Quoting: KristianDoesn't Valve already have their own anticheat solution, VAC?

Yes, but not all devs decide to use it: Using it binds your product to Steam and sometimes the principles of VAC (delayed bans to catch as many cheaters as possible at once, ..) don't suffice the devs/publishers goals of fighting cheaters.

Many players even demand BattlEye, EAC, PunkBuster or whatever, because they think it's more efficient. For example the Counter-Strike pro players community ESEA has their own seemingly rather invasive anti-cheat solution [External Link] to combat cheaters.

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Quoting: silmethThey could, if I understand it correctly, hypothetically use the ARB_gl_spirv OpenGL extension when the driver supports it, to provide pre-compiled shaders for OpenGL renderer. That would speed up loading for users with newer drivers, while those without this extension (older GPUs and driver versions) would stay on compiling GLSL shaders during loading.

Not a GL savvy but, wouldn't also help the local shaders cache? I mean, it builds once but use many, so this slow loading times may only happen on the first run (like in other games).

If that's the case, Steam's shader cache management could be helping too, couldn't it?

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The issue with games using .NET launchers not starting isn't solved yet, is it?

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Quoting: MaelraneCan all of the dlcs be enabled in one game?

Yes. Slight exception might be Snowfall, because you can only play in always winter mode or no winter at all. Other stuff like trams from that DLC is available everywhere, though.

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I would like to win a key ^_^

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Quoting: nox

Quoting: toorI'm subscribed to the beta, but no update available

It didn't tell me that I had an update available. I had to just restart steam, which got it to update without telling be that there was an update :)

I've done that. And then unsubscribed from the beta and subscribed again. That didn't solve it.

You could try to manually check for an update while opted-in to the beta: Steam->Check for client updates in the top left. At least that did it for me.

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Finally

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Very good article, Liam. Love the short interview!

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Quoting: Doc Angelo

Quoting: MaelraneSteam itself is DRM.

Albeit it's the only one I accept and can live with, it is, per definition, DRM.

I don't think so. But maybe we have different definitions of what DRM means.

The Steam client is the very same as GOG Galaxy or the GOG website. You can buy and download games. Valve has their own DRM implementation (part of Steamworks), but it's completely optional. As a developer or publisher, you don't have to use the DRM tools provided by Steam, or your own DRM. You can just not use any DRM and still have your game on Steam.

http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games [External Link]

Don't even try to argue with fanatics, it won't lead anywhere.

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The predecessor wasn't that good imo, just mediocre and way overhyped. Played more like an interactive movie with annoying QTE's here and there. Forseeable story, crafting, hunting mechanics (that were never used again after the first 30mins of the game), skilling and exploring were rather meh.
But I'm still going to buy the game and support Feral, though.

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