Woah :woot:
Well, one step further with better implementations for nVidia users. If it manages to get on par feature-wise (e.g. supporting nvenc, async reprojection for VR, etc.) with the proprietary driver, heck yeah! If nVidia would only go the same way AMD did with their support for the open source drivers and community...

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Quoting: gradyvuckovicHere's an alternative way of looking at the numbers:

September 2019 - 0.83%
September 2020 - 0.94% (+0.11%)
September 2021 - 1.05% (+0.11%)
September 2022 - 1.23% (+0.18%)

I think this is even an important way to look at it, as according to Valve users are counted only once per year.

I don't know how they count the Steam Decks into this, my turn each year is August and though I had my Steam Deck by then, I didn't see a popup, neither in gaming mode nor in desktop mode. I guess they do it under the hood and you can't opt out?

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I'm pretty sad they are shutting down the service. I enjoyed playing on it, I had good performance, good visuals, good latency. And it enabled me playing games, I wouldn't be able to play otherwise. I've even been a pro subscriber from the beginning, nevertheless I bought some games there, e.g. The Division 2, Chorus, even Cyberpunk 2077 (before plagman2 tweeted about Proton support on day 1)... I completed Metro Exodus on Stadia.
My little son was playing with friends on a regular basis on our TV...

Yeah, I'll miss Stadia. RIP.

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And there is even a VR mod for it (in the works) :woot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3mzQDQ-iiE [External Link]

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These iterations are very interesting to see. I also enjoyed looking at all the prototypes they've shown when the Steam Controller released.

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Hihi, that banner pic with the 3 eggrolls :woot:

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Quoting: slaapliedjeNice! Definitely need to make some space for it now... I think Ray Tracing was the only reason I initially installed it in Windows.

It tanks performance of course, even below 30 FPS. But with DLSS, everything set to ultra, I get back to a decent framerate on 1080p: ~50 FPS (3070 OC, i9 9900).
Honestly though, if I don't pay close attention, I don't really realize a difference in visual quality. The game did look really great for me already without RT.

Before you need to search for the launch parameters:
VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr11 VKD3D_FEATURE_LEVEL=12_1 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 %command% --launcher-skip

Thanks CDPR for making the launcher skippable.

Live testing was done here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1584568336?t=3h39m30s [External Link]

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What's also fixed:
- Raytracing for nVidia cards in cyberpunk 2077
- EOS/EAC in Insurgency: Sandstorm

No idea, when these two things started to work with experimental, but they do currently not work with 7.0-4. This is awesome!

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Really a shame that another Kickstarter promise is broken like this.

I didn't back this, I missed the deadline by one day, but I would have backed it just because of the promise of a native Linux version. I still do prefer native Linux builds, and I want to explicitly support this effort.

But my stance has changed. I still want to support those devs who decide on a native build, but it's now more about, do I want to play this game? Is it a game I'm interested in and that I want to support? I probably will be able to play it on Linux with Proton. And that's what I'm now concerned about mostly. Does it work on Linux? And if devs decide on supporting Proton, I can live with that. Eventually this (among other reasons) is why Valve has made Proton.

Sure, it's not the same. It feels different. Especially breaking a promise is always a sting. And looks like in this case they didn't put in the proper research if a native Linux build will be possible for them. Maybe experience is lacking, maybe something they need is broken, many reasons possible. That they broke the promise is the real bummer. Not, that the game will still run on Linux, just now using Proton.

Broken promises like this is what kills trust in Crowdfunding. And that hurts other projects already now and will hurt more projects in the future. Of course you've read about the risks, you accepted them when backing... and you will back less because light-minded promises have been made and not fulfilled in the end.

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Together with Death Stranding and now Horizon Zero Dawn... despite its issues, Cyberpunk 2077 is among the best games I've ever played. During my playthrough I didn't expect any severe bugs, with Patch 1.5 performance got a lot better, while I've been playing it with DLSS before the patch and without after 1.5. It's a fantastic game! Story is awesome, world is immersive, characters are well written, incredible soundtrack... if you're into sci-fi open world games, this is for you!

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