Is this targeting dedicated RT hardware or generic compute resources?

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Quoting: GuestProbably i'm over simplifying things, but basically it takes some layers, extrudes them and maps the same texture on the extruded part.
I'm certainly missing a ton of work/specific game quirks here :)

I agree, game specific stuff must be present.
Take the pipes in the video.
To accomplish this in a generic way,
the program would require the notion of
this object being a pipe and not just extrude it.
Also the placement of objects a different (fitting) z position
hints a lot of hand-tuned game-specific stuff.

Anyway. This is great and the list features Mega Man 1-3.
I'm in!

Btw, hope they'll get Castlevania 3 supported soon.
The Japanese version hacked with English text.
It featured a separated superior sound chip on the cartridge
(which wasn't technical possible on the US/EU NES).

Just listen to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqyoTvZ5cOE [External Link]

(NES version for comparison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq3xvjofK7k) [External Link]

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Quoting: ajgp

Quoting: PublicNuisanceCan't wait for open source CPUs to become more popular and powerful.

So any open source CPU would most likely be ARM based (...)

Most likely RISC-V

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Quoting: 1xokI wonder if this is really the 20-year-old source engine.

Half-Life 2 came out in 2004, so that would be 16 years. Since then the Source Engine has received several updates, including to 2.0. Although I don't know if this uses 2.0.

Nope. There is no Source 2 SDK available and still won't for at least quite some time.

https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/357052/No_plans_for_a_full_Source_2_SDK_and_other_tidbits_from_Valves_HalfLife_Alyx_AMA.php [External Link]

What I frequently hear is that Source is a total mess code-wise compared to the other big engines.
And this shows in the documentation. Maybe Valve cannot force themselves to bring it in good shape for a SDK release. Who knows.

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Quoting: jrt

Quoting: jrtSadly not even the SteamVR Home destinations for HL:A work on Linux :'(

Update: The Half-Life Alyx SteamVR Home environments are getting fixed linux support with the next SteamVR beta release: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/SteamVR-for-Linux/issues/304#issuecomment-595790309 [External Link]

Hmm, that's promising.
Maybe we'll see Alyx get an unannounced beta release on Linux too?

Crap communication nevertheless, though.

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Quoting: EhvisLooks like they've been so busy cleaning up SteamVR before the HL:Alyx release, that they didn't do anything for Linux this time.

Then again, they said more than a month ago that HL:Alyx is basically done and in an extremely good shape (which has to include SteamVR obviously).
Doesn't sound like crunch-time panic to me. :)

That's why I had some hope, they could find the time to wire up Linux (and Mac).
But I guess that is sadly out of question now.

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Thanks for the comment on HL:Alyx, Liam.

Very appreciated.

I have to admit, I'm very disappointed by the silence of Valve concerning this.
Why not communicating that they probably work on it and it's a technical thing for now.
Or if they really put the focus on the Windows release - why not telling *us* that?

It'd be sad but I can ofc respect that.

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Quoting: Liam DaweUpdate: Phoronix removed the article, and placed up an apology.

Feral considered (or took) legal action? :whistle:
After all this kind of news can seriously affect your business.

I've never seen Phoronix taking down a news and apologizing before.

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Good news then. :)

It’s a shame Michael Larabel didn't contact us before publishing this piece, we would have been happy to set him straight.

Surprise, surprise.

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Proton/Steamplay. *Hooray* \o/

It's not like that at least some people assumed this will affect Feral.
Going for Switch is a good business decision.
Hopefully, it's not too late for them.

I feel for the employees and the uncomfortable time they're going through. :/

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