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Latest Comments by Comandante Ñoñardo
Mad Max meets Vulkan in a new fully public beta for Linux, benchmarks and OpenGL vs Vulkan comparisons
2 Apr 2017 at 12:00 am UTC

This is my benchmark on a machine with
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
core i7 4790K (no overclock),
GTX 960 2GB DDR5 driver 375.39
Vsync On
1080p

<benchmark>
<permutation>
<value name="benchmark-name">Camp - Hollow Point</value>
<value name="width">1920</value>
<value name="height">1080</value>
<value name="vsync">1</value>
<value name="fidelity-description"></value>
<value name="anistropic-filtering">1</value>
<value name="geometric-detail">0</value>
<value name="shadow-resolution">0</value>
<value name="num-shadow-lights">1</value>
<value name="texture-detail">0</value>
<value name="decals">0</value>
<value name="motion-blur">1</value>
<value name="soft-particles">1</value>
<value name="ssao">1</value>
<value name="point-light-specular">1</value>
<value name="anti-aliasing">1</value>
<value name="terrain-parallax">1</value>
<value name="fog-particle-upsampling">0</value>
<value name="dof-quality">0</value>
<value name="volumetric-lighting-quality">0</value>
<value name="heat-haze">1</value>
<value name="bloom">1</value>
<value name="landscape-debris">1</value>
</permutation>
<result>
<value name="avg_fps">59.975285</value>
<value name="min_fps">59.460102</value>
<value name="max_fps">61.946354</value>
</result>
</benchmark>


<benchmark>
<permutation>
<value name="benchmark-name">Stronghold - Tyrant&apos;s Lash</value>
<value name="width">1920</value>
<value name="height">1080</value>
<value name="vsync">1</value>
<value name="fidelity-description"></value>
<value name="anistropic-filtering">1</value>
<value name="geometric-detail">0</value>
<value name="shadow-resolution">0</value>
<value name="num-shadow-lights">1</value>
<value name="texture-detail">0</value>
<value name="decals">0</value>
<value name="motion-blur">1</value>
<value name="soft-particles">1</value>
<value name="ssao">1</value>
<value name="point-light-specular">1</value>
<value name="anti-aliasing">1</value>
<value name="terrain-parallax">1</value>
<value name="fog-particle-upsampling">0</value>
<value name="dof-quality">0</value>
<value name="volumetric-lighting-quality">0</value>
<value name="heat-haze">1</value>
<value name="bloom">1</value>
<value name="landscape-debris">1</value>
</permutation>
<result>
<value name="avg_fps">58.623589</value>
<value name="min_fps">9.378136</value>
<value name="max_fps">98.911964</value>
</result>
</benchmark>


<benchmark>
<permutation>
<value name="benchmark-name">Cutscene - Hope, Glory, and Dog is Dead</value>
<value name="width">1920</value>
<value name="height">1080</value>
<value name="vsync">1</value>
<value name="fidelity-description"></value>
<value name="anistropic-filtering">1</value>
<value name="geometric-detail">0</value>
<value name="shadow-resolution">0</value>
<value name="num-shadow-lights">1</value>
<value name="texture-detail">0</value>
<value name="decals">0</value>
<value name="motion-blur">1</value>
<value name="soft-particles">1</value>
<value name="ssao">1</value>
<value name="point-light-specular">1</value>
<value name="anti-aliasing">1</value>
<value name="terrain-parallax">1</value>
<value name="fog-particle-upsampling">0</value>
<value name="dof-quality">0</value>
<value name="volumetric-lighting-quality">0</value>
<value name="heat-haze">1</value>
<value name="bloom">1</value>
<value name="landscape-debris">1</value>
</permutation>
<result>
<value name="avg_fps">59.076393</value>
<value name="min_fps">5.384276</value>
<value name="max_fps">96.163094</value>
</result>
</benchmark>


<benchmark>
<permutation>
<value name="benchmark-name">Cutscene - Landmover</value>
<value name="width">1920</value>
<value name="height">1080</value>
<value name="vsync">1</value>
<value name="fidelity-description"></value>
<value name="anistropic-filtering">1</value>
<value name="geometric-detail">0</value>
<value name="shadow-resolution">0</value>
<value name="num-shadow-lights">1</value>
<value name="texture-detail">0</value>
<value name="decals">0</value>
<value name="motion-blur">1</value>
<value name="soft-particles">1</value>
<value name="ssao">1</value>
<value name="point-light-specular">1</value>
<value name="anti-aliasing">1</value>
<value name="terrain-parallax">1</value>
<value name="fog-particle-upsampling">0</value>
<value name="dof-quality">0</value>
<value name="volumetric-lighting-quality">0</value>
<value name="heat-haze">1</value>
<value name="bloom">1</value>
<value name="landscape-debris">1</value>
</permutation>
<result>
<value name="avg_fps">58.721684</value>
<value name="min_fps">4.284564</value>
<value name="max_fps">115.460106</value>
</result>
</benchmark>

Mad Max meets Vulkan in a new fully public beta for Linux, benchmarks and OpenGL vs Vulkan comparisons
31 Mar 2017 at 5:53 pm UTC Likes: 1

I don't know what You think people, but I think this event is the experiment/incursion of Feral in the TRUE software development and not just porting Windows games... The fact that the Linux version include features that are not available in the Windows version is the evidence.

I think this MUST be celebrated with a Humble Feral Bundle... No?

Mad Max meets Vulkan in a new fully public beta for Linux, benchmarks and OpenGL vs Vulkan comparisons
30 Mar 2017 at 2:36 pm UTC Likes: 1

PERFECT!
Now, do the same with Life is Strange and Tomb Raider.

SC Controller, the stand-alone Steam Controller driver and UI has an important bug-fix release
29 Mar 2017 at 1:44 pm UTC

Is it possible to use the wireless mode with this driver??...

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is free to own forever on Steam for one day
27 Mar 2017 at 8:58 pm UTC

Thanks for the tip!
One more game for my Linux Steam account. :)

Humble Store has some noteworthy deals on this weekend
26 Mar 2017 at 12:45 am UTC Likes: 1

I'm gonna buy Soulless: Ray of Hope [External Link] because is DRMFREE and maybe Hitman: The complete first season [External Link]..27,88 U$D for the two games is a good price.

Kona, an eerie narrative-driven adventure game is now out on Linux, it's a bit buggy
23 Mar 2017 at 3:34 pm UTC Likes: 1

KONA [External Link] is available for Linux on GOG too.

You will want to force your CPU into high performance mode for Vulkan games on Linux
23 Mar 2017 at 1:11 pm UTC

Quoting: M@GOidFor a more easy way to change the settings, install the package "indicator-cpufreq"("sudo apt install indicator-cpufreq" for those of you in Ubuntu). It will show a icon in your taskbar were with 2 mouse clicks you can change to the Performance governor and back. I use it for both AMD and Intel CPUs for years and it works great, for any DE.
Thanks for the tip.
But, anyway, once installed I have to go to the console and type indicator-cpufreq
and then I see an icon with two options: Performance and Powersave

Previously, in Life is Strange I had almost 100% load on two cores (the other cores are less than 20%), meanwhile in Metro 2033 Redux, as much, I had more or less 60% on every cores..

That means that back in 2015 Metro Redux already did multithreaded rendering ??:huh:

Now, it is time to repeat my experiments with this "performance" profile.

Interview with Feral Interactive about their ports and Mesa drivers, Steam keys offered for Mesa developers
22 Mar 2017 at 10:19 pm UTC

It will be good if they upgrade Tomb Raider, Life is Strange, Mad Max, Deus Ex Mankind divided and Hitman to Vulkan...

And if they port Bioshock 1 and 2 to Linux like they did with the Mac versions, and release them as separated games, I will buy them again...

The Whispered World Special Edition is now available for Linux
22 Mar 2017 at 7:59 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: JudasIscariot
Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoThe Linux download is not yet available on GOG...
That's going to be rectified shortly, we just got done preparing it :)

edit: and now it's added :)
I can see the GOG.com Linux download available.
Thanks:)