Quoting: ImantsWe do not have anything else to put our trust into. So if Valve fails our dreams fails with it :)

The great thing about the recent Linux gaming boom is that it is not actually being driven by only one developer or vendor this time - this is not like the first Linux gaming boom of the late 1990's and early 2000's that was entirely dependant on the success of Loki Software.

Valve are a major player in the Linux gaming scene sure, but they are hardly the only people involved in this, and things were heating up long before the Linux Steam release. To say that if Valve falls we fall to is actually rather churlish.

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Quoting: neffoHowever, my point was that Wine does a really, really good job and porting the game is pointless. (I don't know of a game of that vintage that doesn't work - but I don't tend to replay old games.)

Pointless to you as you do not replay old games, but not pointless for those of us who do.

Further, I have quite a few old games which either flat out don't work (Dark Forces II for instance) or have some critical features missing (such as basically any game that relies on DirectPlay).

As I said though, I do grant that the effort of porting them may not be justified for the developer, but if that is the case then they really should release the source code for the games anyway, as they have just demonstrated themselves that they no longer have any proper business case for keeping the games closed.

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Ah, another game promoting the mass media Holstein hegemony...

Sorry, but I always look through these things with an aim to laugh, so do not take it personally. I guess it is because of all the "existential freedom" I am enjoying out here.

I do appreciate the fact that they say your animals will die if you ignore them though.

Finally, some realism... :whistle:

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Quoting: neffoIMO this is how old games should be ported, ie not at all - just bottled. The outcome is the same for us gamers. Save the programmers from digging through ancient code, and get them to work on porting new games.

They should be ported - but as source ports by the community, whenever possible.

And I can say for a fact that not all old games will work in WINE, and some of them probably never will.

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Quoting: LinasWhat was the other one?

The Humble Weekly Sale - I said I would purchase it, but did not get around to it until today.

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I just bought two Bundles in a day. Been awhile since I have done that. :)

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Quoting: SangeetKhatriHow can someone lose the Source Code? This is extent of carelessness.

It has been known to happen. There is a reason why Strife had to be reverse engineered using the Doom engine code, for instance.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strife_(video_game)#Development [External Link]

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Quoting: AnonymousIs he a good porter?

*Smashes head into desk repeatedly*

HE IS RYAN "icculus" GORDON!!!!!!

Sorry, don't mean to be harsh or to discourage questions, but maybe try looking him up first next time. ;)

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Quoting: liamdaweIt does look like it's mainly affecting compositing then which is why you most likely don't see it on XFCE.

I am using Xfwm with its built-in compositing though, but only at 1280x1024.

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I have always played Unity3D games from Xfce. I guess that is why I have never had problems.:|

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