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Latest Comments by Metallinatus
A Very Important Announcement For You
16 Aug 2014 at 5:20 pm UTC

I have already been thinking for a while about writing some posts.... so maybe I may finally start doing it now!
Take your time, Liam, take your time.... I know how bad life can be sometimes ;)

Major Steam Client Update Released
15 Aug 2014 at 5:26 pm UTC

Quoting: Half-Shot
Quoting: MetallinatusI wish I was.... last year I was still using a HD 3000 series card and it wasn't veeery powerful but the mesa drivers worked fine with it at least (and there were not even AMD drivers for it anymore)....
Then I bought a HD 7000 series card released last year and, well.... this [External Link] is how it looks like with mesa.
Catalyst worked (without direct rendering) for one day and then broke Cinnamon.
PS: this is a fresh brand new install of Mint 17 because Catalyst already broke my system last time.

As a result, my underpowered notebook is my saviour once again.
I have a 7000 card on the git drivers which are a tad buggy and from my testing I have NEVER seen that. But to me that looks like a hardware fault and you should get it refunded right away.
If you say so, that is good.... I think.... the little problem is that I bought it in the beginning of the year during my trip to USA.... so refund is not quite an option for me.

Major Steam Client Update Released
15 Aug 2014 at 12:40 pm UTC

Quoting: Half-Shot
Quoting: MetallinatusThe Steam Client is still missing a working version for my PC.... but the blame for that falls in AMD with their crappy drivers, not Valve -.-
The thingy can't even handle Cinnamon anymore in its last "stable" version....
I'm totally jumping to Nvidea in the next upgrade to never return-, but oh, yeah, we were talking about Steam, right?
You must be running an incredibly old card or on catalyst for that to be the case though...
I wish I was.... last year I was still using a HD 3000 series card and it wasn't veeery powerful but the mesa drivers worked fine with it at least (and there were not even AMD drivers for it anymore)....
Then I bought a HD 7000 series card released last year and, well.... this [External Link] is how it looks like with mesa.
Catalyst worked (without direct rendering) for one day and then broke Cinnamon.
PS: this is a fresh brand new install of Mint 17 because Catalyst already broke my system last time.

As a result, my underpowered notebook is my saviour once again.

Major Steam Client Update Released
15 Aug 2014 at 11:01 am UTC

The Steam Client is still missing a working version for my PC.... but the blame for that falls in AMD with their crappy drivers, not Valve -.-
The thingy can't even handle Cinnamon anymore in its last "stable" version....
I'm totally jumping to Nvidea in the next upgrade to never return-, but oh, yeah, we were talking about Steam, right?

Depression Quest Interactive Fiction Game Released On Steam For Free
12 Aug 2014 at 7:38 pm UTC

I've kinda played this one already....
I take depression very seriously, so, I like the idea of a game that takes it too.... just wish the game was more like a Visual Novel, through.

A Look At July's IndieBox With Forced, Plus Key Giveaway
7 Aug 2014 at 11:19 am UTC

This ain't exactly the subject here, but wasn't there an option for supporters to enable ads back?
I am not finding this option anymore :|

Sales Statistics From Developers Part 3
28 Jul 2014 at 11:40 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: tmtvlYeah, that's my only problem with Linux: there's pretty much no good games available. But there's always Wine, which works well enough.
If you really think that so you must open your mind and start to see beyond the Call of Duties and Battlefields.

Sales Statistics From Developers Part 3
28 Jul 2014 at 4:46 pm UTC

I might juuuust give Rust a go after this great dev answer :D
Far Sky seems to be a nice game too....

Valve Have Another New Design For The Steam Controller
23 Jul 2014 at 5:47 pm UTC

Come on now, why do they copy the position of the ABXY buttons from the Xbox controller that is a rip off from the Nintendo controllers already instead of copying the position straight from the original?
The controller seems to have improved anyway.

GOL Asks: What Have You Been Playing Recently?
13 Jul 2014 at 7:02 pm UTC

Nothing on my PC unfortunately because I haven't been able to make Steam run on it since upgrading to Mint 17....
But I have been very well served with Mario Kart 8.