Quoting: dziadulewiczThis is very bad if another app is needed to make the main one to run and with additional tweaks there. New comers can't know these things or most of the time will not bother. That auto detection of the installations should just be polished to work... Maybe it's not impossible even in a sandboxed flatpak.

I agree. Though given how flatpak is designed, I don't think there is a good solution so far.

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Quoting: ElectricPrismNow that I think of the Nintendo v Emulator lawsuit -- how would this effect Proton ???

If successful could Microsoft launch a lawsuit and say WINE is illegal? as it "Circumvents the intended use-case" ???

No, WINE would be like Google v. Oracle [External Link], which was pretty firmly settled in Google's favour, and thus WINE's.

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Quoting: Stoney_FishI guess its a permissions issue for the flatpak to access my other disks.

I on Ubuntu 23.10 and it does not want me to manage Flatpaks in the App Center or in Gnome-Software.

Oh yeah, that will do it. If your game files are on another disk then it will not be allowed to load them by default. (the flatpak only asks for access to the following folders by default:
~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Dark Forces/Game
~/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Dark Forces/Game

You can manage permissions etc through the application "Flatseal [External Link]", it is available as a flatpak [External Link] and should be in several repos as well.

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Quoting: LinuxerIt still doesnt work :/ the force engine just crashes when clicking start. even on steam deck , how can this be? Can anyone help?? The gob is here an i chose it : /home/tux/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Dark Forces/Game/DARK.GOB but the force engine says /run/user/1000/doc/c149f46b why

Hm... issue with xdg-portal perhaps? What if you set the path directly in:
~/.var/app/io.github.theforceengine.tfe/config/settings.ini
Does that make a difference?

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Gave it a try with the gog version of the game. (didn't want to bust out my old CD :tongue:)

Only played through the first two levels but impressions are good.

• Soundfont works good, music and sfx sound clear and has good bass.


• Graphics just worked with regards to aspect ratio and scaling.


• Mouse input is smooth and responsive.


• Performance is good, no choppiness in the gameplay or other frame rate issues from my limited testing. (which can sometimes happen in dosbox unless it is set up properly for Dark Forces)


• The optional "Bloom FX" actually looks pretty alright.

Great way to play one of my favourite games of all time. Looking forward to also be able to play Outlaws in the future. :wub:

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Quoting: Dorrit

Quoting: Purple Library Guythere are various strains of economics

Yes, and they're all frauds.

Quoting: Purple Library GuyThere's "Modern Monetary Theory" which is in my opinion not entirely wrong

Oh please.

Then inform us, oh great and wise one; how should an economic system work to be immune to the corrupting influences of reality?

Snark aside, this is not the place for discussing economic theory.

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Quoting: Dorrit

Quoting: HendrinMckaySupported by Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure

I'd like governments and NGOs (a.k.a. governments in disguise) and whatever official institution out there would keep their filthy corrupted money out of gaming. And software in general. And everything.
But then, that's what corrupted money is there for :sad:

"The government's money is always corrupt when someone else gets them, but not when I get them."

Societies have always (and should continue to) fund culture and arts. It also massively funds research that makes our lives better but perhaps doesn't always pay well or has a one time cost as opposed to a way to impose a recurring cost.

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Quoting: Dorrit

Quoting: CloversheenGermany saw fit to support the development as well

Where did you get that?

As HendrinMckay mentioned it is on the steam page, but it is also in the trailer linked in the article if you check in the bottom right towards the end.

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An interesting idea, I hope they can reach their vision!

I like that you can't change the war. It is still terrible, being a soldier still sucks, but saving just one life or at least making that one life a little bit more bearable is a task worth doing.

Also the somewhat cartoony art style actually works for me here, the war becomes a backdrop not the focus.

Germany saw fit to support the development as well so that's cool!

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: CybolicI'm for the idea, but the language of "content [...] created with the help of AI tools" might cause issues.

A popular method of using (what's commonly called) AI is for sketching out ideas and getting rapid feedback on them. If for example, a writer puts in a page worth of text and asks the AI to give its feedback on, say, the themes or tone of the text

Really? People trust the feedback of those things? On stuff like themes? That's, um, the word that keeps coming to my head is "pathetic".

Out of curiosity, what would you consider a non-pathetic way to get feedback?

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