There is a game I am considering getting; it has been out for a few months now, and the devs are specifically blocking it from running under proton with a Kernel Level Anticheat which specifically blocks linux.
Folks on the discussion boards made the point tht it is technically possible to install windows for just one steam game, so I am looking for a guide on how to do that?
I’ve heard that if you don’t activate windows, you can still use it, and if you get the LSTC (?) Version of windows, it is not so annoying.
Does anyone have a guide for how to install windows alongside linux for one game?
If we have a discussion in the comments about whether it is tactically appropriate to give money to a game corporation that requires windows, i guess we can, but i would rather learn how to install windows in the least annoying way possible.
Look inside yourself and ask if you really like to play this game that much. Maybe wait a for more weeks and see if your feeling stays the same.
In my experience I can say that these kinds of urges pass away after a while.
If i thought my boycott would have any effect on the publisher, sure. But they have decades of track record showing that they would prefer not to allow their games to run on linux, so I don’t think my action alone will have any effect.
When the game came out, i waited; it’s been a few months. I’ve heard the game may die from not enough players. So that is why I’m going to dual boot if I can.
Respectfully, that’s where you’re going about it wrong imho. You boycott because you personally don’t want to support something.
It has about as much impact as voting in a representative democracy.
If you want to actually affect anything anything bigger than yourself you’ve got to actually become a nuisance. Direct action, campaigns, etc…
Buy anyway! (Haha sorry) The other commenter wasn’t even talking boycotting, just thinking about if you really want to buy something. It’s not a bad idea to think carefully before buying anything.
Do what feels right for you, though. It’s just a game. Just as OS. One is a toy, the other’s a tool.
Respectfully that’s not the goal of any boycott I’ve ever heard of.
Boycotts are for achieving some kind of change you want to see in the world, with a group of people organizing to protest something by not buying it, and encouraging others to also oppose buying it. E.g., boycotting Starbucks to pressure them to change their anti-union positions.
Otherwise, not buying something is just a personal preference, political statement, or moral stance, not attached to any outcome.
I’ve done both and I guess I shouldn’t call those both boycotts but people get it, like “I boycott uber because they’re awful” and “I’m using the BDS list to boycott businesses that tacitly support Palestinian genocide.”
Not the same thing but similar behavior. But then I would still try to avoid businesses that tacitly support genocide even if it was just me, so it feels the same.
Well, which is it? Do you think you’re going to have an effect or not?
Regardless, I don’t think [email protected] is talking about the effect on the game/publisher. It’s the effect on yourself that’s important.
I don’t really understand the question.
If there were some kind of Linux gamers petition that was attracting signatures, maybe me joining in would have an effect on persuading the publisher, maybe not.
I don’t think me buying it or not buying it in a vacuum will have any effect on them deciding to enable the settings in their Kernel level anti cheat to allow Linux compatibility.
Whether the game dies or not definitely won’t be affected by whether i buy a copy and play, or not. I don’t even want to play the pvp modes which is the majority of the game.
Look, I get it, you really want to pay the game. But if it’s a game that might die due to low player count, why bother?
I see two main outcomes: 1) it’s amazing and you have such a great time playing it that you’re extremely sad when it dies, or 2) it’s just a game, you play it for and while and it’s no more fun than any other game you have.
FOMO and hype are extremely effective, but not for your benefit.
Personally i think it would be worth it to experience it before it dies; it is part of a franchise that I enjoy and one of my tech podcasts just had an offtopic episode where they talked about how much they liked it as a game, and whether or not it would die and what that says about the games industry.
I know I don’t have to play it. But i have extra hdds lying around, and the price is affordable especially on sale, so why not?
I mostly want to play it solo/single player anyway; i don’t really care for pvp.