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Shadow of Mordor patch released for Linux, fixes issue with NVIDIA cards and more
26 Jan 2017 at 6:53 pm UTC
26 Jan 2017 at 6:53 pm UTC
Brief report on my PC using Mesa + radeonsi, FullHD and medium settings: game seems a little faster, still stutters, but is playable.
Timothee Besset is working on fixing the long 'hangs' Mesa users get in Rocket League
25 Jan 2017 at 1:20 pm UTC
25 Jan 2017 at 1:20 pm UTC
I noticed that radeonsi tends to stutter: ie. Shadow of Mordor or Tomb Raider have stuttering. Recently I played Deadlight using Wine+Gallium Nine and it has stuttering too when changing a scene. IMHO it has longer shaders compile time.
Some thoughts on the Shadowrun series
24 Jan 2017 at 11:15 pm UTC Likes: 1
If I were living in the UK or somewhere where I could talk to english speakers every day and think in english more, that would be a lot different, but... I'm here in Italy thinking in Italian and speaking to Italians. ;)
My statement about not buying games not providing italian subtitles was referred to RPG and Adventure games: for my 40th birthday I gifted myself with the Witcher 3, but the english they speak in the game in nearly incomprehensible to me (I really can't ear where a word ends and where the new one starts), so I had to enable italian subtitles, but reading all that text for hours is tiring, so I stopped playing the game. That's how frustrating can be the language barrier. Not to talk about when you play with a vocabulary near to you.
I promise to improve my english from now on! ;)
24 Jan 2017 at 11:15 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: GrimfistYour argument is absolutely correct, and I started playing games on C64 too when I was 9, now I'm 40. Yes, over the time my english has improved: but it's not my language, it's not my culture and I spend too much time translating.Quoting: ziabiceIt's 2017, and developers should understand that they could at least provide subtitles or a way to let users create amateur translations. As an example: we have now a fantastic Italian translation for Baldur's Gate: Enchanced Edition that is included in the original game, at no cost for the developer, thanks to the efforts of the community!Well, I am no native english speaker myself, but I started playing games as a little 8 year old kid with my good old C64, and guess what, there was no german translation for all the games. Did I finish them? Hell yeah, because I learned english that way, I never use the german versions of my games now too, because most of the times the localization is bad (some games really excel here, like all Blizzard games e.g.) and it is more fun and training for my english skills.
And yes: I don't buy anymore games that at least don't offer subtitles in my native language.
So maybe give it a try and improve your english here ;)
If I were living in the UK or somewhere where I could talk to english speakers every day and think in english more, that would be a lot different, but... I'm here in Italy thinking in Italian and speaking to Italians. ;)
My statement about not buying games not providing italian subtitles was referred to RPG and Adventure games: for my 40th birthday I gifted myself with the Witcher 3, but the english they speak in the game in nearly incomprehensible to me (I really can't ear where a word ends and where the new one starts), so I had to enable italian subtitles, but reading all that text for hours is tiring, so I stopped playing the game. That's how frustrating can be the language barrier. Not to talk about when you play with a vocabulary near to you.
I promise to improve my english from now on! ;)
Mesa now has a patch to enable a shader cache for radeonsi (AMD)
24 Jan 2017 at 7:23 pm UTC
24 Jan 2017 at 7:23 pm UTC
Yeah, more Mesa... View video on youtube.com
Some thoughts on the Shadowrun series
23 Jan 2017 at 10:19 pm UTC Likes: 2
I have to admit that while I was playing the first Shadowrun, despite its evidents flaws, I asked myself why I continued: it was because of the very very good Italian translation. It was really fantastic, and managed to create that atmosphere that is fundamental for a RPG or Adventure game.
It's 2017, and developers should understand that they could at least provide subtitles or a way to let users create amateur translations. As an example: we have now a fantastic Italian translation for Baldur's Gate: Enchanced Edition that is included in the original game, at no cost for the developer, thanks to the efforts of the community!
And yes: I don't buy anymore games that at least don't offer subtitles in my native language.
23 Jan 2017 at 10:19 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: HamishPlaying RPGs and Adventure Games in a foreign language that you aren't very proficient is very hard: a lot is lost in translation.Quoting: ziabiceI liked the first game because of the setting and the very good Italian translation, then bought the second episode, but the lack of translation stopped me to play it (there's a lot of text).As an English native speaker one is often unaware of just how easy it can be for us to pick up a game and expect it to work in our language. Being reminded of this more can only be a good thing for developers.
I have to admit that while I was playing the first Shadowrun, despite its evidents flaws, I asked myself why I continued: it was because of the very very good Italian translation. It was really fantastic, and managed to create that atmosphere that is fundamental for a RPG or Adventure game.
It's 2017, and developers should understand that they could at least provide subtitles or a way to let users create amateur translations. As an example: we have now a fantastic Italian translation for Baldur's Gate: Enchanced Edition that is included in the original game, at no cost for the developer, thanks to the efforts of the community!
And yes: I don't buy anymore games that at least don't offer subtitles in my native language.
Some thoughts on the Shadowrun series
23 Jan 2017 at 8:23 pm UTC Likes: 1
23 Jan 2017 at 8:23 pm UTC Likes: 1
I liked the first game because of the setting and the very good Italian translation, then bought the second episode, but the lack of translation stopped me to play it (there's a lot of text). The series has its flaws, but is anyway enjoyable if you are into sci-fi and cyberpunk.
The games are very often on sale, buy them without hesitation if you speak english very well.
The games are very often on sale, buy them without hesitation if you speak english very well.
Wine-Staging 2.0-rc6 release, includes more D3D11 work
23 Jan 2017 at 1:27 pm UTC Likes: 1
23 Jan 2017 at 1:27 pm UTC Likes: 1
I'm currently playing Dragon's Dogma using WINE Staging 2.0rc5 + CSMT and it works like a charm, very impressed. It works better using Gallium Nine patches, but is less stable.
A new radeonsi (Mesa) patch should fix issues in many games for AMD GPU owners
21 Jan 2017 at 11:49 am UTC Likes: 1
21 Jan 2017 at 11:49 am UTC Likes: 1
Liam, do you know if there will be a new point release after Mesa 13.0.3 including this bugfix or we should expect it directly into Mesa 17?
Some thoughts on switching from Ubuntu to Antergos for Linux gaming
19 Jan 2017 at 8:50 am UTC
19 Jan 2017 at 8:50 am UTC
Quoting: XpanderI'm too on Manjaro, and that is the only single feature that annoys me. Anything else is great about Manjaro.Quoting: KeyrockHow does this compare to Manjaro (also Arch based)? Because, I'm quite happy with Manjaro (XFCE Edition).Antergos uses same repos as Arch afaik, so there will be less package conflicts with AUR
Manjaro holds back some updates and maintains their own repositories which can be problematic with AUR compatibility in some cases
Valve are looking to gather a list of games that don't work with radeonsi
9 Jan 2017 at 9:56 pm UTC
If you search the steam hub of the game you can find a fix that I found for the problem, it's the usual compatibility profile problem.
9 Jan 2017 at 9:56 pm UTC
Quoting: whizseAbout Crookz:Quoting: jsa1983Any chance offending games may be reported through other channels other than tweeter?See the wiki page in the original post, I'm sure Liam can send it to Valve later.
Steam forum? Mail?
I've got a few of them:
- Crookz
- Grand ages: Medieval
- Dying Light (compatibility profile)
- Dead Island (except for the Ryder campaign, which surprisely works fine)
As for the games, make sure that you actually report bugs upstream: https://bugs.freedesktop.org [External Link]
I see no entries at all for Crookz or Grand Ages there. Mesa devs can't fix bugs they aren't aware of.
If you search the steam hub of the game you can find a fix that I found for the problem, it's the usual compatibility profile problem.
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