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Latest Comments by Xpander
Dying Light Major Patch Released, Performance Finally Okay On Linux (UPDATED)
10 March 2015 at 6:30 pm UTC Likes: 1

zero improvements for me

same old 18-25 FPS no matter if everything maxed or at lowest (except distance slider)
lowering resolution to720p doesnt make difference either

so i dont get why no perf improvements.. its basically same fps as i got with my 660TI

system: FX8320@4,3ghz, GTX 970, 16GB DDR3 1866mhz.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28788188/ss_10032015_20.26.03.png

Torchlight II Now On Linux, Old News By A Day, But Here’s My Report
5 March 2015 at 12:55 pm UTC Likes: 4

liam did you change graphics settings or all was default?
cause i maxed everything except bloom and i get dips down to 35 even in places.
mostly its around 50-60 fps though.

what i saw was that the damn game was using 1 core only..so that might be my problem..since AMD perf sucks in singlethread.. didnt test __GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATION=1 yet.

View video on youtube.com

Unreal Tournament Has Come A Long Way, New Beautiful Map Included
3 March 2015 at 7:21 pm UTC Likes: 1

and as always.. quick video as well:

View video on youtube.com

sadly serverlist was super slow to show up and it crashed at the end..so i had to play botmatch

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty Released On GOG & Steam, We Take A Look At The Linux Port
27 February 2015 at 8:56 am UTC

Quoting: sevencan the __GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATION=1 %command% start option be used with every game?

pretty much yes.. some game do it by default also and some games use more cores so if you are limited with core number than that wont help in those cases.. unity 4.x engine games all benefit from this since they use only 1 core.. unity5.x is done a bit better

Oddworld: New 'n' Tasty Released On GOG & Steam, We Take A Look At The Linux Port
26 February 2015 at 1:35 am UTC Likes: 2

as always :D (liam likes this)

View video on youtube.com


about the port.. framerate most of the time fine with some drops.
for nvidia users __GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATION=1 %command% and it never drops below 60 anymore (or at least i didnt see in my ~1 hour of gameplay). didn't have threading enabled when recorded this video though.

solid port for classic.. sound quality isnt the best.. have turn down music slider to hear voices better etc..some volume balancing issues still there. but overall quality seems fine.

Victor Vran, An RPG From The Tropico Developers Will Come To Linux
21 February 2015 at 9:58 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: throghInteresting concept. But I would only buy this game if it is DRM-free released either as boxed version or directly for download on platforms like GOG.com or GamersGate. Not giving any cent for DRM-platforms where the game needs to be activated, even this is the only step to be taken the proprietary client for STEAM is needed!

you do your thing.. you are gonna miss some good games with that mindset though.
but everyone their own i guess.

i myself like to get games automatically updaded and so on.. and if steam dies some time in the future, those games probably arent worth to play anyway anymore..if some are for nostalgic purposes then i would probably use cracked versions or whatever since i already own them anyway.

Paranautical Activity FPS Returns To Steam, GOG & Humble, New Content Too
15 February 2015 at 2:26 pm UTC

Quoting: Hamish
Quoting: Xpanderi bought the game long long time ago and it automaticaly updated to that version..so what we dont get then?

I bought it on Desura and have not seen any update.

i bought it on Desura also - activated on steam though, theres a steam key also.
but yeah seems desura version isnt updated yet.

Paranautical Activity FPS Returns To Steam, GOG & Humble, New Content Too
14 February 2015 at 7:03 pm UTC

Quoting: HamishPeople who bought the game before are kind of left out in the cold though. :(

wait what? and why?
i bought the game long long time ago and it automaticaly updated to that version..so what we dont get then?

Paranautical Activity FPS Returns To Steam, GOG & Humble, New Content Too
13 February 2015 at 8:33 pm UTC

great news, at least it gets updates now.. and the framerate is improved a lot also.. maybe switched to newer unity engine? and mouse is smooth as well... im happy.

View video on youtube.com

Survival Game 'Rust' Fixes Linux Issues, Some Thoughts
4 February 2015 at 10:22 pm UTC

44 hours here..havent really played the reboot one.
legacy one was superb.. alone is hard though.. i played with friend and over the teamspeak.. took like 5-10 attempts before we managed to build a house before getting killed.. and from that point it was just trying to upgrade your things and raid other players houses..

that rust reboot sadly has too many missing features yet to enjoy, so im waiting few more months for that.
in the mean time 7 days to die has been quite some fun.. its the most feature complete first person survival game on linux atm, though it lacks one big thing..servers are quite small.. up to 32 people only.