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DRM has been blown out the airlock, as X4: Foundations for Linux is now on GOG
7 Jun 2019 at 9:21 am UTC Likes: 1
7 Jun 2019 at 9:21 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: Guest:D Now I can't unsee it...Quoting: liamdaweDamn, you both beat me to it.Quoting: CreakThat video thumbnail... :DSpace Phallus.
Steam Play Proton 4.2-6 is out, DXVK rebuilt for increased performance
7 Jun 2019 at 9:17 am UTC Likes: 1
7 Jun 2019 at 9:17 am UTC Likes: 1
Nice! Especially with that recent Steam VR Beta Update 1.5.6 [External Link], I'll have to check if it gives a performance increase in Beat Saber. Just a little bit more performance would be nice. That mixed reality thing is quite hungry for resources.
What are you clicking on this weekend? Let us know your current favourites
1 Jun 2019 at 7:05 pm UTC Likes: 2
1 Jun 2019 at 7:05 pm UTC Likes: 2
As I'm at a LAN party this weekend, we're playing quite a lot already:
So much about what I (we) have played so far, but there is more to come. We still have Blur and FlatOut 2 on our list... and we'll see what else. BlazeRush and ShellShock Live maybe.
- Evolve: Yep, that game, that was once promised to come to Linux, when Valve took off with all the Steam Universe anoucements, like Steam VR, Steam Controller, SteamOS, etc. It was the first asynchronous multiplayer game, but didn't work out as expected. They switched to Evolve Stage 2, which was Free2Play, but it also didn't work out. So they've shut down the game and its servers completely. Only owners of the former paid version can still play it, by switching to the Evolve legacy "beta" branch. So you can still play multiplayer via Steamworks and just invite your friends. And it works pretty well via proton. Not perfect, as you lose input after tabbing out and in, and there are some rare crashes here and there. But you can always reconnect, so it's not too bad. And this game is still much fun. If you're lucky to find a retail version, you can still play [External Link] the original Evolve.
- Insurgency: Looking forward to Sandstorm though. But in the meantime, we play its predecessor.
- Aliens vs. Predator (2010): Tricky in proton, but it does work on certain dates, if you copy the ceg executable from a wine or windows installation from the same pc. Works perfect in wine though. But I just realize, that it seems they've shut down VAC support for the dedicated server? It doesn't connect to steam anymore, though it was working perfect some weeks ago. We had to do it via friends invite as with Evolve... well.
- Dynablaster Revenge: A great bomberman clone. It has native Linux support
- Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne: Green Circle Tower Defense. And damn, we are still failing this map. I also have to try D9VK with this, as my FPS go down hard, whren there are too many creeps walking around.
- Beat Saber: Yep, they have a HTC Vive Pro here at the LAN party, even with the wireless module. That's pretty cool, but it's so hot in the sports hall here, I didn't play more than 2 songs... otherwise I would have melted :D
So much about what I (we) have played so far, but there is more to come. We still have Blur and FlatOut 2 on our list... and we'll see what else. BlazeRush and ShellShock Live maybe.
A look at what's on sale ahead of the weekend once again, come find your next game
24 May 2019 at 11:37 am UTC
edit: and you can become a partner there as well (for affiliate links)!
24 May 2019 at 11:37 am UTC
Quoting: liamdaweThis is indeed a very good deal, never heard of that store before though.Oh? They've been there for quite a while already, as their site states:
Authorized reseller since 2006Looks like I have my account there since november 2010, as I was buying some games in the uk version of the shop, which weren't available in germany then (e.g. Dead Island, which is available in germany since a few weeks now officially as well).
edit: and you can become a partner there as well (for affiliate links)!
A look at what's on sale ahead of the weekend once again, come find your next game
24 May 2019 at 11:23 am UTC Likes: 1
24 May 2019 at 11:23 am UTC Likes: 1
- EVERSPACE - Ultimate Edition [External Link] - 76%(uk)/78%(ger) off
This is the heaviest discount the game has ever been on.
Steam Play updated again to 4.2-5 to include newer DXVK, networking and controller fixes
24 May 2019 at 9:37 am UTC Likes: 8
24 May 2019 at 9:37 am UTC Likes: 8
Aah... this is great news!
I'm wondering though if Valve is going to whitelist some more games.
They haven't whitelisted any games since 3.16-x.
But I guess giving support from Valve to too many titles would be too time consuming. I'm okay with that, protondb is a great source to check if a title is likely to work. And we do see many fixes for certain games, that aren't whitelisted. I also guess it would be wise to whitelist only games, that won't receive any updates anymore, so the base game is stable.
Nevertheless, I'm so grateful to be able to play so many games now on Linux, especially those triple-A titles like Rage 2. It would be interesting to get some statistics on the the Linux sales of those. I bet it's around the hw-survey stats, so probably less than 1% for Linux sales, but it would be interesting nevertheless.
That's also why I still like to buy games on Steam. Valve's support in the client (incl. Linux ofc), but also their store (they are the biggest, so they also get most of the critique), community stuff, etc. They use the extra money for improvements. E.g. Epic might take a lower cut, but they are also lacking so many features still, and I couldn't help it, but I had to laugh out loud when I heard you get banned when you buy too many titles within in a too little time slot on the Epic store. A lot to learn for them there. But they'll eventually get into it. And then we'll see if they can really compete with Steam.
Now I'm looking forward to play some games in Proton, and check if I can see a performance boost o/
I'm wondering though if Valve is going to whitelist some more games.
They haven't whitelisted any games since 3.16-x.
But I guess giving support from Valve to too many titles would be too time consuming. I'm okay with that, protondb is a great source to check if a title is likely to work. And we do see many fixes for certain games, that aren't whitelisted. I also guess it would be wise to whitelist only games, that won't receive any updates anymore, so the base game is stable.
Nevertheless, I'm so grateful to be able to play so many games now on Linux, especially those triple-A titles like Rage 2. It would be interesting to get some statistics on the the Linux sales of those. I bet it's around the hw-survey stats, so probably less than 1% for Linux sales, but it would be interesting nevertheless.
That's also why I still like to buy games on Steam. Valve's support in the client (incl. Linux ofc), but also their store (they are the biggest, so they also get most of the critique), community stuff, etc. They use the extra money for improvements. E.g. Epic might take a lower cut, but they are also lacking so many features still, and I couldn't help it, but I had to laugh out loud when I heard you get banned when you buy too many titles within in a too little time slot on the Epic store. A lot to learn for them there. But they'll eventually get into it. And then we'll see if they can really compete with Steam.
Now I'm looking forward to play some games in Proton, and check if I can see a performance boost o/
BattlEye now say they're working with Valve to support Steam Play
10 May 2019 at 8:35 pm UTC Likes: 5
10 May 2019 at 8:35 pm UTC Likes: 5
Finally some good news again! Awesome.
C'mon Epic/EAC... it's your turn now!
C'mon Epic/EAC... it's your turn now!
Easy Anti-Cheat are apparently "pausing" their Linux support, which could be a big problem (updated)
6 May 2019 at 5:10 am UTC Likes: 4
6 May 2019 at 5:10 am UTC Likes: 4
Uh... when will we get some great news in the Linux gaming scene again?
With proton there was a giant leap taken, was it too big for everything to catch up?
Before proton, we got some great triple A titles here and there. We could handle it. Now the amount of announcements or releases of those titles have decreased. At least that's my feeling. And even worse, we hear lots of "news" that Linux support is dropped, will be dropped or "paused". Some of them caused by Epic and their exclusives, cutting us off even from titles that work with proton.
We can play now many single player titles, especially thanks to proton, more than we have time to play... but with more titles our demand also increases, especially for multiplayer titles. And most (big) games make the (big) money with multiplayer... but we are cut off... yeah, I have a bad feeling for Linux gaming in the near future. If we lose that little momentum we had, Linux gaming will stagnate, and stagnation means rip.
Sorry to sound that pessimistic, I'm just starting to worry more and more with all those negative news...
With proton there was a giant leap taken, was it too big for everything to catch up?
Before proton, we got some great triple A titles here and there. We could handle it. Now the amount of announcements or releases of those titles have decreased. At least that's my feeling. And even worse, we hear lots of "news" that Linux support is dropped, will be dropped or "paused". Some of them caused by Epic and their exclusives, cutting us off even from titles that work with proton.
We can play now many single player titles, especially thanks to proton, more than we have time to play... but with more titles our demand also increases, especially for multiplayer titles. And most (big) games make the (big) money with multiplayer... but we are cut off... yeah, I have a bad feeling for Linux gaming in the near future. If we lose that little momentum we had, Linux gaming will stagnate, and stagnation means rip.
Sorry to sound that pessimistic, I'm just starting to worry more and more with all those negative news...
You can now easily run the Epic Store on Linux with Lutris, Epic suggests applying for a grant
18 Apr 2019 at 9:31 am UTC Likes: 8
18 Apr 2019 at 9:31 am UTC Likes: 8
This is how it has to start, I guess. We were playing games with wine way before Valve decided to support Linux natively. And this showed them there is interest. Then Microsoft did its store thing, and game platforms where looking for alternatives. Without wine we wouldn't have that I guess. So yeah, I think it's a good start that the Epic client is now working properly on Linux via a compatibility layer. Which may lead then to a native client sooner or later, especially as Epic is looking for Linux engineers. And I guess not only for backend stuff.
I know we prefer a proper native support, I do this as well. But being able to play now games, that are known to work well with wine+dxvk (e.g. Metro Exodus), it's at least something.
edit: will we see a community driven project like protondb for games that work with wine/dxvk from the epic store soon, or with this be listed on winehq?
I know we prefer a proper native support, I do this as well. But being able to play now games, that are known to work well with wine+dxvk (e.g. Metro Exodus), it's at least something.
edit: will we see a community driven project like protondb for games that work with wine/dxvk from the epic store soon, or with this be listed on winehq?
Aspyr Media confirm the free "Ultra HD" DLC for Borderlands 2 and The Pre-Sequel is coming to Linux
6 Apr 2019 at 10:56 am UTC
6 Apr 2019 at 10:56 am UTC
I have to rant a bit. It's not regarding Borderlands 2, but Borderlands 1 GotY (non enhanced, non remastered):
My girlfriend and I both got the game several years ago... at that time I was dualbooting to play games that didn't work on Linux at all. Like Borderlands with its securom protection.
Now I've read that the Steam version of Borderlands GotY seems to work pretty well with Proton. I just need to get the game into Steam. And google points to this url [External Link], explaining how to convert your retail copy to a Steam version. Great! Well, turns out, it would have been great 10 days ago.
Because they've shutted down that tool on 2019-03-27. I got linked to this page [External Link], where they "informed the community" in Feburary. I didn't even know about this tool until last week, and of course I didn't know about that announcement.
Looking at this thread [External Link] on Steam, I'm not the only one missing either that tool or that announcement. And they also shutted down the securom servers, validating your copy.
This leaves us with a paid but now completely useless game. Thanks 2k. I hope enough people complain about this, so they re-enable this tool. But I'm afraid they just don't care about those few customers having this issue.
My girlfriend and I both got the game several years ago... at that time I was dualbooting to play games that didn't work on Linux at all. Like Borderlands with its securom protection.
Now I've read that the Steam version of Borderlands GotY seems to work pretty well with Proton. I just need to get the game into Steam. And google points to this url [External Link], explaining how to convert your retail copy to a Steam version. Great! Well, turns out, it would have been great 10 days ago.
Because they've shutted down that tool on 2019-03-27. I got linked to this page [External Link], where they "informed the community" in Feburary. I didn't even know about this tool until last week, and of course I didn't know about that announcement.
Looking at this thread [External Link] on Steam, I'm not the only one missing either that tool or that announcement. And they also shutted down the securom servers, validating your copy.
This leaves us with a paid but now completely useless game. Thanks 2k. I hope enough people complain about this, so they re-enable this tool. But I'm afraid they just don't care about those few customers having this issue.
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