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Latest Comments by scaine
Coding History: 3D from Mode7 to DOOM needs a last push for their open source 3D engine
22 Sep 2021 at 8:48 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: CorbenBacked it already... scaine influenced me indirectly with his tweet [External Link] ;)
Watched the introduction to the chapters and found it interesting immediately.
I'm an influencer!! :grin:

This is just payback for all those streams where you play a game that I instantly go out and buy (most recently Everspace 2, but also Beat Sabre, Pistol Whip and probably more)!

Aliens: Fireteam Elite is out and works right away on Linux with Proton
20 Sep 2021 at 2:57 pm UTC

Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: pete910@Liam, I noticed on your steam review you had issues with FPS drops have you managed to solve the problem ?
Nope, the issue persisted. There's an entry on ProtonDB [External Link] with someone showing the same issue, with ProtonDB still giving it the thumbs up on that entry which I find hilarious because it makes it unplayable.
Been watching Corben stream quite a lot of this, and it runs well, which is really frustrating (for you) because he's on similar hardware, I think?

Humble has a nice looking VR bundle if you need some more games
20 Sep 2021 at 10:54 am UTC

Quoting: elgatilWell, the description of the beta channel is:
"Testing an update for a possible fix for the black screen issue encountered by some SteamVR players"
so at least a little they care.
Well, as you can see in my Steam comment, I did try the black screen fix, but it didn't work. However, given that others HAVE gotten this to work on AMD, I'm probably going to buy this bundle anyway, and give it another shot, probably this weekend. Fingers crossed.

Humble has a nice looking VR bundle if you need some more games
19 Sep 2021 at 3:10 pm UTC Likes: 1

Well, the devs don't seem to care about their game on Proton, judging by this lack of interaction:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/858260/discussions/0/2992039579110688164/ [External Link]

Humble has a nice looking VR bundle if you need some more games
19 Sep 2021 at 10:32 am UTC

Quoting: TangoBakerUntil You Fall doesn't seem to work with Proton anymore.

It did before release, didn't after, then worked if you used experimental and now doesn't. Not sure what broke it the last time but I haven't been able to get it to work again even with old versions of Proton.
And it never worked on AMD - just got a black screen. It seems that the black screen issue is now affecting quite a few (all?) Nvidia users too. I refunded it, and if I bought this bundle, I'd likely slide the % to near-zero for that dev, sadly. I enjoyed Liam's streams on it too, such a shame.

Steam has turned 18 years old and PC gaming has never been the same since
16 Sep 2021 at 11:17 am UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: NodPurchased: Dec 24, 2012 @ 1:31pm
Serious Sam 3 BFE - $9.99 USD
Red Orchestra - $4.99 USD
Darwinia - $2.49 USD
Multiwinia - $2.49 USD
Killing Floor - $4.99 USD
A little christmas pressie from you... to you! :grin:

Didn't last long: Back 4 Blood no longer working on Linux with Proton
15 Sep 2021 at 12:17 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: PodyPearPearlIs Linux gaming a large market? Because I heard Linux is actually growing. I hope it becomes large enough until then I will run games not working on Linux in windows.
Tiny market comparatively. But given the size of Steam's customer base, it's incredible to think there are over a million active monthly Linux gamers out there.

You can track the stats on GOL's dedicated page: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/steam-tracker/

Steam has turned 18 years old and PC gaming has never been the same since
14 Sep 2021 at 10:03 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Eike
Quoting: ElectroDDI have the 18 years badge...
Do you happen to know how rare that is?
I have the 16 year badge [External Link] right now, which will turn 17 mid November... but to have an 18 year badge only 2 days after Steam itself turned 18 requires you to have signed up for it practically on the day of its release. It must be incredibly rare.


Steam has turned 18 years old and PC gaming has never been the same since
13 Sep 2021 at 11:56 am UTC

Half Life 2 in 2004 for me. Then Dark Messiah, and Prey. I have to say, it's really weird to see all these Windows titles on there. Even weirder to think that I'd ditch Windows entirely mid-way through 2013. I was already dual-booting from about 2006 onwards.


Then I ducked out of using it entirely for about 3 years.
But when I came back to it, I very much went all in. Oof.

Blasphemous: Wounds of Eventide free update arrives in December, sequel announced
9 Sep 2021 at 11:28 am UTC

Awesome trailer. Such a good game - I need to restart it. I got about 15 hours in then some new shiny thing distracted me, and it's a bit of a Hollow Knight experience... if you leave it for too long and then go back, you're like "wait... what have I done so far, where do I go next???".