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Valve have released the full details of the Valve Index VR system, limited pre-orders tomorrow
30 April 2019 at 8:27 pm UTC Likes: 7

Quoting: DerpFoxI guess we have now the proof Valve have completely gone insane and Artifact wasn't a good lesson.

1000€? Seriously? What are they thinking?

The full pack should have been at 500€ MAXIMUM to be interesting. And at that price it would still have been really expensive. And a good price would have been 300€.

I hope for 1000€ all the Valve VR games and some other will come for free with it.

All these years and manpower wasted for nothing what a shame.

The price is completely justified. If you want a 450 Dollar VR set get yourself an Occulus Quest and enjoy some Android games.

Valve just released a big Steam Play update with Proton now based on Wine 4.2 & more
27 March 2019 at 11:16 am UTC

True. Launching from the shell produces plenty of output. I suppose the interesting section would be:

Starting app 379720
ERROR: ld.so: object '/home/gregor/.local/share/Steam/ubuntu12_32/gameoverlayrenderer.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS32): ignored.
Loaded Config for Local Selection Path for App ID 379720, Controller 4: /mnt/data/games/steamapps/workshop/content/241100/731532156/267220742946421658_legacy.bin
Loaded Config for Local Selection Path for App ID 379720, Controller 5: /mnt/data/games/steamapps/workshop/content/241100/731532156/267220742946421658_legacy.bin
/bin/sh: 1: /home/gregor/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Proton 3.7: not found
Loaded Config for Local Selection Path for App ID 379720, Controller 6: /mnt/data/games/steamapps/workshop/content/241100/731532156/267220742946421658_legacy.bin
Loaded Config for Local Selection Path for App ID 379720, Controller 7: /mnt/data/games/steamapps/workshop/content/241100/731532156/267220742946421658_legacy.bin
Loaded Config for Local Override Path for App ID 379720, Controller 4: /home/gregor/.local/share/Steam//controller_base/empty.vdf
Loaded Config for Local Override Path for App ID 379720, Controller 5: /home/gregor/.local/share/Steam//controller_base/empty.vdf
Loaded Config for Local Override Path for App ID 379720, Controller 6: /home/gregor/.local/share/Steam//controller_base/empty.vdf
Loaded Config for Local Override Path for App ID 379720, Controller 7: /home/gregor/.local/share/Steam//controller_base/empty.vdf
>>> Adding process 25199 for game ID 379720
GameAction [AppID 379720, ActionID 1] : LaunchApp changed task to WaitingGameWindow with ""
GameAction [AppID 379720, ActionID 1] : LaunchApp changed task to Completed with ""
>>> Adding process 25200 for game ID 379720
Game removed: AppID 379720 "", ProcID 25199 
Exiting app 379720


What strikes me:

/bin/sh: 1: /home/gregor/.local/share/Steam/steamapps/common/Proton 3.7: not found

In the tools section of my library Proton 3.7 was listed as installed but the integrity check failed. Reinstalled. Now it hangs with the "Preparing to launch DOOM..." dialog. No further log output regarding the application itself.
Why does Doom require Proto 3.7 in the first place? Default setting is 4.2 (other Proton titles launch without any hiccups BTW).

Valve just released a big Steam Play update with Proton now based on Wine 4.2 & more
27 March 2019 at 9:57 am UTC

Somewhat OT:

I did play Doom 2016 for several hours but with one of the recent Proton Updates it stopped working. "Stopped" means it says "Preparing to launch" and within a second it's back to syncing. A steam steam://rungameid/379720 doesn't produce any error messages, neither does changing the Proton version result in a more successful outcome.

Humble Store are giving away Tacoma during their Indie Mega Week sale
22 March 2019 at 12:21 pm UTC

I highly recommend INSIDE - works flawlessly with Proton and just as a good game as Limbo.

Talking point: What are you playing this weekend?
27 January 2019 at 9:49 am UTC

For me it is still War Thunder. After years in planes I've switched to ground forces in realistic mode. Can be frustrating but still... I battle the frustration with a round of Doom 2016. And I give Dead Cells a go every now and then.

On the laptop: Puzzlers like Hexcells and tower defense like iBomber Defense Pacific and Fieldrunners 2.

Insurgency: Sandstorm should still release for Linux this year
24 January 2019 at 11:47 am UTC Likes: 3

Well...

QuoteWe are are hoping to bring Insurgency: Sandstorm to Linux this year.
(stress by me)

A statement like this in January is not exactly inspiring for Linux gamers.

Linux hardware vendor Entroware has unleashed Hades, their first AMD CPU desktop
14 January 2019 at 2:36 pm UTC

With a 500GB SSD and a GTX2070 (and an otherwise minimal configuration) you end up around 2,500 Euros. An absurd price. CPU and graphics card come for a mere 900 Euros, which means mainboard, RAM, cooler, mass storage, case and power supply (and assembly) add another 1,600...

More updates on Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation with Vulkan for Linux
6 January 2019 at 1:13 pm UTC Likes: 6

Talking about "poor driver performance" and not knowing which driver you tested it with - that's a bold stance.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night for Linux has been officially cancelled
27 December 2018 at 8:55 pm UTC Likes: 13

I really like the wording: "inconvenience". I can't play a game at all (and paid money for that). How "inconvenient". I assume it is fitting to call the developers "incompetent". Or should they be called "scammers"?