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Latest Comments by m0nt3
Linux gamers on Arch may want to hold off on updating due to openssl breaking some games (updated)
24 Apr 2017 at 5:33 pm UTC

Thanks for the warning, I will hold off on any updates for the time being.

Ashes of the Singularity almost has Vulkan ready, doesn't have Linux on the radar right now
19 Apr 2017 at 8:19 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: STiATActually, they always said they'll look into it after the Vulkan port. So I'm not surprised, but I hoped they had it on the radar by now.

Though, it will be now quite some time after the full release and some expansions.

What I'm questioning myself: Why the Vulkan port if there is no plan for Linux? Porting from DX12 (which they currently use) to Vulkan if you don't release ashes on linux makes zero sense, except they have some other games in the queue on that engine and want to get rid of Microsofts proprietary API, and probably have plans for using MoltenVK or similar for the Mac Port (okay, they could do Vulkan to be able to have the Win7 user base on the same API as the Win10 user base, which would make sense too). I mean no offence, the more developers gather behind Vulkan the better for the open API, because I still have hope that Vulkan will prevail.

If they ever complete Vulkan support for their engine, there may be a Linux version some day. Though, they'll be using MSVC, thus - there will be porting work because we all know that msvc is sometimes different and away from standards compared to clang/llvm. If they didn't use sdl2 or similar it gets even worse, if they don't had platform abstraction in mind when they started.. uff.
Because DX12 is locked down to Windows 10 and Windows 7 still has the greatest marketshare? Just a thought, since vulkan works fine on windows 7.

Wine 2.6 released and it finally brings in the multi-threaded command stream for Direct3D
13 Apr 2017 at 7:40 pm UTC Likes: 1

Yeah, I know. But the performance advantage of gallium-nine is jaw dropping.Was playing Diablo 3 with my friend who has ryzen and a 1080 and my ryzen and rx 480 was getting double the fps about 70 vs 140. I get 70-90 FPS in crysis 1. Gallium-nine has just really impressed me. Even play CoD4 multiplayer online. I remember get nothing but graphical glitches and crashes in CoD 4 a handful of years ago. Come a long way.

It is great to see this in mainline finally, been a long time coming.

Wine 2.6 released and it finally brings in the multi-threaded command stream for Direct3D
13 Apr 2017 at 7:20 pm UTC Likes: 1

gallium-nine is a lot faster, well at least for DX9 titles and those on open source drivers. Wonder if there are plans for vulkan in the future, that should be interesting.

Feral Interactive have released a new teaser for a Linux & Mac port to come
7 Apr 2017 at 3:20 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: ellie_feralThis is fun.
Troll!!!! Having a good feast? :)

Feral Interactive have released a new teaser for a Linux & Mac port to come
7 Apr 2017 at 1:50 pm UTC Likes: 3

Nier: Automata
Nier: Automata (Japanese: ニーア オートマタ Hepburn: Nīa Ōtomata?, stylized as NieR:Automata)
And is a squenix game.

Mad Max meets Vulkan in a new fully public beta for Linux, benchmarks and OpenGL vs Vulkan comparisons
30 Mar 2017 at 2:20 pm UTC Likes: 3

Everything needs the vulkan. There were some spots I would get into the low 20's. This game should be awesome now. Glad I waited to beat it. It is now next on my list. Hopefully Deus Ex would be next.

Unreal Tournament updated, weapon animations overhauled and AI improvements
28 Mar 2017 at 9:49 pm UTC Likes: 3

I really wish this would work well with mesa and without graphical issues. Makes me want to install my copy of UT2004 to see if anyone is on, if not bot it up. I miss the good ole UT days.

Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition officially announced with Linux support
28 Mar 2017 at 9:47 pm UTC

I am excited for this. Been waiting for this before grabbing the new torment game.

Ballistic Overkill leaves early access, but major new features will still be added
27 Mar 2017 at 9:09 pm UTC

I really want to play this, but what is the online player base like? Hopefully not like verdun.