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Rocky Planet looks like an indie survival game to keep an eye on
19 Dec 2019 at 10:49 am UTC Likes: 1

low-poly style with realistic shaders
Realistic meaning that they exist?

The WIP video isn't really showing anything special. It still has a long way to go before it becomes interesting.

NVIDIA have two new Linux drivers available, one stable and one Vulkan Beta
19 Dec 2019 at 10:39 am UTC

Quoting: CorbenAfter the upgrade to 440.44 I experienced a slightly but noticeable delay in VR. Which makes it very uncomfortable to play.
This is indeed a strange one. It's hard to detect it as a delay, but somehow motion feels very strange. I should test if this changes with the reprojection settings. Do you know of a report that can be tracked?

SteamVR 1.9 is out, Linux VR users may want to opt into a Beta
19 Dec 2019 at 10:34 am UTC

Quoting: CorbenPS: for the issues, Index cams are working for me, after setting the default frequency to 48kHz in the pulseaudio config (source [External Link], I have no isses with the mic anymore, I didn't have any audio issues so far (and I would realize with Beat Saber).
I actually had to change that to avoid some games (and firefox) causing a lot of static at "random" moments. Never needed the mic though. I did notice that my audio switched to the HMD properly last night. Switched back to the wrong output when I turned it off though.

Life is Strange 2 releases for Linux on December 19
17 Dec 2019 at 3:28 pm UTC

I wonder why they chose to release right at the start of the Steam Winter sale.

Want to try Google Stadia early? We have a three-month Stadia Pro Buddy Pass to give away
17 Dec 2019 at 11:42 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: BielFPsI don't want to try, but I want to know how many "new users" will appear in the site because of this offer :)
I was thinking the same thing. :D Stadia currently has nothing I want, so not interested either.

D9VK is no more as it merges with DXVK, making DXVK a D3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan layer
16 Dec 2019 at 12:45 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: TheSHEEEPGood. Now merge DXVK with Wine.
As I understand it, DXVK is fine for games, but unsuitable for non-game applications due to a bunch of missing functionality related to working together with other parts of the windows system. No idea what that includes, but it's something that would be needed for something included in wine.

D9VK is no more as it merges with DXVK, making DXVK a D3D 9/10/11 to Vulkan layer
16 Dec 2019 at 10:17 am UTC Likes: 3

Congrats to all involved with this milestone! I'm still amazed at how quickly these things can develop. Brilliant work!

Try multiple upcoming Linux games like CARRION and SkateBIRD for 48 hours during The Game Awards
13 Dec 2019 at 9:14 am UTC Likes: 1

A quick scan tells me that not a single winner supports Linux.

Build a transportation empire with Transport Fever 2 out now, same-day support for Linux
13 Dec 2019 at 9:08 am UTC

Quoting: Eike(*) Sorry for calling people "resources" here, it's for the sake of the argument.
Considering that most companies have a human resources department, you're not alone. :D

Only played a couple of campaign missions so far. Not entirely happy with all the changes they made (like going into white mode for elevation lines), but maybe I just need to get used to them. The only thing that really triggered me was not being able to create a new line directly from the vehicle manager.

Overall it's looking good though. Everything feels more refined. Better customisation of mouse and keys. And so far no performance issues for me, but the campaign doesn't really push the limits.

Seems like Feral Interactive may have a few surprises for Linux in 2020
13 Dec 2019 at 8:38 am UTC

Quoting: Eike
Quoting: PatolaAnd why would it be different with any other game they port?
The techniques used which inhibit cross-platform play might or might not be used in this other game.
In fact, I can't think of any dev apart from Creative Assembly that does it like that. From a historic perspective you could understand that limiting the bandwidth of multiplayer communication would be helpful, but that doesn't really apply today. And Feral changed the system themselves to make it run perfectly between mac and Linux, but CA won't incorporate it themselves. But who knows, maybe in the future they will get bitten by cpu changes that break it as well.