So is this the whole "Soldier", "Scout" thing that you sometimes see talk of? The "Steam Linux Runtime" that you occasionally see downloading? I just assumed it was a background process that Steam needed (as a client) to run.

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Quoting: scaineGoddamit. I'm definitely going to have to buy this if they enable EAC for Proton. Electronic Arts, eh? Whodhavethunkit.

Found it for free last week in the Twitch Prime Gaming Loot :grin:

Well well. So it was! And I claimed it. I'd completely forgotten!

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Quoting: jordicomaJust get rid off the anti-cheat systems, many (or all) are rootkits and worsens the performance.
Well or at least let play the game without anti-cheats if you don't care about multiplayer.

Well, sure, that would nice. I'd quite like bigger house while we're dreaming. But realistically, it's not going to happen, is it, sadly. :sad:

So I'm really pleased Valve is making some headway with the people who make these decisions to get some support in there.

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Goddamit. I'm definitely going to have to buy this if they enable EAC for Proton. Electronic Arts, eh? Whodhavethunkit.

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Noita, Dishonored, Mark of the Ninja, Portal 2 (in that order). £17.50 for four of the greatest games ever made. Honourable mention to Limbo too, which only adds a couple of quid.

For myself, I reckon I'll pick up Manifold Garden, which has a nice Antichamber vibe to it.

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Quoting: NanobangSo don't update Half-Life 2 anymore. Got it. ;)

...because you don't like clearer text??

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Huh, I'm getting "Confirm your age to watch this video". Almost as if Google don't know that I'm a 50 year old man who's been using their products, including Google Pay, for decades. Despite being signed in to multiple Google products when I visit Youtube, where I'm also signed in. Jesus christ.

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Quoting: GroganWell... any company that refuses to upload a damned file because they don't want to "support Linux" is actively hostile in my books, and will be treated as such. They'll never get a dime of my money, and I'll do what I can to discourage others.

I understand the attitude, but I can't really get behind it. The client base of most games that feature anti-cheat is going to be 99% Windows players. If, by introducing anti-cheat for Linux, they risk alienating that client base, that's a huge risk for them, for (in a lot of cases) absolutely no benefit, and indeed, some severe downsides.

I'm with you - they won't get a dime from me. But I can definitely understand that developers have to pay their bills and to do that, they have to protect their income. They're not being hostile.

Okay, some are probably hostile! :grin:

But most aren't.

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The 3D scene example reminds me of Control. Amazing looking, and I remember seeing an early demo of the new renderer doing the lighting in realtime. Version 4 feels like it's going to be a huge step up, perhaps putting Godot firmly on par (technically at least) with the likes of Unity, for 3D capability. It will still be hard to win over experienced Unity devs due to documentation, asset store and community, not to mention familiarity. But it's great to see Godot shake up it's 2D heritage.

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I wonder whether there's an implied threat here. Do as we ask and get Steamdeck Verified.... or the algorithm might have something to say about surfacing your game on the Store.

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