0
1

[–] feistylemur 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

He also thought no one needed mouse inversion as a feature in rust.

0
0

[–] Bubos ago 

Well he is not wrong. Not every developer can be on the front to make gaming on Linux actually happen.

It would be a wise idea to not sell Mac and Linux versions of your game then though

0
0

[–] Fragnostus ago 

I like Rust a lot, I stopped playing because it was broken and now I just read the changelogs, I'm waiting for it to become more stable before reinstalling it (slow internet and all that shit)

0
3

[–] ShowMeYourKitties 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I don't know about rust, but Garry's Mod works fine on linux for me.

0
1

[–] revofire 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

There are not enough gamers there sadly. EVE pulled support and so did many others. It just wasn't worth the cost. The future for Linux lies in engines such as Unity and Unreal where they can deploy to multiple platforms. This requires the developers to do nothing while giving games to Linux users at no extra cost.

0
0

[–] FredL2 ago 

This is changing, but Garry, unfortunately, will not change with the times. He has his Windows gamers, though, so he'll be alright.

0
2

[–] Fragnostus 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Rust is Unity Garry's mod is Source both support linux it's whatever other things he's using that break support.

0
0

[–] revofire ago 

I see. Well if it's only small things, then he should support Linux. Why? Because I agree with him, the user base is tiny right now. However it would grow (I know this firsthand as I would be one of them) if there were more offerings or promised offerings at least.

[–] [deleted] ago  (edited ago)

[Deleted]

0
8

[–] b1-66erdk [S] 0 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago 

I agree with you, and I am totally ok with devs doing what you describe. But the thing is that Garry choose to make Rust available to us Linux users and is willing to take our money for the product. And then he goes to say that we are second class citizens and that he does not really care that the product is now broken for us even tough we paid him for it already. That is just not okay.

0
5

[–] camoceltic 0 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago 

If I didn't already own GMod, I wouldn't be buying it specifically for Garry's bullcrap. While I'm glad we've got GMod and Rust on Linux, Garry himself is just an asshole when it comes to Linux, and that's especially clear here. Why offer a Linux version if you won't do basic testing to see if it works at all? Ubuntu isn't exactly expensive to install, nor is it an uncommon distro for people to use.

To any devs reading this who are thinking about supporting Linux, don't do what Garry apparently does. Don't say you support it then not test your updates. Don't complain that Linux users are so small it's not worth supporting WHEN YOU SUPPORT IT. Don't say that Linux users are a second class citizen because of how few use it as a way to justify not testing your game.

Linux users are still users, just as Windows and Mac users are. If you're going to accept our money, you need to offer a product that works, at least on the distro you put as the minimum required one. I'm okay with less performance or even an issue every once in a while where we have to wait for a fix because a test didn't catch a major problem. What I'm not okay with is accepting our money, then turning around and going "Oh, by the way, good luck running this at all every few patches".

Garry could have a single box set up from old parts and use that for testing. He could have an external HDD set up with a Linux distro to test on. He could do any number of things that would let him test on Linux, but he apparently doesn't. This is a catch-22 situation: Linux users don't buy the game because it's broken/dev is an asshole about Linux. The game is broken/dev is an asshole because so few Linux users buy the game. The problem there is that the ball is basically in the developer's court. Do they accept that so few Linux users buy the game and stop bothering, or do they break out of the catch-22 and start actually supporting the game? Why can't users break the C22? Because you can't expect people to buy a broken game. Sadly, Garry seems content to allow the catch-22 to continue.

Again, to any devs: Support Linux or don't. There should not be a middle ground on that. We're (mostly) not little kids. We can take it if you say "We don't think supporting Linux is in our best interests". It's when you start accepting our money that it stops being a valid reason. At that point, it's an excuse, and it's a shit one at that. We understand that sometimes, bugs slip through, especially in Early Access, but Rust-level bullcrap is unacceptable.

0
9

[–] woross 0 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago 

I really regret I bought Rust. It doesn't even work on Linux, what a butt

0
0

[–] swartkrans ago 

Last time I played it it wasn't any fun at all anyway. It was full of hackers and griefers. It was a miserable experience.

[–] [deleted] 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

[Deleted]

0
6

[–] woross 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

The problem is I have. I've been enjoying it and suddenly it's broken for every linux user.

[–] [deleted] 0 points 25 points (+25|-0) ago 

[Deleted]

0
1

[–] squishysquid 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

My jenky chinese bluetooth mouse didn't work on my windows craptop, can I write an article bitching about that and have it taken as a seriouse windows jab?

(seriously little fucker registers single click as double, I can't drag shit)

0
4

[–] Mugzy 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

That's just sad. My 60+ year old parents are using Linux after years of frustrations due to malware and viruses in Windows. One uses Ubuntu and the other Linux Mint. Took a couple weeks for them to get used to it, but they know how to do everything they did before on their computers including updates and basic troubleshooting (like trying a new mouse if your obscure shit mouse doesn't work).

Yet somehow this game developer can't get the hang of it... That's pathetic.

0
0

[–] White_Raven ago 

"Developer". Has anyone actually seen the state of the 3+ year old alpha trash heap that is Rust? 300mb update fucks up performance, 1 gig update fixes it but causes glitches, another 800mb update brings back the textures but causes a Titan to lag, the next update causes anyone with nvidia drivers to crash, etc, and this is after 3 fucking years of early access/alpha status. Don't get me wrong, someone is literally always working on it (updates at all hours) but nobody knows what the fuck they are doing.

0
4

[–] Bunogi 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Personally, I think he's biased about Linux. He expects it to be just like Windows or OSX, and when it isn't, he gives up and claims it being too hard to figure out and crap, after not even bothering googling whatever he's trying to do.

[–] [deleted] 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

[Deleted]

[–] [deleted] 0 points 14 points (+14|-0) ago 

[Deleted]
load more comments ▼ (3 remaining)