On the code side of things: OpenRA is C#, and the original is C++

It’s not so much that they’re different languages, but more that they’re different code structures. OpenRA will be object oriented, while the original will be more imperative.

You can think of it like trying to fit a gearbox from a Honda into a Toyota (I know nothing about cars so please take this metaphorr with a massive grain of salt)

They might do the same thing, but they’ll do it in completely different ways. You couldn’t just copy and paste things directly, but you can still absolutely learn from it…

which is why I’m kinda sad Tiberian Sun isn’t on the list. I’m dying for the OpenRA version, and I’d bet having the original source would speed things up

eta: I also see assembly files in there, so I don’t know that the original is actually cpp. Those might just be generated off the assembly files, IDK. Everything else I’ve said still applies though

eta2: Nah, it’s definitely cpp. there’s a few assembly files, but mostly cpp.

Does anyone know where to go to get an idea of the state of the Tiberian Sun mod? I had a look at the github, but short of downloading it and trying it, it’s not very clear how far along they are

OK so I think you might be joking but in case you’re not:

1. “They don’t need to understand DEs” and “Please teach people.” Well which is it? is it intuitive or does it need to be taught? It can’t be both

2. That was just an example. Your solution doesn’t solve the problem I’m describing as a whole and I think my point still stands. Search might be common to most DEs but that doesn’t change the fact that they all work slightly differently, and if you want to know how to do something that can’t just be searched for, you need to know what DE you’re using. Which means knowing what a DE is. Not to mention, a user coming from a Mac wouldn’t think to just hit super anyway. It’s cmd + space there.

3. It’s not the “proper” way, it’s just “a” way. There is no “proper” way do to this kind of thing. I would even argue that it’s not even the “best” way because you’re not learning how to navigate your OS/DE if you do it that way.

This is exactly the kind of facetious bs “ugh, it’s not hard, just rtfm, noob” response the op is talking about

That’s really unfortunate, but yeah, better to know beforehand.

The really painful part about this is it doesn’t need to be this way. A lot of popular anti cheat software supports Linux, but the game devs just don’t enable it. GTA is one example of these. It’s allegedly just a checkbox that Rockstar won’t check.

Out of curiosity, what games are you looking at?

I got some good answers here

Sounds like it’s not perfect, but may be workable depending on what you’re trying to do

I’m sure you know this already, but for anyone who doesn’t: If you want to know if a specific game will work under Linux, Proton DB is your friend!

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t do a little of that in my younger years, but I’ve calmed down a lot. These days I generally advise caution when someone tells me they want to switch to Linux.

I personally don’t actually think any one variant of Linux is that much harder to use than Windows or Mac. I think the difficulty comes from two things:

One, I think people forget how much learning is involved in those OS’s as well. If you’ve ever tried to teach an elderly grandparent how to use “the computer” then you know first hand how much of this specialised knowledge you can take for granted. Simple things like knowing where to look to change mouse sensitivity as an example, are really challenging to any new user of any OS.

Two, there isn’t just one variant of Linux. It’s biggest strength is also it’s greatest weakness here. It’s amazing that you have so many choices for your desktop environment, but that comes with the major drawback of users needing to understand what a desktop environment is, and why Googling “how to change mouse sensitivity in Linux” is probably not going to return anything useful. You have so much choice in Linux for every little thing. Down to a level of granularity that most Windows or Mac users wouldn’t even realise they’re not getting a choice in. Alsa vs pulseaudio, xorg vs wayland, not to mention the plethora of package managers. Hell even drivers for your video card: proprietary vs open source. And yes, some of those examples boil down to the old way vs the new way, but ALL of this is added complexity, which results in a steeper learning curve for a new user.

So yeah, Linux is hard to use. The learning curve is a cliff, and anyone who thinks it’s perfect is kidding themselves! ESPECIALLY for the user who just wants to play a few games, and maybe do some browsing. We’ll never get the year of the Linux desktop with this mentality!

I do also try to warn new users about this. It is a whole new ballgame, and it will take some effort to get up to the same level of comfort you have in Windows. It really is best to not just jump in to the deep end, and fully wipe your system on day 1.

Start with a VM, then dual boot, and once you’ve stopped booting into WIndows in frustration, then you’re ready to commit.

One thing I promise though, it is 100% worth the effort

Ye, my dirty little secret is that I’m still running kubuntu on my main laptop (which I do a lot of gaming on as well fwiw.) It’s what it shipped with, and it works just fine. I can’t say I would have actively chosen it, but It’s also not bad enough to make me want to go through the hassle of installing something else

Gonna repeat something I said a little while ago.

If you’re planning to try Linux but have no experience with it, the best piece of advice I was given is this. Learn how the filesystem is structured. It will make everything else you try to do easier.

You’re also going to get a ton of conflicting advice on which distro to use. Pop OS or Mint are my suggestions. [email protected] is a good resource to know about too

I think others have said it better than I could, but yes, I include the blatant cash grab that the sims has become.

In case you weren’t aware, Paralives is a thing and looks really promising

Everything EA touches dies. Fuck EA

I apologize for my last comment, I was drunk when I wrote it. I’d rather not put that kind of negativity into the world.

I do still disagree with you though.

On paper or not, the system supports it, which means that they are very likely NOT supporting two lighting systems, which means that, yes, my point still stands. The series S is only 5 years old. The minimum system requirements are for 7 year old hardware.

EVERYTHING else is a matter of optimization, which no one here can comment on until the game is released. You just cannot know the game will perform badly until it is released.

As evidence of this, I will again point to the Indiana Jones game which is a) Ray Traced, b) Runs on the series S, and c) runs at 60fps (although, admittedly it’s apparently blurry)

This is my last reply because I just can’t with you anymore.

Those are some HELLA cherry picked examples. Both Dragon’s Dogma examples have the games running at MAX SETTINGS!

Even the Cyberpunk example, that was RAY TRACING on Medium.

I can’t read german, so no idea what is actually being said in the Indiana Jones article, but the closest equivalent I could find is this video which, frankly, tells me you’re completely full of shit.

It’s cute that you think that was a good counter argument

forcing gamers to have a sub par experience

The game isn’t even out yet and you’re commenting on performance! As someone else pointed out, the modern Doom games have a reputation for being extremely well optimised, so let’s wait and see how it actually performs on a 20 series card

As for needing a card > $1000 that’s just ridiculous. You can get a 4060 NEW for under 500, and again, the minimum here is a 2060.

Re: supporting old hardware, again. The minimum is 7 year old hardware. I was also around in the 386 era and to say that devs of that time supported hardware for longer, is at best, wildly exaggerated.

I can’t comment too deeply on consoles. I have no real experience with them, but from a very shallow level, the series S was released in 2020, and Google suggests that it supports ray tracing.

So my point stands. Stop expecting your 10 year old hardware to run new games indefinitely

So couple things:

The first RTX cards were the 20 series, which came out in 2018

There was a time when volumetric lighting was also optional

There was a time when GRAPHICS CARDS were optional.

The first game to require RTX was the Indiana Jones game, as did the Avatar game.

Shit moves on. Did you expect your 1060 card from 2016 to last indefinitely? How long did you expect developers to support 2 different lighting systems?

There is so much to be angry about these days, but not this. This was inevitable. If you MUST be angry about it, at least be angry at the right devs

Anbernic rg34xx?

I have an rg35xx h (just a generic square thing) and I’m pretty happy with it. I play mostly GBA and some PSP games on it

I remember the Wallace & Gromit doco about this…

I think they start on 0 here though. Reddit automatically upvotes your own posts, but not here

worst Bethesda DLC’s released of all time

Are we including Horse Armor here?

Yes, because it’s so difficult to get a gun in America any other way /s

I’ve been using a DS5 for PC gaming over an Xbox controller for a few months now, and it’s the fucking best! I’m genuinely not going back. The touch pad acts like a track pad for when you absolutely need mouse control (ui navigation mostly), and you can use gyro to fine aim ala the switch. It’s sick! I’m considering picking an edge up exclusively for PC gaming, I’m that sold. I just want someone to confirm the back pedals work. I do wish they had hall effect sticks though.