Linux port for overwatch

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No they need to release the game on TI-83 before they can put their attention towards a casio port, obviously.

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I trust this is a similar reason for Apple Macintosh operating systems?

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Valve is making slow but steady progress in making Linux more user friendly for games.

But itā€™s still not quite there yet though IMO as you still need to use the terminal for far too many things that should really have a GUI by now.

Hopefully in 10 years things will be different.

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i hope some day we can see it becaeu people love overwatch would love be played ever where Vulkan api would be able to cross platform but i hope we will see some day

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Bill, thank you for the response. There are many of us who play the game on linux and the community has improved quite a lot. I know managing another version of the game would be hard. However could we get an answer as to whether or not playing on linux is bannable or not? I remember a wave of bans hit not too long ago. I just want to be safe is all.

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Here you go BootLoxes :slightly_smiling_face:

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Thanks for the response. Was wondering the same for myself.

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This quote is going places.

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The C# key would be too OP. Needs Nerf.

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But running Overwatch with emulator layers (like Wine, PlayOnLinux, Lutris) is bannable? Because i would like to play Overwatch on Linux, and start to ditch Windows

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look a few posts up my dude. its not bannable

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I hope so, i kinda fear the ban.
BTW should i use Debian or CentOS? I plan to use MaXX Desktop (IRIX Desktop Environment recreation) or Window Maker (NeXTstep Environment) anyway

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I read that it isnā€™t supposed to be bannable, but those that were getting banned can appeal and have it reversed.

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Thsoe getting banned on windows emulators is unintended. if you got banned you can appeal and have it reversed.

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Lutris can run OW now using DXVK, but sadly it seems overwatch cheating system is detecting it and banning players for cheating.

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To be fair its pretty rare. Ive yet to be banned and ive only heard of two cases of said banning happening. They were able to get unbanned

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Ehmā€¦ Donā€™t underestimate them ;o

They essentially did that with the launch of the xbox one.

Thereā€™s a million other things they do that annoy people to no end hehe.

I canā€™t say I know many people who donā€™t hold some kind of grudge against Microsoft, for me that would be(among others) ā€œage of empires: online.ā€
They really botched that one and took it down, without the option to play it offline, itā€™s just gone forever ^^
Including your money spent.

P.s., despite the name, making it available offline shouldnā€™t have been much of an issue, it was in essence still an age of empires game.

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you should consider making a low rez version of Overwatch. Made to look something like StarFox (SNES) or Virtual Fighter (Sega). this would increase the player base and make Linux support easier :slight_smile:

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lynx 17 confirmed :v

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What about macOS?
You already have BattleNet there. Only need to update your code to work with Metal