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Latest Comments by HollowSoldier
Looks like the open source Vulkan driver 'radv' for AMD conforms nicely
20 Mar 2017 at 1:30 pm UTC Likes: 1

Nice. Time to work on performance.

Star Citizen to use Vulkan instead of DirectX 12 and drop DirectX 11 eventually
20 Mar 2017 at 3:28 am UTC

Quoting: edoWe are not talking about a random game getting vulkan support, this is Star citizen, one of the most ambitious games ever
Thought No Man's Sky was the most ambitious game ever...

Valve are working on a new design for the Steam client
1 Mar 2017 at 1:49 pm UTC Likes: 1

So.. Is there a being on this planet who isn't using small mode? Hope it won't be removed. The client is bloatware enough already.

Serious Sam 3: BFE with the 'Fusion' engine and Vulkan could arrive next month in Beta
20 Feb 2017 at 5:03 pm UTC Likes: 1

"This newer game engine will be using Vulkan and it sounds like a big win for Linux"

Vulkan too, or Vulkan only? The game is ancient, people bought it according to ancient system requirements and may be playing it on ancient PCs. Getting a surprise update after the beta, that locks them out wouldn't make them happy.

Serious Sam VR: The First Encounter is now waiting on SteamVR being updated for Linux
16 Feb 2017 at 4:03 pm UTC

In the meantime, they could just release the non-VR version on Linux first. It would actually have a larger audience too, at this moment.

Steam Beta Client updated, finally fixing the notification spam when you login and group notifications
3 Feb 2017 at 4:15 pm UTC

They also finally moved the misplaced streaming checkbox that's been broken for years. Unfortunately they moved it into another broken location.

Mesa 13.0.4 stable released, time to update to get the latest fixes
2 Feb 2017 at 4:12 pm UTC

Also the sb loop bugfix in R600 seems to be backported, could have been a blocker if R600 era cards weren't legacy. Everyone having those could consider this a top priority update.

Feral Interactive are teasing a new Linux port again
28 Jan 2017 at 2:54 am UTC

Maybe it isn't complicated, and it's just a Simpson's game.