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1 Nov 2021 at 9:19 pm UTC Likes: 3

Yeah sorry the merch store is a bit of a PITA. They need us to setup an additional one for US/Canada because they produce it based on where you want it delivered.

Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates
1 Nov 2021 at 6:07 pm UTC

Quoting: tuubiIf you're doing this, maybe you'd consider adding 8BitDo to the list as well? I'm kind of curious whether I'm the only one in this community with one of their gamepads. I've got the SN30 Pro+, but looking at buying the Pro 2 as soon as they're back in stock locally.
Yeah good shout, I will likely look to do that too. Added [External Link] to remind myself.

Warzone 2100 the 'Spectre Update' is out with game replays, spectating and more
1 Nov 2021 at 4:13 pm UTC

Quoting: Purple Library GuyWell, I use Mint . . . I'll check in a year or two to see if the repository has this update . . . :grin:
Why not just try Luxtorpeda to run it from Steam, as noted in the article?

Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates
1 Nov 2021 at 10:35 am UTC

Quoting: LightkeyApropos Gamepads, that was an unfortunate choice. I mean not the change to Not Listed but capping it at ten bars and showing the rest as Others when there are currently only ten models to choose from anyway. Why not just show them all?
More will likely be added, so it's going to stay as-is there. For starters, I've been looking to expand on Logitech to list actual models making it more useful.

Quoting: LightkeyAlso, Not Listed is missing from the graph for the last month, showing all other options gaining as a result.
As it turns out, we were never showing Not Listed. It only showed for Gamepad due to my manual edit of the data for the new naming. I've decided to now include it for all as it makes sense, and is less confusing. This month has been re-run.

Zink driver (OpenGL on top of Vulkan) has Bioshock Infinite working, close to OpenGL 4.6
30 Oct 2021 at 3:48 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: tuubi
Quoting: AzP
...their final blog post...
...and they'll be showing off Zink...
Isn't it his own blog, or are there several people writing it?
Doesn't really matter. The grammar is perfectly valid.
Yep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they [External Link]

Valve adds support for games using CEG DRM through Steam Play Proton
29 Oct 2021 at 2:37 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: BeamboomMy reasoning was more that since this DRM evidently worked in the native version (assuming it was there too?), why should it not already work under Wine.
DRM was not used in native Linux versions, same with Denuvo when titles from Feral had it on Windows.

Valve adds support for games using CEG DRM through Steam Play Proton
29 Oct 2021 at 11:20 am UTC Likes: 6

Quoting: BeamboomBut three of those titles (Bioshock, Hitman, Saints Row) are Linux native and have always worked?
Doesn't matter. The point of Wine and Proton is to eventually run everything. Even games that have native ports, they might share issues with other games that when they get fixed up fix others. Plus, as we know, Proton tends to get better performance than older ports.

Valve adds support for games using CEG DRM through Steam Play Proton
29 Oct 2021 at 10:37 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: whizse
Quoting: GuestOut of curiosity, is there a commit or patch somewhere to go along with this?
All I could spot was this:
https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/commit/6fdc1b54bc62ea54e573370a49e7d3b2d606ab3f [External Link]

Nothing as far as I can see on the proton-wine side. But I assume most of the work needed was done on the Steam client.
Makes sense I suppose. Still a little annoying: anything to fix it is not going to be open sourced, and running Steam through wine directly (this is what I still do on rare occasions) means it probably still won't work. DRM is just plain evil.
Not quite. Most of them from what I've seen worked in plain Wine, just not Proton since it uses the native Steam client.

Steam and GOG both have their big Halloween Sale live
28 Oct 2021 at 10:26 pm UTC

Quoting: JuliusSo I don't think those affiliate links are going to work for most people.
Nothing I can do I'm afraid apart from drop GOG as an affiliate, something I'm not going to do as it does generate revenue for us and we've seen very few (less than 10) complaints on it and it's been live quite some time now. As Scaine said, it will affect any site going forward who are also a GOG partner as their old system is about to shut.

Steam and GOG both have their big Halloween Sale live
28 Oct 2021 at 8:41 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Julius@Liam is there a reason the GoG links are all pointing to some ad-tracking redirect?
This was answered before. GOG changed their affiliate program, this is who they use now.