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It's Sunday, I'm extremely tired after a long day and I've been coding away at the new PC Specifications feature for user profiles so I don't really have time to post up news articles tonight (it's getting late). So I ask you: What are you playing, and what do you think?

I've been playing Stellaris, and you will know what I think about it tomorrow! I've already sunk 5.3 hours into it according to Steam, blimey!

Apart from that I have been enjoying Tomb Raider up to the last fire-fight I was in where sadly the framerate went really bad and it became a struggle. I don't really want to play any more right now until they put out some form of performance patch as that last bit I did sadly soured it for me.

As for random news, we are aware the new Doom has been shown off running on Vulkan, I'm not going to give it a news article since it's not coming to Linux and really doesn't mean anything for us directly (you can stop sending it in now :P) Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Farmboy0 May 9, 2016
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: Farmboy0I played some Human Resource Machine but the puzzles are simply not challenging. Still an enjoyable game.

I found some optimization puzzles to be challenging.
Btw, they said that all speed optimization challenges except the obvious case are solvable without loop unrolling:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/375820/discussions/0/483367798509740473/?l=german#c483367798509830249
Didn't suceed without for all of them, though.

I have been going for the size optimization challenges. Mostly this gets you the steps optimization challenge too but not always or I haven't looked hard enough.


Last edited by Farmboy0 on 9 May 2016 at 7:08 pm UTC
mrdeathjr May 9, 2016
More testing (native and non native) than playing as always however in middle on this can test various games case


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dilly May 10, 2016
I have been playing x-rebirth and it's awesome! One of my favorites games ever!
Shmerl May 10, 2016
Quoting: AnxiousInfusionShmerl, how do you get GOG games to launch on Debian? Do they need 32 bit libraries?

If you mean native games, and they are 32-bit, you will need various 32-bit libs, like support for PulseAudio, SDL and such. They are usually listed in the GOG game card requirements.

You need to enable multiarch first:

dpkg --add-architecture i386

If you mean Wine, then also, to run 32-bit games in Wine you need to have certain 32-bit libraries. Simply installing wine will already pull in lot's of them.


Last edited by Shmerl on 10 May 2016 at 2:55 am UTC
Eike May 10, 2016
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Quoting: Farmboy0I have been going for the size optimization challenges. Mostly this gets you the steps optimization challenge too but not always or I haven't looked hard enough.

For many of the more complex puzzles, you can do either speed or steps in one program.
But you can start the next program (there are tabs for thee programs in the upper right) and do the other challenge as well.
Seegras May 10, 2016
7 Days to Die. Since Alpha 14.6 the Linux version is playable again (the broke the shaders in 14.5), although there are some snags:

- It used to be extremely fast in 13.8 to start up, until the main menu appeared. Now it takes minutes (?). From main menu to game it's also slower, but still rather fast.

- There's a bug with tone mapping or bloom or something, making light sources and bright surfaces on Linux _extremely_ bright.

- There's still some weirdness with scavenging. Things that are not very scarce in real life, but extremely so in 7DTD. Like loads of zombie lumberjacks, but chainsaws extremely scarce. Or that you can't find loads of cement in any construction site.

And the good:

- 13.8 had a lot of out-of-memory crashes, these are mostly gone.

- The skill system has been revamped, and I think it's become rather nice.
Farmboy0 May 10, 2016
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: Farmboy0I have been going for the size optimization challenges. Mostly this gets you the steps optimization challenge too but not always or I haven't looked hard enough.

For many of the more complex puzzles, you can do either speed or steps in one program.
But you can start the next program (there are tabs for thee programs in the upper right) and do the other challenge as well.

Yeah I saw that but I have solved all the puzzles using the size challenge so far. Most of the time you can solve the speed challenge that way too.
Silas Mortimer May 11, 2016
I finished Cradle, but have spent more time in it since, both for just enjoying its world (a desolate, but beautiful corner of Mongolia) as it's laid out, as well as for completing achievements. The achievements help in working out the cryptic plot and ending, which is something I love, being a fan of films of that sort. It's such a beautiful game and I look forward to anything the developers put out going forward.

I recently purchased Saints Row IV and V and have been playing through IV. Love the ridiculous jumping. And it's pretty funny. I'm new to the Saints Row series, so this is my first taste.

The Last Door 2. I'm taking breaks between chapters just to make it last longer. I loved the first episode and this one is building up to be just as good it seems. The first game was just possibly the best representation of Lovecraft-style horror I've ever seen.

And, as always, the Binding of Isaac:Afterbirth and Left4Dead2. Who knows when I'll get tired of BoI (I spent untold hours on the flash version, too) and L4D2 is great for just a quick play with no commitment.
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