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Valve have pushed out another Steam Play update with the 3.16-4 beta including corefonts support
2 Nov 2018 at 3:41 am UTC

"This should fix SOULCALIBUR VI's network failure when launched through Steam Play."
can some one test if Soul calibur is fully playable now?

Valve gave an update on the major SOULCALIBUR VI issues with Steam Play
28 Oct 2018 at 11:17 pm UTC

Quoting: aFoxNamedMorris
Quoting: Code Artisan
Quoting: elmapul
Quoting: Code ArtisanIf the server accepts corrupted entries from clients, there is something wrong there too.
it dont, that is why it was caught. (probably)

anyway, so... if those users are geting banned due to the netcode that means some of then were able to test the game at least offline?
i wonder if the game works already (at least offline)
Quoting: aFoxNamedMorris
Quoting: elmapul
Quoting: Code ArtisanIf the server accepts corrupted entries from clients, there is something wrong there too.
it dont, that is why it was caught. (probably)

anyway, so... if those users are geting banned due to the netcode that means some of then were able to test the game at least offline?
i wonder if the game works already (at least offline)
Nobody was getting banned. It was an authentication error caused by a bug in Proton.
Then how come it also affected Windows?
Because the server was attempting to process invalid and corrupted data. This data is tied to the user's account. The affected accounts were fine after the server decided to purge the corrupted data, usually in a day or two.

Bans typically don't just automatically fix themselves.
so indeed they are dumb, you should not accept data without filter it.

EA's experimental Halcyon game engine has Vulkan and Linux support
28 Oct 2018 at 11:15 pm UTC

So, they plan to allow others to use their engine, or its for internal use?

if its for their own usage, that probably means they are planing to support linux on their future games, but if they are trying to enter the marketing of seling game engines, well, i doubt they can enter this.

Valve gave an update on the major SOULCALIBUR VI issues with Steam Play
28 Oct 2018 at 2:38 pm UTC

another issue is:
valve made proton as open source, but if i fork it and end up geting banned not due to the proton code but due to some custom code that i made trying to get an game to work, how can i tell valve whats happened that i got banned?
if its their own code, its easy for then to debug and realize that i was not trying to cheat, otherwise...

Valve gave an update on the major SOULCALIBUR VI issues with Steam Play
28 Oct 2018 at 2:35 pm UTC

Quoting: Code ArtisanIf the server accepts corrupted entries from clients, there is something wrong there too.
it dont, that is why it was caught. (probably)

anyway, so... if those users are geting banned due to the netcode that means some of then were able to test the game at least offline?
i wonder if the game works already (at least offline)

System76’s new ‘open-source computer’ will be available for preorder November 1
26 Oct 2018 at 6:38 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: no_information_hereSaw the link to Natron on their promo site. I hadn't heard of it before. Anyone here used it for VFX?

https://natrongithub.github.io/ [External Link]
natron is a quite powerfull tool, i heard of it a lot before.

an movie that used natron:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ5SOnjIWWI [External Link]

chroma key tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RkewxBMeuA [External Link]

Gaia's Melody: Echoed Melodies looks like an impressive RPG now available on Linux
25 Oct 2018 at 7:13 am UTC

the only thing impressive from the trailer was the background music, but looks like they didnt made it, they found someone who distribute good music under copyleft...

Squally, a 2D game which has you hack it will be on Linux, demo available
23 Oct 2018 at 11:03 am UTC

the concept looks good, i hope they improve the art direction, the current assets looks terrible for some parts of the game (like the repeated tileset on the floor, too much detail and repeated detail)

Strategy game Epicinium where your influence on the environment matters plans an open source release plus Kickstarter
23 Oct 2018 at 10:59 am UTC

i dont like to judge an book by its cover and an game by its graphics, but this looks poor.
by the graphics, looks like they will open source because they dont see any value in their product and expect the comunity to work for then, instead of doing an real contribution to get something in return later on.

Hot on the heels of the latest release of the Vulkan API, DXVK 0.90 is now out with Stream Output support
14 Oct 2018 at 4:42 am UTC

Quoting: Avehicle7887
Quoting: elmapul"Nvidia Hairworks in The Witcher 3 and Final Fantasy XV,"
so, hair works is finally working?
In Witcher 3 it surely works, looks rather nice I must say as well, except it killed my fps by 10-15 :p

I just spent over an hour in Vikings, Stream Output works like a charm :)
whats your rig?