Quoting: Quote from stanThat’s nice. I’m a programmer and not afraid of long command lines, but finding the good parameters for ffmpeg can take a lot of time. Can Castawesome record only a window? Record sound without Pulseaudio (with ALSA)? Save to disk instead of livestream? (Yeah I’m not really interested in livestreaming at this point!)

It can do both windowed and fullscreen video input and audio input through Pulseaudio, but sadly it supports only one audio device at a time, unless you use null sinks. Saving the recording to disk is something that can be done and I've actually done that few times to test the video quality, but it's not officially a feature, because tools like SimpleScreenRecorder do that a lot better. I might add that into the project for testing purposes though.

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I haven't been interested too much in the upcoming/new Windows-based games. I mainly use Wine to run few older games that I doubt will ever be ported like Skyrim, Fallout-series, Halo: Combat Evolved and so on, so if Wine can manage running those with minimal issues I am fine with that and the new releases that support Linux.

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Quoting: QuoteWell that's some grand news to end 2014 on right?

I go to sleep, wake up and missed an entire year? Holy moly ;).

It should make more sense now. :D

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Quoting: Quote from QantouriscYou missed the guy following you @06:03 :) see on top of the screen.

I wonder what he might be up to... Gotta play some more and see.

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Quoting: Quote from BcsAs soon most major game devs switch to Linux/OpenGL, Micro$oft will forbid OpenGL in Windows, or they will just shut down Linux entirely, or patent all PC gaming, to get royalties for that, regardless of the OS. They have the money/support for that, so...

That won't happen. OpenGL support is included in the graphics card drivers, which are controlled by their respective companies (mainly AMD, Intel and NVIDIA) and not by Microsoft. They can't shut down Linux either, because they don't have any control over it. Patenting PC gaming? Won't happen, since Microsoft didn't invent PC gaming. In fact, people played "games" on PCs even before Microsoft released their 4K Basic on Altair8800.

And lastly, there are laws against such anti-competetive practises.

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Quoting: Quote from stanWhat about the story/quests? Is this WoW-style “go kill 10 wolves” or is it a bit better? ;)

Also, has anyone tried it on 1st gen Intel HD Graphics?

As far as I've played the quests aren't only mob grinding, there are some fetch quests and the like. Of course it's not terribly complex, so don't set your expectations too high.

As for the Intel HD Graphics, I get 40+ FPS on my 3K, so I guess it could possibly work on the first gens, but don't quote me on that.

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Quoting: Quote from ShmerlI see the Android version was already sold on Humble Bundle. Will they distribute the Linux version through HB as well?

UPDATE: It's already in the Humble Store (DRM free) for $12.49. I just didn't notice it before:
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/ravensword_shadowlands_storefront [External Link]

Good RPG natively on Linux DRM-free? Instant buy.

On a side note, Shadowrun Returns is in the Humble Store now as well (DRM free).

Excellent! I'll slap that link onto the article in case someone doesn't check the comment section.

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Quoting: Quote from stanNot excited at all because Penumbra Overture is unplayable due to poor mouse handling (I have to set the acceleration option to the max and then the pointer moves way too fast in the menu (and faster horizontaly than verticaly), but ingame rotations are still too slow). Also the graphics are completely bugged on my Core i3 Intel HD Graphics, and there is no alt-tab.

I also got Amnesia and don’t remember what the problems were, but I couldn’t play it either. (Looks like I deleted the files for this one.)

Maybe if they used SDL2 this time it will be playable… I’m definitely not buying it without trying a demo first!

I've played some Amnesia on my Intel HD Graphics 3000 laptop and it ran perfectly with a decent framerate. I haven't played any Penumbra games on the laptop, but on my main rig Black Plague runs without hitches.

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I've hated them ever since I heard they destroyed Sierra Entertainment back in 2008.

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Quoting: Quote from Half-ShotEveryone has their reasons why they can't "switch" to Linux but one of the more prominent ones is that Linux isn't getting you as much value for money for your hardware.

Uh, what?

I switched to Linux in 2002, and haven't looked back. I had no valid reason to keep Windows around. And in the decade+ since then, I have squeezed FAR more life out of my hardware by running Linux than Windows ever could have given. I only upgraded minimally, typically due to failure (one motherboard, two HDDs) or simply want (more HDD space, or more RAM).

I haven't had an issue with printers or scanners I've bought over the years from Epson, Agfa, or HP. I have a Wacom tablet that I use from time to time. Canon Rebel DSLR camera. Logitech gamepad and Harmony programmable universal remote. All work fine out of the box, plug-n-play, outside of [easily] installing a program to actually use a few devices (like SimpleScan, DarkTable, or Congruity). That's FAR better "value" to me, considering how much of my own time I used to waste trying to get devices working, drivers and bloatware, rebooting, etc. on Windows. All the hardware I've got works just fine, but then again, I don't go around buying random shitty gear that I really don't need from obscure companies nobody's ever heard of.

Sounds to me like people make up excuses and waste their money on low-quality trash, which in turns forces them to stick with likewise for their operating system.

It's common knowledge that AMD's cards are crappy on Linux. I have a friend that tried to switch to Linux, but all his games were running with sub-par framerates and had frequent FPS drops. This has also been verified on comparative benchmarks between Linux and Windows drivers. Luckily Nvidia doesn't have these issues anymore and performance is nearly identical on both systems.

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