Unity 5.3 released, hello modern OpenGL system for Linux gaming

Quoting: rustybroomhandleAlso wondering (and please, no pressure, take your time with this) - do you have any 5.3 editor plans?

We've just merged the latest changes from 5.3 final and are working on a test build now. (There are lots of vacations and holidays in December, though - this doesn't mean "hold your breath for a release tomorrow." ;) )

Quoting: rustybroomhandleI'm kinda curious if you guys have any handle on what the maintenance effort of the Linux editor might be in future.

We're still trying to evaluate this. Right now, Linux editor work is hosted on a dedicated branch that's isolated from the development mainline (i.e. trunk/master) and release mainlines, so it's currently more maintenance overhead than it potentially could be.

Quoting: Eikemake the editor not crash on load and save project under non-GNOME environments

From what I've seen, this has been a Gtk theme issue for the people who are experiencing it. You may have better luck if you try a different/standard Gtk2 theme.

Quoting: Seegras

Quoting: GuestThere is also the fact that WebGL is an officially supported build target.

It needs JDK 6.

It needs at least JDK 6. If it doesn't work with a newer version, that's unintentional (as far as I know) and should be reported/fixed.

For those interested, Dubigrasu did a benchmark of Unity 4 vs 5... Quite promising:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/541907867770822642/#p8

Just look for the last page of the forum's comments.

Thanks Dubi!

Quoting: MohandevirFor those interested, Dubigrasu did a benchmark of Unity 4 vs 5... Quite promising:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/541907867770822642/#p8

Just look for the last page of the forum's comments.

Thanks Dubi!

Looks great, hope it will be applied to many titles. And hope Unity guys will find more ways to optimize Linux code.
Cannot wait for Cities Skylines to update.

Quoting: Creak

Quoting: Mountain ManI hope the Cities: Skylines developers are paying attention. We might finally get good performance in Linux.

I'm not sure Cities: Skyline uses Unity.

It does.

https://unity3d.com/showcase/case-stories/cities-skylines


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Quoting: soulsource

Quoting: Mountain ManI hope the Cities: Skylines developers are paying attention. We might finally get good performance in Linux.

What's wrong with its performance? For me (Radeon R9 270X with open source drivers) it's running very well. I'm not at maximum settings, as I had to decrease shadow quality to medium, but I'd say that's more than close enough.

It falls far behind the Windows version in terms of performance and tends to hover around 20-something frames per second even on hardware that exceeds the recommended requirements. It's playable, but it really should run better. There are a number of threads on the official forums discussing the problem. Here's one of the more popular ones:

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/linux-abysmal-performance-on-system-that-exceeds-reccommended-requiremens.842603/


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Quoting: Tak

Quoting: Eikemake the editor not crash on load and save project under non-GNOME environments

From what I've seen, this has been a Gtk theme issue for the people who are experiencing it. You may have better luck if you try a different/standard Gtk2 theme.

Thanks, I will try that on weekend. Yesterday I only found time to do a quick crash report:
https://fogbugz.unity3d.com/default.asp?752348_h2u0eet2qa350ie5

I just cannot find the existing report anymore where several people with other DEs than Gnome couldn't use the Linux editor. :-/

Thanks for making the editor available for Linux by the way. I'm not sure I'm creative enough to make a cool game, but I for sure would love to give it a try.


Last edited by Eike on 10 December 2015 at 9:06 am UTC

The Thea: The Awakening devs are apparently eager to move to move to 5.3. Smart move for a quality game.

Quoting: Tak

Quoting: Eikemake the editor not crash on load and save project under non-GNOME environments

From what I've seen, this has been a Gtk theme issue for the people who are experiencing it. You may have better luck if you try a different/standard Gtk2 theme.

Thanks, I finally managed to get a file dialog! X)

I installed kde-config-gtk-style to access gtk configuration with KDE means.
It was set (defaulted to?) mimic KDE style.
I had to change the theme, away from "oxygen-gtk" to e. g. "Adwaita", as well as the icon set, away from "Oxygen" to e. g. "Human" or "GNOME". None of the changes helped on its own, but both together did.

I've added the information to my crash report as well (https://fogbugz.unity3d.com/default.asp?752348_h2u0eet2qa350ie5).

Thanks for your help!
(Did you know that "tack" is the Swedish word for "thanks"? ;) )


Last edited by Eike on 11 December 2015 at 11:03 pm UTC