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Latest Comments by Shmerl
The Vulkan-based compatibility layer for D3D 11 and Wine 'DXVK' has a new release out
15 Apr 2018 at 6:07 pm UTC

Quoting: elmapulthe issue is, to report a bug i need to know how the game suppose to work, in other words, i need the same game on either windows or an console,
Not necessarily. Some bugs are quite obvious distortions. For non obvious, you can post on game forums for those who play it on Windows for example to ask to compare. No need to have Windows itself.

Quoting: elmapulnot everyone is willing to be a beta tester
Then as I said, check for reported games, and avoid ones that aren't reported yet.

The Vulkan-based compatibility layer for D3D 11 and Wine 'DXVK' has a new release out
15 Apr 2018 at 2:22 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: GuestProjects can’t just accept code written in any random language the contributor prefers.
They can reconsider, if no one else offers such contributions. Pretty pragmatic.

Anyway, I don't think it's a big issue for dxvk, since it just changes very isolated area (two DLLs). Even if it's never upstreamed, something like winetricks can offer installing it, like many other things.

The Vulkan-based compatibility layer for D3D 11 and Wine 'DXVK' has a new release out
15 Apr 2018 at 12:40 pm UTC

Quoting: iiariWell, be it Valve or someone else, this is an amazingly impressive effort and the entire ecosystem can benefit.
Absolutely. Thinking of it. One reason someone might want to avoid publicizing the sponsorship is a moot state of APIs copyrightability in US. Especially since MS came on the opposing side of this argument last time (they tried to convince courts that APIs should be copyrightable).

The Vulkan-based compatibility layer for D3D 11 and Wine 'DXVK' has a new release out
15 Apr 2018 at 12:35 pm UTC

Quoting: EgonautYou mean like with the Linux Kernel, which also only accepts C Code? ;)
Partially. For instance, I think it would be good for Linux to accept Rust code.

The Vulkan-based compatibility layer for D3D 11 and Wine 'DXVK' has a new release out
15 Apr 2018 at 12:29 pm UTC

Quoting: Egonaut
Quoting: liamdaweI doubt it's that far off being included directly in Wine.
It will get never into Wine, because DXVK is mostly written in C++ and the Wine project only accepts C code. Sorry to burst your bubble :)
Which is an unreasonable limitation.

The Vulkan-based compatibility layer for D3D 11 and Wine 'DXVK' has a new release out
15 Apr 2018 at 12:28 pm UTC

Quoting: iiariIs anyone keeping a list of what titles DXVK enables to be used, similar to what WineHQ does for Wine?
I just answered this question, one comment above yours.

May be opening some wiki about it would be useful.

The Vulkan-based compatibility layer for D3D 11 and Wine 'DXVK' has a new release out
15 Apr 2018 at 4:41 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: elmapulwhat i want to know is:
whats is needed to an game to run perfectly, and what we already have...
It's a young project, so games coverage is far from comprehensive. Check the list of known bugs. If your game is not listed there - then your guess is as good as any. If you already have the game - try it out and see for yourself and report bugs about what doesn't work. If you don't have the game - better don't buy it then.

The Vulkan-based compatibility layer for D3D 11 and Wine 'DXVK' has a new release out
15 Apr 2018 at 4:25 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: cRaZy-bisCuiTIs there a way of donating him a few bugs to keep motivation up and show my appreciation?
https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/issues/88#issuecomment-380160556 [External Link]

This suggests, that someone is already sponsoring the project, but it's just a guess. Given various compatibility efforts by Valve, I wouldn't be surprised if them or someone similar is backing it.

2nd generation AMD Ryzen desktop processors now available to pre-order
15 Apr 2018 at 3:52 am UTC

Quoting: Comandante Ñoñardo
Quoting: ShmerlMost modern games should depend less on single core performance, that's a thing from the past already.
I know, but what about legacy Linux games? All of them are OpenGL and that thing rely on the single core performance.
Not to the degree that they are unplayable. At least I didn't have any issues with older games on Ryzen 7 1700X.

Ryzen 2 can help there though, since they raised base clocks by default and it supports better boost.

The Vulkan-based compatibility layer for D3D 11 and Wine 'DXVK' has a new release out
15 Apr 2018 at 3:51 am UTC

Quoting: Guestactually one of the devs had mentioned aspirations of DXVK possibly becoming a legitimate porting tool in one of it's Github issue post
Do you know who? I expected this to happen eventually.