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Latest Comments by Liam Dawe
Cities: Skylines City Builder Releases Today, Some Thoughts After Playing It
10 Mar 2015 at 4:38 pm UTC

Quoting: Kallestofeles
Performance
Performance wise it’s a little bad, as I was originally getting around 100FPS on High settings, and then a patch a couple days before release nerfed it down to around 30FPS, and this is on an Nvidia 970. Having the level of detail set to Very High makes it even worse, and does make it very sluggish when you zoom in, so the game is a bit of a hog.
I wonder if they know about this and if they're checking what was patched so they could revert whatever it is that started hogging down the performance.
But I guess that's where we stand with OpenGL, a lot of driver overhead and a pain to optimize. I have my fingers and toes crossed for Vulkan.
If you kept reading you would note the section mentioning I have been in contact with them about the performance.

Nightside Is That RTS Game I’ve Been Waiting For On Linux
10 Mar 2015 at 2:54 pm UTC

Quoting: N30NIf enemy units & buildings didn't produce light, they could then scrap the "fog of war". I think that'd work much better.
What would be the point in that? You would never see anything then.

The Entroware 'Proteus' Gaming Laptop, Reviewed For Linux
10 Mar 2015 at 2:06 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: LeonardKWhat? nVidia allows switching the graphics cards? Since when? What driver version do you have?

Currently being back at nouveau which at least works - kinda.
It seems to use Nvidia-prime from what I can tell, and it works quite well.

Contagion, Cooperative Survival Horror FPS Is Still Planned For Linux
9 Mar 2015 at 7:07 pm UTC

I am also rather sceptical, and will wait until I see it. No point giving them any more screen-time on GOL until they mention it without being asked.

Steam Hardware Survey For February 2015
8 Mar 2015 at 7:20 pm UTC Likes: 7

If anything, we want DirectX to live, but have it open, so that way it can be on Linux and bring all the older titles with it with less porting involved ;)

Steam Hardware Survey For February 2015
8 Mar 2015 at 7:11 pm UTC Likes: 4

They will never drop DX, sad, but true.

Tell Blizzard You Want Linux Support In Their Games
8 Mar 2015 at 12:25 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: tony1abIm begining to love these times. A monopoly is being destroyed.
Well, I wouldn't go that far, but it's good to see enthusiasm :)

Nvidia PhysX Source Code Now Available Free On GitHub
8 Mar 2015 at 10:58 am UTC

Quoting: FutureSutureDoes this mean that games like Borderlands 2 could still receive PhysX support on Linux?
Only if Aspyr were willing to update their port for it.

Tell Blizzard You Want Linux Support In Their Games
8 Mar 2015 at 10:49 am UTC Likes: 6

Quoting: FutureSutureGood to see that you listened to your readers and decided to cover this, Liam. I hope this helps significantly in putting more focus on the matter.
I aim to please.

Gabe Newell Talks Steam, Vulkan With Support From Blizzard, Source 2 And More
8 Mar 2015 at 10:43 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: GuestGot to love Gabe, that choice of words "I work at Valve" just shows he isn't an arrogant prick (am I allowed to say that word here? )
For any typical businessman it would be "I'm the co-founder and CEO at Valve"

Gabe for president!
It was tasteful, so yes, I will allow it. I thought it was cool of him to say it too.