Not that it affects me, but has it even been confirmed that the Steam version will maintain Linux support? It seems to be in the gift of the publisher, and the Steam listing only has Windows system requirements.

I would have been more than happy just to pay for the game on itch.io instead, but they owe me nothing so I can not complain. Credit for maintaining the free version.

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Quoting: Cyba.Cowboy

Quoting: HamishYou do realize you are replying two months after the fact, right?

I am glad they got that resolved though.

That may be true, but it's not something they just fixed... It's been listed as "Linux compatible" for a long time now (several years).

Not according to the Internet Archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/20210414005231/https://www.gog.com/game/crystal_caves_hd

Are you confusing it with Crystal Caves Classic which had a Linux DOSBox wrapper?

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Quoting: bradgy

Quoting: Hamish

Quoting: HerrLangeWhere is Commander Keen?

More to the point, will Linux now get a release for Crystal Caves HD?

It already has! Been playing it on my laptop with ubuntu.

https://www.gog.com/game/crystal_caves_hd [External Link] (not advertised as such but comes with the Linux installer as an extra)

Um, it quite literally says that Linux-based operating systems are supported...
"Works on: Windows (7, 8, 10), Linux (Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04)"

You do realize you are replying two months after the fact, right?

I am glad they got that resolved though.

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By the time I get around to actually playing any of these retro inspired shooters the games will already have become retro themselves. :whistle:

Assuming they go DRM free I am still going to buy them of course. Now, back to winning the Quake II mission packs.

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Whatever is causing the freezes, it does seem to happen more when water is present. The Water Treatment Plant map in The Reckoning is proving to be a little difficult to get through.

I could try beating the map using the Software renderer I suppose. :whistle:

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Quoting: LightkeyGot both boxes sitting behind me. Was lucky to get them through TuxGames' reseller offers. :grin:

Both of the Quake boxes I am using are actually from my twin brother's collection, and he spent a good chunk of his summer overtime pay buying them off eBay.

Some lucky devil managed to get both for around $30 from a Goodwill Auction in 2016 apparently:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/4ty0jk/quake_and_quake_2_linux_ports [External Link]

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Quoting: GuestAlmost all lockups back in the day were indeed a result of GPU drivers. Not much that can be done about it either. Took a long time before I stopped seeing it too.

Yeah, I remember all that. One positive to come out of the Steam Deck is that by Valve choosing to go all AMD it does mean they recognize all the hard work that went into making the free graphics stack as robust as it is now.

I am well into playing the second Unit of the The Reckoning and have only had the one freeze so far.

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Anybody wanting to try my shell script can download the following:
http://icculus.org/~hamish/dianoga/quake2-glx-launch.sh [External Link]

And here is my all black Blackbox style:
http://icculus.org/~hamish/dianoga/Quake [External Link]

Some information on the Big Gun map crash:
https://quake2.icculus.narkive.com/LrfU4VGF/big-gun-crash [External Link]

And my raw Quake II timedemo data can be found here:
http://icculus.org/~hamish/dianoga/quake2-timedemos.txt [External Link]

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As someone who admittedly never bought or played any of the Feral ports since they were tied to Steam, I have to wonder how much of a ripple effect Proton will have on the native games and developers I do support. I just hope that the kind of developers willing to go DRM free are also the ones most likely to see the benefits of cross-platform development.

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Quoting: HerrLangeWhere is Commander Keen?

I am assuming that the rights for that stayed with id Software, which then went to Zenimax... so talk to Microsoft?

More to the point, will Linux now get a release for Crystal Caves HD?

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