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Direct3D 12 to Vulkan layer VKD3D-Proton 2.3 is out with early DirectX Raytracing support
23 Apr 2021 at 2:39 am UTC Likes: 8

Proton Experimental just had an update and it included VKD3D 2.3. I can confirm Horizon Zero Dawn have a significant performance improvement, it's now playable.

Here is a quick comparison on frame rate at 2560 x 1080 with medium preset on GTX 1660 Ti
Before - 25 to 30 FPS
Now - 40 to 55 FPS

Steam Play Proton 5.0-8 has a Release Candidate up for testing
3 Jun 2020 at 4:01 pm UTC Likes: 1

I can confirm Proton 5.0-8 RC fixes Fightn' Rage. It now runs out of the box.

Tested on Manjaro 20.0.2 KDE and Mesa 20.0.7.

Valve continues to improve Linux Vulkan Shader Pre-Caching
31 May 2020 at 1:33 am UTC

Quoting: AwesamLinuxAnyone else having problems with the background processing getting stuck at 0% processing shaders with certain games?
I experience that in STRIDER

Valve continues to improve Linux Vulkan Shader Pre-Caching
30 May 2020 at 1:27 pm UTC Likes: 2

Is this new feature of the Linux Steam client the answer to my question linked below?

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/gpnhr5/stuttering_due_to_shader_compilation_why_not_just/ [External Link]

Mesa 20.1.0 drivers released
29 May 2020 at 6:38 am UTC

I'm on Manjaro 20.0.1 KDE and there's no Mesa update. Still on Mesa 20.0.6.

The Manjaro devs might be waiting for Mesa 20.1.1.

Feral Interactive are asking what you want ported to Linux again
27 Jan 2020 at 12:03 pm UTC

Quoting: SalvatosThat, and if Sony decides to open up more and release more games on PC, it would be excellent for Feral to build a relationship with them early
Let's hope they don't get bought into the tempting offer of Epic Games Store exclusivity.

Feral Interactive are asking what you want ported to Linux again
17 Jan 2020 at 4:14 pm UTC

Feral Interactive needs to partner with other publishers such as BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment and CAPCOM.

Resident Evil 3 Remake and Dragon Ball FighterZ on Linux would be awesome.

Open Joystick Display, a FOSS tool to show off gamepad input in videos
19 Dec 2019 at 7:09 am UTC

How do I remove the black background of OJD when using OBS?

Insurgency: Sandstorm no longer getting Linux/Mac support or a campaign mode
10 Dec 2019 at 1:30 pm UTC Likes: 4

Support developers that support the platform. Spend your monies wisely.
I agree.

I do buy native Linux games if I like the game, not because it's made by a developer that supports Linux. There are more Steam Play games than native Linux games in my recent purchases.

Supporting a game dev that supports Linux or has been supporting Linux for a long time is great but it's not a guarantee that the game dev will continue supporting Linux in the future. Some examples are Supergiant Games and Frozenbyte.

The big Steam Autumn Sale is now live, time to nominate for the Steam Awards
27 Nov 2019 at 1:00 am UTC Likes: 1

I bought Blasphemous because I was given access to the private Linux beta.

Game works on Manjaro XFCE 18.1.3 with Linux kernel 5.3 and Mesa 19.2.6. Played for about 10 minutes and was able to beat the 1st boss, Warden of the Silent Sorrow.