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Odds and ends, the Linux and gaming Sunday Section
28 October 2019 at 9:00 am UTC Likes: 2

Seriously, they go, "hmmm... Ordering stuff online. What if... Fresh vegetables! File patent, sue."

Odds and ends, the Linux and gaming Sunday Section
27 October 2019 at 1:50 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: SalvatosDid the Gnome people actually post the relevant patent and claim anywhere? Not that I don’t trust them per se, but out of principle I would like to see the documents before I consider donating to their lawsuit.

I did see the patent and the claim somewhere. The patent has to do with transferring photos between devices and filtering by tags.

vkBasalt, an open source Vulkan post processing layer for Contrast Adaptive Sharpening
22 October 2019 at 8:46 am UTC

Quoting: qptain NemoI don't care about sharpening but this is great, we need some post-processing injectors on Linux. I was actually just messing with the latest version of ReShade. It works in Wine (at least the opengl part) and it's really great.

Same. I've had some success using ReShade with Dragon's Dogma, although the installer does not work, I had to copy a bunch of files.

Installing and using vkBasalt actually was a lot simpler and seems way more performant. So I'm eager to see more filters, maybe some basic colour profile stuff next. That and perhaps a way to mess with it while it's running. For people who like to do screenarchery.

Imperator: Rome is getting a free Punic Wars content pack in addition to the big Livy update
20 October 2019 at 11:58 am UTC Likes: 2

Pubic wars, those are the frickin' worst.

"You clogged up the drain!"

"No, YOU clogged up the drain!"

"No, you! I'm leaving!"

"Fine!!"

"Fine!!!"

The Linux port of Shadow of Mordor from Feral Interactive has gained a Vulkan Beta, a massive difference
17 October 2019 at 1:15 pm UTC Likes: 1

Wonder if Feral's getting into the Stadia business while that's still a thing.

Vulkan support is not far away now for the flight sim X-Plane 11, physics & flight model updates coming
16 October 2019 at 8:41 am UTC

Quoting: iiari
Quoting: rustybroomhandleI shot them an email for access to the Vulkan alpha/beta.
Did you do that on your own or is there a open request for beta testers? I'd love to test the Vulkan beta as well...

It's explained in the video linked in the article. Only for their installer, not Steam yet.

Vulkan support is not far away now for the flight sim X-Plane 11, physics & flight model updates coming
15 October 2019 at 12:32 pm UTC Likes: 1

I shot them an email for access to the Vulkan alpha/beta.

Steam Play Proton 4.11-7 is out with more gamepad improvements and other misc fixes
11 October 2019 at 11:13 am UTC

Quoting: DesumTechnically speaking, what is stopping Proton from working on non-Linux systems? How much work would be involved getting it running on the BSDs or anything else?

It's probably quite doable. dxvk even works on Windows.

8-bit inspired, flip-screen, twin-stick-shooter 'Cecconoid' is out with Linux support
9 October 2019 at 9:52 am UTC Likes: 1

Weird thing is I was never a huge fan of these originally. Exolon, Cybernoid etc. never really clicked with me, and yet this trailer is really making me itch for this.

HopFrog is removing Linux support from Forager and MacOS is not coming now either (updated)
5 October 2019 at 12:25 pm UTC

Quoting: Avehicle7887
Quoting: rustybroomhandle
Quoting: Avehicle7887The dev: "very few players use Linux"
Their game: Mac and Linux versions never released on GOG since day 1.

I fully understand releasing on GOG won't be a magic bullet but that statement contradicts itself. How is that % going to rise up if you don't sell it in the first place.

A developer can't just release a game on GoG. They have to submit it to them and hope that whomever reviews it likes it enough to want it there.

Some high rated and popular games have actually been rejected by GoG in the past.

I don't think liking it is the case here since the Windows version was released, however you reminded me of a past experience where GOG didn't release the Linux versions of Metro 2033 / Last Light due to stability issues (they didn't go into specifics).

Ah, so they did have the Windows version on there. Gotcha.