Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: LinasAlso there may be things that we are completely unaware of, like contractual obligations, and licensing terms. I am sure it is difficult enough for Feral to convince the publishers to allow a Linux version in the first place, without them trying to impose their own terms, like publishing DRM-free on GOG

It shouldn't be hard, if the game is already on GOG, like XCOM series for example.

Only one game out of the entire catalogue. Because the rest isn't there. And since GOG has "special requirements" for handling Linux, people have to jump through hoops to get there Linux build on there. Not to mention all the missing features because of their refusal to support Galaxy. Seriously, GOGs attitude to Linux is more detrimental than DRM. The only thing we can do is to stay away until GOG takes Linux seriously.

(and yes, I'm exaggerating by means of applying your black and white logic to GOG. Although to be fair, I mostly bring it in practice for the exact reason cited.)

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: Patola

Quoting: EhvisAt the end of the day it's simple. The picture may provide immersion, but the missing sensations in your body counter it. Whether you can adjust depends on the person. And I imagine it's easier to adjust if you're younger.

I wonder how these games with frantic change of directions and accelerations [External Link] must feel then. Must be a pukefest.

I've been meaning to try something space-y. Maybe the unusual setting and large distances make it different. Then again, I remember a certain bit from a film in one of those spherical cinemas that had a rotating starry sky. That was at least 30 years ago and I still remember what that felt like. So I'm not sure I could handle it. Which make racing games entirely out of the question. Or should I get a motion rig? :D

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: fabertaweI don't have VR or plan to get it any time soon, due to cost, but would like to try it at some point. The thing that's bugging me in these videos is the movement. "Leaping" from place to place ruins the immersion, or so I would have thought. Is it not possible to move "normally"?

This is a long story and it's probably not the same for everyone.

Short answer, yes. People are used to having the feeling in their senses match with the motion in their vision. This is what you have experienced all your life. As I understand from things like sea sickness, when things stop making "sense", the brain has the tendency to assume that this is due to ingestion of bad food and will effectively start making you sick in order to make you throw up whatever the "cause" is. These are fairly primal responses. And as you can imagine, when you're completely immersed in VR without any link to the real world, this can be a big problem. Accelerations are the worst. If the image shows accelerating motion and your head doesn't feel it, you'll get the harshest response. Especially if this is in rotation. You'll be too sick to continue in minutes. Getting rid of acceleration helps a bit, but it's not a complete solution. If you use a the stick to move yourself forward and you get the speed instantly, you steel feel a jolt which causes you to physically move to compensate for something your brain expects to happen, but never comes. However, you can get somewhat used to those. Although for me it's still something that I can't keep up for too long either.

At the end of the day it's simple. The picture may provide immersion, but the missing sensations in your body counter it. Whether you can adjust depends on the person. And I imagine it's easier to adjust if you're younger.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I do hope Valve will put a little bit more effort into SteamVR for Linux before releasing the Linux release. In fact, I hope this was the reason for not releasing it simultaneously. There are so many basic issues that need to be resolved. Things like not being able to reliably turn SteamVR off is a major nuisance.

I'm not sure in what way reprojection is dependent on drivers, but I know that it's still a mess on Nvidia. Basically the only way to have a pleasant experience is to make sure that the frame times never exceed the allowed time for a frame. And even then I need to move back to legacy reprojection because otherwise I get reprojected frames even if frame times are consistently low enough.

The most problematic for me is The Talos Principle VR. I've never been able to get a smooth experience with that. I can get the stutters down a lot, but never free of them.

Compared to that, *some* games on Proton work much better provided that they are designed to produce stable frame times. I played a game called "Timelock VR", which, even though graphics is fairly simple, has a very inconsistent frame times. I tried Budget Cuts recently and that was a pleasant and smooth experience with fairly constant frame times.

I'm not sure how "proper" repojection/motion smoothing feels, but for now you have the best time with stuff that was properly designed for stable frame times.

So fingers crossed that Valve will take the opportunity to get some much needed work done on SteamVR.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Serving a niche of a niche is another level of commitment. I'm both impressed and excited!

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: ShmerlI'd say they are not the heroes of Linux gaming like some portray them to be.

As long as GOG are worse they have little to worry about.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

GOG being GOG.

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition €8.89 €8.89

But the actual store page does give an actual discount.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Wow, someone was up early!

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: dpanterAnother day, another Intel security disaster.
It's not like people warned about this back in 2014 [External Link] or anything. :dizzy:

As mentioned in the article AMD had one as well. The only thing this proves is that when people start looking, they will find something.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: SeegrasAnd "fantasy" is never an excuse to ignore physics or good historical design; "fantasy" is only ever good if it adds, not if it subtracts.

The opposite is also true, realism is not a good guideline for a fun game.

View this comment - View article - View full comments