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Latest Comments by einherjar
Valve adds official Steam Deck compatibility checker, 762 games Playable or Verified
23 Feb 2022 at 10:40 am UTC

Not so impressive at this moment

* 6 verified (3 old AF)
* 10 playable
* 2 not supported
* 45 unknown

Feral Interactive have no plans to update their Linux ports for Steam Deck
22 Feb 2022 at 4:15 pm UTC

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: einherjarIt would be more smart, if they would use Proton tech to manage the compatibility for games.

That way they could sell TW TWH3 from Release day on and do special optimizations.

But hey, they can use their in House tech too, deliver month later and probably without working multiplayer.
"Special optimisations" like....what, exactly?

Don't forget that there is a delay between when the Windows release goes out, and when Feral will receive all the appropriate updates that they can then work on. This is the main source of any delay in release on their part. Feral also have a lot of experience with the way the Total War engine works now, do tweak a lot to make it run quite well on GNU/Linux systems, and they've already proven that if it were up to them then cross-platform multiplayer would work just fine.
As it works OOTB with Proton, they could release it immediately and then do optimizations if needed.

So using the Proton tech would save them lots of time and maintain and optimizations can also be done.

And they will surely get it early enough for testing with Proton.

Feral Interactive have no plans to update their Linux ports for Steam Deck
22 Feb 2022 at 1:42 pm UTC

It would be more smart, if they would use Proton tech to manage the compatibility for games.

That way they could sell TW TWH3 from Release day on and do special optimizations.

But hey, they can use their in House tech too, deliver month later and probably without working multiplayer.

Valve gives SteamVR and Linux a little love in the latest update
22 Feb 2022 at 1:22 pm UTC Likes: 1

After upgrading to a 6800 XT the Index is the next big thing to buy for me.

So go Valve go :-)

Don't expect GOG to support the Steam Deck
21 Feb 2022 at 10:26 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: TheRiddickCDPR GOG still upset with Linux user base I see. They NEVER did recover from those Witcher2 threats certain extremists made...
If they really judge a whole community and the Steam Deck customers by the misbehavior of a few toxic people, that would be really weird, wouldn't it?

So I think that is more like a pure business decision mixed with rudeness (...just install Windows)

Don't expect GOG to support the Steam Deck
21 Feb 2022 at 10:19 pm UTC Likes: 3

Hmm, they managed to loose even more of my respect.
But OK, they do not care for Linux or Linux devices with a fixed configuration like the deck.

So I do not care for them. I can spend my money elsewhere I think....

Creative Assembly show off online play for Total War: WARHAMMER III
10 Feb 2022 at 2:50 pm UTC

Feral Interactive who are doing the Linux port have so far ignored our emails asking for information on cross-platform multiplayer in their version, so we fully expect it to not have online play with the Window build.
May be I am naive. But isn't all the tech needed for this open source? Can't they use the proton tech to make their port?

NVIDIA 510.47.03 is out adding Vulkan 1.3, GeForce RTX 3050 support
2 Feb 2022 at 7:37 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: tuubi
Quoting: einherjarMy 6800 XT came today. So I will switch to AMD after years of using NVidia - I hope I will not regret that.
Just make sure your kernel and Mesa are up to date. Seeing as you're on Kubuntu, I suggest you take a look at Kisak's Mesa PPA [External Link].
I will switch to Manjaro, to have more recent packages and kernel.
So I also do distro hopping after a long time on Kubuntu.

NVIDIA 510.47.03 is out adding Vulkan 1.3, GeForce RTX 3050 support
1 Feb 2022 at 5:01 pm UTC Likes: 4

My 6800 XT came today. So I will switch to AMD after years of using NVidia - I hope I will not regret that.

X4: Foundations 5.00 gets a Beta with AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR)
28 Jan 2022 at 10:40 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: noctHas anyone had luck with FSR on Linux? I tried it on the weekend, but when I enable FSR it loads for a while and resets my setting. I'm running Pop OS and have a RTX 3070 if that makes a difference, but from what I read FSR should also work on nvidia cards.

Anyways, fantastic game, I recommend this to everyone who likes space games and simulations.
I read somewhere, that you must manually disable AA because of a bug. Maybe that is worth a try.