Quoting: liamdaweA lot of questions remain, such as have Ubisoft essentially ported Assassin's Creed Odyssey to Linux with Vulkan, exclusively for use on Project Stream or is it using something more like Valve's Steam Play? Considering the performance it would need, it's likely a native port.

So answering this question, what I believe currently is:

• they are developing a Linux-based console


• it will run natively ported titles with Vulkan


• it will also be a client for the streamed games (which will be ran on Windows)

Of course, my speculation might be wildly wrong. Like I said initially, the article is mad ambiguous.

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Quoting: liamdaweWell, considering Project Stream as it is right now runs directly in your browser, why would it mean the client? Since currently, the client is just your browser.

Earlier rumors speculated Google working on a gaming hardware, namely a console:

https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/982766/Google-game-console-leak-sony-playstation-xbox-news [External Link]
https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/google-yeti-game-console-rumors/ [External Link]
https://kotaku.com/sources-google-is-planning-a-game-platform-that-could-1827217387 [External Link]
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tech/guides/680845/Google-Yeti-PlayStation-Xbox-One-Nintendo-Switch-games-release-date-news-october-21 [External Link]

And their streaming project could be easily linked with that as streaming is one of cheaper(?) ways to increase platform's games library.

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The article is super ambigous so we don't know do they mean clients running Linux (a dedicated streaming device, like NVIDIA Shield or Shadow Box) or Linux servers responsible for running the game.

But of course, as always, I am big into streaming technologies since they allow me to easily play many non-Linux games like PUBG, Fortnite, Rainbow Six Siege that don't run with Wine/Steam Play without the need to install Windows, dual boot or setup GPU passthrough. Big kudos to Parsec client here [External Link].

Can't wait to see where this one goes.

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Quoting: PatolaAlthough I am in love with Feral ports, and people have been repeatedly besmirching CivVI and Aspyr Media around due to their delays and turn to mobile, that's the one thing I really hoped Feral could learn from. If Civilization VI can fix their multiplayer support, why can't the Total War games?

Rationale from the Company of Heroes 2 port is publicly available [External Link]. I would imagine that in case of other games same rules apply - to some extent.

Quoting: ellie_feralAny differences in the maths, even at the nth decimal place of precision, will accumulate to a tangible divergence in behaviour and ultimately a disconnect. When dealing with multiple architectures, operating systems and optimising compilers, tracking down all possible differences is a long and complex task. (...)

And although we made progress on some of [multiplayer] issues during development, it's impossible to know how many issues remain and how much more work would be required on ALL platforms to get the title communicating successfully across Mac, Linux and Windows.

Tl;dr: making multiplayer code cross-platform compatible is extremely hard if it was first written with specific hardware, architecture and operating system in mind.

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Thanks for in-depth explanation of the fix :)

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That's great news :)

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Adobe AIR is nearly non-functional on Linux for long time already so in this case it's probably a good call.

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That's some great news and I'll gladly stash myself with all DLCs for this game. I played through the most of the base content and I would like to give it a try again now that more content is available :)

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It's totally like an indie Age of Empires! I love it :)

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On top of that, it was basically unusable with a Logitech F310

That's what I was afraid of :) Daisy Wheel chat input was the best!

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