Quoting: bubexel

Quoting: TheRiddickVR is not targeted at the average users except in the case of PS:VR, there is no expectation that people with mid range pc's will experience VR. Also VR only needs to render 1 image, those rendering 2 images have just not moved on.

1 image? what you talk about? it's stereoscopic and 90 stable frames per second. 4k in VR is just a dream atm. Maybe with foveated rendering. But actual VR HMD's doesnt have it.

I think he's talking about multiview technologies, that allow for example to process a vertex shader only once for both eyes. The GPU needs to support it, though. It is also more complex (read: almost? impossible, AFAIK) to do with the fragment shader.
But there are numerous difficulties to overcome with this (stereo reflections come to my mind, though multiview can end up being faster, albeit more complicated, AFAIK), so it also has a cost.

There are a lot of techniques that can boost rendering speed, but we are not going to see state-of-the-art graphics at multiple-K (say, 8 per eye) resolution any time soon, just because the state of the art will progress with GPU power (and resolution increase is quadratic). But we will probably see current-gen graphics on those. Plus, artists always try to use the limitations creatively, which can be a plus, in the end.

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That's very nice, and I wasn't expecting it so early.

Now, I need moar monies... :P

Both to upgrade my computer, and to buy a headset. I think it won't happen anytime soon.
But this is still early adopter stuff. I fully expect the hardware to be better and cheaper in a few years.

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Quoting: HollowSoldier"This newer game engine will be using Vulkan and it sounds like a big win for Linux"

Vulkan too, or Vulkan only? The game is ancient, people bought it according to ancient system requirements and may be playing it on ancient PCs. Getting a surprise update after the beta, that locks them out wouldn't make them happy.

They stated the following on the big steam thread the other day.

1. Vulkan too. OpenGL will stay supported for the foreseeable future; only dx9 was removed [1]
2. This isn't an update, this is a new "Serious Sam Fusion" game that will appear in your library, that will allow to play every Serious Sam game/level you own with all the new goodies (splitscreen, Vulkan, updated graphics, etc...). With original gameplay IIRC. [2]

[1] https://steamcommunity.com/app/41070/discussions/0/451850849186806043/?ctp=8#c133256758576805333 [External Link]
[2] https://steamcommunity.com/app/41070/discussions/0/451850849186806043/?ctp=9#c133256758578372665 [External Link]

Lots of repetition in that thread, but those links can back the claims I made.

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So, did the developer finally decide if colonists constantly falling in love with inanimate objects was a bug or a feature? :P

I'm looking forward to this game. I will still probably wait a bit before buying it, though. Plus, I have to finish my backlog of games that's piling up...

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Quoting: Whitewolfe80Wine is great DX9 support is pretty damn good right now native is def better but wine is not a terrible option.

Heck, sometimes wine is better than native windows :P
The wine project itself is quite impressive...

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Ooh, that's a nice feature. I wish it was in other turn-based games as well, such as civilization.

Which actually leads me to wonder... Why aren't those game playable trough a browser? I think most of them could use some minimalist interface as well.

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[quote=beniwtv][quote=ShabbyX]

Quoting: riusma

Quoting: SolitaryTo remember REISUB, you can either:

- Remember that it's BUSIER backwards
- Reboot Even If System Utterly Broken

I originally learned it wih "Raising Elephants Is Utterly Boring". :D

Read my comment, you forgot the "sync" part ^^

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Quoting: g000hHi, Subnautica and Super Meat Boy are 'gone', but Nuclear Throne and the rest are still there. Super Meat Boy is often on sale, so you can pick that up cheaper some other time. Grab the bundle now ;)

Well, to be fair, I already had this one (and a great deal of others).

But yeah, as @Eike said,

Quoting: EikeIt seems both games are back in action!

Thanks a lot! <3

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Quoting: riusma

Quoting: SolitaryHard lock of the system with black screen, ctrl + alt + f1 was not responding... so hard reboot (which isn't a good idea, I've read that there is a more secure way to reboot the system... should note that somewhere for my next adventure in Vulkan's lands ^^)

Remember Alt + SysRq + REISUB (http://askubuntu.com/a/36717/31099 [External Link])

To remember REISUB, you can either:

- Remember that it's BUSIER backwards
- Reboot Even If System Utterly Broken

This has been quite useful for me, especially when coding real-time kernel modules (and inevitably a bug freezing the whole system). It has also been useful when I was affected by a bug related to swap which made turning off super slow (minutes), so I could just turn off the computer safely and quickly.

Pay extra attention to the S (sync) and U (remount read-only) commands, as they are what really make the reboot safe.

Isn't it Ctrl+Alt+SysRq?

I personally used to remember it with "Raising Elephants Is Simply, Utterly, Boring"
Note that some SysRq must be activated before they work. And the kernel might be compiled without, IIRC.

I also like Ctrl+Alt+SysRq+ F

That calls the OOM killer, which will kill the process with the largest amount of memory. That's useful when a program makes the system unresponsive because of swapping.

Otherwise, I think a Ctrl+Alt+SysRq+R might give you back the ability to switch to a VT (that is, if your graphics card didn't completely lock-up).

Back on the topic, it's really nice to hear continued improvement on Vulkan games and drivers. I can't wait to have a Vulkan-capable graphics card \o/ (Vega, I'm waiting for you).

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Woops, I screwed hard on this one. I wanted to get back home and use my Linux PC to redeem the keys (Linux purchase and such), then realized that games that I wanted were gone from the bundle (No time to explain and nuclear throne -- maybe subnautica if I have a vive in the future and it get ported to Linux. Strike that. Every game I missed. I'm up for a trade with someone else on these (against key from other bundles I might not have redeemed)).
But what's heartbreaking is that, as I rushed to press purchase (greedy reflexes), I forgot to customize my split :/

Don't do the same mistake as me, but be aware that their steam keys seem to be in limited supplies. I don't know what it means for the game that "may" come soon.

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