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Quoting: dubigrasu

Quoting: adolson

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Quoting: adolsonNot a fan of these wrapped "ports" but if they bring the good BioShock games over, I may pick them up during a deep sale.

IF I buy Infinite, I will buy it from GameAgent [External Link] so that Aspyr gets paid instead of VP.

This is a bit twisted I believe.
So you're gonna play BI thanks to VP's efforts and work, but want to make sure they don't get paid for their eON technology, a technology which you are actually using it?

Exactly.

Except that I don't plan to buy it. I said IF. I already finished the game on PS3, and thought it kinda sucked compared to the first two.

Well, OK but the idea is the same, IF or no IF.
You want to manifest your resentment towards their technology by using it without paying.

There are lots of people who are now enjoying this "port" without having paid VP - they bought the game and played it on Windows before the Linux port was even announced. So what's the difference, really? I don't want to use their technology. What choice do I have? None.

I probably won't buy it anyhow, since I don't care to play it again. Frankly, it kinda sucks and I already finished it. I was just pointing out an option for like-minded people that they may not have thought of: supporting Aspyr, and not supporting the lazy port technology.

Do you work for VP? Just wondering if you're always on the moral high ground and never buy games in bundles or on sale, or if it's just for this particular case.

I think I understand now, is like telling the world how much you hate Windows by installing it and using it without Microsoft getting your money.

But I have a much better idea, something that'll put so much weight in your idea:
How about showing how much you dislike eON, by not using it?

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Quoting: adolson

Quoting: dubigrasu

Quoting: adolsonNot a fan of these wrapped "ports" but if they bring the good BioShock games over, I may pick them up during a deep sale.

IF I buy Infinite, I will buy it from GameAgent [External Link] so that Aspyr gets paid instead of VP.

This is a bit twisted I believe.
So you're gonna play BI thanks to VP's efforts and work, but want to make sure they don't get paid for their eON technology, a technology which you are actually using it?

Exactly.

Except that I don't plan to buy it. I said IF. I already finished the game on PS3, and thought it kinda sucked compared to the first two.

Well, OK but the idea is the same, IF or no IF.
You want to manifest your resentment towards their technology by using it without paying.

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Quoting: adolsonNot a fan of these wrapped "ports" but if they bring the good BioShock games over, I may pick them up during a deep sale.

IF I buy Infinite, I will buy it from GameAgent [External Link] so that Aspyr gets paid instead of VP.

This is a bit twisted I believe.
So you're gonna play BI thanks to VP's efforts and work, but want to make sure they don't get paid for their eON technology, a technology which you are actually using it?

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I think someone is confused over there :)
That launcher is there for a reason and besides, there is also a SteamOS test branch present.
Unless they don't consider SteamOS Linux?

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Quoting: afettouhiWhat is the third port that VP has done? I thought Witcher 2 was the only other besides now Bioshock Infinite.

Stronghold 3

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For those willing to benchmark this thing, add as launch options:

DefaultPCBenchmarkMap.xcmap -unattended

For more refined options: http://pastebin.com/SZsSZvTg [External Link]
You can find the results in:
.local/share/irrationalgames/bioshockinfinite/GameDocuments/My Games/BioShock Infinite/Benchmarks

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Few minutes recorded on SteamOS:
View video on youtube.com

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Quoting: drmoth

Also noticed that when trying to force "__GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=1" to the executable, it will not run at all - simply gives out ~0.2sec audio and a blank screen, so nothing to test there.

I believe that might be because it's already enabled.

Yes, is enabled in the "bioshock" shell.
Wonder why they don't have it enabled for Witcher...

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Quoting: LinasI was a skeptical when I heard that this is an eON port (is it, really?), but they must have done something right because it runs very well on high settings on my laptop with NVIDIA Quadro K1100M. Whereas Witcher 2 has (had?) horrible input lag, even on lowest settings, on the same machine.

I have to take that back. The input lag is not as bad as Witcher 2, but it is there. It seems that input lag is the "defining feature" of eON.

I don't have any kind of lag whatsoever, regardless on what is happening on the screen (on both games).
I do have some occasional stutter on Bioshock Infinite though...

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Quoting: srlsboyVP is still working on Bioshock Infinite. That depot (214940) is still being worked on.

But is it confirmed anywhere that they're working on that?
I mean, there are contradictory rumors about them working on several tittles so far, and they are not telling much...

(all I know is that it seems to be a DirectX11 title)

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If it was by VP, I look forward to seeing how far their porting tech has come!

If it is really done by VP this would be their "final exam".
They better not screwing it this time.

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