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It would be weird for Valve not to support Linux, given that the Steam Deck runs it. They could of course use Proton to run it, but AFAIR (most of(?)) the previ

It would be weird for Valve not to support Linux, given that the Steam Deck runs it. They could of course use Proton to run it, but AFAIR (most of(?)) the previous CS versions also had native Linux support. (Not sure about Mac support in the previous releases?)

milesvp 3y ago
It would also be weird to me for them to not have linux ports of their engines after blogging about the performance and bug squashing benefits of doing so for previous game engines.
- Matheus_17 3y ago
  I would be interested to read about that, could you post the source on it?
  - milesvp 3y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4327908 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4327908 This is one of the threads I remember reading about this. The blog seems to be offline, but you might find some luck with the wayback machine. https://web.archive.org/web/20190323200813/http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190323200813/http://blogs.valv... In any event, around this time they found a lot of optimizations porting to linux that they then back ported to the windows client. This was 10 years ago, so the zeitgeist in the company may have changed, but I've certainly taken to heart the idea that you should be cross compiling to at least one different target whenever you can to improve your engineering. The earlier you start the cheaper the cost of doing so as well. (This isn't the only company doing so at the time talking about gains of cross compilation either, and not just games)
mustacheemperor 3y ago
There was a Mac version of CS:GO, so because that game has been replaced by CS2, anybody playing it last month has lost it now.
- danjoredd 3y ago
  Normally I am on Valve's side, but I agree that them pulling CS:GO was a stupid move. Anyone else would have been torn a new one for doing that. Even though its not as popular as the others, I just stick to CS:Source and CS:1.6. Can't beat the classics, and they have been around for so long that they aren't going to be taken away at any point.
- RockRobotRock 3y ago
  Isn't that kind of messed up? CS:GO used to cost money, some users paid for something they can't play anymore.
  - Fornax96 3y ago
    This happens all the time. I used to be able to play Rocket League natively on my Linux PC. Then Epic bought it and simply pressed delete on the Linux port.
    - lights0123 3y ago
      And offered full refunds for those users, even if they had bought it five years prior.
      - Fornax96 3y ago
        I don't see the game in my library anymore, so I guess I ended up doing that.
    - porkbeer 3y ago
      Same happened with facepunches Rust
    - danjoredd 3y ago
      As much as that sucks it might be possible to play. I use the Hero Launcher to play the games from Epic through Proton. IDK if anticheat might mess you up, but you might try that
charcircuit 3y ago
Half Life Alyx didn't support Linux on release and I had to play it via proton

milesvp 3y ago

It would also be weird to me for them to not have linux ports of their engines after blogging about the performance and bug squashing benefits of doing so for previous game engines.

Matheus_17 3y ago
I would be interested to read about that, could you post the source on it?
- milesvp 3y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4327908 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4327908 This is one of the threads I remember reading about this. The blog seems to be offline, but you might find some luck with the wayback machine. https://web.archive.org/web/20190323200813/http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190323200813/http://blogs.valv... In any event, around this time they found a lot of optimizations porting to linux that they then back ported to the windows client. This was 10 years ago, so the zeitgeist in the company may have changed, but I've certainly taken to heart the idea that you should be cross compiling to at least one different target whenever you can to improve your engineering. The earlier you start the cheaper the cost of doing so as well. (This isn't the only company doing so at the time talking about gains of cross compilation either, and not just games)

mustacheemperor 3y ago

There was a Mac version of CS:GO, so because that game has been replaced by CS2, anybody playing it last month has lost it now.

danjoredd 3y ago
Normally I am on Valve's side, but I agree that them pulling CS:GO was a stupid move. Anyone else would have been torn a new one for doing that. Even though its not as popular as the others, I just stick to CS:Source and CS:1.6. Can't beat the classics, and they have been around for so long that they aren't going to be taken away at any point.
RockRobotRock 3y ago
Isn't that kind of messed up? CS:GO used to cost money, some users paid for something they can't play anymore.
- Fornax96 3y ago
  This happens all the time. I used to be able to play Rocket League natively on my Linux PC. Then Epic bought it and simply pressed delete on the Linux port.
  - lights0123 3y ago
    And offered full refunds for those users, even if they had bought it five years prior.
    - Fornax96 3y ago
      I don't see the game in my library anymore, so I guess I ended up doing that.
  - porkbeer 3y ago
    Same happened with facepunches Rust
  - danjoredd 3y ago
    As much as that sucks it might be possible to play. I use the Hero Launcher to play the games from Epic through Proton. IDK if anticheat might mess you up, but you might try that

charcircuit 3y ago

Half Life Alyx didn't support Linux on release and I had to play it via proton