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Latest Comments by Mal
No Man's Sky has been shown to work rather well in Wine on Linux
17 August 2016 at 3:20 pm UTC

No way I'll fund a game with no native support. I'll pass.

Epic Games founder thinks Microsoft will essentially break Steam in later versions of Windows 10
6 August 2016 at 11:45 am UTC Likes: 1

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It's not that I just feel no compassion for Windows slaves. The thing is I'm amused every time they post their win10 update stories.

Stellaris looks like it's getting the first post-release DLC with the Plantoids Species Pack
13 July 2016 at 9:01 am UTC Likes: 1

OMG. It's been like 5 minutes that I'm looking for info to make some sense out of this DLC teaser. Then I finally land on Paradox forums and I realize that it's called "plantoids" and not "planetoids". XD

Street Fighter V has passed the initial Linux & SteamOS release window
23 June 2016 at 9:06 am UTC Likes: 1

I'm starting to think that Valve has a size problem. It's projects are to ambitious for the limited manpower they have.

Paradox detail what's to come in future Stellaris updates
18 May 2016 at 10:03 am UTC Likes: 4

My last game was pretty heavy.

I spawned in a galaxy arm with birdmen on the right and a lot of expansion space on the left.

I thought I was in the perfect spot and I started expanding.

Sadly, unbeknown to me on the upper arm there was an militant isolationist empire who gently offered to cross the empty space, exterminate all my colonies and humiliate me.

And here I thought the Vogons were assholes XD

Civilization VI announced, will support Linux & SteamOS
12 May 2016 at 10:07 am UTC

Quoting: Mountain ManAt any rate, if Firaxis' last few Civ games (Civ 4, Civ 5, and Beyond Earth) are any indication, Civ 6 won't be worth buying until at least the first expansion.

Sad but true. I might even wait 2 expansions. And we're not alone, all civ fanatics knows this to well.

Ironic how the DLC business model created to rip customers of their money ultimately ends with them making less earnings.

Stellaris releasing today with day 1 Linux support, here’s my review, livestream later with key giveaway!
10 May 2016 at 9:50 am UTC

Shit. I started in a place with no minerals and I had my starting fleet butchered by a nearby un-contacted empire in my own system.

I thought I was going to play as a little vassal, but lucky me I found 4 advanced ships on an 2 abandoned shipyards and then nobody seemed to bother about colonizing a nearby mineral-rich system.

I'm still on the weak side for the time being, but I'm back in game.

(Plot Twist: Sol III is a nuclear waste inhabited by rad-roaches)

Stellaris releasing today with day 1 Linux support, here’s my review, livestream later with key giveaway!
9 May 2016 at 3:45 pm UTC

I got it from imperial games some days ago and they released the keys today around midday. Maybe the other stores have released them too?

Tomb Raider released for Linux, thoughts & port report included, the first Linux game to use TressFX
28 April 2016 at 9:09 am UTC

Quoting: melkemind
Quoting: Mal
Quoting: omer666TressFX just kills my GTX660. Other than this it seems to run pretty well on Ultra, I'll see if it stays playable.

If I remember correctly TressFX is AMD tech and it used to kill fps on NVIDIA cards also when TR came out. A lot of time has passed since then. Did they change the tech to work well on NVIDIA cards as well? Otherwise I would say it's expected behavior (regardless of OS). I'll give a try too now.

I think they did make a few patches to improve performance, but Nvidia probably also made driver changes to accommodate it. It wouldn't be surprising to learn those accommodations never made it into the Linux drivers.

Yeah, you're right. I found some articles claiming that. For my part I confirm that tressfx kills my 660ti as well. For the rest the game is supersmooth and enjoyable as it were when it came out on Windows so I don't really care. Very good job Feral!

Tomb Raider released for Linux, thoughts & port report included, the first Linux game to use TressFX
28 April 2016 at 12:03 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: omer666TressFX just kills my GTX660. Other than this it seems to run pretty well on Ultra, I'll see if it stays playable.

If I remember correctly TressFX is AMD tech and it used to kill fps on NVIDIA cards also when TR came out. A lot of time has passed since then. Did they change the tech to work well on NVIDIA cards as well? Otherwise I would say it's expected behavior (regardless of OS). I'll give a try too now.