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Latest Comments by Liam Dawe
id Software going all-in with Vulkan, some interesting details about that and Linux for Stadia
13 May 2019 at 7:57 pm UTC Likes: 2

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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13 May 2019 at 7:50 pm UTC

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.

DXVK 1.2 is out, possible performance increase for CPU-bound scenarios and D3D11 extensions support
13 May 2019 at 7:41 pm UTC

Quoting: lqe5433How much overhead (%)DXVK cause in the DX -> Vulkan conversion?
Different for every game, it's not a standard % thing, no such thing would be.

id Software going all-in with Vulkan, some interesting details about that and Linux for Stadia
13 May 2019 at 7:40 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: Shmerl
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.

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13 May 2019 at 1:26 pm UTC

Quoting: GuestLiam has consistently provided valuable information to the Linux gaming community. I would not be aware of half of the Linux gaming options available to me without his articles, and am grateful that he has undertaken this endeavour. I actually appreciate calls for donations such as this, because it reminds me to not take this for granted, and make a small contribution.
Thank you! I try to keep it a good few months between calls like this :)

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13 May 2019 at 12:03 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: CreakBTW Liam, did you think about giving different badges depending on the reward? ty
Don't worry I got your comment, it's sat in my inbox so I know to take a look at it and think on how to best do it :)

Thank you everyone, your support is incredible!

D9VK for D3D9 over Vulkan in Wine has another release out, advancing quickly
13 May 2019 at 10:31 am UTC Likes: 9

About double their age, about half as smart. Way to make me really feel old Mr Ashton ;)

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13 May 2019 at 8:29 am UTC Likes: 5

Quoting: wolfyrionstuff
The dark theme is available to everyone, has been since early February this year.

Also, I don't think I ever previously said either the supporter badge or dark theme (when it was for supporters only) would be a permanent thing if people stopped supporting. Happy to be wrong on that, but I don't think I ever said that.

We don't do lifetime subs, because they're not financially worth it. Other sites, like Phoronix, have adverts to pick up some slack and we do not.

And no, I will never do exclusive articles for supporters only. I've always said that, that's not how we operate and never will.

BattlEye now say they're working with Valve to support Steam Play
11 May 2019 at 7:33 pm UTC Likes: 6

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: CorbenFinally some good news again! Awesome.
C'mon Epic/EAC... it's your turn now!
You are aware that EAC's devs mysteriously 'paused' their linux support efforts just the other day right?

Apparently it's just Epic trying to mess with Valve in whatever way they can, damned be who else they piss off in the process.
EAC have not paused it.