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GOG finally remove the false "in progress" note about GOG Galaxy for Linux
10 July 2022 at 9:13 pm UTC

It would be great to have official api documentation and Sourcecode for every store and launcher out there. I guess steam is the most likely to do it.

Wine 7.12 is out now for improving Windows compatibility on Linux
3 July 2022 at 8:14 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: ShmerlStill no improvement for built in d3dcompiler_47 needed for Cyberengine Tweaks to work. With native override it works OK.
I hope that will come soon.
It seems to be affecting quite a few games together with vs runtimes.

Heroic Games Launcher has a bug fix release AND a huge new overhaul Beta
16 June 2022 at 9:16 am UTC Likes: 2

it is a design beta to collect feedback ;)

I agree it is a bit aggressive in the current iteration.
If i just scroll through the list i prefer to see the cover art in full.
You don't necessarily have to show the full text with the games name. It is often part of the artwork too.
If you need the text, put it at the bottom at least.

Heroic Games Launcher has a bug fix release AND a huge new overhaul Beta
15 June 2022 at 6:35 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: EhvisCombined game view! Yes! Now I really need the Amazon Games Store added to it.
I think Ubi or Origin would make more sense as they cooperate with Epic already.

Heroic Games Launcher gets more Steam Deck and Flatpak improvements
31 May 2022 at 10:12 am UTC

Quoting: itsNottingcan someone please explain the hype about these launchers?
I mean, what is the advantage of using third party apps instead of just installing the native apps in steam?!
just for convenience?

If the handling of the original launchers is ok for you, do it that way.
I think the convenience is a big factor for normal people that just want to play their games.
Integration of games directly in the steam client is nice.

Outside a mobile handheld pc , you have one app to look at instead of many. Compared to epic heroic launches faster.
If more stores get integrated into Heroic, you can hopefully set priorities and bandwith accordingly in one place instead of having multiple apps fight over it.
The opportunities are endless to make it better than the original and custumize it to your needs, almost :)

Heroic Games Launcher gets more Steam Deck and Flatpak improvements
30 May 2022 at 5:25 pm UTC Likes: 1

Flatpaks update a bit later if i remember correctly.
Not always it is heroics fault if a game doesn't work, it could very well be one of the many cases where proton and wine as the emulation layer fail.
You should contact them , write a github issue, ask on their discord , supply a logfile.

Heroic Games Launcher gets more Steam Deck and Flatpak improvements
30 May 2022 at 1:39 pm UTC

Quoting: twinsonianIn fact, it just updated yesterday or today and the new version is even more broken than the last. Something about config files. (Config file is corrupted). I checked and there is a bug reported already and work is being done.
Try the post hotfix release 2.3.5 or an older one like 2.3.3.

What is your issue with gog games?
Sure it doesn't support achievements, social features or savegame sync yet but i wouldn't say Heroic is useless.

NVIDIA releases open source Linux GPU kernel modules, Beta Driver 515.43.04 out
14 May 2022 at 11:34 am UTC

Is there still a reason why RADV and AMDVLK co exist and not one of them replaced the othe`?

NVIDIA releases open source Linux GPU kernel modules, Beta Driver 515.43.04 out
12 May 2022 at 9:56 am UTC

Quoting: ShmerlWow, that's a big deal. Nouveau will get reclocking, after forever being stuck without it!
The Firmware for post Turing cards is not there yet to enable that.
The stuff they released is not complete yet and still out of tree.
Will take time to become useful.

CurseForge modding client comes to Linux in Alpha, only supports WoW for now
11 May 2022 at 4:21 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: RaabenThere was Cursebreaker, but thanks to Overwolf's changes that and other addon managers are left to die out in favor of their adware/spyware delivery monitization client.
The infrastructure and employees need to be paid for somehow.