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AMD reveal more on FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.0 (FSR)
25 Mar 2022 at 7:39 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: gradyvuckovic
Quoting: Purple Library GuyI dunno, except maybe for movie-style cutscenes, graphical detail levels in games passed the point where I don't care any more years ago. So for me, as long as it doesn't degrade back down to pixel-art levels, more speed for a bit less detail is something for nothing.
Agreed, I'd say for about the last 5 years or so now, it's not just the amount of polygons we're pushing, or the resolution of the textures, but the overall level of detail in characters, environments, animations, the quality of lighting and the post processing of 3D graphics in games has reached a point where everything looks pretty amazing at just about any resolution or quality setting to be honest.
Sometimes, I looked at the high and not-so-high quality settings screenshots in games magazines and couldn't tell which was which without reading the accompanying text.

(... and still wanted to have max quality settings. X) )

War Thunder major update 'Wind of Change' out now
25 Mar 2022 at 7:30 am UTC

Quoting: TuxeeSure if he doesn't like it, he doesn't like it. It's just I can't imagine that he can enjoy any other multiplayer online game, since from my experience they are all far far worse.
Me, I basically quit multiplayer games back in the old CoD BlackOps days, when you couldn't choose a server with decently people (banning indecently behaving people) anymore. Frozen Synapse was a great exception.

Unity game engine team announce 3D platformer Gigaya, free for devs to tinker with
23 Mar 2022 at 7:17 pm UTC

The Unity team say they've been getting requests to make their own games, as a way of validating how the game engine is designed and how it all flows together. It makes sense, if you design a game engine but don't actually use it then there's going to be lots of areas that perhaps aren't quite right for a full development workflow.


After having made a library for a long time, I was surprised how medium user friendly it actually was when I really had to use it outside of unit testing some day. :D
So, yes, thumbs up for this plan.

Steam Deck Client update brings more improvements, see more of our videos
23 Mar 2022 at 9:50 am UTC

Quoting: YvanoffBut long back order indeed, since I'm stupid I only pre ordered it at Christmas 2021 (why didn't I pre order day 1 ? Beats me) and I'm after Q3. I'm betting on a one year wait between placing my order and getting it
I preordered like a week ago, after seeing all those articles. Stupid me. It's not like you're forced to buy it when your time comes...! "After Q3" now.

Google announce 'alpha-quality' Steam on Chrome OS is now actually here
22 Mar 2022 at 7:50 pm UTC Likes: 5

Quoting: Purple Library GuyAll for the purpose of deliberately crippling the OS so nobody can do anything much except run the browser. It's not bad to use . . . until you want to do something exotic, like save a word processing document to your thumb drive.
That's so nineties, though!

;)

Please Fix The Road is a gorgeous upcoming puzzle game
21 Mar 2022 at 2:28 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: ArdjeThis should be free for Belgians.
(For those that don't know: Belgium is known to have the worst roads in Europe and are in a never ending project of fixing it).
If you're in Germany, you get the feeling that would be Germany. :D

Humble have a Stand with Ukraine Bundle with 100% going to charity
20 Mar 2022 at 2:22 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Anza
Quoting: subDoes Steam allows to activate multiple keys at once?
Instead of clicking through several pages every time?
As far as I know, no. Bundle page is four clicks and keys page is the same. Some games come in bundles though, so you'll save some clicks.

Some years ago the activation happened directly from the bundle page, but now activation happens always from Steam store (you can activate the key with Steam client with the code, but that's even more cumbersome).
Sounds like something that could be scripted...

Steam Deck hits over 1,500 titles either Verified or Playable
19 Mar 2022 at 6:32 pm UTC

Superliminal - Unsupported to Playable
That was the first one of my IdontknowwhyitsUnsupported entries to move on.

So I'm at
VERIFIED: 54 games (14.88%)
PLAYABLE: 29 games (7.99%)
UNSUPPORTED: 9 games (2.48%)

Valve reduces size of Steam Deck Client in the latest update
19 Mar 2022 at 11:45 am UTC

Quoting: andy155Ich glaub, in der Übersetzung kam das ein wenig krasser rüber wie ich das eigentlich gemeint hatte. ;(
Ich kann mir das Ding nicht leisten und bin neidisch! Entschuldigung.:dizzy:
For the English reading folks around: "I think in the translation that came across a little more harsh than it was actually meant. ;(
I can't afford this thing and I'm jealous! Sorry."

The Hand of Glory adventure game gets an official Linux port
18 Mar 2022 at 9:08 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: flesk...on the third hand, I want to play it now.
Sometimes, you just need three hands!

(Never thought of the visibility effect...)