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GOL Podcast Episode 3: Left 4 Dead 2

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Welcome to another episode of the GOL Podcast! Kallestofeles was not able to join on this recording so this episode Cheese, Kieron (madmachinations), and Matt (darkone778) talk about their experience playing Left 4 Dead 2. We also discuss the Linux gaming news from game releases to people showing their gaming rigs. Also, yes folks, we died a lot in our time playing together, we ended up as part of the zombie Apocalypse!

Show Notes:

Left 4 Dead 2 known issues at time of recording; Game stops rendering and becomes unplayable if window loss focus (since identified and fixed in the Steam client beta), In game voice chat does not work when used. * Steam Client based chat was not tried*

GOL Podcast Episode 3: Left 4 Dead 2

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Tomb Raider system requirements released
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/feral-interactive-release-the-linux-system-requirements-for-tomb-raider.7057

RuneScape NXT client available
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/runescape-linux-native-nxt-client-available-to-pre-load-they-also-have-a-trailer.7054

Valve fixes the overlay, Vulkan has a fizzy-make-go moment.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/testing-the-talos-principle-opengl-vs-vulkan-again-now-valve-have-fixed-the-steam-overlay.7049

VP sets up GitHub repo for Saints Row
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/virtual-programming-have-setup-github-issue-trackers-for-their-saints-row-linux-ports.7097

Kerbal Space Program 1.1 Update
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/kerbal-space-program-11-released-updated-to-unity5-new-interface-new-tutorials-and-more.7099

Show your desktop
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/show-us-your-gaming-desk-setup-heres-ours.7047

Steam Voice Chat Stuffs:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=164655181 Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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WorMzy May 4, 2016
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Sorry if this is covered in the podcast, but picking a Valve game for 'episode 3', conscious choice y/n? :P
darkone778 May 4, 2016
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Sorry if this is covered in the podcast, but picking a Valve game for 'episode 3', conscious choice y/n? :P

It was made as it was a game we could all play together and give our impressions on. Something we have all found is that our Steam libraries for games is quite different between each of hosts. So we look for games we all have so we can give our impressions of them.
Liam Dawe May 4, 2016
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Sorry if this is covered in the podcast, but picking a Valve game for 'episode 3', conscious choice y/n? :P

It was made as it was a game we could all play together and give our impressions on. Something we have all found is that our Steam libraries for games is quite different between each of hosts. So we look for games we all have so we can give our impressions of them.
*joke flies over head*

:P
madmachinations May 4, 2016
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Sorry if this is covered in the podcast, but picking a Valve game for 'episode 3', conscious choice y/n? :P

It was made as it was a game we could all play together and give our impressions on. Something we have all found is that our Steam libraries for games is quite different between each of hosts. So we look for games we all have so we can give our impressions of them.
*joke flies over head*

:P



Yeaaah you missed the HL3 reference Matt lol :P.

I wish this were our clever scheme to leak the confirmation of HL3. But sadly we are nowhere near that organized, and also the game doesn't exist. Which is probably the bigger issue with that plan.

.... Or does it?
Muffinman May 4, 2016
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They should do a level that involves a monster truck rally in a massive stadium.
M@GOid May 4, 2016
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Left 4 Dead 2 known issues at time of recording; Game stops rendering and becomes unplayable if window loss focus, In game voice chat does not work when used. * Steam Client based chat was not tried*

L4D2 seasoned veteran here.

-The rendering freezing problem is a radeonsi driver problem no? I think is a bug in the drivers released in Ubuntu 16.04. Anybody using Nvidia proprietary drivers have the same problem?

- In game game voice chat works for me, at least between Linux and Windows clients. Test your microphone in game (Shit+Tab, Configurations>voice), change the volume. If you change your speaker configuration (pressing Esc and going to the game's menu) during a match, voice chat stop work until the next map area is loaded.

- In game text chat can be used by typing "Y".

- Is a reasonable game after all. I only have invested 1600 hours in it...
Cheeseness May 4, 2016
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-The rendering freezing problem is a radeonsi driver problem no? I think is a bug in the drivers released in Ubuntu 16.04. Anybody using Nvidia proprietary drivers have the same problem?
Nope, this was a different problem (running nvidia here). It was related to the SDL2 lib that Steam ships with (the one that's outside of the Steam Runtime), and seems to have been present since October or November. Removing that was enough to get it behaving as normal for me, and people have since reported that a Steam client beta update earlier this week resolved the issue for them.

I'll update the post to mention that.

- In game game voice chat works for me, at least between Linux and Windows clients. Test your microphone in game (Shit+Tab, Configurations>voice), change the volume. If you change your speaker configuration (pressing Esc and going to the game's menu) during a match, voice chat stop work until the next map area is loaded.
Funnily enough, I had a game of L4D2 later in the week and voice chat was working for me and the other Linux users I was playing with. I guess it must've been working for me, but was borked up for the other podcast hosts when we tried.

- In game text chat can be used by typing "Y".
Yep. This isn't very useful in a game like L4D where communication during tense situations is necessary though (even the Z menu is too cumbersome IMO).


Last edited by Cheeseness on 4 May 2016 at 8:46 pm UTC
darkone778 May 4, 2016
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Lol oh no ai got the Half Life 3 confirmed reference, just didnt want to be the one to actually,go there lol.
soft_as_snow May 5, 2016
Any chance of this Podcast coming to itunes? I would love to listen to this at work and my Apple Tv. From what I understand you have to prove your seriousness to Apple by doing three shows or something.
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