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D9VK 0.13 "Hypnotoad" is out, further advancing the D3D9 to Vulkan layer for Wine
10 Jul 2019 at 10:41 am UTC

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: JoshuaAshton
Quoting: GuestSo far I did use the d9vk-winelib-git AUR package in Arch Linux. Is this the one that I should avoid and switch instead to the mingw package?
You shouldnt really be using any d9vk AUR packages. Use something that has it built in (ie. GE Proton, wine-tkg) or install it yourself on top of a prefix.
Thanks, maybe I understood it wrong what the package in AUR did. I used it to compile D9VK, then I installed it into the proton game prefix of Steam. Worked really well for me, but I will follow your advice to see if it makes a difference!
This is also how I did it and just like you it seems to work fine.

D9VK 0.13 "Hypnotoad" is out, further advancing the D3D9 to Vulkan layer for Wine
9 Jul 2019 at 4:21 pm UTC

Have been trying Dragon's Dogma with this and it does seem to work quite well. May have to go plumb the depths of my Steam library to see what else I could throw at it.

The Lion King, Aladdin and The Jungle Book no longer available on Steam, some about to leave GOG too
9 Jul 2019 at 10:26 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Hori
Quoting: Asug2a to the rescue! feck you disney lol...
So that's why we need sellers like g2a...
In cases like this I have to agree.
I bought them from there as well, yesterday when I first read this article.

I would have bought them from a less shady store, but I don't know of any. And this is a big problem, when there are no better alternatives, of course people are gonna have to use the shady one.

I'd have bought from Steam. I can't, so I'd have bought from a reputable reseller. Didn't know of any good one, so I had to use dirty G2A.

I don't feel bad. They left me no option.
So ok, GoL does not advocate piracy, but I have to lay this out. Consider these two options:

1. Download the Sega or Amiga roms. They are much better quality than what you get to run in DOSBox. Or just grab a pirated copy of the DOS ones. The developer gets no money.

2. Buy from scumbags G2A. They get money they don't deserve. Dev still does not get the money.

I know we're talking about Disney here, so I guess who cares if they get more money, but what you have done is given money to some random scum peddler instead... why? What logic is there in that?

Please, for the love of all things, let G2A die.

The Lion King, Aladdin and The Jungle Book no longer available on Steam, some about to leave GOG too
8 Jul 2019 at 11:06 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Asug2a to the rescue! feck you disney lol...
So that's why we need sellers like g2a...
No.

Total War: Three Kingdoms gets mod support, Reign of Blood DLC and 1.1 patch now out for Linux
5 Jul 2019 at 2:41 pm UTC

Re the gore. I understand why some might be upset that a chunk of the game is sold separately, even if it is just so they can easily get around some regulatory stuff. But on the other hand, it's a Total War game... I can't say I am every zoomed in close enough to even make out any gore that is or is not there. I'm really not sure what it adds to the experience at all.

Total War: Three Kingdoms gets mod support, Reign of Blood DLC and 1.1 patch now out for Linux
5 Jul 2019 at 12:42 pm UTC

Quoting: x_wingI'll probably do the same as gojul. But Feral, where is my Shadow of the Tomb Raider????
Probably need a tinfoil hat for this one, but I suspect they may have signed some papers that prevents them from releasing it until some time after it releases on Stadia.

The impressive first-person metroidvania puzzler "Supraland" now has Linux support
3 Jul 2019 at 4:43 pm UTC

Quoting: TheSHEEEPThis is the first time I have even heard Metroidvania applied to a puzzle/exploration FPS.
Slime Rancher also follows Metroidvania progression structure.

Valve looking to drop support for Ubuntu 19.10 and up due to Canonical's 32bit decision (updated)
22 Jun 2019 at 10:31 am UTC Likes: 8

Ubuntu as a desktop choice for a lot of users was so rooted in Steam's support of it, that if Valve decided to make SteamOS into a desktop focused all purpose distro, some might even start running that as a main desktop.

Vengeful Heart, a revenge-themed visual novel styled like old PC-98 visual novels
21 Jun 2019 at 5:28 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: Patola
Quoting: GuestArtwork looks ugly...
Very ugly. In particular, their dark skin seems mismatched with their physical appearance, and the bright-colored hairs don't help too.
I happen to like the skin tones and bright hair.