• linux game reccomendations

    From candycane@21:4/141 to All on Tue Aug 1 03:16:41 2023
    hi!
    Do you guys have any game reccomendations? (needs to run on linux)

    candycane

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  • From Arelor@21:2/138 to candycane on Thu Aug 3 04:48:49 2023
    Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: candycane to All on Tue Aug 01 2023 03:16 am

    hi!
    Do you guys have any game reccomendations? (needs to run on linux)

    candycane

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    If you want a turn based artillery game, Hedgewars is nice.

    Another more serious artillery game is Scortched 3D.

    For a turn based strategy game, pick Battle for Wesnoth. Great soundtrack BTW.

    Doom and its ecosystem runs on Linux, so if you are into 1st person shooters, you can play Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen and Strife and run them native, including its mods.

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  • From candycane@21:4/141 to Arelor on Thu Aug 3 08:56:16 2023
    Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: Arelor to candycane on Thu Aug 03 2023 04:48 am

    Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: candycane to All on Tue Aug 01 2023 03:16 am

    hi!
    Do you guys have any game reccomendations? (needs to run on linux)

    candycane

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    If you want a turn based artillery game, Hedgewars is nice.

    Another more serious artillery game is Scortched 3D.

    For a turn based strategy game, pick Battle for Wesnoth. Great soundtrack BTW.

    Doom and its ecosystem runs on Linux, so if you are into 1st person shooters, you can play Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen and Strife and run them native, including its mods.

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    Alright, I'll check these out.

    candycane

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  • From candycane@21:4/141 to claw on Thu Aug 3 08:57:57 2023
    Re: Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: claw to candycane on Thu Aug 03 2023 07:50 am

    On 01 Aug 2023, candycane said the following...
    hi!
    Do you guys have any game reccomendations? (needs to run on linux)

    candycane

    Do you mean Door games or local games like those on steam?

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    Steam. Don't run a BBS so it might be hard to track a door game down anyways.

    candycane

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  • From claw@21:1/210 to candycane on Thu Aug 3 07:50:00 2023
    On 01 Aug 2023, candycane said the following...
    hi!
    Do you guys have any game reccomendations? (needs to run on linux)

    candycane

    Do you mean Door games or local games like those on steam?

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  • From Ganiman@21:3/174 to candycane on Thu Aug 3 12:21:11 2023
    hi!
    Do you guys have any game reccomendations? (needs to run on linux)

    candycane

    hi!

    If you aren't already aware, there are a few excellent options for gaming on Linux these days, with a lot of credit going towards Valve and the Steam Deck. Thousands and thousands of Windows games play perfectly on Linux today. Even brand new games can work great under Linux. I've recently purchased Battle Bit on Steam, which is a new Windows first person shooter, and it "just works" - great framerate, etc.

    Steam itself will use Proton (Wine) for Linux compatibility with almost
    the entire Steam library, basically right out of the box. Install Steam for Linux and start playing games you already own. You can look at the Proton Database for game compatibility under Proton/Steam: https://www.protondb.com

    Check out Lutris, a Linux game launcher that supports games from almost any source (Steam, Origin, GOG, Humble, Epic, etc). You can also search the Lutris site's Database for games and compatiblity: https://lutris.net/games

    Also take a look at the Heroic Launcher, which has excellent support for Epic and GOG games.

    If you are into Final Fantasy XIV, there is a native Linux launcher for the game and it runs excellent under Linux.

    If you have a Playstation 4 or 5, and want to experiement with Remote Play, look for Chiaki, an open source remote play app for Sony consoles (also available on mobile platforms, even Switch homebrew).

    We are experiencing the best time ever (so far) for Linux gaming right now. Linux has surpassed Mac for the second most popular PC gaming OS (thank you Steam Deck). Its been a long wait, but we're here. Wine (and its varients, like Proton) have bridged the gap.

    Enjoy your linux gaming!

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  • From Ganiman@21:3/174 to candycane on Thu Aug 3 12:25:01 2023
    I forgot to mention (shameless plug)... Final Fantasy XI runs great under Linux/Wine too, and I just happen to run a private server for it right next to my BBS ;)

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to candycane on Thu Aug 3 15:29:24 2023
    Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: candycane to All on Tue Aug 01 2023 03:16 am

    Do you guys have any game reccomendations? (needs to run on linux)

    What kind of games do you like?

    If you like 3D shooters, there's an open-source one that I found a while ago called Xonotic (available for Linux, Windows, and Mac). It's similar in style to Unreal Tournament, and there are active multiplayer games online. I think it's fun if you want to get into a game or two (not having to play too long).

    Eric

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  • From candycane@21:4/141 to Ganiman on Thu Aug 3 21:30:47 2023
    Re: Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: Ganiman to candycane on Thu Aug 03 2023 12:21 pm

    hi!
    Do you guys have any game reccomendations? (needs to run on linux)

    candycane

    hi!

    If you aren't already aware, there are a few excellent options for gaming on Linux these days, with a lot of credit going towards Valve and the Steam Deck. Thousands and thousands of Windows games play perfectly on Linux today. Even brand new games can work great under Linux. I've recently purchased Battle Bit on Steam, which is a new Windows first person shooter, and it "just works" - great framerate, etc.

    Steam itself will use Proton (Wine) for Linux compatibility with almost the entire Steam library, basically right out of the box. Install Steam for Linux and start playing games you already own. You can look at the Proton Database for game compatibility under Proton/Steam: https://www.protondb.com

    Check out Lutris, a Linux game launcher that supports games from almost any source (Steam, Origin, GOG, Humble, Epic, etc). You can also search the Lutris site's Database for games and compatiblity: https://lutris.net/games

    Also take a look at the Heroic Launcher, which has excellent support for Epic and GOG games.

    If you are into Final Fantasy XIV, there is a native Linux launcher for the game and it runs excellent under Linux.

    If you have a Playstation 4 or 5, and want to experiement with Remote Play, look for Chiaki, an open source remote play app for Sony consoles (also available on mobile platforms, even Switch homebrew).

    We are experiencing the best time ever (so far) for Linux gaming right now. Linux has surpassed Mac for the second most popular PC gaming OS (thank you Steam Deck). Its been a long wait, but we're here. Wine (and its varients, like Proton) have bridged the gap.

    Enjoy your linux gaming!

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    Ah thanks, but I already sorta know about the steam stuff. Thanks for the info tho, I may check out FFXIV if it's not too expensive.

    candycane

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  • From candycane@21:4/141 to Nightfox on Thu Aug 3 21:31:53 2023
    Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: Nightfox to candycane on Thu Aug 03 2023 03:29 pm

    Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: candycane to All on Tue Aug 01 2023 03:16 am

    Do you guys have any game reccomendations? (needs to run on linux)

    What kind of games do you like?

    If you like 3D shooters, there's an open-source one that I found a while ago called Xonotic (available for Linux, Windows, and Mac). It's similar in style to Unreal Tournament, and there are active multiplayer games online. I think it's fun if you want to get into a game or two (not having to play too long).

    Eric

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    I'll check it out, thanks. Do you play it too? Maybe we could 1v1 at some point.

    candycane

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  • From candycane@21:4/141 to Nightfox on Thu Aug 3 23:02:41 2023
    Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: Nightfox to candycane on Thu Aug 03 2023 06:50 pm

    Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: candycane to Nightfox on Thu Aug 03 2023 09:31 pm

    If you like 3D shooters, there's an open-source one that I found a
    while ago called Xonotic (available for Linux, Windows, and Mac).
    It's similar

    I'll check it out, thanks. Do you play it too? Maybe we could 1v1
    at some
    point.

    I play it sometimes. It would be fun to play 1v1 some time.
    I don't play games as much as I used to (especially as I'm married now) but I still enjoy it.

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    Alright! That's completely understandable.

    candycane

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  • From candycane@21:4/141 to claw on Thu Aug 3 23:08:36 2023
    Re: Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: claw to candycane on Thu Aug 03 2023 10:02 pm

    On 03 Aug 2023, candycane said the following...
    Steam. Don't run a BBS so it might be hard to track a door game down
    anyways.

    candycane

    Well I run everything just fine on Manjaro Plasma through the steam client. Lately we have all been playing Diablo 4. Getting the battle.net client runnig is a little tricky but I would be willing to help.

    I have a teamspeak server if you would like assistance come say hi. No password. If anyone but me is there tell them your here to see Claw. they will call or text me for you.

    the server is voice.clawfest.com

    you would also be welcome to play games with us.

    As for recomendations what kind of games do you like. D4 is awesome if you like ARPGs. Either way come say hi we can recommend a ton of great games.

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    I'll check it out and look into the Teamspeak server, thanks.

    candycane

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to candycane on Thu Aug 3 18:50:42 2023
    Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: candycane to Nightfox on Thu Aug 03 2023 09:31 pm

    If you like 3D shooters, there's an open-source one that I found a while
    ago called Xonotic (available for Linux, Windows, and Mac). It's similar

    I'll check it out, thanks. Do you play it too? Maybe we could 1v1 at some point.

    I play it sometimes. It would be fun to play 1v1 some time.
    I don't play games as much as I used to (especially as I'm married now) but I still enjoy it.

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  • From claw@21:1/210 to candycane on Thu Aug 3 22:02:19 2023
    On 03 Aug 2023, candycane said the following...
    Steam. Don't run a BBS so it might be hard to track a door game down anyways.

    candycane

    Well I run everything just fine on Manjaro Plasma through the steam client. Lately we have all been playing Diablo 4. Getting the battle.net client runnig is a little tricky but I would be willing to help.

    I have a teamspeak server if you would like assistance come say hi. No password. If anyone but me is there tell them your here to see Claw. they will call or text me for you.

    the server is voice.clawfest.com

    you would also be welcome to play games with us.

    As for recomendations what kind of games do you like. D4 is awesome if you like ARPGs. Either way come say hi we can recommend a ton of great games.

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  • From claw@21:1/210 to Ganiman on Thu Aug 3 22:04:17 2023
    On 03 Aug 2023, Ganiman said the following...

    I forgot to mention (shameless plug)... Final Fantasy XI runs great under Linux/Wine too, and I just happen to run a private server for it right next to my BBS ;)

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    As soon as I'm board with D4 I might have to come play that. What do you need to do to get the client?

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  • From Arelor@21:2/138 to candycane on Fri Aug 4 07:27:52 2023
    Re: Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: candycane to Ganiman on Thu Aug 03 2023 09:30 pm

    Ah thanks, but I already sorta know about the steam stuff. Thanks for the in


    Since we are on a retro board, may I recommend you to run the original Final Fantasy from the NES? You may play it on Linux using an emulator XD

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  • From Arelor@21:2/138 to All on Fri Aug 4 07:29:16 2023
    Just a reminder that original Diablo may run native on LInux these days, without Wine or emulation.

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  • From candycane@21:4/141 to Arelor on Fri Aug 4 11:15:59 2023
    Re: Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: Arelor to candycane on Fri Aug 04 2023 07:27 am

    Re: Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: candycane to Ganiman on Thu Aug 03 2023 09:30 pm

    Ah thanks, but I already sorta know about the steam stuff. Thanks for the in


    Since we are on a retro board, may I recommend you to run the original Final
    Fantasy from the NES? You may play it on Linux using an emulator XD

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    Honestly, I don't super like turn rpgs besides the mario ones and undertale

    candycane

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  • From fusion@21:1/616 to Arelor on Fri Aug 4 11:05:52 2023
    On 04 Aug 2023, Arelor said the following...

    Just a reminder that original Diablo may run native on LInux these days, without Wine or emulation.

    with the game data & devilution i believe it's called.

    i run it at 1440p with a 2x zoom and it has the different zoom methods like emulators usually do. looks awesome.

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  • From fusion@21:1/616 to candycane on Fri Aug 4 14:19:54 2023
    On 04 Aug 2023, candycane said the following...

    Final
    Fantasy from the NES? You may play it on Linux using an emulator XD
    Honestly, I don't super like turn rpgs besides the mario ones and undertale

    it wasn't a big deal back in the day but even FF I is a bit of a grind.
    nothing is worse than Lufia though. i swear in some points it's like five steps in the overworld per 20-30 minute battle..

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  • From Ganiman@21:3/174 to candycane on Fri Aug 4 18:07:19 2023
    Ah thanks, but I already sorta know about the steam stuff. Thanks for
    the info tho, I may check out FFXIV if it's not too expensive.

    candycane

    The free trial they have lets you play most of the game with few restrictions. Basically you get cut off at the latest expansion, but it'll take you months and months of playing to even reach that really.

    https://freetrial.finalfantasyxiv.com/

    The linux launcher is is just called XIVLauncher. Its available as a flatpak too I believe:

    https://goatcorp.github.io/

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  • From Ganiman@21:3/174 to claw on Fri Aug 4 18:13:18 2023
    I forgot to mention (shameless plug)... Final Fantasy XI runs great u Linux/Wine too, and I just happen to run a private server for it righ next to my BBS ;)

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    As soon as I'm board with D4 I might have to come play that. What do
    you need to do to get the client?

    DrClaw

    The client is a free download right from the official site. Then you basically use a customer launcher to get it to connect to private servers. The two choices of customer launchers are Ashita and Windower, pros and cons to each. Getting the game to run under Linux/Wine is documented on WineDB and other places. Getting Ashita or Windower to work after that isnt terribly hard, especially if you have experience adding games to Lutris or Steam manually.

    I'm happy to help out if/when the time comes, but that'd probably be a little easier over IRC or Discord or Revolt (trying this out instead of Dicord lately) or something.

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  • From Ganiman@21:3/174 to fusion on Fri Aug 4 18:17:38 2023
    it wasn't a big deal back in the day but even FF I is a bit of a grind. nothing is worse than Lufia though. i swear in some points it's like
    five steps in the overworld per 20-30 minute battle..

    The Pixel Remasters of FFI-VI are great. It "fixes" the original (which had enough "bugs"), and lets you play II, III and V outside of Japan. Check it out if you have the means.

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  • From candycane@21:4/141 to fusion on Fri Aug 4 20:55:37 2023
    Re: Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: fusion to candycane on Fri Aug 04 2023 02:19 pm

    On 04 Aug 2023, candycane said the following...

    Final
    Fantasy from the NES? You may play it on Linux using an emulator
    XD
    Honestly, I don't super like turn rpgs besides the mario ones and
    undertale

    it wasn't a big deal back in the day but even FF I is a bit of a grind. nothing is worse than Lufia though. i swear in some points it's like five steps in the overworld per 20-30 minute battle..

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    5 steps? What do the menus look like in Lufia?

    candycane

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  • From hollowone@21:2/150 to candycane on Fri Aug 4 13:32:19 2023
    I believe there is so many that one can be confused where to start.
    I don't play on Linux but when I browse Steam and my library I see most of the games I really like to have Linux release as well these days.

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  • From Geri Atricks@21:4/102 to candycane on Sat Aug 5 21:59:41 2023
    Do you guys have any game reccomendations? (needs to run on linux)

    I still play World of Warcraft on my linux desktop. It actually runs better then on windows because of the lower OS overhead.

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  • From candycane@21:4/141 to Geri Atricks on Sun Aug 6 14:21:49 2023
    Re: Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: Geri Atricks to candycane on Sat Aug 05 2023 09:59 pm

    Do you guys have any game reccomendations? (needs to run on linux)

    I still play World of Warcraft on my linux desktop. It actually runs better then on windows because of the lower OS overhead.

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    Thanks, but I don't really like WoW.

    candycane

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  • From Darklord@21:3/171 to Geri Atricks on Wed Aug 9 01:07:16 2023
    On 05 Aug 23 21:59:41 Geri Atricks wrote...

    Do you guys have any game reccomendations? (needs to run on
    linux)

    I still play World of Warcraft on my linux desktop. It actually runs
    better then on windows because of the lower OS overhead.

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    To which Darklord replies...

    You can still get games like "Baldurs Gate" for Linux from GOG. I think
    they charge small fees like $4.99 though.

    I picked up a copy for my Kubuntu Linux laptop...


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  • From candycane@21:4/141 to Darklord on Wed Aug 9 05:46:14 2023
    Re: Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: Darklord to Geri Atricks on Wed Aug 09 2023 01:07 am

    You can still get games like "Baldurs Gate" for Linux from GOG. I think they charge small fees like $4.99 though.

    What do you mean by "small fees"? Is it reoccuring?

    candycane

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  • From Arelor@21:2/138 to candycane on Thu Aug 10 04:04:11 2023
    Re: Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: candycane to Darklord on Wed Aug 09 2023 05:46 am

    What do you mean by "small fees"? Is it reoccuring?

    These sort of old games are sold as one time payments.

    It is not worth it for the game company to set a DRM infrastructure to bill you for such old games.

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  • From candycane@21:4/141 to Arelor on Thu Aug 10 09:22:42 2023
    Re: Re: linux game reccomendations
    By: Arelor to candycane on Thu Aug 10 2023 04:04 am

    What do you mean by "small fees"? Is it reoccuring?

    These sort of old games are sold as one time payments.

    It is not worth it for the game company to set a DRM infrastructure to bill you for such old games.

    Ok good, the way you worded it worried me.

    candycane

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  • From Darklord@21:3/171 to candycane on Sun Aug 13 15:59:58 2023
    On 09 Aug 23 05:46:14 candycane wrote...

    Re: Re: linux game reccomendations By: Darklord to Geri Atricks
    on Wed Aug 09 2023 01:07 am

    You can still get games like "Baldurs Gate" for Linux from GOG.
    I think they charge small fees like $4.99 though.

    What do you mean by "small fees"? Is it reoccuring?

    candycane

    To which Darklord replies...

    Nope, or at least it wasn't when I purchased the original Baldurs Gate
    for Linux. It was a 1-time fee for $4.99 and well worth it, IMHO. :)



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