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vkd3d 1.7 is out now for the Wine translation layer
25 Mar 2023 at 10:57 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: PikoloWTF is a case-insensitive float? Case sensitiveness would normally be a feature for text data types, not numbers
https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/vkd3d/-/commit/dd36215a00174a1db560021562bad84cd37e3071 [External Link]
AIUI, essentially it allows for declaring a variable using "float" or "FLOAT"?

Here's how to run Diablo 4 on Steam Deck
24 Mar 2023 at 4:13 pm UTC Likes: 1

The cruel torments of hell:


Proton Experimental fixes up Call of Duty: Black Ops III videos
23 Mar 2023 at 9:43 pm UTC Likes: 5

Aren't both of these games Call of Doody?

Atari are acquiring Night Dive Studios
23 Mar 2023 at 5:17 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: slaapliedjeActual current Atari is somewhat decent, as a whole lot of the bad apples from when they first announced the VCS are gone, and they're attempting to shift solely to video games + whatever hardware
That's good to hear.

Reading through the Wikipedia article about the history of Atari is quite depressing. The things people have abused that poor trademark for... The Atari cryptocurrency! The Atari Hotel chain! *shudders*

Here's how to run Diablo 4 on Steam Deck
22 Mar 2023 at 12:37 am UTC

Quoting: TheRiddickDon't be surprised if Blizzard starts banning Linux/SD users...
They really don't like any work arounds what so ever with their games.
They'll of cause probably wait until final release to start pissing people off with bans.
Counterpoint:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/09/blizzard-may-not-support-steam-deck-linux-but-they-still-fix-issues-for-it/

Action-RPG in Early Access 'Last Epoch' adds in online multiplayer
14 Mar 2023 at 10:29 pm UTC

Quoting: DamonLinuxPLAnyone know how to fix 1-5 FPS with Vulkan API? OpenGL show normal FPS but causing graphics issues (invisible characters) while forcing Vulkan fixes it but gives 1-5 FPS.
RX 580 8GB, latest mesa 23.0.0
Stuck compiling shaders?

Or possibly picking up llvmpipe/lavapipe instead of your GPU?

Dota 2 removes OpenGL support, new hero Muerta now live, big update due in April
12 Mar 2023 at 10:26 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: 14Is it even possible to make graphics cards support newer stuff better? Like flashing the firmware? Is that something we could rally for? It's kind of the same situation with cell phones. You can get an iPhone that physically works a lot longer than bug fix support lasts. E-waste FTW.
Hardware documentation and FLOSS drivers is the key. We have better support for old stuff in Mesa compared with out Windows counterparts. (AMD already discontinued support for GCN3 and below on Windows).

FLOSS firmware would certainly be nice, but I doubt it would help at all with Vulkan. At least for TeraScale/pre-GCN AMD GPUs. The hardware is simply too old.

No true next-gen Steam Deck for 'a few years' Valve say
11 Mar 2023 at 5:28 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: elmapulaccording to vg charts:
ps1 has 2706 games.
ps2 has 3565 games
ps3 has 1904 games.
if you pick the ps3 model wich had backward compatibility, then the full catalog of PS3 at the end of the generation was 8175 titles.
Keep in mind that many games are counted twice, or sometimes three times as it was re-released for different markets (US, PAL, Japan) so the actual numbers are quite a bit smaller!

Dota 2 removes OpenGL support, new hero Muerta now live, big update due in April
9 Mar 2023 at 8:06 pm UTC

Quoting: LoftyPlease tell me that the Polaris generation is still supported under FOSS MESA drivers.
Depends on what you mean by supported. radv wasn't written by or maintained by AMD...

Dota 2 removes OpenGL support, new hero Muerta now live, big update due in April
9 Mar 2023 at 7:48 pm UTC

Apparently the game defaults to different graphics levels depending on the renderer. The default for Vulkan is higher which might explain why some are having performance problems.