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New set of GPU benchmarks and adventures in OpenGL 4.3
By cRaZy-bisCuiT, 1 June 2016 at 11:31 am UTC
Quoting: darkszlufwhat's the point of doing Unigine benchmarks in 720p?
No point at all! Except for the performance would totally cripple down with higher resolutions.
Life Is Strange is coming to Linux & SteamOS by Feral Interactive
By Sslaxx, 1 June 2016 at 11:11 am UTC
They need to tighten up their social media/website stuff, don't they... unless, of course, this oops isn't entirely an accident...
Life Is Strange is coming to Linux & SteamOS by Feral Interactive
By CruelAngel, 1 June 2016 at 11:07 am UTC
When will it be released on Mac? -> Just to get a sense of when will we get it on Linux the earliest?
Feral Interactive are teasing another new Linux & Mac port with a new clue
By logge, 1 June 2016 at 10:57 am UTC
Feral Interactive are teasing another new Linux & Mac port with a new clue
By Ehvis, 1 June 2016 at 10:05 am UTC
It does still work for me on Chrome.
Announcing the beta of our User Stats page
By pr4vus, 1 June 2016 at 9:15 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: Kuduzkehpanthis is awesome and more accurate then steams never happening survey form.
Best god damned comment on this site. It's not funny, because it is true.
Announcing the beta of our User Stats page
By edddeduck_feral, 1 June 2016 at 9:15 am UTC
Quoting: Dea1993into the gpu driver graphs you also must add Hybrid driver (AMDGPU-PRO, is open and closed)

IMHO I'd stick with calling AMDGPUPRO closed source, the only part that is open is the kernel side (AMDGPU) which doesn't contain any 3D graphics support, it will get you basic unaccelerated graphics in 2D so you can boot the system but nothing else. The actual driver that does all the 3D support and hardware acceleration of graphics is closed source and that's the important bit I would think? AMDGPUPRO is basically Crimson but using the AMDGPU kernel part to load the user space driver instead of fglrx. However you can easily debate this many ways :)

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Linux_AMD_graphics_stack.svg

I also think I might be interesting to see the open/closed split per vendor. AMD in particular would be particularly interesting given the recent improvements in Mesa. Nvidia and Intel are pretty much 100% proprietary and 100% open source respectively so would be less interesting. Finally perhaps reporting the version of the drivers people are using would be useful? Given the constant progress drivers are making seeing how fast people upgrade and what drivers are most popular would be interesting.
Salt and Sanctuary, a haunting 2D action RPG looks like it could come to Linux
By FutureSuture, 1 June 2016 at 8:48 am UTC
Quoting: HadBabitsHmm, looks fun, and I do love me some Dark Soulsian action :) Though, something about the protagonist designs seem a bit too cartoony to me? 0.o

Edit: Upon closer inspection it's really just their faces that put me off. Looks almost kind of anime? And despite some character showing some facial stubble they all look 12 o3o

Edit²: Woah, on even closer inspection they've got really weird eyes and no nose 0.0

Edit3.0: OR EARS 8U
I do not know what kind of anime you have been watching, but the faces have been likened to fish. The bit about lacking noses and ears seems to corroborate this.
Alien Hunters DLC for XCOM 2 now available along with a big patch on SteamOS & Linux
By edddeduck_feral, 1 June 2016 at 8:47 am UTC
Quoting: nocriThe DLC work ok for me except I have VERY HEAVY FPS loss on the World map -- on tactical missions I have 50-60 FPS and the same on the ship, however on the World map I have like 6-7 ... I tried to disable all the mods, but there is smth wrong with the Launcher, and whenever I launch it and look at the mods, all the mods are still enabled. Is there any bugzilla or github for reporting the problems ?
Specs:
CPU: i5-6300HQ
GPU: nVidia 960M, with blob 364.19
Kernel: 4.4

The performance drop is due to some mods having issues and causing the game to run badly. These mods effect Windows/Mac & Linux in the same way. Some mods don't uninstall correctly (again on all platforms) which can compound the issues if you use these buggy mods.

There is a thread here started by Windows users that helps explain the issues and has some steps you can take to fix it by uninstalling the mods.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/268500/discussions/0/364041517011441625/#c364041517011827653

If you have issues disabling mods in the Launcher for some reason then you can quit the game and use the Steam client to go to the Workshop items you have installed and unsubscribe. The url to this page will look something like this.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/[your username]/myworkshopfiles/?appid=268500&browsefilter=mysubscriptions

If after all this you think you have a Linux specific issue then use the pre game launcher to contact our support and we can investigate.
Alien Hunters DLC for XCOM 2 now available along with a big patch on SteamOS & Linux
By nocri, 1 June 2016 at 8:42 am UTC
The DLC work ok for me except I have VERY HEAVY FPS loss on the World map -- on tactical missions I have 50-60 FPS and the same on the ship, however on the World map I have like 6-7 ... I tried to disable all the mods, but there is smth wrong with the Launcher, and whenever I launch it and look at the mods, all the mods are still enabled. Is there any bugzilla or github for reporting the problems ?
Specs:
CPU: i5-6300HQ
GPU: nVidia 960M, with blob 364.19
Kernel: 4.4
New set of GPU benchmarks and adventures in OpenGL 4.3
By darkszluf, 1 June 2016 at 7:53 am UTC
what's the point of doing Unigine benchmarks in 720p?
Feral Interactive are teasing another new Linux & Mac port with a new clue
By logge, 1 June 2016 at 7:48 am UTC
Quoting: EhvisHas anybody else noticed that the Feral Radar stopped working on Firefox after the last update?
Doesn't seem to work with IE either. Chrome won't connect to the inet from here. Is it, that the teasers disappeared, or have they stopped working on them?
Salt and Sanctuary, a haunting 2D action RPG looks like it could come to Linux
By ziabice, 1 June 2016 at 7:03 am UTC
*throws money at the screen*
Dead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island Riptide: Definitive Edition released, seem to have hidden Linux versions
By edo, 1 June 2016 at 4:48 am UTC Likes: 1
Maybe you can send them an email to see whata going on
Dead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island Riptide: Definitive Edition released, seem to have hidden Linux versions
By m2mg2, 1 June 2016 at 4:06 am UTC
The mouse lag in the menu in my experience (Dying Light does this for me also) is caused by vsync. Disabling vsync makes the menu issue disappear.

As far as not being supported. I think they may be waiting to work out potential bugs before declaring official support. They got hit somewhat hard on both Dead Island and Dying Light initially (performance issues). There is also the issue of multiplayer functionality. It would be nice if they dealt with that.
Dead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island Riptide: Definitive Edition released, seem to have hidden Linux versions
By marcelomendes, 1 June 2016 at 3:15 am UTC
If I press any key while logos are loading the game screen freezes, and if I don't push any button I only got a black screen after techland logo. Very disapointing. And yes, I do have Dying Light (finished it already). =(

Edit: The problem was something with pulseaudio -> "AL lib: pulseaudio.c:838: Device is suspended". After "killing" the pulseaudio process with pulseaudio -k the sound worked properly and the game started.

Edit2: Game has some instability with steam overlay. Crashed! =/
Pathway, an upcoming tactical RPG announced, plans to support Linux
By Keyrock, 1 June 2016 at 3:00 am UTC
While I've generally grown tired of the retro 8-bit/16-bit look that 800000000000000000000 games have used over the past 3 or 4 years, I'm willing to make an exception when the retro aesthetic is done really well. There's doing pixel art and then there's doing damn good pixel art. This game seems to definitely fall into the latter category.

I'm also happy they took hit chance out of the equation. Another game that went down that path recently that I THOROUGHLY enjoyed was Invisible Inc and the removal of rng from combat (or any action) made it more a puzzle game than an action game, and I love puzzle games (not to mention it's one of the very few genres I'm legitimately good at).
Salt and Sanctuary, a haunting 2D action RPG looks like it could come to Linux
By Nezchan, 1 June 2016 at 2:47 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: HomepcgamerSome magazines said this game is like a 2D Dark Souls game...

Very interesting

I've watched a lot of this on streams, and it's very much like Dark Souls. The bonfires, the messages from other players, the weapon progression, they're all there in some form. There are some really cool twists on the concept though, and honestly as Dark Souls as it may be, it has its own character. If you want a skill-based 2D fighter/platformer, this is pretty much the ideal.
Salt and Sanctuary, a haunting 2D action RPG looks like it could come to Linux
By HadBabits, 1 June 2016 at 1:13 am UTC Likes: 1
Hmm, looks fun, and I do love me some Dark Soulsian action :) Though, something about the protagonist designs seem a bit too cartoony to me? 0.o

Edit: Upon closer inspection it's really just their faces that put me off. Looks almost kind of anime? And despite some character showing some facial stubble they all look 12 o3o

Edit²: Woah, on even closer inspection they've got really weird eyes and no nose 0.0

Edit3.0: OR EARS 8U
Dead Island Definitive Edition and Dead Island Riptide: Definitive Edition released, seem to have hidden Linux versions
By slaapliedje, 1 June 2016 at 12:35 am UTC
Anyone know if you can load up save games from your original riptide install? Don't really feel like starting the game over, and I already beat the original Dead Island. Granted, I still need to win Dying Light.
Alien Hunters DLC for XCOM 2 now available along with a big patch on SteamOS & Linux
By edddeduck_feral, 31 May 2016 at 11:33 pm UTC
Quoting: DePingusI'm getting a missing DLC / Mod error when I try to load my save game. Its looking for the Resistance Warrior Pack which was pre-order DLC, and the only DLC that I own. Steam shows the DLC is installed. Verifying the game cache integrity in Steam didn't help.

CANNOT LOAD SAVE GAME
The selected Save is missing required Downloadable Content or Mods:
"Resistance Warrior Pack"
Choosing to load it may result in a negative experience such as poor performance or
instability. Proceed at your own risk.

Running on Fedora 23, AMD FX-8320, AMD R9 270, Mesa 11.1.0

Make sure you restart Steam client then verify your installation that should force the Steam client to pickup the patch correctly. There were a few issues shortly after launch where some pre order content didn't update correctly but a restart of the Stema client (as that forces the client to get new ownership info) should clear the problem. You will likely get a download at this stage as the missing files update/reinstall.

Edwin
Legends of Eisenwald being ported to Linux by Codeweavers, will use Wine
By Mixaill, 31 May 2016 at 11:21 pm UTC
Quoting: WurmphlegmWasn't this a Unity game engine game?
It is their own engine written in Delphi 7 and D3D9.
Feral Interactive are teasing another new Linux & Mac port with a new clue
By Ehvis, 31 May 2016 at 11:17 pm UTC
Has anybody else noticed that the Feral Radar stopped working on Firefox after the last update?
Alien Hunters DLC for XCOM 2 now available along with a big patch on SteamOS & Linux
By DePingus, 31 May 2016 at 11:14 pm UTC
I'm getting a missing DLC / Mod error when I try to load my save game. Its looking for the Resistance Warrior Pack which was pre-order DLC, and the only DLC that I own. Steam shows the DLC is installed. Verifying the game cache integrity in Steam didn't help.

CANNOT LOAD SAVE GAME
The selected Save is missing required Downloadable Content or Mods:
"Resistance Warrior Pack"
Choosing to load it may result in a negative experience such as poor performance or
instability. Proceed at your own risk.

Running on Fedora 23, AMD FX-8320, AMD R9 270, Mesa 11.1.0
Salt and Sanctuary, a haunting 2D action RPG looks like it could come to Linux
By seven, 31 May 2016 at 11:05 pm UTC
nice :)
Legends of Eisenwald being ported to Linux by Codeweavers, will use Wine
By , 31 May 2016 at 10:51 pm UTC
Wasn't this a Unity game engine game?
New set of GPU benchmarks and adventures in OpenGL 4.3
By Jewgeni Filippowitsch Iwanowski, 31 May 2016 at 10:29 pm UTC Likes: 1
The perfect match for a GTX 760 is an R9 270X, the counterpart for an R9 380 is a GTX 960, and a fitting sparring partner for an R9 370 is a GTX 950. At least this applies in DirectX world...

Taking this into consideration, I think radeonsi works incredibly well.
New set of GPU benchmarks and adventures in OpenGL 4.3
By GustyGhost, 31 May 2016 at 10:15 pm UTC
Quoting: tmtvlAMD still proving to be the superior choice for anyone who values freedom.

I just wish they would open up their firmware.
The Linux version of the Unity3D editor has been updated
By sarmad, 31 May 2016 at 9:59 pm UTC
I am using Unity Editor on Linux at work. It works, but with issues compared to the MacOS version (haven't tried the Windows version). The biggest annoyance is that it idles at 100% cpu usage! They know about this issue already but haven't fixed it yet. I am now downloading the new version to see if it resolves that issue.
Announcing the beta of our User Stats page
By Creak, 31 May 2016 at 9:46 pm UTC
Quoting: liamdaweAdded in an option to hide your PC info (no link to it, doesn't show on profiles), that way you can still be included, but be 100% anonymous. From a request in here.

Thanks!

Just a small note: I was thinking of a more global option that would prevent our entire profile to be publicly available. Like Steam profiles: https://steamcommunity.com/id/MightyCreak. But that is already very good :D
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