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Wine 3.11 and Wine Staging 3.11 both got released recently
25 Jun 2018 at 2:26 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: mrdeathjrIn this wine version roderick colenbrander cpu patch has been approved (maybe farcry 3 can improve on ryzen cpus)

Anno 1404 DX9



Last test with Pentium G3258 @ 4.1ghz + Artic Cooling Alpine 11 Plus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2ZPXUWkErM [External Link]

And now with Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyCKv-X9tAA [External Link]

Skyrim + Mods DX9



Last test with Pentium G3258 @ 4.1ghz + Artic Cooling Alpine 11 Plus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhf0bGQ3c4U [External Link]

And now with Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-VXoQXcPtE [External Link]

Woolfe DX9



Last test with Pentium G3258 @ 4.1ghz + Artic Cooling Alpine 11 Plus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz7XeElf76Q [External Link]

And now with Core i3 8350K Tri-Core @ 5.0ghz + CoolerMaster Hyper T4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hBviOtvzHQ [External Link]

^_^
Hi , you look like a hardcore Wine user. Can you help me with Skyrim LE?

I'm on 3.11 Staging and running Skyrim SE but i have problems with it.

Shadows and textures are glitchy. There are some advices about disabling nvapi but look like it is not relevant. Only nvapi64 is on there and disabling it is not helping.

Input lag. I have mouse/keyboard lag with that game.

Underwater is not rendering at all.

Some keys do not work , like I for accessing inventory.

How did you end up running correctly without problems?

Nvidia 396.24.2 driver

DXVK for Direct3D 11 over Vulkan in Wine has a new 0.60 release
23 Jun 2018 at 7:17 pm UTC

Quoting: GuestI mean for me, my priority is playing the games I want to play, I want to help support linux too sure, and spent hundreds on games past couple of months for supporting linux and regularly send emails to the dev team thanking them for supporting linux (and drm-free if it's on GOG)... But my main priority personally will always be to play the games I want to play, regardless of OS

Without something like Wine I'd be dual-booting to play these games anyway, and thanks to things like Wine and DXVK I can remain on my OS of choice for a big libary of games that work flawlessly under wine

Personally prefer to look at the positive side to things like wine, as a long-time windows user it really has helped the transition and most importantly it allows me to play even MORE games on linux aside from the already pretty huge collection of games available natively
Yes , but that use case only covers minority of PC gamers.

1-) When people hop in to Linux bandwagon , they're always looking for native ( by native , represented as Linux compatible at stores ) games first. Obviously

2-) Wine is not a tool you can get good performance , good rendering , easy configure process.

3-) Boys , don't say Lutris. I'm trying that piece of shit from time to time and using Wine normally is more convenient. So far , i tried Skyrim Legendary Edition , Skyrim SE and Fallout New Vegas which in the end they failed miserably. Is that an " easy usage of Wine " really?

4-) I really don't care about a game being native ( OGL , VLK ) vs Wine wrapped as long it works at good performance + renders correctly.

5-) Wine is not really a solution. It is open to regressions , tons of hacks to even running one game normally. It only can be considered as a bonus feature for people who have free time in their hands. Normal users ( which majority ) can't stand with it.

How to be a great advocate for a niche gaming platform
21 Jun 2018 at 8:01 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: GustyGhostOf course, there are also developers who simply don't care and have only released builds to linux just because there was an option to export to that platform. "More money? Yes, please." "But I have to properly support that platform? Yuck." We can all think of a game that is chronically broken and neglected by a team that promised X and Y and Z platforms because it sounded nice (or it made more sales) only to stomp their boot into the faces of users requesting fixes. I get that this guide is all ra-ra-ree be nice to the devs but I will maintain the course of berating those who broke user trust.
Berating the devs will get you one thing - a pulled Linux build, and no future support.
I think that is not the case always.

From your POV , you got death threaths etc which i wasn't a Linux gamer that time but that was an unfortunate thing.

But times are changing and if companies keep this hatred all the time i think that way:

1-) That is a little bit unfair. Even in real life we put someone in the nemesis category after so much thinking and simply there is no choice left.

2-) When this attitude keeps like that it also shows they wasn't really into supporting. Which GOG and CDPR shows that clearly i think. No Galaxy on Linux , no Witcher 1 port , no Witcher 3 etc.

So sadly after these incidents , i stopped buying from GOG. Because i'm not interested to buy anything from a store that simply dislikes our community.

Although , i bought Witcher 2 on Steam because it is a good port for me , VP put effort into it , Valve is a direct contributor for Linux gaming. So that is a complete solution for me to respecting hard work and also play a good game.

GOG and CDPR with that attitude , is equal to me as a non existing company. Sure , we are not populated as Mac , as Windows but if that means being second class citizen then i choose to not be a part of that country ( GOG in this case :P )

How to be a great advocate for a niche gaming platform
21 Jun 2018 at 1:25 pm UTC

Well , that was a good read although with small mistakes.

About your purchase is much more valuable than what you think part:

Well , it is simply not works that way. Because at the end of day ; dev starts to compare like that : I spend 2 months on Linux version , i learned , installed Linux and that was frustrating. So sales would better be at least MacOS level to justify this. But market is simply not there.

BTW , did anyone know here how to reach Croteam about a game breaking issue with Talos Principle?

https://steamcommunity.com/app/257510/discussions/0/1727575977523901950/ [External Link]

I've made that report but from the looks of that discussion page ; devs are simply not there.

Total War: WARHAMMER II confirmed for Linux, to release later this year
18 Jun 2018 at 4:26 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: devnull
Quoting: Leopard
Quoting: devnullWill this version come with with or without RedShell'n shit?

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/gaming/gaming-companies-remove-analytics-app-after-massive-user-outcry/ [External Link]

https://old.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/8pud8b/psa_red_shell_spyware_holy_potatoes_were_in_space/ [External Link]
Total War ports from Feral Interactive doesn't contain that. Only Total War Attila on Linux have that , which was a port done in-house by Creative Assembly.

Also , GOG games are have that too.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/8pud8b/comment/e0u4sg2/ [External Link]
Good to know. Are you basing that on first hand knowledge? (do you own the game fe).

I'm quite surprised Valve hasn't made any statement about this. They could for example check any releases for those files though I'd imagine it would raise questions about other titles that use something else. Sayyy.. valves own crashreporter. Guess policing porn means more LUL.
I have Medieval 2 and Shogun 2 installed right now and there is no Redshell. Also some user from Reddit ( whom have all Feral Total War ports , except Thrones of Brittania ) confirmed that Feral Ports don't have this.

Total War: WARHAMMER II confirmed for Linux, to release later this year
18 Jun 2018 at 3:34 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: devnullWill this version come with with or without RedShell'n shit?

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/gaming/gaming-companies-remove-analytics-app-after-massive-user-outcry/ [External Link]

https://old.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/8pud8b/psa_red_shell_spyware_holy_potatoes_were_in_space/ [External Link]
Total War ports from Feral Interactive doesn't contain that. Only Total War Attila on Linux have that , which was a port done in-house by Creative Assembly.

Also , GOG games are have that too.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/8pud8b/comment/e0u4sg2/ [External Link]

We've teamed up with GOG for another fantastic giveaway: Surviving Mars & Iconoclasts
14 Jun 2018 at 3:11 pm UTC Likes: 2

Surviving Mars

Linux is user-friendly. It's just picky about who its friends are.

Mavericks is a Battle Royale game with unique open-world mechanics that plans Linux support with Vulkan
13 Jun 2018 at 12:23 am UTC

Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: LeopardCRYENGINE , lower your hopes
You might want to read the quoted text again, he clearly said the majority of the work is already done. Also, a game engine not officially having full Linux support, doesn't mean a developer can't add it in. Look at Unreal Engine 3, we have games using that on Linux, it has never supported Linux.

Plus, it wouldn't even be the first cryengine game on Linux.
Tell me five title runs on Linux via CryEngine

We Happy Few developer joins Microsoft, still coming to Linux plus new trailer
11 Jun 2018 at 12:59 am UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: ShmerlCDPR have a strong stance on being DRM-free, and so far they are not changing it, so for CP2077 it is expected. I'm more interested in what happened to their Linux plans. They messed up TW3 for Linux plans and never talked publicly about what it means for future games.
That silence means NO.