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Latest Comments by dubigrasu
GPUVis, an open source Linux GPU profiler similar to GPUView
22 Sep 2017 at 9:18 am UTC

Quoting: GuestJust hope it doesnt go the same way as VOGL, which turned out to be useless
What's the problem with it, too limited/buggy/etc or the lack of maintenance?

Join the fun on our new server for Rust
11 Aug 2017 at 3:58 pm UTC

Quoting: DarkMavrik
Quoting: dubigrasu
Quoting: DarkMavrikCan someone update the Rust server, its splashing wrong protocol to my friends and I, says server needs a update.
Related to this, have you tested other servers since the update?
I can log and play on any server apparently normally, but only until I hit an ore. At the first spark the game hangs and (after killing the game) I'm unable to log in again.
I had no problem killing and farming on rustafied, got a base up and all. Didn't see any issues,
Hm, thanks. I still have this issue though, even on this server now. It seems to be happening by itself sometimes, but hitting an ore node is more likely to trigger it.
Lowering the settings seem to alleviate the issue though, played on 1 for few minutes and seems OK, (ugly though).
I see a couple of (Windows?) users having the same issue: http://steamcommunity.com/app/252490/discussions/4/1470841715962625377/ [External Link]

Join the fun on our new server for Rust
10 Aug 2017 at 11:59 pm UTC

Quoting: DarkMavrikCan someone update the Rust server, its splashing wrong protocol to my friends and I, says server needs a update.
Related to this, have you tested other servers since the update?
I can log and play on any server apparently normally, but only until I hit an ore. At the first spark the game hangs and (after killing the game) I'm unable to log in again.

Join the fun on our new server for Rust
26 Jul 2017 at 6:12 pm UTC

I have a weird behavior regarding the anisotropic setting on my system and I'm curious if you guys see this too.

So, basically I have the anisotropic filter set to 8, but every time I start the game it reverts back to 1 (visually speaking), while the cursor still shows 8.
In order to have the anisotropic filter actually working at 8, I have to move the cursor somewhere (lower or higher, doesn't matter) and put it back again at 8. Then it works and the image is properly filtered as it should at 8, but this is true only for the current gaming session.
Next gaming session, again, the settings shows 8 while looks like 1 and so on and on.
Easy to test on patterns of a wall for example as they distance away from you.

The latest Steam Client Beta now supports shader cache management on Linux & more
26 Jul 2017 at 3:11 pm UTC

[quote=DamonLinuxPL]
Yes, I remember when Leszek Godlewski released Painkiller for Linux. In early loading time takes ages especialy on AMD GPU... on NVIDIA faster but still too long...
Yes, many games were having the same problem, but it was painfully obvious on these two games because they were using "an insane amount of shaders" (Leszek own words).
For example, after initial launch I have only a 11MB cache for Borderlands, but 52MB for Painkiller and 104MB for Deadfall.

The latest Steam Client Beta now supports shader cache management on Linux & more
26 Jul 2017 at 3:02 pm UTC

Quoting: TheBardCan the shader cache shorten the everlasting startup of Deus Ex Manking Devided ?
For the very first launch, I doubt it. Feral was already using for their games a shader cache management of their own (ex: in .local/share/feral-interactive/Deus Ex Mankind Divided/driver-gl-shader-cache).
Interesting though, now is no longer used (as in gl-shader-cache is no longer created and the steam one used instead).

The latest Steam Client Beta now supports shader cache management on Linux & more
26 Jul 2017 at 11:01 am UTC Likes: 2

The shader cache seems to be working pretty good. At least two games were suffering greatly from these long loading times; Deadfall Adventures and Painkiller.
You'll still need to build the shader cache at the very first launch, but this time the shader cache is kept and no longer deleted when you reboot.
Borderlands 2 seem to be also benefit from this.

Join the fun on our new server for Rust
20 Jul 2017 at 10:11 pm UTC

Some interesting stats shared by Gary on the 20 July devblog https://rust.facepunch.com/blog/devblog-169/ [External Link]


Cyberpunk horror game 'Observer' from Bloober Team & Aspyr Media will likely see a delayed Linux release
20 Jul 2017 at 1:27 pm UTC Likes: 5

Is that Rutger Hauer? Everything seem very Blade Runner-ish, even the music.

Join the fun on our new server for Rust
10 Jul 2017 at 9:16 am UTC

About performance, from what I see the game needs copious amount of VRAM. I have only 3 GB of it and my card can deal with higher settings as long as I stay within these 3 GB.
I'd be curious to know from someone with more VRAM how much the game actually needs to be happy.