QuoteIt will be interesting to see how long Valve can keep the train going for CS:GO, there's probably a good few years of life left in it considering it's constantly in the top most played games on Steam. It did have a big dip in the player count starting around March/April, but it looks like it's rebounding now.

Valve supports their games forever I think. See TF2 or L4D2. And there is a loyal community even for the old titles. I just started CSGO a year ago. Now it's my favorite game. Once you're gripped, it's hard to stop.

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Finally! Can't wait:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj8GZvttFAg

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Interesting insights. Thanks for this article series.

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Quoting: DrMcCoyNo, Portal 2 is not censored in Germany. At all.

The first Portal game was lightly censored for a while, with blood generated when turrets hit you painted gray instead of red, but even that has been removed years ago.

No, that was at the end of last year. I think censorship was removed from all games of the Orangebox. This included TF2 and HL2. Be that as it may, Left4Dead2 is still heavily trimmed until today, so it's no fun at all.

Also it's paradoxical that Portal2 was uncut all the time, while the first part was only available in a reduced-violence version for years. I played Portal for the first time in 2016 or 2017. And the blood was definitely not red. And yes, I bled a lot. :D

Quoting: DrMcCoyStop telling lies.

I don't think this is about lies. Censorship takes place in Germany. And with dozens of affected titles, you can lose track of it.

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Good reading. And I didn't even know that side:

https://spcr.netlify.com/

Maybe a little bit more useful than the Google Docs sheet. ;)

Thanks to this page it is now very easy to check your own library against the tests.

It's always nice to see how productive the community is working together. That's why I love Linux and other free systems.

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Runs pretty well on my system (Xubuntu 18.4). No issues so far, except that VSync doesn't work again. But I use the corresponding option of the nvidia driver. I use a GTX 970 with NVIDIA Driver Version 396.54.

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Quoting: hummer010I still don't get the Bristol Ridge decision. Raven Ridge seems like a much better choice. I might be willing to actually buy it if it was Raven Ridge...

See: https://medium.com/@atarivcs/atari-vcs-product-q-a-1-b2017894c15d

Personally, I don't know much about hardware. Maybe Rob Wyatt knows what he's doing. Basically I can understand the reasoning. If an architecture has no advantage because of its waste heat, then it makes little sense to use it.

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I think the issues at GitHub are a very good way. For one simple reason: It is actually only possible for the developers of the respective games to find quick solutions to the problems. And they have to find a solution for every problem. It doesn't help if a game runs perfectly on Nvidia cards but AMD users remain locked out or vice versa.

For example, I opened this issue for Strange Brigade today:

https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/920
(I'm surprised nobody seems to have done it before.)

I don't know, of course, but I'm relatively sure that Valve will pass the matter on directly to the developer/publisher of the game in such cases. For them it is a very simple possibility to generate additional income without having to spend great costs. For Strange Brigade it is probably enough to start the game under Proton simply with Vulkan and maybe Denuvo will be removed a little earlier. Then it should work under Proton with Vulkan.

Even if it is more complicated, Valve will definitely pass this on to the publishers. For the individual developer there are then also not thousands of games, but perhaps only one or two. Of course, we don't notice any of these details. This is happening behind the scenes.

Valve has reduced the costs of (unofficial) Linux ports to a minimum with Proton.

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Quoting: jardonAm I the only one that hasnt gotten a controller to work in any proton game?

With Nier: Automata it worked right away (steam controller). I have not tested the controller in other games. But you should name the games where you have problems.

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Quoting: KimyrielleSo...

What do people think is the better choice to run Windows games now? regular WINE? Staging? Proton?

Lutris. :)

No, Proton is great because it integrates with Steam. But Lutris is still more current on many games.

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