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Valve officially confirm a new version of 'Steam Play' which includes a modified version of Wine
21 Aug 2018 at 11:47 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: chancho_zombie
Quoting: Whitewolfe80
Quoting: chancho_zombiehi I need some help, I can't find the option to install Tropico 4 my beta client is up to date.

where are the steam play options? can't find them.
See page 5 screenshots of what you need to check
thanks for the answer, I don't have that option, maybe they have not rolled out the latest beta in my location.
A new update just rolled out.

This update was re-released at 4PM PST to include a crash fix in the settings UI, and Steam Play tools not appearing for some users.

A second update has been released containing the same changes listed below.

Grab a glass as Wine 3.14 is out today with DXTn texture decompression support and plenty of fixes
19 Aug 2018 at 8:03 pm UTC

Quoting: musojon74I've just installed wine after purging my old copy, and following the instructions to put the right repo on and install wine stable. And I now am the proud owner of - Wine 3.02. Also had to fix the steam can't download bug too. Am I missing something? What's the recommended repo these days?
Staging or devel.

DXVK 0.70 is out with support for Direct3D 10 over Vulkan in Wine
17 Aug 2018 at 4:17 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: sonic
Quoting: Leopard
Quoting: evergreenI mean a lutris installer to play the game on wine, in the hope the experimental linux port will come soon with full support, so we won’t need to play this game through wine.
Arma3 port is fully functional , just click install from your Steam library on Linux client.

It does not show Mac&Linux on store page because port usually lags behind a version which makes cross platform play against Windows uncompatible.

Which that is sufficient to say " experimental " from Bohemia's perspective.
Fully functional, except rotorlib, crashes every 30 minutes and incompatibility with Windows ATM. On the other hand, Wine does not fully support BattlEye yet:(
So your best bet is still Linux port , not Lutris

DXVK 0.70 is out with support for Direct3D 10 over Vulkan in Wine
17 Aug 2018 at 3:21 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: evergreen
Quoting: sonic
Quoting: evergreenWonderful!!
I wish there was someone who’s making an arma3 installer on lutris, since experimental port has all features like workshop and louncher!
You mean installer for "native" version or Windows version in Wine?
I mean a lutris installer to play the game on wine, in the hope the experimental linux port will come soon with full support, so we won’t need to play this game through wine.
Arma3 port is fully functional , just click install from your Steam library on Linux client.

It does not show Mac&Linux on store page because port usually lags behind a version which makes cross platform play against Windows uncompatible.

Which that is sufficient to say " experimental " from Bohemia's perspective.

NVIDIA are working towards better support for NVIDIA Optimus on Linux
16 Aug 2018 at 10:22 pm UTC

Quoting: HoriWill it work for older cards like a 610M?
I don't really care that much since Bumblebee works well enough and I'm not really using this old laptop anymore (not for gaming that is), but it would still be nice if it did.
Probably it will since Optimus is same since years. You will need X.org version that supports it and Nvidia driver that contains this support.

NVIDIA are working towards better support for NVIDIA Optimus on Linux
16 Aug 2018 at 10:15 pm UTC

Quoting: Thormack
Quoting: TeqI just got a laptop with Optimus and was bummed to find out (the hard way) that bumblebee doesn't support Vulkan. Hopefully this solution will.
I just found about this after reading this article :(

Just realized why I could not get DXVK working.
Sad, sad...
Vulkan works via Nvidia Prime but i highly recommend using it on a Ubuntu 16.04 based distro.

I can play Doom 2016 Vulkan via Wine , Gta5 , Witcher 3 via DXVK , Talos Principle , RoTR , Mad Max etc via Steam.

Looks like you didn't even try native Linux Vulkan titles before.

CrossCode, the 2D action RPG set in the distant future to officially launch on September 20th
16 Aug 2018 at 4:00 pm UTC

I have this game for a long time , 10+hours gameplay so far but i've decided to wait until release to start over.

Highly recommended , very fluid gameplay

CnCNet are providing Red Alert & Tiberian Sun with an updated renderer using OpenGL for better Wine support
16 Aug 2018 at 9:28 am UTC

Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: LeopardWhere does it say they have an updated OpenGL renderer?
https://github.com/CnCNet/cnc-ddraw [External Link]
Thanks.

NVIDIA are working towards better support for NVIDIA Optimus on Linux
15 Aug 2018 at 10:59 pm UTC Likes: 5

Awesome , currently Nvidia Prime on Ubuntu 18.04 is a disaster