[–] 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)
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[–] b1-66erdk [S] 0 points 8 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.
[–] camoceltic 0 points 5 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.
[–] 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