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I wonder if those metrics would be the same regardless of whether the game was officially supported on Linux or unofficially supported through Proton.
by CivBase 3y ago
I wonder if those metrics would be the same regardless of whether the game was officially supported on Linux or unofficially supported through Proton.
- nottorp 3y agoIf it's emulated I'd assume it's unsupported and not report anything.
- JohnFen 3y agoThis is what I do. Running under an emulator is a signal to me that I'm on my own. Now I'm rethinking that interpretation, though. Is this an incorrect stance?
- nottorp 3y agoWell if there is an official Mac/Linux package with wine+the game from the developer, we could presume they want feedback. If it's just the Proton built into Steam, then I don't know. But then I haven't tried gaming on Linux, either desktop or a Steam Deck, lately so I don't know what the atmosphere is. Atm I only run a Mac Mini (I have Linux and Windows boxes but I only remote into them) and a PS5. On Mac OS you run games in spite of Apple, and on the PS5 games just work.
- Adverblessly 3y agoSome developers explicitly indicate that Linux is officially supported via Proton, in which case I think it makes sense to report bugs, otherwise similarly I wouldn't bother.
- extraduder_ire 3y agoI would guess it's somewhere in the middle, but with most of the bug reports going to whoever's maintaining proton rather than the developer.
- account42 3y ago> whoever's maintaining proton That would be Valve and yes they do fix game-specific bugs.
- herbst 3y agoI got plenty of uninvited hate from random users just for posting bug reports (for obvious game bugs) on steam. Might got better with proton being more popular, but I for sure stopped wasting my time and just return the games.
- db48x 3y agoSteam forums are notoriously spotty. Some are ok, others are terrible. And at least half the time the developers don't read it, because they have their own forums that they can moderate and maintain themselves.