Quoting: X6205I will start take Wine seriously when they implement proper X-input support and XBOX 360 controller will work in the games. Not only in the wine joystick preferences..

The Xbox controller does work in Wine, with X360ce.
I have a set of dll files (generated once with X360ce) that I just drop next to the Windows exec and that's it. The gamepad then is recognized, Xbox icons are displayed and force-feedback starts working.

That being said, looks like in the recent versions of Wine (somewhere between 1.9.18 and 2.1) this method stopped working. I don't follow the Wine change-log closely but I remember something about changes in input support that might be responsible for this.

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Quoting: pete910Interesting :D

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=newshttp://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Vulkan-Signs-HITMAN_item&px=Vulkan-Signs-HITMAN [External Link]

Try this and see what happens :)
            <key name="IndirectX">
                <key name="Direct3D">
                        <value name="UseVulkan" type="integer">1</value>

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Interesting choice of engines, well, Source 2 was a given, but Unity? Wonder why...

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No Penguin Recordings though...

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Quoting: dubigrasuEqually surprised and disappointed that Valley isn't anywhere among the winners.
Probably for most people the game went well bellow the radar, although it was mentioned here few times.
Do yourself a favor and try it, is been a while since I was so surprised by a game.

Valley was superb. I'm pretty sure I added it an entrant, but given the competition, it maybe just didn't stand out in any one particular area strongly enough to make the listings? It's a shame, because as a whole, it's a fantastic game. I'll be replaying it in the near future - especially now that the latest patch lets you skip the cut-scenes.

It is superb indeed, and the freedom feeling that you get while playing it is unmatched by any other game that I played (at least recently). Sometimes I fire it up and just run and jump around giving life to everything and enjoying the rush. Game exploration at its best.
Is also the game that restored my faith in the Unity engine, because it doesn't look at all like the usual "Unity graphics" we often see, and instead the landscapes/graphics/soundtrack (remember the level when you learn how to skip across the water?) are just amazing.
Even Jim Sterling the sob that he is was mesmerized by it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W3NkTTFOos [External Link]

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Equally surprised and disappointed that Valley isn't anywhere among the winners.
Probably for most people the game went well bellow the radar, although it was mentioned here few times.
Do yourself a favor and try it, is been a while since I was so surprised by a game.

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Quoting: sonicOk, why not. But since this game runs in Wine [External Link] pretty well (Platinum rating), its not so necessary to port this one by VP, who just wrap the game.

As it is now the game is only available for those willing to deal with Wine.
If released by VP for Linux, it will be available for every Linux user (or Steam Machine owner) out there.

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Quoting: GuestOhhh, I'm sure it is getting it soon. Unity should have a stable version out with the Vulkan renderer around March. I can't believe UE4 is far behind...

Well, there is one already for UE4 but Windows only and doesn't seem to work that well yet. On both engines is still experimental, but the Unity one already works pretty good on both Windows and Linux. Although that coming from me doesn't mean much or anything. I'm not a game dev and all I did was fiddle around with some free projects from their stores.

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Quoting: dubigrasuThat's pretty huge indeed, not only for ARK, but for future UE4 titles.
Last time I checked UE4 there was an experimental Vulkan option only for Windows.
Hopefully Vulkan will succeed where UE4's OpenGL still has issues and devs will have the incentive to use it (even if we're talking about Windows-only titles that can be later played with Wine).
....
Come to think about it...is not only about future titles but older ones as well. Some other older titles we'd like to see on Linux (I keep thinking about The Vanishing of Ethan Carter) might get to use Vulkan and even get a Linux release.

If I understand it correctly, the Ark engine is UE4 but they haven't upgraded it in a long time. They have modified the engine so heavily that updates from UE4 aren't really feasible at this stage in it's development. From what I understand they do any and all updating and programming for new features like this themselves....

Hm, bummer then. I assumed that UE4 itself is soon getting the Vulkan renderer.

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That's pretty huge indeed, not only for ARK, but for future UE4 titles.
Last time I checked UE4 there was an experimental Vulkan option only for Windows.
Hopefully Vulkan will succeed where UE4's OpenGL still has issues and devs will have the incentive to use it (even if we're talking about Windows-only titles that can be later played with Wine).
....
Come to think about it...is not only about future titles but older ones as well. Some other older titles we'd like to see on Linux (I keep thinking about The Vanishing of Ethan Carter) might get to use Vulkan and even get a Linux release.

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