I like the part where it looks complete and I give them $10 and get something cool.

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Here's my .desktop launcher if anyone wants it

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Unreal Tournament 4
Comment=Unreal Tournament 4
GenericName=FPS
Exec="/home/electricprism/Apps/Unreal Tournmanet 4/LinuxNoEditor/Engine/Binaries/Linux/UE4-Linux-Shipping" UnrealTournament -resx=1920 -resy=1080 -vsync -opengl3
Icon=applications-games-symbolic
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Categories=GNOME;Games;
MimeType=text/plain;

You can toggle opengl4 and opengl3 on the Exec line.

I also recall that I think I chmoded +X on the folder as the permissions from the archive wouldn't allow me to launch the game.

I would love to see a Linux client to keep it up to date, I have to manually download the whole thing every time there's a update.

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: Mountain ManI'm still of the opinion that this whole VR craze is going to be another short-lived novelty like 3D televisions and motion controls (other than the Nintendo Wii) once people realize that it doesn't meaningfully enhance their gaming experience. Professional applications, yes, but entertainment? I don't see it.

I'm still to hear this opinion by someone who tried a real VR device. Did you?

I demoed a Samsung VR unit at Verizon and it was underwhelming. Now maybe the make makes a big difference? But I find the technology itself not that interesting and few use case scenarios in which I would prefer strapping blackout headgear to my head over playing on the big screen with the lights dimmed or off.

$600-$800 is a lot to buy into this niche for me.

Now I will wait for others to do the programming, and technological improvements that may at some future date change my mind, but right now my reaction to VR is simply:

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That trailer was underwhelming, >_> <_< I can barely figure out what people are trying to sell me anymore, or even get a idea of what gameplay I can expect.

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Quoting: niarbehtI've been thinking that I'll be using a Polaris GPU as my passthrough for a Windows gaming VM. Okay driver support in Windows, and support the other (graphics) team? Sure, why not.

Which would require a extra monitor, I would love to do this but extra monitors seem to be too much clutter

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Better prepare my wallet I may need between 2 and 4 Polaris cards for gaming rigs.

As always with AMD, show me the stats, no trigger pulling until it's good enough the driver n gpu

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Hearing any game title beginning in "Rocket..." sets the bar of expectations pretty low after unmentionable disappointments of late ;)

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Quoting: GuestI started switching over to Linux only a couple of moths ago and I received the Steam survey twice last week after installing different distributions. I'm still trying out a lot of different distributions until I settle on one that I will use in the long run.
I have to say that the transition is not easy if you plan on gaming. It took me a week and a number of distributions to get XCOM2 working without crashing. It's still not performing perfectly, but it's at least working.
Number of available games for Linux is not that relevant at this point. Linux will not be able to gain any traction if hardware support issues are not resolved. That will have to be the main priority for Linux. Windows 10 is providing a golden opportunity for Linux to grow and the opportunity is being wasted by poor driver support.
Ubuntu and its derivatives have a somewhat improved handling of drivers but I didn't get XCOM2 to work on Ubuntu 16.04 until I added a test driver PPA ad installed 364.19 drivers that are unavailable from ubuntu. On most other distributions, it's even harder to get the drivers installed.
I still have a few distributions that I want to test drive, but Ubuntu looks as the most polished user experience. I'm not using Unity by the way, I'm using Gnome edition.

Ugh, bet you tried Ubuntu or mint eh? I won't touch Ubuntu or derivatives for the exact reasons you listed. 6 month releases lead to fragmentation and stale software. After trying 100+ distros in 16 years I am now at home on arch. Maybe try an easy install of Manjaro or Antergos which are both Arch.

Obviously I know saying try X isn't a solution for all but we've had 7 PCs and gaming PCs on Arch for 2 years now and gaming on it is smooth. Or you could install SteamOS and use gnome which is bundled in the Debian core. I wouldn't touch Ubuntu cancer after the Arch experiance has been so good to me.

It's truly the best sanctuary and bastion I've found.

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Quoting: Kimyrielle

Quoting: VlozThat's sounds ugly, but I personally prefer a lot of rushed ports with bad perf than a few optimized ones.
I mean, if your current pc isn't strong enough to play TR, at least your next pc will. I dont think that comparing windows/linux framerate is the priority right now when i see the tons of games i m awaiting on linux.

-Personally- I totally agree with you. I couldn't care less if a game only runs with 50 FPS in Linux but would run with 100 FPS in Windows. What matters to me is that it runs in Linux at all.

But this is not how a mainstream gamer thinks. These people fork out hundreds of dollars for graphics cards more expensive than the rest of their PCs just to make a game run with 110 FPS rather than 100, pointless as it might be. You won't be able to convince them to switch to Linux as long as they get even minimal better performance in Windows. But if we want to see more AAA games on Linux and more developers supporting it, getting more attractive for mainstream gamers is what needs to be done.

I spent $800 this year on graphics cards (Two GTX 970s for two Arch Gaming PCs) -- So I could get 110-300 FPS in games? Nope. So that I wouldn't have to dual boot windows and could have extra juice to spare when the ports had poorly optimized performance.

To me the cost of a better GPU was the tax price to get away from windows. Next year I hope to jump and grab 2x AMD Zen CPUs and 2x R9 390 GPUs once the Radeon Open Source Driver blossoms.

At the current rate of code improvements on AMDGPU I expect AMD will be the best choice next year, I can't wait :)

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Quoting: coolboberI really would like to see a real football simulator game on linux...

As in american football?

Cuz I remembered they had this one (soccer):
http://store.steampowered.com/app/378120/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1 [External Link]

(Maybe because this blog is based in Europe I just assume when I hear football that I'm hearing about soccer)

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