Latest Comments by Liam Dawe
Strategy game 'Cossacks 3' will have a Linux beta on Friday and I have a key for one lucky person
1 April 2017 at 12:02 pm UTC Likes: 1

Nope, they did it again:
QuoteWe also have news for Mac and Linux users: the beta-testing will commence within a few days. We included the way to access the beta branches in the end of the patch notes.
I refuse to do an article on it now until it fucking comes out. No more screen time until they do it, or until they fail miserably.

Unity 5.6 is now available with full Vulkan support
1 April 2017 at 11:00 am UTC

Quoting: natewardawgI don't want to deflate anyone's excitement just yet. I'm super excited about Vulkan too :)

With that said, I reported a bug from the 5.6 beta (reported from 5.6.0f1) because the Vulkan API wouldn't initialize due to a missing unity file which should have been automatically included in the build process. This was tested on 2 different machines building from the editors on both Ubuntu 16.04 and Windows 10.

https://fogbugz.unity3d.com/default.asp?894318_t2urddj83u6m06f3

I'm downloading 5.6.0f3 right now and will report back if anything has changed :)
I've tweeted the issue to Unity and one of their Linux developers to highlight it.

Some notes and benchmarks about a performance regression in Mad Max's OpenGL rendering
31 March 2017 at 8:53 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: aFoxNamedMorrisI think it's worth mentioning that Mad Max's Vulkan backend is in beta.
Quoting: liamdawe, in the articleFinally, something to remember: This is exactly what a Beta test is for.

Some notes and benchmarks about a performance regression in Mad Max's OpenGL rendering
31 March 2017 at 8:52 pm UTC

Quoting: rustybroomhandleI am running Manjaro and have noticed on kernel 4.9 this game stutters terribly, with frame rate wildly fluctuating. I booted up with kernel 4.5 and all of a sudden it's smoother than suppository dipped in Vaseline.
Is that with OpenGL or Vulkan, likely related to this if it's Vulkan.

Strategy game 'Cossacks 3' will have a Linux beta on Friday and I have a key for one lucky person
31 March 2017 at 7:26 pm UTC

Okay so nerdknight is the winner, really loved the drawing, will send you a PM.

Stellaris: Utopia, the first major expansion is now up for pre-order
31 March 2017 at 1:01 pm UTC

Quoting: toxicwolfMay be worth pointing out that Utopia is currently only available for pre-order via Paradox's own store, and not Steam.
I was initially confused when checking on Steam after reading this article, but on the plus side it reminded me to buy the expansion from Paradox directly rather than giving Valve their cut ;)
Well, the only link in the article is to the official store ;), but I will clarify it to be clear.

Putty Squad from Virtual Programming officially released for Linux, some thoughts
31 March 2017 at 11:40 am UTC

Quoting: Guppy
Quoting: AnjuneWhat's wrong with the pipe? I don't see it.

Look at the rigth side it's missing a few pixels also it has black pixels where it should be transparent
Yeah, it looks like someone with my skills gimping a random image into the game, but it's real and there's a few issues like that. Overall it's fine though.

Putty Squad from Virtual Programming officially released for Linux, some thoughts
31 March 2017 at 11:39 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: KohriasIs this DRM free?
They just give you an installer, so yes.

Steam now has a bunch of Anime shows you can buy, also a sale on Anime games
31 March 2017 at 8:53 am UTC

Quoting: ziabiceVery interesting, they are also cheap.

Do you know if is streaming only or I can also download the episodes?
Pretty sure it's streaming only.

Steam now has a bunch of Anime shows you can buy, also a sale on Anime games
31 March 2017 at 8:52 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: GuestFriendly reminder that Crunchyroll has terrible video quality even on the highest setting...i suppose one can buy from there just to show support for the show however...
It would also be nice if we could have DRM free content. Maybe someday GOG will also have anime.
Really? I actually sub to crunchyroll and their 1080p option has amazing quality for me.