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Epic Games looking to make Vulkan the default API for Linux games in Unreal Engine
3 Aug 2017 at 10:48 am UTC

And we were beginning to wonder if Epic had forsaken EU4 on Linux. But does this mean that all the current OpenGL issues (thinking of ARK, et al) will never get fixed?

Tacoma, the sci-fi narrative adventure has released with day-1 Linux support, some thoughts
3 Aug 2017 at 2:10 am UTC Likes: 3

Oop, sorry guys. Almost stepped out of line with my independent opinion there...

Tacoma, the sci-fi narrative adventure has released with day-1 Linux support, some thoughts
2 Aug 2017 at 8:11 pm UTC Likes: 2

Here is a chance for Fullbright to redeem themselves if they can provide a strong narrative-only game that doesn't preach social justice-y trash.

Linux game sales statistics from multiple developers, part 5
2 Aug 2017 at 3:46 pm UTC

Quoting: liamdaweTo be clear, Aspyr has not left Linux at all. I don't get why people say that, they did only recently put out Civ VI (a pretty major title). They are also publishing games coming to Linux.
Because Feral are, by comparison, running circles around them. They raised the expectation for release rate and now even VP appear to have "left linux".

OpenGL 4.6 officially released, new beta NVIDIA driver with support for it
31 Jul 2017 at 1:47 pm UTC Likes: 2

Mesa finally caught up to 4.5 and now they release this...

The Gamecube and Wii emulator, Dolphin, implements “Ubershaders” to solve stuttering
31 Jul 2017 at 1:44 pm UTC

Quoting: elmapulwhat emulator do you use for n64? mupen stoped evolving (except for android mupen) and there are a lot of games unplayable on it.

project64 dont have an native version (and emulating an emulator is not an ideal solution.
Performance is fine, but yes, there are rendering inaccuracies. I'm keeping my hopes up for cen64 cycle-accurate emulator.

The Gamecube and Wii emulator, Dolphin, implements “Ubershaders” to solve stuttering
30 Jul 2017 at 11:59 pm UTC

Much needed as any emulators for older consoles run flawlessly but, once you get into ~6th generation console territory, your PC needs to be really beefy to have a chance at emulating with minimal stutter. Considering the age of GC/Wii games at this point, it is kind of discouraging to see so much modern hardware still struggling. Thanks for reminding me to donate to the Dolphin project.

Godot, the open source game engine has released the first 3.0 Alpha
28 Jul 2017 at 7:01 pm UTC

Quoting: Hamish
Quoting: TcheyI don't know much of it, but i prefer to use Python over GDScript, as it's a "real" language.
I know what you mean, but I can't help but imagine all of the older programmers out there spitting out their drinks at the sight of anyone calling Python a "real" language when it uses an interpreter. ;)

Everything is relative I guess.
I think he means that python is "real" in that it is not specifically made for & only used in Godot. Adapting to a new scripting language isn't hard but it is still a pain an inconvenience.

Site Update: New GPU Model database for our user PC info & statistics system
28 Jul 2017 at 6:55 pm UTC

Liam, you have been gathering this info long enough to have some meaningful trend data by now. Has anybody put it to use yet?

Open source RTS '0 A.D.' Alpha 22 Venustas has been released, it's huge
27 Jul 2017 at 2:26 pm UTC

It looks like there is actually a studio behind 0AD development which would explain the quality that is normally absent from open source games.