I hope this means that Unity3d can finally upgrade from Mono 2.6. Though I suspect they just aren't going to bother and stick with their C++ plans.

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Quoting: melkemindI've not seen it go below 30 fps, but I also have a GTX 970. The issue with Unity seems to be some specific aspect of it. I don't know if it's shadows, lighting or what, but it can get very high FPS depending on the scene, but then dip low in others. It's not consistently low. It's definitely Linux (or OpenGL) specific. Windows performs much better.

It's Unity's poor OpenGL. Games can be faster in OpenGL on Linux than on Windows if done correctly, because Linux is more efficient than Windows. The main problem is some devs not putting in optimisation effort into their OpenGL code.

The problem is devs using Direct3D/DirectX, instead of OGL or Vulkan. Everyone will hopefully start programming in Vulkan instead once it is released, and only focus on that one API.

DirectX12 will continue to be a thing because that is what gamers "want" right now. We know that most of its benefits can also be achieved with Vulkan, but that is going to be even less common than OpenGL engines as long as OS X has no intention of supporting it in favor of Metal.

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Just to clarify, the Steam release of Victor Vran is DRM-free as well. It does not require the Steam client to run after downloaded.

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Quoting: WaikanoMore important, what game is that you are playing, looks like I might have to add it to my wishlist ;-) Also FPS counter yay!

Looks like Ziggurat.

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Is it okay to buy this game now? Linux isn't listed in the store yet and I want to make sure whoever needs to get credit for the Linux port does.

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