There are already at least three major things named NXT: Lego Mindstorm, a cryptocurrency and a wrestling show. Do they even google the name they want to use prior to approving it?

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I suspect that CSMT isn't just needed anymore. Vulkan was created for modern hardware, multicore CPUs, several GPUs (SLI/Crossfire) and such. CSMT allows to utilize this power but is still stuck on single-threaded OpenGL. Now with Vulkan you may achieve the best from the both worlds without the OpenGL overhead. Moreover, I expect this to have better performance! It's because Wine won't anymore translate one abstracted API (D3D9/10/11) to another abstracted API (OpenGL) which is then translated to GPU commands but instead D3D goes directly to GPU through a lightweight Vulkan layer. And I heard many times that engines supporting Vulkan have to implement some of the logic the driver currently has for OpenGL. Wine will basically reimplement D3D at the lowest level like Microsoft itself did.

So... if it goes well, we may expect native performance compared to Windows. And if/then D3D12 is implemented it should be even more close. From what I heard it's very close, like one-to-one, to Vulkan actually in terms of logic.

EDIT: uh, I misunderstood the point of the patch. Actually, it brings Vulkan API to Wine without any changes to the translation layer. It's mentioned in this bug [External Link] that there's no point in implementing it, unfortunately. I still think it will give a significant boost to FPS if done properly but who knows how big effort it requires.

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Quoting: EikeIf it comes as a native port, I will try it.

Feral doesn't make wrapped "ports", they always go full native.

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Dear Kingdom Come: Deliverance backers, you may voice your support in the today's update [External Link], many deceived Linux backers are raising valid questions there. Please join!

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Quoting: Mountain ManEnough developers have pulled this scam -- promising a Linux build in order to draw in more backers and then failing to deliver -- that I think Linux gamers need to simply stop supporting Kickstarter projects. Spend your money on finished games that are actually available for Linux instead of handing cash to crowd-funding con artists.

Yeah, I learned that the hard way. But them crowdfunded games still backwash from time to time, just like this one. It's been funded more than two years ago...

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Quoting: EikeI like your directory layout argument (and the conclusion). But Mac doesn't seem to be a strong argument, as VP is doing Mac wrappers as well, it seems.

Oh, that wasn't mine at all, I haven't even noticed the pattern until chelobaka pointed on it. By the layout it may be Feral but the facts say it must be either VP or an in-house port. My bet is on VP anyway, we have BS:I and SpecOps, both are UE3 titles ported with a wrapper. And LiS is much more likely to be ported the same way because of the middleware.

By the way, it creates an interesting case. The middleware devs want more money for the Mac/Linux versions of their soft. VP (implying they're the porters) basically do the same but without paying a dime to the original devs. Could there be any legal repercussions?

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Thanks, could be that. Too bad the game (F1 2015) seems to be poorly received and also has an enormous regional price.

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There's none, as always. But usually when depots appear, the ports follow and I see depots for both Mac and Linux. Actually, I don't care who ports it and how it's done as long as the port is good. If that's an in-house work then fine, more money for them.

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Quoting: elmomDon't you people read previous comments? Like mine (count 5 backwards).

A Dev (Sam on the Steam forums) of the game has been porting the game on personal time, but actual release is not very likely currently, since it involves per os middleware licencing costs.

I read that and I was aware of that fact even before. I based my guess on the quoted link to a certain post. You see, the problem is the game isn't being ported only to Linux but also to Mac. Your post about Sam doesn't say anything about Mac so it's possible they outsourced the task to Feral (maybe gave them what they did for Linux to lower the costs).

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Quoting: chelobakaWhat's your bet on porter? Link

Hmm, Feral? That would be unexpected. Could this hint [External Link] be it? -e^(i+π) = ?, is it related to time travel? The two main mathematical constants and an imaginary unit, what could it be...

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