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Steve said said that Windows games won't run the same on Linux and you can't even test them equivalently because Linux doesn't know how to compute how many frames were generated in a second. Aren't 3D ...
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I am experiencing some issues with pygame.display.Info() and the FULLSCREEN property on Linux. The game is displaying at roughly ...
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I've been trying to debug a graphical issue that only happens when I'm running my game on Steam Deck, To do so, I'd like to get a RenderDoc capture. The game is installed on my SteamDeck through a ...
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Unreal Engine utilizes f (function) keys. On a textfield on the config window e.g. "Editor Preferences -> General -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Possess or ...
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I'm on an Arch Linux machine. I have a program that is using Vulkan and should load a window. It is loading, but it only shows up in the bottom toolbar and won't display the window itself. The error ...
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I tried to compile Godot from source. But it is throwing an error. I followed this tutorial: https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/contributing/development/compiling/compiling_for_linuxbsd.html#doc-...
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I am trying to create a Voxel Space Engine In SDL2 C++. However the tutorial I am following reads the X and Y pixels of the heightmap image. I can't find a way to do this. I am following this tutorial:...
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I have an application that displays construction machines like excavators or snow groomers. The application is built on my company's custom engine, but I am trying to find out if I can port it to a ...
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I have an Unity application, that someone made for me in the past. It is provided as single binary file for Linux in this case. It features a very simple "launcher" which let me select the ...
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Getting the following error while loading a project on unity. I'm usung ubuntu
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I am creating a game using C and some libraries. I wish to not require my users to download anything but the game as most games are self contained. What is the usual process for compiling and ...
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I've recently installed Unity Hub on my Kubuntu 22.04 installation with the unofficial Appimage. I have tried this with the unityhub package too, and still have the ...
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I am new to Unity and I have been fighting with VSCode and debugging. I am trying to attach a debugger to Unity to test some code that run in the editor without running the app ( kind of Unity ...
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My team and I released our game on Steam last year for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The game is written in C++ and uses SDL2, including SDL2_image, SDL2_ttf, and OpenGL for graphics. Around the middle of ...
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I am trying to make a mod that will fix a game that failed to ship all used fonts with it. For example, this code point displays in Windows but not under Wine: ✔ U+2713 (The reason seems to be a ...
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For my Destiny Garden project, which is a desktop game, I want to use freemium monetisation strategy, so I plan to publish both free demo version and a paid full version, and I'm wandering is there ...
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I am a newbie in SDL2 and I was testing an example code of Lazy Foo SDL tutorial just out of curiosity. The program renders an image named x.bmp living in the same folder as the program. Here’s the ...
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I created my first game using Libgdx and Android Studio. The game runs smoothly on my Android phone. How can I run it on an Apple phone with IOS or a computer with Linux etc.?
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I am working on (not really a game, but it's using pygame so I hope my question is on topic here). The program appears to be looking at /dev/input/event0, which is ...
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I'm working on a game that I'm trying to build for Linux and distribute via Steam. At present, there are some dependency issues and I'm wondering about the best approach: Bundling .so files with the ...
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I just downloaded and installed the official Unity Hub app on my Ubuntu machine. However, when I try to download the latest version of the editor, an error message pops up: ⚠ There is not enough ...
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I'm learning godot with a laptop that has AMD discrete GPU. My OS is Arch Linux so if I want to use discrete GPU I have to set system environment variable ...
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I'm developing a FPS game and I'm considering polling at a high frequency on a separate thread. This decouples the game loop and reading input. I get sub-frame samples and can process those samples ...
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I have installed Unity trough the Hub but still need the editor. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do that? I'm running a Ubuntu based Linux system. I already have MonoDevelop installed I ...
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In linux, the preferred scheduler is CFS (correct me if I'm wrong), I'm not sure what the preferred scheduler is on Windows. It's possible to change the scheduler in linux, even after you boot. I'm ...
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I've got reports from some Linux users that the game's water isn't rendered on his machine. 3 example operating systems: Ubuntu 20.04 (with kernel 5.4.0-54-generic x86_64 Linux 4.15 Linux Mint 19.2 ...
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I am running my game on Linux Mint 20 Cinnamon. When I run my game I get a very small window that is about 1 pixel tall. This happens across all projects. I have tried uninstalling Godot and ...
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The question's description will evolve depending on requested information or evolution of answers. I made this C++ server for a game, which works on Windows, and would like to make it cross-platform, ...
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I use multiple game Engines, but havn't used Unreal engine for quite a while, Now with the recent changes in Unreal Engine there are quite some interesting features which would be interesting to use ...
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TL, DR: Will I be able to get a single .exe file which will work smooth in a PC which does not have SDL or so installed ever. If not, how close will be the closest ...
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After downloading the latest Irrlicht version (1.8.4) and setting it to compile for Linux machines, I decided to try it out in Code::Blocks IDE. The build failed. ...
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On linux, the 'recommanded' way of installing ue4 on linux is building the engine from github source. It is very time comsuming. For each new version, I need serveral hours to rebuild it. Why don't ...
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I'm using Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS and I went through the instructions on this page: https://www.monodevelop.com/download/ very specifically, (yes, I made sure to use the steps for the correct operating ...
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I recently developed a game in unity and would like to build it to a standalone application using the command line. Is there a way to do that? Specifically, without opening the Unity Editor how can ...
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I am making a text turn based RPG fighting game in which you create your own spells. You also share them as JSON files with your friends. Sharing is required to win. The game is designed so that it ...
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I installed Unity Hub 1.4.0 and it works well. For now I want to update the version of Unity. I need to install hub 2.0.0. But when I download the 2.0.0 hub and intsall it always link to 1.4.0 and I ...
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I have just completed these instructions to build and run UE4Editor for Linux. I created a new C++ project and in the editor I hit the Launch button and after a while it compiled and ran successfully....
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I have a problem that bugged me for quite some time now I'm trying to Install Ubity3d on Ubuntu I Followed some instructions that i've found after some research I downloaded and installed UnityHub and ...
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Unreal Engine has a plugin for integrating with OpenCV. Currently that plugin works on Windows. I'm trying to modify this plugin to work on Linux. I've worked through many issues but I have one I can'...
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I cannot comprehend why there are so many games available for windows and so few for linux in comparison. Why is the main reason, is it a technical or business reason ? Are Windows libraries (directx)...
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Is there a 'standard' for OpenGL game creation intended for both Windows and Linux? I understand DDS is the DirectX standard (or, at least, it appears to be). Is there one that does not have potential ...
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I am trying to run SFML.NET on arch linux and I have two dll.config files in my project called sfmlnet-graphics-2.dll.config and sfmlnet-window-2.dll.config. sfmlnet-graphics-2.dll.config: ...
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I am doing some machine learning and need to run unity on linux but didn't come across the stable release, if anyone is working on unity on linux, please point me towards a stable release.
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In SDL_ttf, there are a few functions provided that handles non-ASCII string literals, such as: TTF_RenderUNICODE_Solid ...
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I have an application with a very light rendering loop, taking a predictable and small time to execute. Right now, I have two solutions. The first solution uses Vsync: after a screen update, my ...
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If I create a C# console application in Monodevelop and build it I can run it by typing: ./executableName.exe or using Wine. (I am using Ubuntu Linux) I assume that this means that C# .exe files ...
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So far I've tried Bluetooth but it doesn't appear to work on either windows or Ubuntu (for this use-case; it can connect to printers fine). I've also looked up USB-bridge-cables, but from what I’ve ...
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I am using Unity on Ubuntu 16.04 and I can't rename objects or assets using the F2 key as I could when I was using Windows. What is the shortcut on Linux then?
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I am building both an engine and a networked game at once because I'm completely insane. The original design/plan was to use internal Unix sockets for each "zone" for server<->zone communication, ...
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I'm working on a very simple game, and one of the project goals is to minimise the use of libraries. I'm drawing every frame into a buffer, which is then displayed using ...
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