The DLC is supposed to be a much better campaign than the original. I never got that far into the original, so I might pick this up when it drops.

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Quoting: Evil PenguinI really hope this has an advanced graphics menu and not some stupid single bar.
You can't even specify the damn resolution.

They'll get my money if they give us graphics options on par or better than the Windows version.

instead of that, why don't you buy it if it is good?

Quoting: seamooseLooks like 64-bit only too...

were you planning on playing it on an ancient atom laptop? if your distro has problems with 64bit it's time to change distros.

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It's that time of month again...

Quoting: GamewizardThere are many Linux users that are likely not to do the survey, plus in addition to the fact man distributions do not ship with lsb by default makes it even more skewed this way and that.

This is not true at all. The fact that this post exists show the average Linux user cares about this percentage a whole lot, and wouldn't miss a chance to improve it. Nobody running Windows looks at the Windows percentage dropping one 0.1 percent and says "I didn't get a survey this month, it's biased."

Have you ever met a Linux user who has refused the Steam survey? No, you haven't.

Quoting: SmashleyI never get the survey while I am running Linux, I always get it when I "happen" to log into windows.

It's a survey, but there is a lot of thought that goes into them beyond what you can see. Valve would be able to identify the platform that is connecting to its server without you having to perform the survey.

They would have quotas for each of the three systems (ie, PC, Mac or Linux). The quotas would be based on the known demographics from a) previous surveys, b) actual steam connections. They would keep throwing up survey requests to users connecting from those systems until the respective quotas are filled.

The reason you see more surveys on PC is that more people refuse the survey on that system, and therefore the quotas take longer to fill.

To generate meaningful statistical data you need to correlate it with other sources. Valve is absolutely able to do this. This is done by targeted data collection to ensure it matches the known demographics. The exact same techniques are done when it comes to phone surveys, they use quotas to ensure that the demographics of their sampled data (eg "Are you satisfied with your congressman?") matches the demographics of that area as closely as possible. (In the case of telephone interviews, it is generally older people who respond, younger people typically either don't answer their phone, don't have one or refuse. So they keep dialing until they find some they need.[Citation Required])

In the case of Steam there is a strong bias present that makes Linux and Mac users more likely to respond to the survey than a PC user would. Steam needs to correct for that, and they do. It's not biased, it's proactively unbiased. The numbers are what the numbers are, +/- error.

*Citations: The Literary Digest [External Link] Assessing The Representativeness Of Public Opinion Surveys [External Link]Age Demographics & Evening Survey Calls [External Link]

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Quoting: neffoAn anonymous redditor posting that he spoke to some Polish sounding people, and that they said it was happening. That is about the least convincing game confirmation I have heard since "my dad works for Nintendo".

I'd email CD Projekt and ask them.

Their lanyards also said that they were exhibitors, and said lanyards had CDProjekt Red on the handle.

I know you can't trust me until they confirm it to everyone, but I really am telling the truth; a CDPR dev told me that TW3 is coming to linux.

I was being facetious, I wasn't suggesting you personally were dishonest. I was suggesting the information wasn't particularly reliable. It was off the record, to start with. The guys with the shirts weren't necessarily speaking with authority. And, yes, you were a random redditor.

I'm suggesting a few more pinches of salt than Liam was.

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An anonymous redditor posting that he spoke to some Polish sounding people, and that they said it was happening. That is about the least convincing game confirmation I have heard since "my dad works for Nintendo".

I'd email CD Projekt and ask them.

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Hey guys, I think you are about 30 years too late for this argument. PC has meant Microsoft since PC-DOS [External Link].

Please don't troll devs with something so trivial.

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What is the bug?

Only mouse related issue I have had is the game locking up in IVA mode when looking around the cockpit (in 23.5).

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* Correction they are teasing new Mac games.

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Quoting: ApopasFor me no need for Steam anymore! GOG FTW!

A rational response. How about celebrating having some choice?

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