Multiplayer survival game Rust will quickly cease transport its Linux shopper and provide refunds to those that have performed utilizing it. They’ve penned a weblog submit explaining that it had change into a “cheater’s sanctuary,” and {that a} September replace addressing efficiency and safety not being supported on the OS was the ultimate straw, regardless of believing that supporting Linux continues to be “the right thing to do.”
Last week, builders Facepunch Studios said that they’d be secluding the Linux construct to its personal server, protecting it on upkeep patches, however not giving it any new options. However, they’ve since decided to nix the shopper fully.
“After listening to the Linux community over the past week we now realise how shit [a separate build] would be. So we’ve decided that it would be better if we stop shipping a Linux client altogether and offer refunds,” says founder and programmer Garry Newman.
It seems that getting folks refunds like it is a little difficult, so don’t go sprinting to Steam simply but. “Valve need to do some work on their back end to test for refund eligibility,” Newman writes. “I’ll make another post when it’s available but they’re optimistic that it will be ready by the time we pull the plug (September 5th).”
He additionally recommends that in the event you’re pondering of asking for one, you run the game “on Linux at least once right now,” to make sure you undoubtedly present up as somebody who’s eligible for his or her money again, since “Steam has a limited history of whether you’ve run the Linux version or not.”
You can get a refund irrespective of how lengthy you’ve performed for and even in the event you’ve performed on Windows too. And Newman additionally provides that Linux gamers who “feel like they’ve gotten their money’s worth and don’t want a refund” ought to nonetheless get one. “If you have no intention of playing Rust again you should refund. You can use that money to buy a game from a developer that supports Linux well – this is the best thing you can do to help your community.”
There’s clearly numerous effort right here to do the correct factor by affected gamers, in addition to transparency about their difficulties in supporting Linux all through Rust’s growth historical past. “We made a Linux version of Rust because it felt like the right thing to do,” writes Newman. “We knew it would cost more money to create and maintain than it would make us – but that’s not really what Linux is about.”
But with out having the ability to dedicate “a significant amount of resources to support it,” the builders weren’t in a position to check options and bugs “unless we knew/suspected something was wrong. We’ve been reactive instead of proactive – and that’s not what you should expect when you have paid for a game.”
Some gamers have mentioned utilizing compatibility software Proton to proceed taking part in on Linux, which Newman says the builders “are not opposed to.” You’ll not have the ability to have hacker-countering service EasyAntiCheat enabled, although, and Facepunch gained’t be taking it into consideration when patching, so “it could break at any time.”
