Quoting: razing32
Quoting: btzyzuknwmWill this be posted?
Do you mean you got a notification your comment was being moderated ?
That's a bug as far as i know.
Should be fixed now.
Yes, when I said
Will this be posted?
I got the moderation message but at least it got through.

My first post to enter to win a key gave me the moderation message but was not posted.
Yup , I got the same bug as well
Seems someone got into a moderator account and put people (supporters mostly it seems ) into a moderation block :
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/forum/topic/3403/page=1#r16425

Survival game 'Rust' adds a new Team UI, a deployable watchtower, compass and more
7 Jul 2018 at 6:40 pm UTC

Quoting: g000h
Quoting: ReverendJ1
Quoting: g000h
Quoting: scaineI do like how Rust looks. Just a shame it's mainly PVP... just not my thing.
Well, yeah. But like me, if you find a low-occupancy / nearly-empty / your-own server, you can play with very little grief from other players.

I find it is "part of the game" to have a few potential trouble-makers that are best avoided. My least favourite eventualities are when (a) I'm just starting and getting attacked by a kitted-out player, or even worse (b) I'm doing okay by myself but getting hounded by a team, and finally (c) coming back to the game to find out my base was broken in, when I wasn't there.

My solution to each of the above issues is this:

(a) Avoid busy servers, or find somewhere remote on the map and keep your base well hidden.

(b) Have more than one base set up. Split resources between them. Find a less-busy or friendlier server.

(c) Have more than one base set up. Do you best to hide your base (or put it in a remote location). Also, keep on upgrading your base to make it harder and harder to break in.

For me, the game "7 Days To Die" is great to play single-player. You get a much deeper survival experience than Rust. The graphics on 7D2D are decent, but not quite up to Rust's standard. Also, when you run 7D2D and run your own Single Player (own server) experience, you can set the conditions as hard or easy as you want.

I'd be interested to play "Rising World" and "Ark: Survival Evolved" too. But, particularly for "Ark", I don't believe the developers are making sure the Linux release is up to the same standards (e.g. graphics) as the Windows release.
My friends convinced me to get Rust during the Steam Summer sale. I liked it, but I had trouble with it crashing randomly every few minutes. My other friend on Linux had the same issue. It's fun, but it is really geared for PvP. Since we like PvE, I did create a private server for us, but it just seemed a little hollow. Without the threat of raids/enemies, it's just like Minecraft on creative mode.

We ended up picking Ark back up a couple days ago, since it plays really well PvE. I have over 300 hours into it all on Linux, since it was EA. I hadn't played it since it was officially released. There were graphical bugs in EA, and apparently they still exist. It's something to do with their shaders for Linux. Sometimes when a dino should be kicking up dust, instead of dust, it will look like rainbow clouds. Same with the rain, sometimes it just turns all colors. It can be distracting, but it's not really game breaking and the game's fun makes up for it for me at least. I have heard there are issues with caves now on Linux, but I haven't gotten to one yet since I started replaying. It was a bug introduced sometime while I had stopped. Overall, it's a ridiculously fun game, but it's horribly optimized, for Windows and Linux. The Linux version has a few extra bugs and could use some TLC, but it's probably never going to happen at this point. I wouldn't buy it full price again because of that, but on a good sale, it's still a lot of fun.
Sorry that your Rust gaming has be buggy / glitchy. Generally I don't have any problems with Rust crashing. What I have observed is Rust server crashes, and well... It could easily be the fault of the server admin. I had that with a server I tried, got fed up with it, moved to another server and now have nearly 100% uptime.

One of my most exciting Rust sessions actually involved a team of griefers. They had broken into my first base, and I'd just come online, and they'd killed me too. I respawned at another base, came back and observed them from the bushes (about 25m from the compromised base). They were waiting around for me to return. Then, there was an air-drop or something, and they gave up waiting for me, and rushed off to claim the drop.

Soon as they left, I sneaked over making sure none were around, repaired the bomb-holes in the base, and got it all ship-shape again before they could return. They'd have to waste another bundle of explosives to get in again. And they never did. Sure, getting griefed constantly is a pain in the arse, but something like this can be a really cool experience.

Are you truly recommending Ark: Survival Evolved to me? In its current state? How do you compare the graphics and framerate of Ark to Rust? (N.B. I have tonnes of other stuff to play, I can hold back on Ark for now.)
7D2D is great in Single Player , but i have to say multiplayer , with the right friends on Discord and a few beers makes for a VERY fun experience.
Go from trying to find a house to settle in , to one of your friend burring himself alive by mistake , another digging a hole for 1 hour straight all the way through a mountain , another building blunderbusses and shotguns and another building a concrete bunker home.
Especially funny when one or more people f***-up.
"Close the door I am being chased by wild dogs"
*Friend proceeds to step outside the home and lock door from outside as we are both mauled to death by wild dogs

"Oh look a gas station.Let's loot the place"
"Zombies ,punch them!"
*Friend proceeds to bash gasoline barrel until the zombies, ourselves and half the goddamn gas station blows to smithereens

Turn-based village builder 'Seeds of Resilience' is now out in Early Access, we have keys to give away
7 Jul 2018 at 6:34 pm UTC

Quoting: btzyzuknwmWill this be posted?
Do you mean you got a notification your comment was being moderated ?
That's a bug as far as i know.
Should be fixed now.

Survival game 'Rust' adds a new Team UI, a deployable watchtower, compass and more
7 Jul 2018 at 6:33 pm UTC

Quoting: shinnova
Quoting: razing32But maybe people will add mods to Rust later with bots or something. I would be tempted then.
The GoL server has bots on it, to make the game a bit more PvE.
Did not know that. May have to keep a look out for a sale.

Quoting: dubigrasu
Quoting: shinnova
Quoting: razing32But maybe people will add mods to Rust later with bots or something. I would be tempted then.
The GoL server has bots on it, to make the game a bit more PvE.
Besides zombies you can also fight the scientists, those are tougher though and have firearms.
Interesting.
Did not know they progressed that much.
Wondering if i can play single player versus bots to get a feel for it.

Survival game 'Rust' adds a new Team UI, a deployable watchtower, compass and more
6 Jul 2018 at 2:59 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: scaineI do like how Rust looks. Just a shame it's mainly PVP... just not my thing.
Same for me.
I guess will have to stick to 7days for the time being.
But maybe people will add mods to Rust later with bots or something. I would be tempted then.

Stonehearth for Linux is cancelled five years after a successful Kickstarter
6 Jul 2018 at 11:17 am UTC

Glad I did not buy this and just left it on a wishlist.