Note: Article title and content was updated to reflect Proton being out minutes later - hah, nice one Valve/CodeWeavers.

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Quoting: jens

Quoting: scaine

Quoting: jensAm I correct that this version does not yet has VK_EXT_host_query_reset on board?

That's literally addressed in the article! :)

Ah, crap, sorry, that happens when switching too fast between sites with similar articles. :)
Very cool btw, looking forward to have this land in negativo17 repositories for Fedora!

Well it should do, unless I had something left over from a previous Vulkan beta driver install but it shows as available using the Vulkan Hardware Capability Viewer [External Link].

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As someone who actually plays Stellaris: The price + DLC really doesn't concern me. You don't need all the packs and we're talking packs that add often huge additions a couple times a year. Considering how much people spend, all the time on other games, it's really not much if you already enjoy it.

As others said, the base game by itself has a lot going for it too, you don't need the expansions.

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Quoting: NanobangLiam, would you describe what qualities make this a roguelike?

It's not you. You wrote a great article. Anytime I see the term "roguelike" I'm left feeling a little befuddled because I confuse it with the similar sounding "roguellite," and because both terms are a hodge-podge of qualities (perma-death, semi-perma-death, proceedural generation, etc.) any of which may or may not be present in a given "roguelike/lite" game.

And yes, the game looks hella-fun, like a grown-up version of one of my faves, Meltdown [External Link].

Well it is turn-based, random, permadeath, grid-based, limited inventory and ammo you need to manage, needs you to explore and so on. Fits all the main needs of the Berlin Interpretation.

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Quoting: GuestIt was somewhat easier for iD seeing as they already had Vulkan as a core engine target. It took, what, 3 weeks to get an initial Stadia test working? It took less to get a desktop GNU/Linux version working - but again, core engine support for much of it was already there (because of headless server support). So iD are perhaps an exception in ease of porting - not everyone else will have such an easy time of it if their code base is more Windows-centric.

Keep in mind the vast majority of developers are using things like Unity and Unreal though, both have Vulkan support which is gradually getting into a better state. Both engines announced support for Stadia too...

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Quoting: elmapul

Quoting: liamdawe

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Apart from the game and Google's own "libGGP" everything else seems open.

They should have opened it as well, to allow making some SDL drop-in plugins that replace it.

We have now idea what this point what libGGP is though, probably not something they can just open up, as it's likely hooking into their Stadia API. I imagine that's what it would be for anyway.

i dont see any quote of then using xorg.

"verything else seems open. It's using Pulse Audio, Vulkan, libc++, glibc and of course the Linux Kernel. "
xorg is obsolete, and wayland is not even close to be ready for the prime time, so...

looks like everything will be open, except the part that matter, the graphic output of it.

For all we know, that's part of what libGGP is doing. The point is, the majority of it is open. If id Software themselves first ported it to Ubuntu to get it working on Stadia, it can't be much trouble for a standard Linux build.

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Quoting: scaineI'm afraid I won't touch Stadia. I like Spotify. I even (eventually) like Netflix. But I've no interest in streaming games over the internet. Bad enough renting games from Steam, streaming them from Google just doesn't hold any water for me.

Yet ;). People thought the same about Netflix when it started streaming services 10 years ago. Google plays the long game, lets see how it turns out in 5 or 10 years...

I can attest to that. Constantly said i didnt want or get the point of Spotify...few years later I swore by it.

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Quoting: MohandevirDid they actually explained why they did not release the Linux version on Steam?

Really, this was answered indirectly when they showed the market share charts and talked about Linux being ignored. Too small, same answer as always for the bigger publishers.

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Quoting: fedotixAccording to you, what will be the price for a month membership for stadia ??:huh:

They have yet to announce this.

Also, something I only really thought of until just now replying to HP on Twitter:

Not only does it lower the barrier to entry for Linux desktop gaming, since it's mostly the same. I do wonder if it becomes massive, how it might influence Linux adoption? You wouldn't need to pay for a Windows license so pick up a cheapo Linux laptop -> Stadia gaming -> more Linux users?

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Quoting: Geppeto35Message for supporters: which way/site is the best (I mean with less charges from plateform, currency change, so with more money that directly go to GOL) for a €uro bank account as mine?
TY 4 incoming answers

Afraid I can't personally answer that, as I don't personally see the payment fees on Liberapay, but PayPal is generally quite low on my end in terms of fees. Patreon is the highest, since they take their own fee and then there's a PayPal fee on top of that.

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