I know this is only HL2 beta - but unfortunately it doesn't run nearly as fast as HL2 on wine.
I'm on ubuntu 12.10, 2010 mac mini (nvidia graphics)
Half-Life 2 released for Steam on Linux
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Re: Half-Life 2 released for Steam on Linux
#22I loved Half-Life 2. I loved Counter-Strike 1.5 (and 1.6 too). I loved Portal. Valve has done a good job of making games. But I reeeeally wish some other developers would step up to the plate and port as well. I'm thinking Borderlands, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and others. Those two already have Mac ports so I doubt it's unfeasible to move things over. Wine typically works well enough --assuming you're willing to ei…
Many developers dont even port their console titles to the PC, or do so much later. Porting to Linux does not make any sense financially (yet), so its more or less good-will. You also need to have the resources to do it and many Devs are under heavy time pressure from publishers.
Porting from consoles to PC's is much harder, though, not to mention that they'll also have to upgrade the graphics in a major way to make it a "competitive" PC game. By contrast, porting to Linux should be much easier.
Also porting old games is one thing, but these days most 3rd party game engines support Linux, too, and it should be even easier to support Linux at launch with new games.
Considering Linux users buy about the same amount of games (in revenue) as Mac users right now (from the surveys/research I've seen), it should be a no-brainer to support Linux if you're already going to support Mac. I could see some not wanting to bother with Mac either, though, but for those who choose Mac, they should also choose Linux.
Re: Half-Life 2 released for Steam on Linux
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Many developers dont even port their console titles to the PC, or do so much later. Porting to Linux does not make any sense financially (yet), so its more or less good-will. You also need to have the resources to do it and many Devs are under heavy time pressure from publishers.
Porting from consoles to PC's is much harder, though, not to mention that they'll also have to upgrade the graphics in a major way to make it a "competitive" PC game. By contrast, porting to Linux should be much easier. Also porting old games is one thing, but these days most 3rd party game engines support Linux, too, and it should be even easier to support Linux at launch with new games. Considering Linux users buy…
If you look at the list of games with Linux support at Steam you will notice that virtually all of them has Mac support, which supports your idea about Linux and Mac support.
Re: Half-Life 2 released for Steam on Linux
#24Erm. Wasn't Half-Life 2 already out? Pretty sure I've had it in my library for months.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Many developers dont even port their console titles to the PC, or do so much later. Porting to Linux does not make any sense financially (yet), so its more or less good-will. You also need to have the resources to do it and many Devs are under heavy time pressure from publishers.
Porting from consoles to PC's is much harder, though, not to mention that they'll also have to upgrade the graphics in a major way to make it a "competitive" PC game. By contrast, porting to Linux should be much easier. Also porting old games is one thing, but these days most 3rd party game engines support Linux, too, and it should be even easier to support Linux at launch with new games. Considering Linux users buy…
Most developers use 3rd Party Engines anyway, so they are also limited by the fact that many game engines dont support Linux/Mac yet. But that number is definately growing!
Re: Half-Life 2 released for Steam on Linux
#26Who uses linux anyway.
Re: Half-Life 2 released for Steam on Linux
#27I loved Half-Life 2. I loved Counter-Strike 1.5 (and 1.6 too). I loved Portal. Valve has done a good job of making games. But I reeeeally wish some other developers would step up to the plate and port as well. I'm thinking Borderlands, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, and others. Those two already have Mac ports so I doubt it's unfeasible to move things over. Wine typically works well enough --assuming you're willing to ei…
Doublefine just ported their entire catalog: https://www.humblebundle.com/
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#28They also added VR mode if you opt into the SteamPipe beta.
See more info here: https://developer.oculusvr.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=42&...
Re: Half-Life 2 released for Steam on Linux
#29Looks like my weekend is set, then.
Re: Half-Life 2 released for Steam on Linux
#30Isn't this game like 10 years old?
It may be almost 10 years old but it is still one of the best FPS games ever created. Hell I still play Deus Ex as it is my favourite game ever made. Just because a game is not brand new does not mean porting it to a new platform is not worth it.