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Valve puts up Proton 5.13-4 to get Cyberpunk 2077 working on Linux for AMD GPUs
10 December 2020 at 5:15 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: poiuz
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?

Valve puts up Proton 5.13-4 to get Cyberpunk 2077 working on Linux for AMD GPUs
9 December 2020 at 11:01 pm UTC Likes: 9

Quoting: legluondunet
QuoteOn a side note, this probably means Cyberpunk (Windows) won't be coming out with a Vulkan renderer either even though it's already working with it on Stadia... What a huge shame.

Are you sure that technically this is how it works on Stadia?

This crops up quite a lot, but yes, all Stadia games are run on Linux, with Vulkan.

As for Cyberpunk - it's a no from me. CDPR is just not a company I'm interested in supporting.

The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall game engine Daggerfall Unity now feature complete
9 December 2020 at 2:36 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: docofkult
Quoting: scaineWow, that was really quick. Presumably a result of the original being open source, so little to no reverse engineering (or guessing/trial-and-error) was required.

Are you saying TES: Daggerfall is open-source? This it the first time I have heard that and I can't seem to find any references to it online. Only that Daggerfall Unity is an open-source project.

Ah you're right. I conflated that a) DFU is open source and b) Daggerfall is available as a free download.

So still some reverse engineering was probably required after all. Maybe as a much earlier game, there wasn't as much though.

The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall game engine Daggerfall Unity now feature complete
9 December 2020 at 11:00 am UTC Likes: 4

Wow, that was really quick. Presumably a result of the original being open source, so little to no reverse engineering (or guessing/trial-and-error) was required.

Great work. I'm gonna have to try this, although with OpenMW also clamouring for my attention, not to mention all my modern games, god knows when I'm gonna get a chance to fit it all in. I have a couple of weeks off over Christmas though... so...

Rogue-lite dungeon crawler Tallowmere 2 is over the top and ridiculously fun
8 December 2020 at 6:45 pm UTC

I bought the first one when you covered this a few months ago. Absolutely insane, but a lot of fun. I'll definitely be getting this when I run out of love for Noita.

Crumble might be the best 3D platformer I've played in ages with swinging physics fun
8 December 2020 at 2:00 pm UTC Likes: 1

This one reminds me of the old 16-bit title, Trailblazer, but mixed with SEUM-style graphics. I love the destructive terrain too, which also reminds me of Samsai's twitch run a couple of years back... cluster trucks... I think it was called Cluster Trucks?

Might have to pick this one up. It looks great!

Fantastic puzzle game Superliminal now has a level editor in Beta
7 December 2020 at 1:41 pm UTC

This game is superb. I absolutely battered through it in just 3 hours, but there's not a single bit of filler in there. Loved it. Hopefully this leads to more content via Workshop as I'm pretty sure there's room for some absolutely evil puzzles to play out!

Get colourful with the new release of the open source lighting control OpenRGB
7 December 2020 at 1:33 pm UTC Likes: 1

The only RGB device I have is a Razer Deathadder mk2 mouse, but this doesn't see it. The unnofficial Razer driver works though, so I might try that again, maybe OpenRGB requires it to work.

Humble Choice for December has 14 games including Children of Morta & Overcooked 2
7 December 2020 at 8:47 am UTC

Only One Step From Eden and Indivisible interest me this month. Children of Morta is one of the best games I played this year, but (obviously) I already own it. Neither Overcooked, nor any of the windows-only games interest me.

So... only two games, and to be honest, I'm vaguely tempted to skip it because Shining Resonance has Denuvo DRM and I try to avoid supporting anything associated with it.

But in the end, I'll probably pull the trigger for One Step from Eden since it's not a game I'm likely to buy otherwise, but everything about it suggests that it's something I might enjoy!

Wasteland 3 should be available on Linux with patch 1.3 before the end of 2020
2 December 2020 at 9:16 pm UTC Likes: 3

I had no idea W3 was even out. I just don't follow the big news sites anymore, since it's so rare to get a AAA same-day launch...