Quoting: Aryvandaar

Quoting: liamdaweWell it is obvious if they put out a Linux beta, they want to support Linux to get more sales isn't it? They go hand in hand.

Yes, of course, I just find the wording to be too misleading. Now that I read the article and announcement again I see that they wrote "open beta", which is even worse than to use that "public beta" and only having it available for people who own the game. I don't think I need to explain what "open beta" means. The entire industry use it, as a limited kind of free demo.

You can use certain terms to mean something different, it's all about context. I see nothing wrong here, it is a public beta, for owners of the game. Sorry dude, but you're being way too pedantic about a small thing. Last I will say on it as it's going nowhere :)

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Quoting: Aryvandaar

Quoting: liamdaweI think this is being a little pedantic here, but I get the jist of what you're saying.

I may just as well be wrong, but the cynic in me tell me that it's a tactic to get more people to buy the game, which is why I pointed it out. Any tactic that companies use to try to feel players that they "have to" buy a game miss out on something cool, is something I'm against. As I said first, I could just as well be wrong, but seeing how the gaming industry is at this point, is it so weird to be cautious and a bit cynical?

Well it is obvious if they put out a Linux beta, they want to support Linux to get more sales isn't it? They go hand in hand.

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Quoting: Aryvandaar

Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: AryvandaarDoesn't public beta mean available for all?

Yes, all who own it. It's still a commercial game.

Yeah I know. I was just raising a few eyebrows at what looks like wrong use of words, which in turn could be misleading. If a beta is behind a paywall, is it a "public beta" then?

I think this is being a little pedantic here, but I get the jist of what you're saying.

However, it's possible to have a closed password-protected Beta on Steam too, as well as a beta anyone can opt into. I feel it's the easiest way to describe it, since you wouldn't think a commercial game is suddenly free just because it has a beta.

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Quoting: AryvandaarDoesn't public beta mean available for all?

Yes, all who own it. It's still a commercial game.

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Quoting: FishticonIsn't it pretty much the same thing as Gdevelop? Even they have a web-based version and a desktop version that works on Linux. Except Gdevelop is free.

Last time I properly tried GDevelop I found it overly confusing with a terribly messy UI. It also had pretty poor translations into english as it's originally a french project. On top of that, it was incredibly unstable.

I just tried to grab it for Arch, but their recommended Arch download is broken. Their web-app doesn't even load either. They haven't had a release since November last year and are currently going through an entire re-write of the UI. So it still doesn't fill me with any confidence in GDevelop at all right now.

Construct 3 however is incredibly easy to understand and use :)

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Quoting: SnevI actually played your fun little game until a score of 32k. Some suggestions to make it more interesting:
* Spawn monsters from all sides so that you are forced to retreat to the middle of the screen. Now it's best to stay on the left side so you don't even need to move.
* Increase their speed faster
* Score - 1 for each used bullet so that you should try to only use 5 bullets per monster
* Power-ups
* A boss per 10k points that is bigger, slower, but shoots back and takes more hits until it dies
* ranks :D

gogogo

Well, it was only supposed to be a joke, but I've decided to add in some extras.

Working on an online high-score table and increasing difficulty :)

Bit of fun for the evenings for me to work on something like this.

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Quoting: SalvatosWhat are the keys for if it's a public beta?

You still need to own a copy of the game.

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Quoting: pbPlease add continuous fire on mousehold. ;-)

Sounds like an idea for a limited-time power-up ;)

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: FuriousI don't have Vulkan capable GPU, but maybe someone try -vulkan -sm5 ?

Vulkan last I checked with Epic is not in the Linux builds.

I tried ./UE4-Linux-Test UnrealTournament -vulkan and i see in terminal LogRHI: GL_NV_draw_vulkan_image is loaded. but I tried UE4-Linux-Test without the -vulkan flag and noticed the vulkan image is now loaded by default.
I also get 60 to 80 fps with max settings using a gtx 780 ti on my system.

I was getting 30 to 45 frames at max settings with the original default setup.

I also see GL_NV_draw_vulkan_image is loaded with ./UE4-Linux-Shipping UnrealTournament -vulkan as well. the fps aren't quite as stable as the test version. I get framerate lag spikes more-so than on test. mainly when picking up new weapons. but overall it stays 60 to 80fps, but the lag spikes drop it down to the ~20s but it quickly jumps back after the weapon pickup.

That GL_NV_draw_vulkan_image shows up even when not adding a Vulkan flag. It's an OpenGL extension.

I see no difference when adding the "-vulkan" flag, and as I said last time I spoke to Epic, Vulkan was not enabled in the Linux builds.

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Quoting: karmikThere is actually a new update from developers:

Thanks, added it in.

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