Quoting: Sputnik_tr_02

Quoting: TheSHEEEPYou should just be able to run an .exe installer, for example, as if it was the most normal thing in the world.

Yes it would be very user friendly but it also brings some new problems; (Windows viruses). If everything is automated some harmful software designed for windows will surely take advantage of that. Perhaps users should be warned if that is the case for a distro.

Viruses have always been a selfmade user problem.
I completely removed any kind of firewall and antivir programs years (on Windows, too) and didn't have a single problem - simply because I don't download stuff from shady sites.

Freedom also means freedom to shoot yourself in the foot.

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Quoting: Leopard2-) Wine is not a tool you can get good performance , good rendering , easy configure process.

4-) I really don't care about a game being native ( OGL , VLK ) vs Wine wrapped as long it works at good performance + renders correctly.

5-) Wine is not really a solution. It is open to regressions , tons of hacks to even running one game normally. It only can be considered as a bonus feature for people who have free time in their hands. Normal users ( which majority ) can't stand with it.

I somewhat agree with these statements as a picture of the current state.
However, I think there is much bigger potential in Wine (and tools like DXVK). I don't see it as unreasonable that a state can be reached of about 90% of "native" performance for new titles - at some point. People who care about those last 10% aren't going to switch either way as long as no true native port is available.

However, the rest might. If - and only if - Wine came integrated into the distro normally just like curl, without even requiring installing the package AND if you wouldn't need to do ANY of the current setup steps (create prefix, configure it, get winetricks, install libs, etc.). You should just be able to run an .exe installer, for example, as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
And of course it should create a desktop icon (or launcher) as naturally as it does on Windows and you should just be able to run that.

The remaining problem are the distribution platforms themselves, or rather, only Steam. At the moment, you cannot even download a Windows game running the Linux client. You have to install a separate Windows version of Steam, run that and install Windows games using that.
I don't see what could be done about that, though.
Maybe a deeper integration of Wine into the system, to easily switch to "Windows Mode" or something like that - as easily as switching workspaces.

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Quoting: Sputnik_tr_02

Quoting: TheSHEEEP396.24.02 for NVIDIA?
Oof... the one currently in the packages is 390.48.
Trying to install more recent drivers from NVidias website has always resulted in completely messing up the graphics drivers - aka nothing works anymore until you repair the X configuration files, etc. Extremely bothersome, so I've stopped using anything that's not in the official packages.

I am using this [External Link] ppa, never had issues with it on my system, you may want to try.

Thanks, but that is what I have already, and the latest one available on that (at least for Ubuntu 18.04) is 390.

Edit:
Nevermind that, it's late and I am blind. 396 is indeed there.

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396.24.02 for NVIDIA?
Oof... the one currently in the packages is 390.48.
Trying to install more recent drivers from NVidias website has always resulted in completely messing up the graphics drivers - aka nothing works anymore until you repair the X configuration files, etc. Extremely bothersome, so I've stopped using anything that's not in the official packages.

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Quoting: TheRiddickyeah well simulator turn-based? I dunno any more.

RTS = Real Time Strategy and usually implies something like Command & Conquer, Warcraft, Dawn Of War, etc.

This is a turn-based strategy game.
Though I think the overworld view might be in real-time if it is like the original X-COM - but that is only a small part of the game.

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Quoting: TheRiddickNot like ultra high framerate will be needed for a RTS, if its above 60fps then it should be fine.

It is not an RTS.

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Quoting: Alm888

Quoting: TheSHEEEPI really don't get this.

Why would you replay a game that doesn't even offer replayability?

And how about "Why would you reread a book that doesn't even offer rereadability?" :P

No book does, which is why it seems so strange to me to do that.

Quoting: Alm888Different people have different tastes. You do not need to "get" their reasoning on this, just take for granted some actually enjoy replay the games of youth.

Oh, I certainly don't need to, but what exactly is the harm in trying to understand?

I always find it a bit lazy if people cannot even explain why they do or not enjoy something.
I was able to explain why I find no enjoyment in replaying most games - so it really doesn't seem far off to me that someone should be able to explain why they do.

And thankfully, some actually tried to explain:

Quoting: hummer010I do this all the time. I've read Lord of the Rings at least a dozen times. And I do it for the same reason I replay games.

I'm not very patient. When I read a book, or play a video game, I always start out planning to experience it all. Inevitably, I get impatient, I skim what I'm reading. I ignore side quests or speed through things. I get to the point where I'm speeding to the end.

Then, I play / read it again, and pick up more of what I missed the first time around. And again. And if I really like it, again and again and again.

I can get the reasoning behind this to some extent.
If you missed something due to rushing to the end (or forgetting, the human brain certainly is a sieve), then next time you'd maybe rush through the beginning but get the end. But only if it was an enjoyable experience to begin with. Makes sense.
And if you are a completionist of the Nth order, you'd probably do it again and again and again until you really saw every placed plant.

When I skip something in a game or some other media, I usually realize that it is because that content wasn't enjoyable to me to begin with. I am usually not impatient about finishing games, though.

Quoting: HamishEven if this were true, and there really was nothing you might have missed, someone spent days, weeks, months, or even years building that world for you, and for me that craftsmanship can still be worth revisiting.

Hold your horses. Your due to the creators/authors/whatever was paid the moment you laid cash on the table. You do not own the creator of any media anything more than that.

However, I do get the reasoning behind simply revisiting something you already know just to appreciate the craftmanship. It's not something I would do if there is instead something new to discover (and considering the speed games come out, there usually is), but I can understand that.

See? I already learned two new things about my fellow human beings!

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: TheSHEEEPI'm not trying to offend anyone (for once ;) ), I am just

bragging.

Nothing wrong with that, as long as you do have something to brag about and do it in moderation.
However, I don't see how I was bragging in this case.

Bragging that I don't see the point in replaying most games? Huh?

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I will start using itch.io once they finally add tag filtering.
It is basically impossible to browse games on itch.io other than by browsing specific genres. The "top sellers" or "popular" tags are just filled to the brim with Visual Novels (which I don't like) and ... well... stuff that looks like it came from a games jam...
As soon as the store adds a way for me to easily add certain tags to a globally applied blacklist, I'd be happy to use it more. And there are already issues for this on Github - since months, however, and not resolved yet.

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Quoting: razing32That tornado in the trailer seemed to be homing in on the houses. :huh:

God has reached lvl 2 and unlocked the "homing" disaster branch.

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