iamthetot@piefed.ca to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 hours agoAmazon MMO New World Has Just a Year to Live, Rust Dev Offers to Buy It - IGNwww.ign.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down11
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minus-squareMatty_r@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 hours agoIf he buys it, he will break the Linux compatibility guaranteed.
minus-squarethingsiplay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoMy first thought too. But if he does not end up buying it, Linux support will be broken in a year anyway. Unless someone else steps in and continues.
minus-squareMatty_r@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoWell yea, sure. He just has a bone to pick with Linux. It was a pretty good MMO, so it would be cool to see it continue so its worth the gamble.
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 hours agoIt doesn’t inspire confidence, but it looks like they have a multiplayer game post-Rust that still works on Linux. Does Rust allow for self-hosted servers?
minus-squareMatty_r@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoIm pretty sure you can, yea. But only if you disable the anticheat I believe - thats the part that breaks it.
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoIt still sucks, but at least there’s a path to playing the game, so that bodes well for this game’s future even if Facepunch buys it.
If he buys it, he will break the Linux compatibility guaranteed.
My first thought too. But if he does not end up buying it, Linux support will be broken in a year anyway. Unless someone else steps in and continues.
Well yea, sure. He just has a bone to pick with Linux. It was a pretty good MMO, so it would be cool to see it continue so its worth the gamble.
It doesn’t inspire confidence, but it looks like they have a multiplayer game post-Rust that still works on Linux. Does Rust allow for self-hosted servers?
Im pretty sure you can, yea. But only if you disable the anticheat I believe - thats the part that breaks it.
It still sucks, but at least there’s a path to playing the game, so that bodes well for this game’s future even if Facepunch buys it.