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Seems pretty clear to me: “We’re also releasing Civilization VII for MacOS and Linux / SteamOS” doesn’t just not mention Proton, there also isn’t a Proton on MacOS Steam. And you don’t get Linux and Mac system sepcs and platform icons on Windows-only games on Steam whether or not you can run them with Proton; you get ”Steam Deck Verified”.
(I’m half expecting them to walk that back later but for now the message seems clear.)
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proton
Is that even an option on the Mac? And “Proton games” wouldn’t show the Mac and SteamOS platform icon on the Steam store.
We're also releasing Civilization VII for MacOS and Linux / SteamOS. However, we don't have specs to share for those platforms at this time.
Source: https://x.com/CivGame/status/1841885325528043648
Now whether all this is just a mix-up in this age of “Linux ports aren’t worth it and they always suck anyway”… maybe.
As per the linked FAQ, >What platforms will Sid Meier's Civilization VII be available on? > >Sid Meier's Civilization VII will be available on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam (which also supports Mac and Linux) and the Epic Games Store. The Steam store (preorder) listing shows all three platform icons so I’m guessing they’re not just talking about making it work with Proton. No mention yet of Aspyr (who ported Civ 5 & 6) as far as I can see.
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Wired and wireless X-Box 360 controllers with the built-in kernel drivers, generally hassle-free these days!
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Sounds like it — it was posted by The Elder Scrolls Online, not Valve. (Edit: Yes, of course this still means Proton.)
[Gaming On Linux has a write-up too](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/the-elder-scrolls-online-now-steam-deck-playable-to-be-fully-verified-in-a-future-update/).
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I guess they just don’t want to bother with it any more?
As [reported by GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/07/dimhaven-enigmas-is-a-new-first-person-puzzler-from-the-team-behind-quern/), the folks behind the modern Myst-like Quern have a [native Linux demo](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2458980/Dimhaven_Enigmas) out on Steam for an exploration-heavy first-person adventure game called Dimhaven Enigmas. There’s a [Kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zadbox/dimhaven-enigmas) with tons of additional information. In an age of native Linux support getting dropped or passed over I hope it goes well for them. And if you’re into that sort of thing, [Quern](https://store.steampowered.com/app/512790/Quern__Undying_Thoughts/) is currently 80% off. (Though it’s also 80% off if you’re not into that sort of thing)
Note that when the changelog mentions "Windows builds" or "Mac builds", they mean the *games*, not builds of Heroic itself… I think.
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Well, I don’t really like headphones, so mostly I’m using my living room stereo like it’s 1987 and I just got my first Amiga.
I do have a Sennheiser DT 990 Pro (3.5 mm TRS) because they’re supposed to sound “neutral” and their main purpose is to aid in audio …“work”… and voice chat. But they’re just fine for gaming, I guess, and have been trouble-free and fairly pleasant to wear (as big headphones go).
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Yes. I think Elder Scrolls Online and Guild Wars 2 were my last "anchors" to Windows (7, at the time). I barely ever booted into it… I wanted to be NOT IN WINDOWS more than I wanted to play games. But I did keep it around until there just wasn’t anything left that I wanted to run but couldn’t, or not well. The first Humble Indie Bundles with games like FEZ and Limbo had been out by that point as well. I’ve generally made sure not to buy too “crazy” hardware (like Bluetooth controllers… yes, I’m old and a neophobe and I don’t know what else).
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Love the little lights winding their way across your desk!
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They are the same game in many ways, but Paradroid has a flat top-down view with smooth omni-directional scrolling and can quickly become FAST AND DEADLY on any of the more dangerous decks…
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This Quazatron? I’ve always adored Quazatron in static screenshots in magazines. An isometric/3D-ish Paradroid?! <3! But I guess the Zedex was too alien to me to get around to it.
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That could be sweet. Of course, they’ve already tried that, but SteamOS wasn’t really ready then.
And I suppose anyone can get a random mini PC and install Steam on it…
Text descriptions, neofetches, photos; it’s all fine!
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As a non-owner of either handheld, I tentatively agree and would still rather get a Steam Deck.
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Jumbling up that bit of rote code was the joke! But the semicolon isn’t supposed to end the line; it tells BASIC to suppress the newline after the print
statement. Makes for a better endlessly scrolling text experience ;)
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Oddly enough I no longer have that issue since the update (although it seems to come and go, and be present in the beta but not the ““stable”” client or vice versa). Plasma/Kwin Wayland scaled to 200% on UHD.
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Oxenfree and Hollow Knight are two of my favourite “current” games. Can’t wait for Oxenfree 2: Lost Signals to come out in a month or so…
Though Oblivion, Skyrim, and Borderlands 2 might be the ones with the most playtime.
Nethack variants like Unnethack, Slash’EM and Dynahack are a perennial favourite on any OS since Hack on MS-DOS in the 80s and Nethack on the Amiga in the 90s.
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Welcome ^^ How do you like our new banner lol
- Ryś USB adpater with wireless mouse - Indivision AGA Mk II CR: DVI video compatible with LCD flat panels, lets me use up to 1280x1024x256 (but there’s still only 2 MB graphics RAM) - IDE splitter/CompactFlash adapter with 4 GB CF card as a "hard disk" + optical drive - Blizzard 1230-IV with 68030 CPU @ 50 MHz, FPU, and 128 MB RAM module - Prisma Megamix "music card" (decodes and plays various formats like MP3, Vorbis, and FLAC) - Digital Sound Studio parallel port sound sampler - Serial MIDI interface (the logic is built into the plug!) - PCMCIA Ethernet card — I had wi-fi too but modern routers don’t play nice with it - Gotek floppy emulator that I never need - Stock Kickstart 3.1, Workbench 3.9 ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/df9a9f0a-4acd-4ff5-980e-3c5b424fe63b.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/03252a8f-e075-4637-a3bf-854afea5a21b.jpeg) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/576c7e24-9ea7-4405-9712-c35623bb74ac.png) ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5df8d67b-282b-4c16-8e4b-4fa5ec2a929c.png)
# This is not really a *thing* yet. ^(Edit: I think it is now.)^ >**Hoo boy; we have all sorts of *formatting* options here!** ``` 10 print "goto 10"; 20 hello world! ``` ::: spoiler spoiler (Personally, I liked to spell it `GO TO` wherever it’d let me) ::: ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1d775508-e9df-489c-8ce1-d7bc7ad5ff2f.webp)