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Paradox will develop for SteamOS: "it will give far better perf than Windows does"

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http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/09/26/p...aming-confirms-ck2-and-eu4-will-run-natively/

Paradox Interactive has weighed in on the recent announcement of SteamOS, and with a very positive attitude. CEO Fredrik Wester called it a “great thing for PC gaming,” and confirmed that the publisher fully intends to support it going forward. Titles like Crusader Kings 2 and Europa Universalis IV, which already have working Linux versions, will run natively on the new OS.

“We have been developing for SteamOS for quite a while as it’s basically the same as the Linux version Steam runs,” Johan Andersson, Studio Manager of Paradox Development Studio (one of Paradox’s internal dev teams), confirmed. “CK2 & EU4 should run on it natively, as it runs on Linux on Steam, and all our future games will as well. We think SteamOS is great for gamers, as it will give far better performance on the same hardware than Windows does.”

While the publishing side of Paradox hasn’t committed to the same universal support at this point, Wester expressed that the roster of Paradox-published games that run on SteamOS will continue to grow.

“We are actively expanding the number of published games on SteamOS—and as Johan mentioned, [Paradox Development Studio] is fully supporting SteamOS already,” he said. “SteamOS is a great thing for PC gaming; competition means more choices which, in the end, should favor gamers.”
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I really think "far better" is an overstatement. But even if it's a 5-10% increase it's still enough to be very interesting from a pure power standpoint. Along with all the other things that make SteamOS interesting of course. :)
 
<3 Paradox. I want to play EUIV and CKII in Linux, but you have to do something about that startup load time! I have to schedule play sessions with making dinner.
 
Chris Roberts will sound off about this soon I am sure. He is about as vocally anti Windows/Direct X as a dev can get.

Star Citizen Steam Machine bundles incoming!

I'd buy
 
“We have been developing for SteamOS for quite a while as it’s basically the same as the Linux version Steam runs.”

Was going to point this out when I saw the title. SteamOS is just a Linux distro, so it should run any games that already have a Linux version.
 
I need a second HDD anyway, let me install SteamOS on that and give me performance boosts on everything not boosted by Mantle, please.
 
Don't fix something that isn't broken.. Yeah, fine, some things will be faster, and faster is good of course. But the thing is, fragmentation is far worse IMO.

And as long as there is a choice, I just want to keep my alt-tabbing back to Windows thank you very much. Not going to bother booting into another OS just to get a few fps more. Performance isn't my daily issue with Windows PC gaming. Actually, I don't really have any issues..

No, what I'd rather like to see is some more coding-magic a la what R* did with GTAV on old console-tech. We're not automatically going to get that kind of thing just by installing SteamOS. Actually I think the fragmentation by developers handling several OS's in some cases it will probably make things even worse when it comes to optimization.
 
ComputerMKII said:
How much performance do you even need to run a game like Crusader Kings anyway?
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That AI man. But other than that it is not a looker
jadedcynic said:
If there only going to support that SteamOS, fuck them, I'm not buying any of their shit again.
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In the first place, what would you possibly lose by installing a freely available OS if you needed it to run a great game (even though this is not the case)?

Second of all, damn how does it feel barely hanging on to that junior status?
 
thefil said:
<3 Paradox. I want to play EUIV and CKII in Linux, but you have to do something about that startup load time! I have to schedule play sessions with making dinner.
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For what it's worth, putting the games on SSD fixed all of my load time issues in Linux. Fantastic games and great ports.
 
bj00rn_ said:
And as long as there is a choice, I just want to keep my alt-tabbing back to Windows thank you very much. Not going to bother booting into another OS just to get a few fps more. Performance isn't my daily issue with Windows PC gaming. Actually, I don't really have any issues..
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This is basically how I feel.
 
I'm kind of confused by the article. Given that they already have native Linux versions (which the article mentions), what does native to steamos really mean? Like, does it mean nothing or does it mean that they will be playable via controller?
 
An AMD GPU with Mantle and SteamOS performance gains.....

I'm not even sure there is a DBZ power level comparison to make!
 
Does anyone have direct comparisons of their games running on Linux vs Windows?

Because if their current Linux offering isn't better than the windows version then what exactly will SteamOS offer in terms of performance?
 
bj00rn_ said:
And as long as there is a choice, I just want to keep my alt-tabbing back to Windows thank you very much. Not going to bother booting into another OS just to get a few fps more. Performance isn't my daily issue with Windows PC gaming. Actually, I don't really have any issues.
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Sorta where I sit. Now if the "few FPS" turns out to be more than just a few I will drop this on a new partition for certain games. If I ever upgrade to a 4K monitor in the next few years the extra FPS will be a godsend.
 
Developers have to be thrilled at not having to support something as clunky and inefficient as Windows of any kind. Linux is for people who code - ie game developers. Small footprint, and minimal resources taken by the OS. Like a console.

Driver support should get significantly better as well.
 
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