Quoting: ShmerlCalling ray tracing RTX is misleading, unless they mean it's going to work with Nvidia only. RTX refers to Nvidia only hardware that implements ray tracing.

Right, I agree, but nvidia made this mod/remake/dlc, so I feel like they have the right to name it like that :)

I will test it on my GPU anyway, with RADV_PERFTEST=rt, get 4 FPS if I'm lucky (same as quake II RTX), and play around with the resolution. Who knows, maybe it's playable at 360p with my hardware (R9 Fury, FIJI, GCN, pre-RDNA so no HW acceleration for BVH intersection IIRC) :P

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Quoting: ShmerlI wouldn't count on ray tracing working with AMD yet, but radv is getting there.

IIRC it works quite well with the AMDGPU-PRO driver, less so with the fully open-source AMDVLK, and the performance is quite mediocre (but steadily improving) with RADV, the community-ran driver that's part of mesa and that everybody uses (which is better for other things... raytracing was not a priority).

One good thing about RADV/mesa is that they added software-based fallbacks, so you can test raytracing even if you don't have a fancy GPU (just get ready to expect single-digit FPS) just with `RADV_PERFTEST=rt` (works on my R9 fury -- FIJI/GNC with Quake 2 RTX, although the game dips below 1FPS when I fire the weapon).

Edit: perf figures for various drivers here: https://www.phoronix.com/news/RADV-RT-XDC-2022 [External Link] October 2022

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I think I see it on AMD, but it's obscured by a fun account alert that I kept around (reminder to order my Steam Deck before 01/01/1970) to see if they ever fix it. Those account alerts are handled terribly by the new bpm.

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Yaay, very cook game, one of all-time favourite. I also hooked some friends up :)

Did you take a clue from my hint? :P

This update was released much sooner than I expected. I have't tried it yet as I'm busy, and it tends to be a huge time-sink.

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Wow, this looks much better than I expected!

In other news, the similar and open-source Mindustry had a massive update recently :)

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Anybody got this running on flatpaked Steam?

I'm having trouble running anything else than the proton community builds.

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Oh wow, that's an nVidia I like, for a change. I might even consider their products at some point.

Godot was in the market for a new physics library...

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Quoting: t3gI’m more surprised that some of you are playing games in 2022 with a 580. I had one years ago but graduated to a 5700 and currently on a 6900XT.

I do game on a ultrawide though so maybe that’s why I appreciate the extra power.

I still play on my R9 Fury, even though it hangs in some games. It was all I could get my hands on in 2018, and while the GPU shortage has eased a bit, manufacturer prices are still crazy. I'll monitor the second hand market over the next months for a 580 or something similar.

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Quoting: JuliusReally a missed opportunity for Valve to not include a stand-alone Steam Link in the docking station. Price-wise it would have probably not made a big difference either.

Oh wow great idea!

Like the Wii U, but placing the smarts in the tablet :P

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Quoting: rcritI found it amusing that the three intro screens for the new configuration tool demonstrate using a Steam Deck. It made my Steam controller jealous that it didn't have its own screen.

That makes me wonder, will they facilitate the use of a steam deck as a "simple" controller at some point? Connected via USB or network. It could also be more advanced and show stuff like inventories on-screen, or contextual (action layers) actions.

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