The lack of a numberpad isn't a dealbreaker. But I really can't stand not having the standard layout for the Home/End/Delete/PgUp/PgDn keys.

It's the same reason I can't stand using laptop keyboards. The only laptops that I've seen that has a keyboard layout I like is the HP Omen series.

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With the update to DXVK, with Proton 6.3-1, Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 is finally playable. Mega Man 8 in the collection has a video cutscene that shows the test pattern, but doesn't break the game. 7, 9 and 10 seem to work fine.

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Looks like with the latest version of Mesa, the visual artifact issues with ambient occlusion enabled has been fixed.

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Quoting: PJthe previous version worked without a hitch on my end. But I'm happy to see this new one - gives me another excuse to hop in and spend some more time with "Hollow Knight". This game is among the best platformers I've played and the style is simply amazing.

I thought so too.

But there was one error that I didn't notice until I saw it mentioned elsewhere. There were some textures that didn't show in the Linux version. One example was the banker's building that would show up as all black. It was just that with the atmosphere of the game, the all black textures didn't look totally out of place.

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I picked up Blasphemous [External Link]

At $11.59 (CAD), it's the lowest price Steam has had it. And I think Steam is the only platform with the native Linux version.

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Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: ugly

Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: Liam DaweEA just announced they're putting FIFA on Stadia in March. Interesting timing...

Yeah... But... Where is NHL21?! :cry::grin:

I used to play the NHL games. But buying them every year I started to realize how repetitive they got. I think the last one I have is NHL 2002. I haven't paid much attention to them in years. Last I heard the PC versions of the game didn't get the attention that the console versions got and were missing features. Is that still the case? Or do they even release the PC version anymore?

In fact, the last PC version is 2009. It's not even in 1080p. :grin:

I usually spend my time actually playing hockey. But since there is no beer league hockey going on with the pandemic measures, I might have picked up the latest version of the EA game.

Steam has Bush League Hockey [External Link], which seems like it's trying to look like the SNES era version of the EA games. But the reviews are mixed.

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Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: Liam DaweEA just announced they're putting FIFA on Stadia in March. Interesting timing...

Yeah... But... Where is NHL21?! :cry::grin:

I used to play the NHL games. But buying them every year I started to realize how repetitive they got. I think the last one I have is NHL 2002. I haven't paid much attention to them in years. Last I heard the PC versions of the game didn't get the attention that the console versions got and were missing features. Is that still the case? Or do they even release the PC version anymore?

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As I mentioned in the bug report, I tested the mesa branch that has a potential fix and it resolves the ambient occlusion flickering.

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Quoting: Luke_NukemI really dislike laptops with a numpad. It means the typing keyboard is shunted off to the left further off-center with the screen. It's damned uncomfortable after a period of time.

Otherwise I'd be keen on this.

I've been using a work laptop (Dell) to WFH during the pandemic. I can't stand the keyboard. And it seems most laptops use the same keyboard layout.

My problem with the numpad isn't the off-center issue. For me, I hate how the numpad crams the rest of the keys in random places. For word editors, I use the arrow keys and the the home/end keys a lot for navigation. The numpad means that the arrow keys are crammed and tiny keys. And the biggest issue is that the home/end keys are in an unintuitive location at the top of the keyboard. Half the time I want to hit backspace, or home/end, I end up hitting the the insert key (a key that should burn in hell) or the numlock key.

The numpad is handy for typing in numbers quickly. But if I really needed it, I could buy a USB numpad. And because I accidentally hit the numlock key so often, half the time that I do want to type in numbers, the numbers are inactive and operate as arrows or home/end and I end up skipping around the document.

The only laptop that has what I would consider a sensible keyboard layout is the HP Omen series: https://www.omen.com/us/en/laptops.html [External Link]

But that's a gaming class laptop and I'd rather not have Nvidia graphics.

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Quoting: Larian

Quoting: ageres!https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1w1fYE-iRb2iv-7St5gYLw00i6y3N3H36 [External Link]
Guess what game this is.

Skyrim.

Since it's been released on almost everything, it's not totally unbelievable that Bethesda would eventually release Skyrim for DOS. But still not Linux.

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