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RobertBeckebans / RBDOOM-3-BFG

Doom 3 BFG Edition source port with updated DX12 / Vulkan renderer and modern game engine features
https://www.moddb.com/mods/rbdoom-3-bfg
GNU General Public License v3.0
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appimage #813

Closed legluondunet closed 7 months ago

legluondunet commented 7 months ago

Hello, could you provide an easy solution to install and use RBDOOM-3-BFG for Linux users? Provide an appimage will be a nice solution.

mbugni commented 7 months ago

An OpenGL version is already available on Flathub.

legluondunet commented 7 months ago

It's a good start toward Linux users that just want to install an app without having compile skills. But i saw the version available on Flathub is older than the one available here for Windows users and is OpenGL only. It will be nice if you provide an AppImage to Linux users for each new version, with same feature as the Windows one. AppImage are easy to use, even for a beginner on Linux, user do not worry about install or dependencies.

mbugni commented 7 months ago

Comment on isse #719 Isse #804

legluondunet commented 7 months ago

From issue #719:

I usually have the opinion that everybody who wants to run RBDoom3BFG on Linux should just compile it because it is so easy

Not so easy, I spent all day yesterday trying to compile the program, I got there after several hours of research to resolve two major issues (see #814 ). However, I have already used Linux for several years, I am an advanced user, it was not the first GitHub app I compiled. Linux has become a serious gaming platform (thank you Wine, Valve, AMD...) and attracts more and more gamers, the Steamdeck has also played an important role in the arrival of new users. But most of this new users don't want or can not compile app, they just want to play and it's totally understandable. AppImage is a package format fully oriented new users without any Linux skills (and Steamdeck users), a lot of Github project related to gaming provide today their project with this format.