Been using lutris for over a year never had a problem for the battlenet its a known issue and a workaround is on the lutris github they have a whole section on overwatch links are in the script details

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Quoting: TheSHEEEPOof... Can't they just join forces with Lutris and produce something that actually works?

PlayOnLinux hasn't worked well for me in years since it is so outdated in actual game scripts.
Lutris doesn't even manage to install Steam Wine correctly, so that it freezes at startup due to the script somehow messing up the 32/64bit versions.

I was kinda hoping POL would go the way of the dodo and more people would join the Lutris project, since that does seem way more promising (partly due to NOT being limited to linux).

Really i have never had a problem with lutris but if you are having problems with steam installs submit and tell matthew comondant (Stryder) there are bug reports if you cant contact him via lutris hes on twitter and you can find him weekly in the linuxvideogamecast discord

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Quoting: ivant

Quoting: Whitewolfe80Potentially good news but WB did kill Batman after approving feral to port it so 50/50

Batman: Arkham Night had quite bad initial reception on Windows. It took them months to make it playable, but it already got a lot of bad press by that time. My guess is, that their decision to cancel the port was because of that, rather than some problems with Feral Interactive.

No i wasnt saying it was a problem with Feral i am saying they pulled the plug after Feral had fixed a bunch of game bugs and had begun to work on a stable linux port and WB just pulled the plug.

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Quoting: CoolitThat's awesome,

Although I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for ports of either Skyrim, Fallout 4 or Witcher 3 in the future :D

Witcher 3 is almost perfectly playable with DXVK. Only stream output support in Vulkan drivers is missing and perhaps a little more optimization and it will be more or less the same experience as on Windows 10.

Skyrim Special Edition should be perfectly playable as well once the audio issues get fixed. Graphically DXVK runs it very well.

Fallout 4 is somewhat worse than Skyrim, but i suppose given a little time will be a good experience as well.

So porting those 3 would be a wasted effort in my opinion.

I fully agree also dont see a world in which Zenimax suddenly goes back on a bunch of linux unfriendly design decisions and then randomly embraces linux and launches skyrim fallout 4 and future games on linux. I imagine the only scenario that happens is that tomorrow morning every copy of windows and mac os bricks leaving only linux and the world is forced onto the linux platform for everything then in that case expect native ports of Bethesda games.

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Quoting: Whitewolfe80

Quoting: appetrosyanI'd like to point out that port after port after port is a sign of healthy business for Feral. I've also heard that they have Job Vacancies... Go "native" Linux games?

But is it we have so much work we need more talent or is it in house talent hitting the abandon ship button

I think if it were the latter, we would be getting fewer releases.

I agree it could be that for sure and i would like it to be but there is always that nagging doubt they have no business model without companies wanting ports, Steam play is big new variable. Ah well maybe am wrong and Feral goes from strength to strength I mean they deserve it Ryan C gordon pretty much was linux gaming(including his work with loki) until fereal.aspyr and vp and then later valve arrived.

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Quoting: Brisse

Quoting: Whitewolfe80Hitman 2 IO is now fully independent and as i said it depends if there decision to port Hitman was lucrative or not because if it wasnt we wont see Hitman 2 at least natively.

They made a deal with Warner Bros to publish Hitman 2. Good news about that is that Feral has worked with them before in games like Mad Max and Shadow of Mordor.

Potentially good news but WB did kill Batman after approving feral to port it so 50/50

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Quoting: appetrosyanI'd like to point out that port after port after port is a sign of healthy business for Feral. I've also heard that they have Job Vacancies... Go "native" Linux games?

But is it we have so much work we need more talent or is it in house talent hitting the abandon ship button

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Quoting: rea987

Quoting: Whitewolfe80

Quoting: rea987This is called PR. If Feral announces whole list of titles that it has been contacted, that would make a shit storm for couple weeks and after that people will forget about them. By doing that, they keep the interest in a certain point which is much better for awareness. People keep wondering and talking about it which is basically free publicity. Got it?

But the thing is i have no idea if you watch it but the linuxgamecast are in regular contact with the guys that do the porting at Feral they seem to always know what games are coming the one thing the podcast confirmed is the software guys find the radar thing really really stupid but its the way the PR team have chosen to go.

If you look at the short list of companies that Feral currently works with and investigate their recent/back catalog, it is no mystery to figure out potential candidates. Some naive fellas keep yelling for Skyrim or GTA but in reality, there are always handful of financially lucrative titles, not more.

Yes you can but in reality its far far too soon for Tomb Raider there was almost three year gap between Tomb Raider 2013 on linux there was an 18 month window from Rise of tomb raider so its not that. Sega have no more total war games to bring over. Deep Silver are now owned by THQ Nordic they have so far ported one game to linux that been desperados on gog so status up in the Air Hitman 2 IO is now fully independent and as i said it depends if there decision to port Hitman was lucrative or not because if it wasnt we wont see Hitman 2 at least natively.

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Quoting: rea987

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoWith Proton doing a good job for the gaming on Linux, Feral really should STOP with these silly things and just announce the games.

This is called PR. If Feral announces whole list of titles that it has been contacted, that would make a shit storm for couple weeks and after that people will forget about them. By doing that, they keep the interest in a certain point which is much better for awareness. People keep wondering and talking about it which is basically free publicity. Got it?

But the thing is i have no idea if you watch it but the linuxgamecast are in regular contact with the guys that do the porting at Feral they seem to always know what games are coming the one thing the podcast confirmed is the software guys find the radar thing really really stupid but its the way the PR team have chosen to go.

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Quoting: lucifertdark

Quoting: aldyMetro Exodus - The Aurora Trailer [External Link]

The Metro games are published by Deep Silver, they have their own porting team & it's not Feral. I think Liam may have hit the nail on the head with this one though, LiS2.

Yes but deep silver are now owned by THQ Nordic, erm no they didnt they used VP to port saints row
https://www.polygon.com/2018/2/14/17011564/thq-nordic-koch-media-deep-silver-saints-row-homefront-dead-island [External Link]

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