Looks great but I would like an update on mesa-git that was said to be bundled before I switch to the snap. Is it there? Is it working?

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Quoting: PinballWizardNow if only I could stream with audio on Linux.

Quoting: JordanPlayz158

Quoting: PinballWizardNow if only I could stream with audio on Linux.

A man can dream.

This may actually be a linux issue, as in I have heard windows are not linked to their audio stream(s), at least maybe not through pipewire?

It's a Linux issue. The only solution I have found is using is using XWaylandBridge together with Discord-ScreenAudio (web app packaged). Not optimal as the official electron Dscord app, for all it's faults, is actually better.

https://invent.kde.org/davidedmundson/xwaylandvideobridge/-/jobs/853700/artifacts/browse [External Link]
https://flathub.org/apps/de.shorsh.discord-screenaudio [External Link]

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Quoting: JarmerThis is so sad. I absolutely loved the Shadowrun games. I hope that somehow, some way, at some time, the veterans behind those games get together and do another in that universe.

Funny enough, it was Paradox's predatory scam dlc behavior that prevented me from purchasing Lamplighter. So maybe HBS can pick up and move to a better home!

Why? There's only a digital artbook and soundtrack available as DLC. Not very scammy IMHO.

I ignored this game because it looked boring, the style was bland and it had a weird name. I much would have preferred a less comedic setting with a little more horror to it.

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Quoting: fenglengshunDoes Steam Snap work well yet?

I am also interested in this. It was moved out of beta in April.

As a concept like the idea of combining Steam, Mesa-latest and MangoHud all in one easy to install snap.

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Quoting: BrokattMaybe for those who use the Steam Deck as their main gaming device and are prepared to pay for for marginal better performance in AAA games. But how big a portion of the total user base is that? I get the impression that most that have a Steam Deck (or ROG Ally) are satisfied except for the performance in Starfield.

The Steam Deck is my only gaming device, after never owning a gaming PC or console in my adult life, and only occasionally playing a few steam games on my low-end Mac or Linux laptops as a college student. There’s nothing I want changed on it as of now, and I wonder how many people have use cases like mine, where the concerns of hardcore long-time gamers feel totally irrelevant, because this thing opened up a new or long forgotten hobby to us and seems revolutionary, rather than ready for a refresh.

I also don’t really have much attraction to most AAA games, and since I’ve missed out on so many interesting games, I am enjoying playing the best of the last two decades that I’ve missed, and emulating childhood favorites from consoles I never had, but play at the houses of friends or relatives.

I have a custom built gaming PC and a Steam Deck but I could see a future were I have only a Stream Deck, and a dock with my monitor, mouse and keyboard. That's a real possibility and a very interesting one. Some games really are played best at a desk with a mouse and keyboard but the Steam Deck docked can accommodate this.

My gaming PC is only 2 years old so it's probably at least 3 more years before I feel the need to upgrade. By that time the Steam Deck 2 is probably released and could be good enough as my main gaming device.

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Quoting: M@GOidI heard Lumberyard had you stuck with Amazon cloud stuff. Does this engine still have that? Can a game be completely off-line? Also, can a game using this drop the Amazon crap and utilize Steam cloud?

You were not "stuck" on AWS, however it was free for AWS customers so there was a great incentive to use AWS. Open 3D Engine however is not tied to a service and is free for everyone.

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Quoting: ElectricPrismI bought 6, I figure most people who wanted one have got one at the moment.

I know there is chatter about a refresh, but I have to agree with Valve's employee remarks that it is not coming for a while.

It doesn't make sense for them to cannibalize their achievement, what I mean by that is increasing hardware specs will mean developers have 2 targets instead of 1 target, and it will mean that games will choose target 2 instead of target 1.

So everyone who bought Steam Deck 1 will be upset if there is Steam Deck 2 if developers don't design their games to hit that target.

So, Valve would be shooting their balls off to produce a Steam Deck 2 that increased CPU too soon. Increasing the NVME size, Screen to OLED, Battery, swapping out the Wifi card for current gen, or other non-spec things would be fine. Maybe even the Ram.

Increasing the CPU or GPU would be working against their own interests. Therefore I don't expect a real Steam Deck 2 for maybe 3 to 5 more years realistically.

It's in their best interest to cultivate a robust growing market, condition buyers to buy their products, condition developers to target specs and have generations of games that target those specs, and then when the time is right for Steam Deck 2 it's gonna explode their player-base. (Similar to PSX -> PS2, Xbox #1 1999/2000 -> Xbox 360)

But in the meantime they have to be patient. It would be okay for them to release Deckard VR in the meantime as it wouldn't compete or cannibalize but enhance their existing player-base.

I was dumbfounded by people talking about Steam Deck 2 at about 6 months after the original one was finally in the hands of the early adopters... too many PC-based gamers are used to refreshing their hardware every 6 months to a year. Kept telling people that the Steam Deck should be thought of as a gaming console. Gaming consoles are typically at least 4-6 year refreshes. And to be fair, most PC games can actually work just fine with 4-6 year old hardware. People love to claim they got 10 more FPS than their friends though, which has driven nvidia to be able to charge absurd prices.

At least doing things like swapping out the wifi and nvme are fairly straight forward, from what I've seen of tutorials. I was thinking of doing the wifi on mine at least.

I agree. What the Steam Deck needs is not a revision with 10% more power but better availability. It's needs to be launched in more countries and to be sold in more stores than just Steam. The price to performance ratio still is excellent. I don't believe a Steam Deck 2 release already would necessarily improve sales drastically.

Maybe for those who use the Steam Deck as their main gaming device and are prepared to pay for for marginal better performance in AAA games. But how big a portion of the total user base is that? I get the impression that most that have a Steam Deck (or ROG Ally) are satisfied except for the performance in Starfield.

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Quoting: WORMReally seems like Valve should have been testing on Linux. There's no reason the issues I've encountered couldn't be resolved before launch.

"-sdlaudiodriver pipewire" launch option fixed audio for me. Would really love it if the game launched on my primary display. If anyone has any ideas on how to fix that, I'm all ears. I'm using XFCE/Xfwm4.

If anyone else still wonders this fix worked for me to. I'm using Kubuntu 23.04

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Quoting: dasdsagood game but there is no sound on cs2, I use Fedora 38

Have you tried changing audio device in the game?

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Quoting: MekaDragonAmazing news. Sadly, for some reason, I don't get audio at all if there's some voice recording application active in the background. I've tried with Discord and Steam Voice and both makes CS2 have no audio at all.

For some reason "Default device" in Audio does not work for me. I had to set a different device. I have not yet tested with Discord though.

Quoting: Mountain ManThird Counter Strike game in the franchise.

Valve names it Counter Strike 2.

Classic.

Counter-Strike releases are a mess. It's no idea they did a "reset" to their numbering.

- Counter-Strike
- Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
- Counter-Strike: Source (first release with Valves Source engine)
- Counter-Strike 2

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