A shame they didn't call that service provider out so other devs can stay clear of such a company...

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I first used bottles two days ago because i needed a way to use that Origin abomination properly contained (due to Mass Effect being free on prime gaming, that was an offer i couldn't resist ^^) and this seems to be by far the easiest route to sandbox wine applications.
And i must say i was pleasantly surprised by the experience. Given, you don't have as much (easily accessible) granular control as in, say Lutris, but admittedly that's not needed nearly as often as it was a few years back anyway.

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Great - the first one is already too small and instead of following up with a proper size keyboard they make an even smaller version? :/

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Quoting: CorbenCould create huge log files though :)

Worth a try none the less, so thanks! ;)
Wasn't aware about that env, the DRG logs show differing errors on each crash though.

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DRG is agreat game, picked it up in the last sale.
Unfortunately, right after that it seems they released an update that made it crash randomly for some linux users - including me :(
It's really annoying and doesn't seem to follow any pattern. Sometimes it runs perfectly for hours on end, sometimes it crashes after 5min over and over again...

And THAT is exactly why i won't buy a game for more than a few bucks without commitment from the dev for either native or at least official proton support. The 10 bucks for this game was borderline, but i did it because it had platinum for such a long time - well, so much for that...

Besides that, it really is one of the best MP-Games i've ever played. And the community is pretty reasonable, even playing with random groups is fun most of the time!

But the Humble Choice is disappointing again - didn't they justify reducing the number of games with increasing the quality? DRG is great and some of the games look interesting, but DRG is already over 2 years old and none of the other games is any highlight for me...seems i made the right choice not to renew my classic subscription after they made the trove windows-exclusive...

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From memory without doing a direct comparison it looks like the terrain looks better than X-Plane. If the physics are good/realistic, it might be a nice middleground between arcadey but gorgeous MSFS and great realism but dated graphics X-Plane?

Nice to see Linux-Support any way - does that include VR?

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A shame. I would really love to support GoG for their DRM-Free approach and because i like underdogs. But after the initial phase where they got my trust in advance, i just can't justify it seeing how they essentially ignore Linux completely...

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Quoting: ColorblindmonkYeah there's gonna be no difference. You're gonna run up against other bottlenecks before ever maxing out the SSD. Though that won't stop the average Redditor from making a fuss over it.

Well, silently changing the specs for some is bound to annoy people. If Valve would have been upfront about it, done a blogpost explaining it and providing their benchmarks, i guess nobody really would complain.
But changing it an hoping noone will notice is bound to be perceived as deceptive and not taking the customer serious...

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Quoting: TheSHEEEPThis makes zero sense to me. Not sure I get what you are talking about here.

You argue that having shortcuts in the game devalues your achievements. That is only true though if you somehow are compulsively forced to go the easy route.
Just because this options exist doesn't mean you have to or even SHOULD take them if you don't have some kind of impairment. So nothing is taken away from you.

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Quoting: TheSHEEEPThat's like saying you should never strive to get good at anything because shortcuts exist and someone will use them, which would then invalidate or lower your own accomplishments.
Other people's inadequacies should never serve as an excuse for your own.

Other people's "admiration" (read: bragging rights) should also not be you sole motivation to invest time into getting better. If achievements are the only thing that motivates you to dig into a difficult game, you really should work on your self-sufficiency.
Just because cheat codes existed as long as i can remember (and i had access to them in the magazines back then), i never felt the need to take that shortcut if i was determined to beat the game either...

I think it's not fair to limit the validity of the use of accessibility options to "actual" disabilities. There are people out there that just don't have the reaction time or motor skills to master such a gamne - and there is nothing they can do about it, no matter how hard they train. Why exclude those people just because you tend to take shortcuts, just because they exist?

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