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Tomb Raider released for Linux, thoughts & port report included, the first Linux game to use TressFX
27 Apr 2016 at 7:28 pm UTC

Quoting: chui2chClose Steam out. Open Steam... Profit. This was suggested by Feral on the Twitters. It worked for me.
This is not working for me. Besides, changing the download server leads to Steam restarting anyway.

Tomb Raider released for Linux, thoughts & port report included, the first Linux game to use TressFX
27 Apr 2016 at 7:21 pm UTC

Quoting: kellerkindtAnyone else for whom it does not download anything on steam? :(
Yes, same problem here. It stops at 0 bytes, but says "Ready to play". Maybe a server issue, I will try to change it.

Edit: I tried UK-London and Sweden, same issue. No download.

Nvidia 364.12 released for Linux with official Vulkan, Mir & Wayland support
22 Mar 2016 at 2:07 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: STiATFor the option __GLVND_DISALLOW_PATCHING=1 %command% - there was a note of a nvidia dev that they're looking into fixing this. Due to the changelog not specifying anything about it, my good-to-go guess is that it was not fixed (yet).
Indeed it is fixed. Bioshock Infinite and Borderlands 2 now start fine without setting this environment variable.

Further, the XCOM 2 regression is indeed fixed, I now went from 17 fps to 26 fps in the Avenger view. However, the patch came at the same time, so I cannot rule out Feral optimisation work too.

XCOM 2 patched for Linux, and Anarchy’s Children DLC now available
22 Mar 2016 at 2:03 pm UTC

If you use nvidia proprietary drivers, the latest 364.12 fix a performance regression. Now going from 17 to 27 fps in the Avenger view.

Nvidia 364.12 released for Linux with official Vulkan, Mir & Wayland support
21 Mar 2016 at 5:59 pm UTC

Quoting: SketchStickTo fix specific games on Steam, go to game properties and set the launch options to:
__GLVND_DISALLOW_PATCHING=1 %command%
Is this still valid for this new driver? The new version should have fixed this issue, plus the XCOM 2 regression. I have not tried it yet.

XCOM 2 Anarchy’s Children DLC delayed for Linux
18 Mar 2016 at 8:12 am UTC

Hopefully this will happen today. Not only for the DLC, but also for the major patch.

XCOM 2 patch now live for Linux & SteamOS
3 Mar 2016 at 3:04 pm UTC

Quoting: Renzatic GearThe stuttering is GONE, but missions seem to be capped at 30 FPS. It never goes above it, never goes below, save for the occasional I-Can't-Believe-I'm-Mentioning-This dip to 29.5 or so.
Are you sure that in Options->Video, Enable v-sync is unchecked? By default it is checked and this was leading to the same issue. Unchecking it solved it.

XCOM 2 is so popular it has beaten the all time peak player count of a number of games
11 Feb 2016 at 1:30 pm UTC

Quoting: EikeDoes setting LC_ALL to C solve it as well?
Yes, that works for me. C is a default. It probably fails for any language where the decimal point is a comma (as it is in French, for instance.)
However, it is now recommended to never set LC_ALL, other than for testing purpose (according to the Arch wiki and a Feral developer.)

XCOM 2 is so popular it has beaten the all time peak player count of a number of games
11 Feb 2016 at 11:59 am UTC

Quoting: EikeIs it connected with locales that have commas between floats (like "3,14" instead of "3.14" )?
Because that might make a whole bunch of different problems, including 3D rendering.
Yes, it seems very likely. But this only applies when LC_ALL is set. Other LC_ do not pose a problem, even if set to a non-English locale.

XCOM 2 is so popular it has beaten the all time peak player count of a number of games
10 Feb 2016 at 5:20 pm UTC

Finally user Brix cracked the problem on Steam forums:

unset LC_ALL

It has been confirmed for many users. How come does this interfere with 3D rendering?