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Prepare for Half-Life: Alyx with the full and complete Beta of Half-Life recreation Black Mesa out now
10 Dec 2019 at 10:27 am UTC

Quoting: TheReaperUKOn my system I7-6700, 16GB Ram, Geforce GTX 1060 6GB, it was looking good, solid 60 fps with v-sync on at the start of Xen level, looking around finding ammo, etc, then as i walked up to the point where the word XEN appears on screen, it drop to less then 1 fps for about 3 or 4 minutes, then back to normal, walked a bit more and had to jump down from a cliff edge and bang less then 1 fps again, this time i gave up waiting after over 5 minutes it was still under 1 fps.

Forced Proton mode (did not force D9VK) let it download, loaded up game and went to XEN Level, And now it runs without the drops to less then 1 fps, the lowest fps i saw was 48fps but most of the time sitting at 60fps, so yeah only the Windows version seems to run without problems, Linux and OpenGL is having some major issues.
yeah same for me with Ryzen 3700X, 32GB ram, Geforce GTX 1080Ti. runs 200-400 FPS mostly all maxed 1440p, but then suddenly drops either to 5 or 1 fps with GPU usage dropping to 0% and GPU going into idle clocks. First time it comes back after like minute or 2, but then goes back to snailpace and never recovers. Native is sadly unplayable atm :(

It's already possible to play Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Linux with Steam Play
4 Dec 2019 at 12:17 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: EhvisAnyway, never played Halo in my life, so nostalgia for me to worry about.
I only played the first one on PC back in the days and it looked outdated even then and controls were slow and unresponsive, story seemed to be nonexistent and it was really not fun to play.

So yeah no nostalgia for me either.

Rest of the games were mostly on consoles only is what i hear. Since i havent owned a console since the first NES, i havent even heard about the rest of the Halo games lol

Steam Play Proton 4.11-9 is out with a few fixes, plus a new release of Proton GE
29 Nov 2019 at 8:40 am UTC

Quoting: Luke_NukemWhy do you need the tool for Dirt Rally 2.0? I've got the same wheel, and was thinking about grabbing the game.
Like @Werner already said, proton and FFB is a nasty business. Wheel itself works but you need it for FFB and without FFB its no point playing those games.

/home/xpander/Build_Projects/ffbtools-master/bin/ffbwrap --update-fix /dev/input/by-id/usb-Logitech_G920_Driving_Force_Racing_Wheel_for_Xbox_One_0000c58d7f6b6a4c-event-joystick -- %command%

This is the launch option i have to use to get FFB working in this game.

Heroes Of Avranche, a new action RPG is heading to Linux in early December
29 Nov 2019 at 8:37 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: LinuxerThere is a highly refreshing comment from the dev right on <3

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1156550/eventcomments/1743386053135676638/ [External Link]

"Cheers guys! I know how many devs neglect the Linux crowd I will do my best to handle it with utmost care! :)"
Thats really nice to read! Wishlisted the game :P

Heroes Of Avranche, a new action RPG is heading to Linux in early December
28 Nov 2019 at 12:19 pm UTC

Quoting: TcheyCould be nice, however it smells like a tablet/phone game, according to the GUI, number of skills on screen etc. And that's for me never a good sign for gameplay and depth.
yeah reminded me Albion a bit in terms of UI, which also is quite bad on PC, in terms of UI layout at least

Steam Play Proton 4.11-9 is out with a few fixes, plus a new release of Proton GE
28 Nov 2019 at 10:23 am UTC

ForceFeedBack fix! Finally. The main problem with proton has always been the FFB support. I guess i still need my FFBtools [External Link] from berarma for Dirt Rally 2.0 to work with my G920, but yeah 4.11 version broke FFB for Project Cars 2 completely and it worked somewhat with 4.2-9.

How To: Fix American Truck Simulator not displaying on Linux with the latest update
13 Nov 2019 at 12:23 am UTC

Im on nvidia 440.31 and MATE desktop. No issues for me. Worked perfectly fine

Valve rolls out the new Steam Library and Remote Play Together for everyone
31 Oct 2019 at 1:07 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: lectrodeHave you tried this setting?
enlarge is allready off, its still has too big text and icons (gamelist is fine, but the rest). I have 2560x1440 27" monitor

edit:

This is what i mean. Everything is huge under the game info. I't could fit a lot more onto screen.
Spoiler, click me

Valve rolls out the new Steam Library and Remote Play Together for everyone
30 Oct 2019 at 11:04 pm UTC Likes: 11

Thank you for forcing a incomplete UI into our face, seems to be a trend these days, Youtube Sudio thingy as well, luckily that can be opted out still, but its keeps changing back to the new sh*t again and again.

I mean, there are features missing on the new one, where is the proton info on games.
Why is the UI still slow and clunky. Why is everything huge like its made for blind people or fits more as a big picture replacement for TV..

im really not happy with this. It needs alot more work imo

NVIDIA announce the GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER and the GeForce 1650 SUPER
29 Oct 2019 at 3:01 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: EikeThe rule f thumb I internalised is:
* First digits but last two (9 of 970, 10 of 1060, 16 of 1650) is the generation.
* Last two digits is the class inside the generation (the higher, the better).
I don't know if it's still the case, but I used to compare the speed of one generation newer, one class below, like 970 has about the potential of 1060.

Don't believe me without checking actual performance benchmarks.
Yeah pretty much nailed. except the 16 vs 20 differences are quite strange these days. 20 has RTX and 16 doesnt, but 1660 Super and 2060 in theory will be quite similar in terms of perf.

But other than that yeah, usually this applies that previous generation xx70 is about same perf as next generation xx60 and so on. Thats roughly only though, some Games take advantage of new GPU features more and some older games might be better on older generation higher end GPU.

Same goes to AMD minus the Navi series which numbering is a bit different but still first number is the generation and second is the power of that generation.