Quoting: x_wingBTW, the game feels quite different in the controls. Maybe they switched the engine?

The engine didn't change, but some people have reported that the crouch view smoothing acts differently since the update, especially in local bot matches. I've seen that using `sv_cheats 1; net_fakelag 1` fixes this in a local game, but that's not an option for online games if you ever encounter that issue.

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Quoting: BielFPsI actually think it's a good move to keep it closed source for now until this "emulator"(?) becomes more mature. Open source it right now would probably result in more feature requests than contributing code, so it's good for the devs to focus on the basic needs right now, without external interference.

About being Linux "exclusive", once it becomes open source someone else will probably port it to windows too and I think we should respect the developer's desire to not work in a port if he doesn't want to.

Open sourcing the code does not require you to allow people to post feature requests on official issue trackers. In fact, you could even disable the public issue tracker entirely and relegate issue tracking to a separate repository accessible only via donating somehow (e.g. Patreon). This is how some open source projects handle user support to keep the volume of requests reasonable.

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If I'm not mistaken, the data files from this release should be usable just fine with the Raze [External Link] source port.

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Looking at the screenshot, it seems the Tesseract benchmark is capping the rendering resolution at 1920×1080 or so. Besides, it could also use higher-end settings to be a more relevant stress test for modern GPUs. This is likely an issue within the Phoronix Test Suite benchmark, but I feel like it should be fixed eventually (although this will invalidate existing scores).

The rendering resolution issue is fixed by using the `/screenres W H` command (e.g. `/screenres 2560 1440`).

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It's great to see the project is back. I was worried it would be lost in limbo, which would be a shame since they are now working on support for Liberty City Stories.

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I preordered one back in March. This will be my first foray into "non-mainstream" keyboards, so we'll see if it lives up to the hype :)

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Quoting: JuliusI wish they would release a non-snap, non .deb binary version though. given how many people use Manjaro/Arch or similar distros these days for gaming. (yes I am aware that snap works on Manjaro, but I am against snaps on principle that they use a centralized server for primary distribution.)

There's a Flatpak available on Flathub [External Link]. That said, I agree having a distribution-neutral .zip/.tar.gz release would be nice.

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Speaking of roll-the-ball games, PlatinumQuest [External Link] open sourced its code earlier this year (but then announced that it was discontinued, unfortunately). It doesn't have a native Linux version, but it runs great in WINE last time I tried.

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Quoting: 1xokIs Half Life (2) actually on Vulkan?

No, Half-Life 2 is still using ToGL on Linux. It has less demanding artwork than L4D2 or Portal 2, so it's usually not much of a problem in practice.

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Quoting: JuliusIf I remember correctly this actually uses a modified version of the open-source Doom3 engine.

It looks like modified Qfusion [External Link] to me – the HUD reminds me of Warsow a fair bit.

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