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Some thoughts on Linux gaming in 2018, an end of year review
19 Dec 2018 at 3:46 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: liamdaweSide-note added: Marc "mdiluz" recently started a "side-gig" working on Linux tooling, thanks to a little help from Valve.
I'm intrigued by what this "tooling" might be.

(I'll have to fully read the article itself when I'm at work)

Vector 36, the physics-based racer that has you skim across Mars has a big update out now
19 Dec 2018 at 10:18 am UTC Likes: 1

For some reason I completely missed out on this one. It looks fun though!

NVIDIA released the 415.22.01 Vulkan driver
16 Dec 2018 at 9:44 pm UTC

Quoting: tuubi
Quoting: EhvisIt's not a performance drop. It's that I feel a delay when I pick up a window to move it and it really irritates me.
Maybe your desktop compositor? I remember I switched off the vsync option in compton back when I started running my old 960 with ForceFullCompositionPipeline enabled.
It may indeed be Compton, but I had the same thing back on Ubuntu/Unity. Need to muck about with my system anyway because all MATE compositor options are pretty horrendous.

NVIDIA released the 415.22.01 Vulkan driver
16 Dec 2018 at 4:57 pm UTC

Quoting: Xpander
Quoting: EhvisTurned that crap off within a minute again. I'm not sure what it does, but it makes moving windows feel weird.
Might be issue with your DE/WM or compositing. Perf drop with this on is just 1-2% and when testing GTK response times it adds just few milliseconds for the GTK windows.
It's not a performance drop. It's that I feel a delay when I pick up a window to move it and it really irritates me.

NVIDIA released the 415.22.01 Vulkan driver
16 Dec 2018 at 12:12 pm UTC

Quoting: serge
Quoting: anarchist_tomatoHave they fixed the tearing yet?
Set ForceFullCompositionPipeline in your Xorg.conf and no more tearing for you.
Turned that crap off within a minute again. I'm not sure what it does, but it makes moving windows feel weird.

Humble Store are doing a little sale with some Linux titles plus LEGO The Hobbit is free
14 Dec 2018 at 12:10 am UTC Likes: 1

Now that's a nice way to try out a LEGO game with Proton.

For now, the experimental Linux (and Mac) port of ARMA 3 will not see any more updates
12 Dec 2018 at 9:09 am UTC

Quoting: rea987
Quoting: EhviseON does not use the source code, only a Windows binary. There's no way to get the Linux version compiled in there. Since BattlEye should catch any kind of tampering, I'm wondering how VP managed this.
Here, "Linux Bin" depots of Arma 3 from public and development branches:

https://steamdb.info/depot/249507/ [External Link]
https://steamdb.info/depot/249507/ [External Link]

As you see, BEClient_x64.so and BEServer_x64.so are natively available. You do not need to include BattlEye in eON builds, it simply works alongside with it.
Interesting. If that works, then it could be a client/server kind of deal. I wonder if that could be made to work for Wine as well (legal issues aside).

For now, the experimental Linux (and Mac) port of ARMA 3 will not see any more updates
12 Dec 2018 at 12:20 am UTC

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: EhvisSo how would eON do that? Seeing as that effectively wraps the Windows binary as well.
As rea887 mentions, Battleye runs natively on Linux and Arma 3 runs via eON. Bohemia could do the same type of port if they wanted using Proton or Wine so as long as Proton or Wine runs Arma 3 well which I'm not sure as I haven't looked. It would just take some collaboration with the folks at Battleye I'd imagine.
eON does not use the source code, only a Windows binary. There's no way to get the Linux version compiled in there. Since BattlEye should catch any kind of tampering, I'm wondering how VP managed this.

For now, the experimental Linux (and Mac) port of ARMA 3 will not see any more updates
11 Dec 2018 at 10:28 pm UTC

Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: Xaero_VincentWell considering they were using Virtual Programming, which likely uses their eON tech, I wonder how the "port" compares to Proton 3.16 and Wine 4.0rc with the lastest DXVK. Seeing how some people are saying VP's MXGP3 port runs worse than Wine w/ DXVK.

If that's the case here too, might as well let the VP port die.
Well, ARMA 3 uses BattlEye so playing online is not likely to ever work with Steam Play.
So how would eON do that? Seeing as that effectively wraps the Windows binary as well.

NVIDIA driver 415.22 is out for Linux, finally adding Transform Feedback support
11 Dec 2018 at 11:38 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: GuestI just upgraded to 415.22 and also noticed the reported Vulkan version drop from 1.1.92 to 1.1.84. Can anyone shed some light on the downgrade and how it affects Transform Feedback which, as I understand, came in 1.1.88?
415.18.* are Vulkan Beta drivers specifically meant for bleeding edge Vulkan support. The stable drivers are usually a bit further behind. But it shouldn't matter for transform feedback since dxvk is the only thing that uses it.