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Latest Comments by Liam Dawe
A Developer Of Unity3D Also Speaks Out About OpenGL
1 Jun 2014 at 1:59 pm UTC

Quoting: Xpander
Quoting: XilLiam, 26% of the windows systems are still windows XP, so no, people don't update their drivers, for the masses out there windows auto-update and a virus scanner is as far as they get, so I think he is right.

As for the rest of his comments, his lack of insight says enough I guess
but we are talking about gamers.. probably 10 gamers in world use windows xp now a days.

facebook gamers dont count
Pretty much what I came here to say. I stand by my words, gamers generally know how to update drivers and most likely do.

As for Windows XP, you can update drivers on that, so just being on Windows XP means nothing other than not forking out for a new Windows license.

Get In Quick Before Factorio Raises Their Prices
31 May 2014 at 9:01 pm UTC

Quoting: What the FWhy would someone set payment options via paysafecards set to "my paysafecard" only? Well kills it for me, and I'm gonna wait for a sale.
Huh? That's exactly what Paysafecard is a pre-payment system.

There are multiple payment options including paypal, so I don't get the problem.

Taking A Look At ADOM, Ancient Domains Of Mystery Roguelike
31 May 2014 at 7:54 pm UTC

I got a bit confused by the language on their site.

The next pre-releases (Prerelease 24 and above) will only be available to people who pledged at least $25 in the ADOM resurrection campaign.
So, it seems this version will forever remain free yes, but future ones are not.

Taking A Look At ADOM, Ancient Domains Of Mystery Roguelike
31 May 2014 at 7:11 pm UTC

Taking a look doesn't necessarily mean I've come to a conclusion on it all yet, it's just highlighting it.

Edit > That said I've added a final bit.

OpenGL Is Broken According To Another Developer
31 May 2014 at 3:08 pm UTC

Have noted that reply in the article!

OpenGL Is Broken According To Another Developer
31 May 2014 at 3:01 pm UTC

Quoting: Silviu@liam dude, serisouly? Google him and find out who he is... (hint: works for Epic)
Seriously what? There's multiple Timothy Lottes who come up in google and the blog doesn't state exactly who he is.

Don't make stupid "google him" comments.

OpenGL Is Broken According To Another Developer
31 May 2014 at 2:50 pm UTC

Quoting: sgtGarciaThimothy Lottes responds:
Your text to link here... [External Link]
Who is that guy exactly? I've seen someone link to him before, but no idea who he is.

Unity3D Releases Unity 4.5 & With It Comes Major Linux Fixes
31 May 2014 at 8:42 am UTC

I tested a game that uses this version of Unity and the mouse was perfectly fine, so it looks like it may have fixed it for real.

AMD's OpenGL Performance Is Nothing Close To Nvidia On This Benchmark
30 May 2014 at 9:24 pm UTC

Quoting: AnonymousLiam, you might ask grahamsellers on Twitter if he wants to comment on that numbers/blog posts.
Good idea, just did.

Spacebase DF-9, A Space Station Building Sim Alpha 5 Released For Linux
30 May 2014 at 5:50 pm UTC

Quoting: mintguyAt the moment, alpha 5 is only released for Windows. The Linux and Mac builds are still on their way.
No it's not, I did check myself and it is out for Linux.