zixi Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 I don't let Vortex auto up-date as I'm running it on Linux and I like to be in control of what happens... however, Vortex says that very old versions will be locked out of network features... so how far can I lag behind? On Linux auto update sometimes works ok but sometimes it destabilises the whole caboodle and I have to reinstall. I prefer to do this at a time of my own choosing which is why I don't auto update... Just curious - I know Vortex isn't written for Linux so the fact I can run it at all is nice! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickysaurus Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Generally speaking we only provide support or accept bug reports for the latest version, which I know isn't ideal for Linux users right now. At some point we may be able to support Linux more officially so updating will be less of a problem. I would say for a version to be considered "very old" it would have be a minor release behind (e.g. 1.1.11 is very old compared to 1.2.19). Of course that's not an exact science because there could be 200 releases between 1.2.19 and 1.3.19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution zixi Posted July 8, 2020 Author Solution Share Posted July 8, 2020 I'm 1.11.15... I ought to give it a bash. I wouldn't dream of complaining or offering 'bug reports' because I couldn't be sure what was a bug and what was caused by the pile of chairs my game is sitting on... However, the fact that those of us on Linux can run Vortex at all says quite a bit about the software! I do hope one day you'll be able to support Linux gamers officially but actually I don't mind the fallout from updating when I choose to do it... I just don't like things being imposed on me which is likely why I run Linux in the first place! :laugh: Thanks! Solved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tannin42 Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 We don't disable network features just for the sake of it, it's just that we may require to update the api and then we wouldn't go out of our way to support a version that is behind."very old" is a bit fuzzy admittedly but that is intentional because we don't know what may be triggering us to disable a network feature, it may simply be we don't need it any more, then we may be more "lenient", if however the old network feature can be used to disrupt our services we may have to lock out everything that isn't fully up-to-date. I kind of get your point that you want to stay in control but please understand that it might cost us time and effort to keep old versions running since this is an online service and we'd rather put that time into doing new stuff.Effectively if you disable auto-update we make no promises on how long old versions will work apart from: when we do we will have a good reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zixi Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 Oh I totally understand. I'd do much the same thing in your position - actually I'd say: This software isn't designed for you - so go away! But I'm just curious about 'very old', or 'big', or 'heavy' or 'seldom' or 'frequently' etc etc; they mean different things to different people. In any case, it's raining so it's a good time to try to destroy my set up... :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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