Quoting: redneckdrowTurnip?! I just got used to potato meaning under-powered; now they have to throw brands named for other roots and tubers in the mix? I really hate modern internet slang! :tongue:

This is no slang, Turnip is just the name of a Vulkan Driver inside mesa. Just search the web for "mesa Turnip". Same as RADV (AMD), ANV (Intel), Dozen (DX12), etc. Here it's used for Qualcom Adreno GPUs (mobile devices mostly). Look for the "tu" column on https://mesamatrix.net/ [External Link]

I'm not sure where the name comes from, but at least it's simple to remember and quite searchable.

A few more search hits for it:
https://docs.mesa3d.org/drivers/freedreno.html [External Link]
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/tested-freedreno-turnip-mesa-vulkan-drivers-in-emulation-on-poco-f3.4401031/ [External Link]

I doubt you'd find some info regarding this on Urban Dictionary.

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Quoting: pleasereadthemanualI've never managed to get multiplayer to work on the desktop, despite many attempts.

I had to completely uninstall it last week to finally make it work. Also, I think I had an old Proton version selected, prior to that.

I installed it from scratch, tried various Proton versions including GE, but EAC just doesn't work for me, I guess. I have similar issues with other EAC games like Back 4 Blood. The last time I tried was right after GOL announced MCC's EAC was finally working on GNU/Linux, but...

A short in the dark but, do you by any chance played Star Citizen at some point ? To make it work you have to add a line to your /etc/hosts to block an EAC server, doing so break any other games using EAC as it can't update, you might want to check that.

I don't own Star Citizen. Thanks for the suggestion, though. Oh, and I forgot to mention I also tried the Steam Flatpak, which didn't work either.

I started thinking it was an issue with Arch Linux shipping the glibc update, but everything I've read tells me they've patched it manually over half a year ago, so that shouldn't be an issue. I don't know if the Steam Flatpak bundles glibc.

That shouldn't be related, I've played with the flatpak version on Arch. The only thing I see missing from the troubleshooting steps you listed is that you may need to manually install "Proton EasyAntiCheat Runtime" from Steam (should be listed next to Proton in the tools section). There was an article on GOL regarding that a while back IIRC. steam install link [External Link], steam DB [External Link]

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Quoting: MayeulCLiam, the URL contained parenthesis that I had to manually transform to %{28,29}, I think the parser could be improved :)

I believe I have fixed it, what an absolutely ridiculous URL that is wow. In future, PLEAAAASE don't put bug reports in random article comments - it's lucky I even saw it. Bug reports to the Forum or GitLab [External Link] please in future.

I know, right? My bad for the bug report here, I'll try to report on GitLab in the future. It's just that this was a minor inconvenience. Thank you for fixing it, parenthesis are a common occurence on wikipedia links [External Link].

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Someone suggested [External Link] sending a flag report [External Link] to 343 as indicated in their steam deck support article [External Link].

I submitted a report (see my post in the steam forums for details), unsure if additional reports would be considered helpful or spammy.

Edit: I guess it helps, this is what I've received in the automated answer:

Halo Support Agents will review your submitted media and, if it shows an in-game bug, link your Flag Report to the bug in our internal bug database. Reporting issues to Halo Support helps the development team understand how often an issue occurs, the issue's impact on players, and how they should prioritize addressing the issue.

Liam, the URL contained parenthesis that I had to manually transform to %{28,29}, I think the parser could be improved :)

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Quoting: pleasereadthemanualI've never managed to get multiplayer to work on the desktop, despite many attempts.

I had to completely uninstall it last week to finally make it work. Also, I think I had an old Proton version selected, prior to that.

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Quite a few comments on the update and the steam forum, too, including mine [External Link]. I actually noticed less than 20 minutes after this update, as that's when I tried to check if I had some weekly challenges left.

I've finally started a co-op play through with a friend 1.5 weeks ago, it was an awesome nostalgia trip until now. I guess it's on hold for the moment...

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Quoting: Loftywhy is an analysis tool required for a game that already has HDR and conforms to the HDR output standards, don't we just read that and display HDR ?

Well, that could be an invaluable tool for developers as well. And regarding "just displaying HDR", I think it's more complicated than that, as you have to map the colorspace of the application to the one of the screen (think HDR->SDR but with each screen supporting a different subset of the colorspace). It's probably useful for compositor developers as well.

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Quoting: FurysparkThe only way they are likely to rebuild trust is by publicly executing John Rikitikitaco and all the other wretches who thought this was a good idea. Or at the very least, the next best thing to execution.

Eh, let's not, please, that sounds a bit too violent and disproportionate. Let's not incite towards violence. It's a case of corporate greed, so... Just turn it into a nonprofit? :P

Personally, I'm eager to see if the multiple existing Unity -> Godot converters will be improved. I also hope that the studios that complained start donating to Godot, at least a token amount.

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Quoting: 1xokA 6.1 Kernel version?

6.1 had a lot of issues with DP MST ans externalités screens for me, both with AMD GPUs ans the Steam Deck. It's much better on the newer releases.

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I'm quite interested in these, hopefully they will improve the controls (I heard they could be quite hard).

Judging by the looks of the trailer, it could be much more polished. The sand at 00:13 looks much blockier, straight out of Minecraft.

They should use more bump mapping and normal maps, *that* would be a proper remaster. A few bump maps on these hieroglyphs and walls would look gorgeous. Normal maps could make the sand look much smoother without affecting the geometry.

I feel like this is an area where generative neural networks could shine: recognize patterns, generate displacement maps (and maybe upscaled textures). Normal maps are one of these innovations that have allowed games to reduce polygon count while improving fidelity.

The irony of Aspyr not providing native Mac/Linux versions is not lost on me :)

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Good, I'm really in the market for upgrading my SD's paltry 64 GB. Oh, I so wish it had a second USB port... The more competition the better, for now my options are 1TB from Aliexpress (€50), A local shop (€130) or Amazon, I guess, eww (€100). Or maybe second hand as people are upgrading their 500 GB consoles.

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