Quoting: LinuxwarperAnd Google is somehow much better? The problem isn't that they shutdown projects, they are the problem. I've seen many sites and services respect GDPR. But Google? They have already opted you into everything when you use their services. And when you click to opt out they add in a extra layer of barrier that is a prompt asking you if you are sure. Making the process of protecting yourself from their data collecting cumbersome and tiring.

Curious what country you live in that allows Google to use opt-out policies.

Here in the UK, everything Google does is opt-in. Everything.

Location. Contacts. Imprint. Assistant. It's CONSTANTLY popping up permissions when you first start using their services. Hell, you can't even search without accepting the privacy policy.

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Oh thank god. Well, thank Wimpy, I suppose, but you know what I mean. Been wanting to try this for a while now, but never could be bothered building it myself. Great news!

Now if someone could do gamescope too, that would be just dandy. :grin:

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1.Rename Cyberpunk2077.exe to Cyberpunk2077.exe.bak
2. Use a hex editor on the Cyberpunk2077.exe.
3. Replace "75 30 33 C9 B8 01 00 00 00 0F A2 8B C8 C1 F9 08" with "EB 30 33 C9 B8 01 00 00 00 0F A2 8B C8 C1 F9 08".
4. Replace "55 48 81 ec a0 00 00 00 0f 29 70 e8" with "c3 48 81 ec a0 00 00 00 0f 29 70 e8".

This turns the bad AVX call into a return and increase perfomance for AMD processors.
DISCLAIMER: May be breaking things under the hood, but seems stable.

Just to be clear - item #3 in that list is to enable hyperthreading in AMD processors. CDPR appears to have used an intel-biased compiler which forces AMD chips to only use a single thread of each core. It can remove your CPU bottleneck pretty significantly.

But since you're patching the primary executable, it'll be undone by any minor changes that CDPR make via Steam updates or GOG Galaxy. Pretty temporary upgrade! But by all accounts worth - reports between 15% and 30% increase in framerate on CPU-bound AMD systems which have beefy GPUs.

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Quoting: DerBrockenikiruto because it have nothing to do with the overlay
the overlay works fine

It's rare, but sometimes the Steam overlay can work, but still cause issues. It's a good shout to try disabling if you're seeing issues. Probably not the case here though - more likely just the demands of the game itself.

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Just stopping by to say 10/10 for the title of this article.

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Quoting: poiuzOf course, isn't it the definition of outsourcing: Paying someone else to do the work (in contrast to hire or train someone to do the work "in-house"). There is no difference to CDPR paying QLOC to do the port (though I think that Google paid CDPR that they're "allowed to pay" QLOC).

Not really. Outsourcing is when you devolve responsibility for something you're already doing in house, to a contractor or third party. Valve weren't doing any of this (DXVK, Wine, etc) in house. They're not outsourcing here, they're sponsoring. And in some of those cases, after the sponsorship, they've offered the jobs in house.

I'd love Valve to have a bit more transparently over their plans for Linux. I couldn't even tell you how many of their staff are dedicated to Linux. From a quick google, I could only find a handful (4 or 5) announcements of staff joining for Linux-specific roles.

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Quoting: whizseNot to be confused with 1NSANE of course.

I mean, one's a 19 year-old car game I had to Google, which is only available on Windows from GOG and this is a 2D story-led side scroller available on Linux on Steam!

So I don't think too many people will be confused, no! :grin:

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I loved Limbo, refused to buy Inside when it went windows only, so this game is of interest for sure. But I do subscribe to Humble Choice and if you like this style of game and you're willing to play via Proton, I can HIGHLY recommend Planet Alpha, which was/is one of the best games I've played this year. I mean... I still wouldn't have bought it, because it's also windows only, but it was free in the bundle, so... up to you!

But this goes on the wishlist for sure. It's got to be better than Orphan, which was a huge disappointment.

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I have to say, the reviews for this game are atrocious. The number of reviews that basically say "technical flaws everywhere, awful bugs, 100%" or "flawed execution, distracting bugs, got to hope for the first round of patches, 100%". It's embarrassing how many truly huge houses have just bought into the hype... the sheer HOPE that this game will one day be good.

They're not reviewing the game. They're reviewing its potential.

So again, it's a "no, thanks" from me. Maybe I'll pick it up for a fiver in a few years, like I did with Prey.

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Quoting: ShmerlInteresting and it's too bad CDPR still don't have Linux developers in-house. Such big company shouldn't be cheap about it, by outsourcing their work.

You realize that you just called Valve a cheap company? They outsource most (or all?) of their Linux work.

Pretty sure that the main driving force behind Valve's Linux work is in house. What's outsourced? Or are you conflating sponsoring Collabora and Codeweavers work with outsourcing?

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