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Latest Comments by GustyGhost
Minecraft 1.9 released, the one with better combat
29 Feb 2016 at 8:54 pm UTC

Quoting: Dea1993performance decreased a lot on linux with this new update (on my notebook)
Quoting: apocalyptechthough it's a shame if OpenJDK stopped working with this update.
Embrace, extend, extinguish. I'll be using Minetest for my voxel block game needs from now on.

Insurgency: Sandstorm realistic FPS announced for SteamOS & Linux, will use Unreal Engine 4
23 Feb 2016 at 7:08 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj
Quoting: jordicomaAs yesterdey's news, http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Galaxy-S7-Launch-Event [External Link], the galaxy S7 at Mobile World Congress showed a demo with unreal 4 with vulkan on android.
Could this game have vulkan support for linux next year?
Yes, Unreal Engine 4 will support vulkan. I'm betting Unreal engine will have a vulkan demo in 3-4 months.
Unreal Engine 4 has already supported Vulkan since yesterday and shared a demo for UE4 Vulkan on mobile devices. [External Link]

Stainless Games announce another Carmageddon game, Linux & Mac gamers not happy
22 Feb 2016 at 10:59 pm UTC Likes: 1

You may think that this article's picture is of their game but it is in fact a depiction of how Stainless Games is treating their Linux backers.

Zombasite, a zombie apocalypse action RPG from Soldak has a second trailer
22 Feb 2016 at 4:36 pm UTC

Soldak have been recycling assets since ~2007. There is a reason it looks dated. I'm sure it's a fun game, though.

Looks like Dota 2 with Vulkan isn't too far away
21 Feb 2016 at 6:24 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: GuestAnd woah if they're not doing multithreading on vulkan, they might as well still be using OpenGL.
But there is still less overhead per frame. Multithreading is only a part of the equation.

Khronos Group Vulkan Webinar now on Youtube
20 Feb 2016 at 11:54 pm UTC

20:43 yikes I'm not seeing Crytek on that list.

How SteamOS could become a better console competitor
20 Feb 2016 at 12:47 am UTC Likes: 2

The author of this article is clearly thinking like a brainwashed console user. Exclusives will only hurt consumers in the end. It is a practice that must be stopped. You say that

"I think this is negative for SteamOS; without exclusives there's little reason for anyone to try and use SteamOS or Linux"
but just spent the previous paragraphs describing why there is incentive for people to try SteamOS. It sounds more to me like you want to be sharing this with Valve marketing and development, not existing Linux gamers. Television is a great place to advertise if you want to reach out to baby boomers and geriatrics but I think the target demographic for Steam Machines are people generally savvy enough to seek out their own information online. Valve shouldn't waste resources on anything TV related. Just make the best damn product they can build.

This Total War: ATTILA comparison video shows SteamOS/Linux holding up against Windows
20 Feb 2016 at 12:35 am UTC

Additionally, isn't ATTILA performance on Windows pretty abysmal anyway? It's not saying much when you can run as fast as the slowest fat guy on the track.