Quoting: subSuch a great game. Yet, not for me.
Damn, I still want a great story-based single player campaign,
and I'd pay extra for it.

I'm so sick of all these sandbox and multiplayer-only games.
The recent trend is definitely not my friend.

I know, *good* and long single-player campaigns are hard to produce
and costly. But, as I said, I'd pay extra for it. Really.

Have you tried the likes of Dawn of War 2, or Company of Heroes 2? They are nothing original or groundbreaking, but I think "solid" is the word. Especially DaW2's Chaos Rising expansion.

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Not a surprise. TripWire has been a big letdown ever since they went the standalone way, first Killing Floor could be retitled "DLC Simulator", but on Linux it's rather "Trying to aim through an opaque sniper scope Simulator". Yes, R. Gordon did the port, but they didn't wish to pay him for fixing it.

I don't think them stupid or ill-talented, but they surely lack in the "professionalism" department.

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Quoting: ajgp

Quoting: omer666When you look at all these AAA games ported by Feral, you can't help but think that Linux gaming is still tightly tied to Mac gaming. I don't think a company like Feral could keep that pace if they only had Linux as a target platform.

You know I would be very interested in a rough breakdown in how Port sales are split between Mac and Linux for the like of Feral, Aspyr and VP, even more so on a game to game basis as it would be illuminating to see what % sales Linux gets of 'Demanding' AAA titles compared to Mac. Is it 50/50 or does Mac still have a lead due to the historical larger install base.

Have a look at that article from some incredible website:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/sales-statistics-for-linux-games-from-different-developers-part-4.5253

It's getting old but I think it's still relevant.

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Quoting: SgtRomeo9

Quoting: FredOI didn't think we'd see the day that a Total War game comes to Linux before the MAC. This blog post from Aspyr seems to sum up the situation well though: https://blog.aspyr.com/2016/11/01/state-mac-gaming/ [External Link]

Anyway I'm getting this for sure - I've been drooling over it long enough.

Haha what are the odds I was reading the exact same post just now and even thought of adding it to my comment :)

I have to say recently I've been more upset with Apple and Mac than what I am with Microsoft and Windows. Vulkan had a real shot of being the hands down graphics API of choice for all games fullstop. With DX12 being Win10 only and Vulkan being cross-platform across all systems including Windows up to XP, Vulkan could have been the one reason we saw a lot more PC game releases (Linux, Win, Mac).

However with Apple choosing to block Vulkan and have this Metal crap on their systems, they have effectively created this wonderful divide, again leaving us all back at square one. So devs are going to do the following: Vulkan or DX12 for Windows? Lets go with DX12 besides we don't really wanna support Android and Linux isn't really a deciding factor. Besides if we decide to go with a Mac version aswell we have to use Metal so there really isn't any need for Vulkan. And thanks to Apple that is where it ends. No Linux version once again.

You are right, their Metal API is meaningless and divisive. Not only this, but their strategy when it comes to hardware is to blame as well.

When you look at all these AAA games ported by Feral, you can't help but think that Linux gaming is still tightly tied to Mac gaming. I don't think a company like Feral could keep that pace if they only had Linux as a target platform.

The fact that Apple can't keep pace due to their illogical hardware choices is a danger for the whole porting industry. They have lame iMacs and pro graphics MacPro workstations, but nothing in-between. That's one of the many reasons why I left them years ago.

On another hand, gamers who want to avoid Microsoft could possibly consider switching to Linux more often if Apple isn't an alternative anymore, but that's only speculation.

nVidia's recent GTX 1050 Ti could possibly change the whole situation...

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Quoting: rustybroomhandle

Quoting: omer666Same as Liam, I wasn't a fan of this universe, but now I'm even considering getting a box or two of the tabletop version!

Just don't confuse Warhammer with Warhammer 40K. This game is based on the former. They are kiiiinda in the same universe, but different eras and overall different genres.

This I know, but thanks for clarifying anyway ;)

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I devoured DoW II and both its extensions, and loved it so much I just bought DoW Complete Collection to play it through Crossover.

Same as Liam, I wasn't a fan of this universe, but now I'm even considering getting a box or two of the tabletop version!

For those interested, there's a 20% discount and an exclusive character both for TW: Warhammer in this month issue of the White Dwarf. I'm just waiting for the game to be released and I'll get it ASAP.

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Quoting: zeb

Quoting: EhvisHow full is the HD? Is it heavily fragmented? This can also seriously affect HD performance. Even SSDs can have variable performance.

If it is an engine issue, then it is an interesting one. IIRC, the whole Batman Arkham Knight disaster was also related to problems in the streaming system. It is even more interesting if you realise that the problems appeared on PC and not consoles even though consoles have the slower hardware.

Not full at all, and not fragmented. It is a new drive, a 7200rpm 2.5" Hitachi on SATA-3.

Furthermore, I have tweaked my swappiness, since I have 16GB RAM on that machine, hence:
vm.swappiness=1 #<- that one prevents using SWAP to the minimum
vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50 #<- that one could be tweaked a little more I guess.
This is on Archlinux. I do not see the 16GB RAM being entirely consumed, but I may need to monitor this more closely.

Maybe there could be some kernel tweaking to do.

I've got 16GB too and I completely disable swap.

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Phoronix just did a few benchmarks, and it looks like it's nearing 30 fps on a gtx 1050 Ti on high settings. So it turns out I'll get to play this game somewhere around Xmas, with some tweaks I guess I could get decent framerate.

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Quoting: chui2ch

Quoting: omer666After looking up on YouTube, I saw that GTX 1050 Ti offers approximately the same performance as a GTX 680, but with 4 GB of VRAM. Will I run the game on Low settings with a 1050 Ti or can hope to play on Medium? I was considering getting a new card and I don't want to spend 300 bucks on a 1060...

Pick up a used 970?

That's an idea, but I'm not used to buy used GPUs, at 200 bucks that's a risk I don't want to take. I guess I'll wait for some benchmarks to make my mind. I've been waiting for this game so bad...

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After looking up on YouTube, I saw that GTX 1050 Ti offers approximately the same performance as a GTX 680, but with 4 GB of VRAM. Will I run the game on Low settings with a 1050 Ti or can hope to play on Medium? I was considering getting a new card and I don't want to spend 300 bucks on a 1060...

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