Some conclusions after testing:
- Enabling Async Reprojection causes failure to display anything in HMD. (Mirror view works fine though, so game runs.) Bug #616 [External Link]
- Error 303. No practical effect for me other than SteamVR icon not lighting up in client. Bug #623 [External Link]
- Still getting a settings window shown automatically.

So really the async reprojection issue is the only real new problem. Unfortunately, it is a deal breaker, so I'm going to try and downgrade.

Edit: downgrade successful, everything back as it was.

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I was hoping for SteamVR 2.0 to be in beta for a bit longer. I'll have to see how things are running now.

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Quoting: scaineCalling Paradox a cash-grab publisher for doing DLC? Insultingly petty and wholly disingenuous.

I don't entirely agree with you here. When I see something like Stellaris having a DLC list that totals 7 times the price of the game, I just don't believe that what they added is worth that much. It just seems that they abuse the DLC method to try and sell content for an inflated price. Which may not be the traditional cash-grab, but it's still related.

Quoting: scaineYes, it would be nice if Steam made DLC clearer when there's overlap (many of the "expansion" DLC for CK2 are now in bundles called "collections", but with such an old game and so many expansions, good luck figuring it all out).

And this creates a problem. If figuring it out is made so difficult, it's just easier to let it go. When I see DLC lists with hundreds of euros of stuff, I just move on to something that doesn't require a degree to figure out.

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Quoting: Liam DaweWhile Valve generally limit key generation, I've no doubt they would work with bigger publishers on this.

That's quite the assumption. Valve hasn't shown much of a will to bend to publishers. They've let them leave steam because the publishers didn't get what they wanted.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: EhvisValve would never allow them to generate so many free Steam keys.

What makes you say that? I see no reason Valve wouldn't allow it for such a publisher.

If small publishers can't, why should big ones be able to? Don't see Valve setting such a precedent.

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Valve would never allow them to generate so many free Steam keys.

Quoting: Linux_RocksI'm glad that I waited & I didn't buy it on Battle.net yet. I'll probably wait for it to go on sale too.

Last I heard, the game isn't actually "finished", so waiting for a proper endgame to appear would be a good idea.

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I find it kind of weird that we've had to provide a login every time we have to pay, but that devs could just change public facing builds without any form of extra explicit authentication. Sounds like something that should have been done a long time ago.

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Could it be Valve saying to Apple to "support Vulkan or get left behind"?

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The most interesting thing I see on the store page is that this new DLC is not actually listed in the "Content for this game" section. Didn't that was even possible. It is listed in the bundle though, so I can still confirm its existence!

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Quoting: Grogan

Quoting: EhvisAnd nothing of value was lost.

Yeah, it's not a CEO that does the work... only implements policies to make investors/shareholders money. This is not necessarily aligned with making good products.

Exactly, and this guy in particular has shown on many occasions that he has no moral compass, no love for the products his company is making and no respect for the customers of those companies. In my eyes he's completely unfit to lead. But I guess greedy shareholders see things differently. Makes me glad that a company like Valve is still privately owned.

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