Thought they might drop that bomb soon. Wayland isn't a viable option for me yet, but the kms patch is very much welcome. GLVND as well.

For the option __GLVND_DISALLOW_PATCHING=1 %command% - there was a note of a nvidia dev that they're looking into fixing this. Due to the changelog not specifying anything about it, my good-to-go guess is that it was not fixed (yet).

Mir support will probably enable Ubuntu to move to Unity 8 with their desktop distribution. I'm still not very happy about Ubuntu moving the Mir direction, but hell, as long as both (Mir&Wayland) get support. Interesting will rather be how game developers and libraries as sdl will cope with that.

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I'll buy a new gaming PC in December. If AMD continues this way, I may consider buying one then.

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After all this "Linux wasn't worth it" (at least financially) we still get this Title in Linux . Happy about that.

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Give them time, I bet Vulkan will be coming to CryEngine. It would be a complete desaster if they didn't implement Vulkan API in future in terms of their competitiveness (Android, Win7).

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It's a start. Who knows where this leads us, NVidia is slow / careful on this, but once opensource, if they see it's no damage to them I'd expect more to come.

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Quoting: GrimfistVery nice of Croteam, this is why I buy their linux games.
Does this actually mean we can play Serious Sam First & Second Encounter natively on Linux?
I own both for Windows on Steam, so assets are there, I just need a Linux executable ;)

That's actually what we'll get. The executable.

Looking forward to the releases. Maybe we can get a small community around this release. The engine itself has a lot to offer for smaller games.

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Quoting: Keyrock...plus everything I've heard suggest that Vulkan is a lot more like DX12 than OpenGL was like DX11 and under, so porting from DX12 to Vulkan should be a lot simpler once CryEngine gets proper Vulkan support.

That's actually very true, porting between DX12 and Vulkan is not too complicated since they're very similar from a developers perspective.

This opens up a very huge possibility for developers: Get rid of the DX11 code path. Win7 still has a significant market share - but no DX12 but Vulkan, and it's easier to port from DX12 to Vulkan than from DX12 to DX11. As long as XBox exists, we will very likely have DX12 as at least one primary target, but Vulkan could be the other (depending on if Sony will support Vulkan next to their GNM. At least for supporting Win7 (with a 30+% market share still) we'll see Vulkan rather than DX11 due to the fact that those two are less different to each other.

For this, there is another advantage: For developers there hardly will be a difference between DX12 and Vulkan, so it's an easier learning curve between those two, making ports take less time.

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Hmh, will make it easier to port for us ... well, unnecessary :-). Dropping my weekend plan for getting input to work.

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Missing clear communication probably. I won't be a hypocrit about this. We know it well that it's very likely not their primary goal, and that we'll probably have to wait.

Technically not possible is a bad thing though, hopefully what or who ever they're waiting for will do their part.

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I've been asking them in the past a few times about Linux, and it seems as if the plans crumbled over time.

First it was "yes, but not in beta".
Then it was "yes, but at a later time".
Now it's "technically impossible".

I see a pattern there. We'll see, maybe they still can manage to get it on Linux somehow at some day. I certainly hope so, since I backed the project.

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