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generous-apricot
Brew GPTK vs Heroic GPTK
What is the difference between the above two Game Porting Toolkit installations? Steam doesn't run under the Brew version while runs happily under Heroic? What's the magic here?
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optimistic-gold•5w ago
which brew formulae are you using the install GPTK?
heroic gets the build from https://github.com/Gcenx/game-porting-toolkit/releases/tag/Game-Porting-Toolkit-3.0-beta5
I imagine the one from brew gets the thing from somewhere else
GitHub
Release Game Porting Toolkit 3.0 beta 5 · Gcenx/game-porting-toolkit
A binary distribution of Apple's Game Porting Toolkit
Use the game porting toolkit to eliminate months of up-front work and evaluate how well your game could run on the Mac before writing any ...
optimistic-gold•5w ago
also, heroic uses an older version of steam that is compatible with GPTK, the latest steam does not work with any GPTK build
and we are actually removing that feature because of that outdated version of steam is creating a lot of problems https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/4976/files#diff-32ae970ac0a4c1360338899436470baf010a39a07f0dc652126a0c08793c2470L837
generous-apricotOP•5w ago
Please keep that option available. Games that don't work without Steam and DX11 will be impossible to run if you remove it. (eg. Islands of Insight. It was great that I could have a look at the demo because Heroic is able to run steam under GPTK. And it was seamless.)
Download finished successfully after deleting Steam's Downloads Cache from the Settings.
optimistic-gold•5w ago
anybody can still add that same old version of steam manually
the problem with the feature being a single click install is that it fails to install many many games and users end up looking for support
also it's not a good idea to encourage the use of outdated steam
so we'll probably have a wiki page for people to add it if they want to, but making it more clear that it can have many problems
protestant-coral•5w ago
brew installs gptk from apple's official tap, for some reason
protestant-coral•5w ago
GitHub
GitHub - apple/homebrew-apple
Contribute to apple/homebrew-apple development by creating an account on GitHub.
protestant-coral•5w ago
most people recommend installing gcenx' fork of it though because apple's is outdated and annoyingly inconvenient to use
generous-apricotOP•4w ago
Have you tested my recommendation clearing downloads cache as a solution for stuck downloads in steam? It worked for me.
optimistic-gold•4w ago
I was not the one with that problem, but many many many users reported problems with that
generous-apricotOP•4w ago
With clearing the downloads cache?
optimistic-gold•4w ago
I was not any of the people reporting issues downloading steam games, so I can't try if clearing the cache fixes the issues
generous-apricotOP•4w ago
But you could ask them about circumstances you can try to recreate the issue right? So... You are removing a feature from your app because users say so and without testing it's necessity yourself even after a potential easy solution emerges?
optimistic-gold•4w ago
the removal was not merged yet, I'm going to test things but I'll do it when I have time
also, asking people to clear a folder is not a solution, is a workaround
it will still frustrate people that then have to spend time finding the workaround
we can try to make it visible but that will still be a problem for a lot of users (and in our experience, people don't really read all the text we put in heroic)
and like I said, anyone can still add steam to heroic doing the same steps that are being automated
and deal with the workaround if they want to deal with that
we are not preventing users from installing steam
generous-apricotOP•4w ago
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