iamthetot@piefed.ca to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoAmazon MMO New World Has Just a Year to Live, Rust Dev Offers to Buy It - IGNwww.ign.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareMatty_r@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIf he buys it, he will break the Linux compatibility guaranteed.
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months 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-up0·4 months 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-up0·4 months 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.
minus-squarethingsiplay@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months 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-up0·4 months 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.
If he buys it, he will break the Linux compatibility guaranteed.
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.
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.