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Valheim gets a small patch with a large creature visual overhaul
16 May 2021 at 1:02 pm UTC
16 May 2021 at 1:02 pm UTC
Anyone else having issues with the game?
I have the problem that the settings in game will not save, and huge performance issues on AMD with Vulkan and OpenGL (works ok in Wine). But wine somehow fails to capture the pointer when building, so I have to to tab out and in again to make it work.
Anyone got workarounds for those?
I have the problem that the settings in game will not save, and huge performance issues on AMD with Vulkan and OpenGL (works ok in Wine). But wine somehow fails to capture the pointer when building, so I have to to tab out and in again to make it work.
Anyone got workarounds for those?
Wolfire Games filed a lawsuit against Valve over abuse of their market position
3 May 2021 at 2:52 pm UTC
3 May 2021 at 2:52 pm UTC
I personally think a 30 percent cut is high in todays time especially with the budgets, pricing and amount of players/sales generated nowdays.
That said, it's not as if they do not provide a service. It would only be problematic in my eyes if they did actively prevent the developers to distribute on other stores.
If there is no competition with better pricing and a good user base, that's hardly Valves fault. And it's not as if their cut went up, it was always there.
And ... an app like Steam is not tremendously hard to make, especially for big players. That they do not succeed to compete has other reasons. And if the big players wanted they could unite and do a platform, distribute their titles for free there and allow others for a 10 percent cut to distribute on their platform.
Allow steam keys for games to be imported for free, make the pricing better than on steam, there you go, you do have a competitor.
Nobody is willing to do that, everyone who creates stores wants the cash cow business for themselves, sells at the same price as steam or only a little bit below that, and has 25-30 percent cuts on games not from them too, and therefore does not succeed. Since I will not switch either if another platform has no reasonable advantage for me as user, neither will developers.
That said, it's not as if they do not provide a service. It would only be problematic in my eyes if they did actively prevent the developers to distribute on other stores.
If there is no competition with better pricing and a good user base, that's hardly Valves fault. And it's not as if their cut went up, it was always there.
And ... an app like Steam is not tremendously hard to make, especially for big players. That they do not succeed to compete has other reasons. And if the big players wanted they could unite and do a platform, distribute their titles for free there and allow others for a 10 percent cut to distribute on their platform.
Allow steam keys for games to be imported for free, make the pricing better than on steam, there you go, you do have a competitor.
Nobody is willing to do that, everyone who creates stores wants the cash cow business for themselves, sells at the same price as steam or only a little bit below that, and has 25-30 percent cuts on games not from them too, and therefore does not succeed. Since I will not switch either if another platform has no reasonable advantage for me as user, neither will developers.
Grape times ahead with the release of Wine 6.6 noting plenty of fixes
18 Apr 2021 at 12:17 am UTC
18 Apr 2021 at 12:17 am UTC
Seems to have introduced some fresh issue in Solus (https://discuss.getsol.us/d/6667-wine-66-breaks-cant-load-dlls/4 [External Link]). May be caused by the actual fix to the issue mentioned above.
Time to get testing Ubuntu 21.04 ahead of release, plus Canonical loses another face
8 Apr 2021 at 9:41 pm UTC
8 Apr 2021 at 9:41 pm UTC
Oh, Alan leaving. Will be interesting where he shows up again. I can see that there are few challenges at Canonical more and more becoming only a distributor for guys like him. Innovating is less of a topic now, more maintaining.
I'm sure he found something interesting. We'll see end of the month on which shore the tides washed him up.
I'm sure he found something interesting. We'll see end of the month on which shore the tides washed him up.
Warzone 2100 4.0 is officially out now with the Vulkan renderer
5 Apr 2021 at 9:09 am UTC Likes: 1
5 Apr 2021 at 9:09 am UTC Likes: 1
I really never played it. As a fan of C&C and Starcraft I should really play this one ...
Especially since I like campaigns and they do have one :-).
Especially since I like campaigns and they do have one :-).
Steam Play Proton 6.3 is out now plus a Proton Experimental update (updated)
1 Apr 2021 at 9:19 pm UTC Likes: 5
1 Apr 2021 at 9:19 pm UTC Likes: 5
Divinity: Original Sin 2
No, I did not read that. It's not there.
Oh damn, weekend wasted.
No, I did not read that. It's not there.
Oh damn, weekend wasted.
Valheim hits 6 million sales, gets a small teaser for a big update
19 Mar 2021 at 9:09 pm UTC Likes: 3
19 Mar 2021 at 9:09 pm UTC Likes: 3
Incredible what kind of popularity this game has.
And it perfectly well shows... it's not AAA what makes a good game. A good concept, implementation and uniqueness to some point.
With all their popularity they may exhaust their user base so they will not gain too many sales after launch. But I guess the money coffin is filled enough to finish it with a good profit. Judging Odin... he and the team will work on the game until Odin is pleased... I think financial resources are there for that now.
I am happy for them, I already bought it but despite the 10 hours I played I will wait ... until Odin is pleased to play the rest of the game.
Congrats (again) to Iron Gate. It's those stories which make me believe there is still room for fun and unique games.
And it perfectly well shows... it's not AAA what makes a good game. A good concept, implementation and uniqueness to some point.
With all their popularity they may exhaust their user base so they will not gain too many sales after launch. But I guess the money coffin is filled enough to finish it with a good profit. Judging Odin... he and the team will work on the game until Odin is pleased... I think financial resources are there for that now.
I am happy for them, I already bought it but despite the 10 hours I played I will wait ... until Odin is pleased to play the rest of the game.
Congrats (again) to Iron Gate. It's those stories which make me believe there is still room for fun and unique games.
Linux vendor System76 releases the Pangolin, a full AMD laptop
17 Mar 2021 at 8:32 pm UTC
17 Mar 2021 at 8:32 pm UTC
I always find them overpriced, this one included.
Preinstalled Linux is no must for me.
Preinstalled Linux is no must for me.
Windows 'not an emulator' compatibility tool Wine 6.4 out now
14 Mar 2021 at 12:39 pm UTC
14 Mar 2021 at 12:39 pm UTC
When they talk about vulkan rendering fixes, has this any impact on VKD3D/D9VK or is this their Vulkan implementation they are talking about?
The tenth Norse world sure is busy as Valheim hits 5 million sold
5 Mar 2021 at 2:43 am UTC
5 Mar 2021 at 2:43 am UTC
With those numbers we gotta hope Odin stays on the ground.
While that kind of success and money is well received, it often leads to over ambition and failure.
Let's hope the world tree keeps him and the team well grounded.
Lets hope the norns are in good will of what Odin favours.
While that kind of success and money is well received, it often leads to over ambition and failure.
Let's hope the world tree keeps him and the team well grounded.
Lets hope the norns are in good will of what Odin favours.
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