The Metro games proclaim "full controller support" so I assume it's not all hardcore twitch action, but how's the difficulty? Can I expect to enjoy the story even if I'm not that keen on (or very good at) FPS action?

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Quoting: GuestAnybody here likes the idea of including the continent where the GOL member resides?

North America
South America
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australia
Antarctica

I think it's good to know how Linux gamers are distributed around the world :)

Seeing as we're all penguins, I'd bet Antarctica is surprisingly well represented. Although I think most species actually live in places like South America, Australia and New Zealand.

But seriously, I guess this could be useful. Though I don't know if GOL's userbase is exactly representative of the larger Linux gaming community. The English-speaking world and the western countries would most likely be overrepresented in comparison to the actual market. But developers should understand this. And maybe this is interesting to some GOL users.

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Quoting: deathxxx

Quoting: tuubiEDIT: I spoke too soon. Got a hard freeze right after I wrote this. Oh well, back to OpenGL for now.

I used 'Enhanced Stability' in BIOS for all possible options. RAM, CPU .. etc. Every error in RAM could be fatal. Also i dont have ECC RAM to test with.

I think some people get crashes with lastest Nvidia Driver. Look what version i'm used. Try with it.

Nah, the game runs well enough with OpenGL. I was curious but I won't lose any sleep over this. Maybe I'll try again when the Vulkan backend is finished / no longer in beta.

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Quoting: Doc AngeloOr is it intended to know about the hardware? In this case, Desktop-PC and Sofa-PC don't tell a lot about the hardware in the case. Because either of these could be quite high end or low end.

It think this one is mostly about the situation as you put it, or the type of your main Linux gaming setup. There are other questions focused on actual hardware.

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Quoting: XicronicI wish it also did webm. GIFs are going out the door

Yeah, GIF is ancient and unnecessarily limited. Does the job though. Anyway, you can convert the result to webm or whatever with some ffmpeg magic if you don't mind the added lossy compression.

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Quoting: deathxxx

Quoting: tuubiI never even found a way to install 284152, and the build that works for you (277544) crashes for me with Vulkan. Works fine with OpenGL though.

This update was normal one. Now it seems removed, or versions not shown correctly. I change update to beta/previous version ... game download files and update ... byt in-game version shown is the same 277544.

Also with Vulkan API, game load much faster.

You're right. Switching to the "previousversion" branch stops the crashing on Vulkan for me as well, even though the main menu build number does not change. I don't see much of a difference in loading times, maybe because the game's installed on an SSD. Shame about the tearing.

EDIT: I spoke too soon. Got a hard freeze right after I wrote this. Oh well, back to OpenGL for now.

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Quoting: deathxxx

Quoting: tuubiDid someone actually get build 284152 installed on their Linux system? All I seem to get is 277544, on the publicbeta branch as well. Is 284152 Windows only or something?

Just curious as 277544 freezes after a minute or two of gameplay with the Vulkan renderer on my system. I thought I'd try the latest build. Before crashing the game runs much smoother on Vulkan, although it seems V-Sync doesn't work and the tearing is quite annoying.

Did you read my previous post?

Sure I did. That's why I asked.

Quoting: deathxxxWith lastest Update 284152, the game and whole system is crashed after 20-30min gameplay.
Im forced to switch back to previous patch.

I never even found a way to install 284152, and the build that works for you (277544) crashes for me with Vulkan. Works fine with OpenGL though.

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All of the above suggestions have been made before, apart from @DamonLinuxPL's. My take on these:

Quoting: Doc AngeloUnder "Main gaming machine" you can choose between Desktop, Laptop and Sofa-PC. I think "Desktop with optional TV connection" and "Laptop with optional TV connection" should be added to that list.

Any laptop and desktop can be connected to a TV screen. That doesn't really give useful information about the hardware. I think if you mainly play with a controller sitting in front of the TV, you should probably pick Sofa-PC as your main gaming machine. Unless you mean streaming from a Windows host, in which case it's not relevant.

Quoting: Blauer_HungerPlease add "Do you use a virtual machine for gaming?" and the options "No", "Yes", "Yes, with dedicated graphics card".

Quoting: niarbehtYou should consider getting a "passthrough VM" option in place/in addition of/to dual-boot.

These are just alternate ways to play games on Windows (assuming you don't mean running a different Linux distro in a VM), so not that useful info to collect in a Linux gaming survey. Maybe combine them into "Do you play games on a different operating system by dual booting or in a virtual machine". I dunno.

Quoting: Blauer_HungerI'd also like to see clickable CPU and GPU types with links to ark.intel.com, products.amd.com and nvidia.com in "View PC info" next to a comment. A nice feature would also be a text field for the Motherboard.

Forcing users to choose an exact CPU/GPU model is a bit overkill and would make filling the form a bit cumbersome. The harder this is, the less people will bother filling it. I guess it could be an optional way to fill the text field. The MB model would be useful if this data was for technical support or benchmark purposes, but it's not so maybe not.

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Did someone actually get build 284152 installed on their Linux system? All I seem to get is 277544, on the publicbeta branch as well. Is 284152 Windows only or something?

Just curious as 277544 freezes after a minute or two of gameplay with the Vulkan renderer on my system. I thought I'd try the latest build. Before crashing the game runs much smoother on Vulkan, although it seems V-Sync doesn't work and the tearing is quite annoying.

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Quoting: MikeHow often would you recommend updating?

Just make sure your info is up to date, and you won't have to worry about it. Maybe hit the update button every time you see one of these reminders even if nothing's changed.

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