Try this command in a terminal before launching the game:
export MESA_EXTENSION_MAX_YEAR=2000

A lot of older Quake engine games struggle with the amount of OpenGL extensions that are now exposed.

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Like Patola said, this was done as one of Ryan's Patreon projects. If you want to support his work then you can do so by giving to him directly.

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I literally just got the Loki version of this on disk delivered last Friday:

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This is hilarious, especially if the port does come to GOG.com meaning I never have to use the disk.

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Quoting: cprnOoooh... I don't like the new graphics. :( They didn't keep the style.

Which is why the old graphics are still available as a toggle.

Quoting: soulsourceThe original game is "native" as well, as it is written in Java.

Okay, still more than happy to have it count as a Linux sale.

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More than happy to pay $13.49 CAD to upgrade to a native version.

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Quoting: SirLootALotI just bought the DRM-free Gog version of the (windows only) original last year. If the new version became DRM-free I'd buy it again.

It seems past owners of the game on GOG.com get a 50% discount. I also picked the game up on sale last fall alongside its already Linux supporting sequel after seeing some of Kikoskia's Let's Play.

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Quoting: Liam DaweNot me though, I think I only ever had one successful run of it.

My last game of FTL went flawlessly all the way to the end. Now I kind of don't want to play again because I know I will never be able to match it. :S:

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I'll just leave this here... :whistle:
https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/4152 [External Link]

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Interestingly enough the original had an unofficial Linux port released back in the day by one of the developers Ryan Feltrin using SVGALib so it did not even require X11 to function. Like with Neverwinter Nights it is always nice when that tradition gets continued with official support being offered by the remastered edition.

https://icculus.org/~ravage/kingpin/ [External Link]
https://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/finger.pl?id=254&time=19990716050110 [External Link]

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I have not really played it myself, but my twin brother's girlfriend does, and has showed me some of the game. As someone who actually plies his trade as a farm labourer and a rancher himself I can't help but laugh at it though. Accuracy was never the point of the game, so I am not trying to slight it by saying this, but I suppose some of the magic is lost when you actually know what it is you are supposed to be doing.

It is little things like how she installed Mayonnaise Machines inside her chicken coop to save on walking, which makes perfect sense given the logic of the game, but would crash badly in reality when you get shut down by the local food inspector for health violations. Or how she has to go water her plants every day but for some bizarre reason never has to weed them. Or how she never needs to muck out her coops and barns. Or how you only raise pigs to find truffles.

I could go on, but you get the point. Again, as a charming diversion for those who can appreciate it the game succeeds marvellously and that is all that really matters. It just makes me laugh. When I first met my oldest friend of eleven years she even went as far as to ask me if my life was just like Harvest Moon. Seeing as how I have yet to be offered my own personal choice of love interests, I would have to say no. :P

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