Serious Sam Fusion 2017 [Steam] the massive update from Croteam is now available for Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter [Steam].
The Fusion update to Serious Sam will enable all games to support Linux plus Vulkan, 64bit, Multithreaded rendering and more!
To get access, you have to buy Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter and it will later be rolled out to Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter and then Serious Sam 3: BFE and the VR versions.
It will show up as an additional game in your library under "Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)", as Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter by itself is not on Linux, but it is with the Fusion update (which will cover all of their Serious Sam games, as mentioned).
I've tested it out and it works really well! Performance with the Vulkan option (not the default) seems to be really, really good. You can easily switch between Vulkan and OpenGL in the graphics options, no need for command-line junk here. I've only had a small amount of time with it due to other commitments right now, but I will be testing it out some more later on.
Major issue: Right now loading a saved game while using the Vulkan API might crash and possibly freeze up your system. I've seen it myself now as have others reporting it on the Steam forum.
Here's a video of my first attempts having never played it before while hyped up on caffeine! It makes my twitchy aim even worse, which I didn't think was possible!
We will likely livestream this on our Twitch channel tonight for a bit, so keep an eye out. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
The Fusion update to Serious Sam will enable all games to support Linux plus Vulkan, 64bit, Multithreaded rendering and more!
To get access, you have to buy Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter and it will later be rolled out to Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter and then Serious Sam 3: BFE and the VR versions.
It will show up as an additional game in your library under "Serious Sam Fusion 2017 (beta)", as Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter by itself is not on Linux, but it is with the Fusion update (which will cover all of their Serious Sam games, as mentioned).
I've tested it out and it works really well! Performance with the Vulkan option (not the default) seems to be really, really good. You can easily switch between Vulkan and OpenGL in the graphics options, no need for command-line junk here. I've only had a small amount of time with it due to other commitments right now, but I will be testing it out some more later on.
Major issue: Right now loading a saved game while using the Vulkan API might crash and possibly freeze up your system. I've seen it myself now as have others reporting it on the Steam forum.
Here's a video of my first attempts having never played it before while hyped up on caffeine! It makes my twitchy aim even worse, which I didn't think was possible!
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Ive got the original non-HD versions of SS, but the performance in BFE was too bad for me to play on OpenGL when I tried years ago. admittedly I haven't tried since radeonsi got tons more performance. So maybe it is playable now.
But I will definitely play a Vulkan version once stable.
But I will definitely play a Vulkan version once stable.
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I played almost all night without any issue at all, seems pretty solid to me (although I see plenty of issues reported around).
Vulkan is with about 30 FPS faster than OpenGL, but eventually I switched back to OpenGL since vsync on Vulkan doesn't really work.
(I also played few levels from the original Linux port of SS The First Encounter just to see the difference, and to be honest the old version is not as bad as I expected.)
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Vulkan is with about 30 FPS faster than OpenGL, but eventually I switched back to OpenGL since vsync on Vulkan doesn't really work.
(I also played few levels from the original Linux port of SS The First Encounter just to see the difference, and to be honest the old version is not as bad as I expected.)
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I'm also got few wm freezes with Vulkan until i've disabled Steam overlay.
The game runs really great on my 1080 GTX with NVIDIA drivers, the difference between OpenGL and Vulkan is almost double sometimes.
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The game runs really great on my 1080 GTX with NVIDIA drivers, the difference between OpenGL and Vulkan is almost double sometimes.
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cRaZy-bisCuiT 21 Mar 2017
I'm also got few wm freezes with Vulkan until i've disabled Steam overlay.So which one is the faster one for you?
The game runs really great on my 1080 GTX with NVIDIA drivers, the difference between OpenGL and Vulkan is almost double.
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I'm also got few wm freezes with Vulkan until i've disabled Steam overlay.So which one is the faster one for you?
The game runs really great on my 1080 GTX with NVIDIA drivers, the difference between OpenGL and Vulkan is almost double.
Vulkan of course
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I'm also got few wm freezes with Vulkan until i've disabled Steam overlay.
The game runs really great on my 1080 GTX with NVIDIA drivers, the difference between OpenGL and Vulkan is almost double sometimes.
Same card @ 1440p I've got an average of 60 - 70. 190 ish ogl to 250 ish vulkan.
Shame it locks up on the next map load. May try the steam overlay trick later
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Vulkan is with about 30 FPS faster than OpenGL, but eventually I switched back to OpenGL since vsync on Vulkan doesn't really work.The current build of Talos is fine and tearless for me on Vulkan with Nvidia's full composition pipeline enabled and the in-game frame limiter set to 60. I didn't really miss vsync. Assuming SS Fusion runs on the same engine, does this not work for you?
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Oh boy what a time to be alive. I really loved those games back then, I can't wait to get my hands on them tonight. Oh and Liam: you are a bad SS Player :D
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Well, I haven't had to worry about crashes with Vulkan on my GTX 560ti (thanks Nvidia, simplifying my life for me, so considerate!), but this game is still running really well via OpenGL.
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Joeyboots80 21 Mar 2017
Thanks Croteam! Just played it last night and I almost forgot how great the original Serious Sam was! Very nostalgic for me as my buddies and I played this way back in college when we would have our LAN parties (remember those?). Super happy that the rest of the series is getting ported over. :D
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Serious Sam 2???????Yeah... Missing that one too. Was a great game :( but since it never got an hd update it wont be rereleased for linux i think...
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Well, it does work but it also adds a periodic slight stutter unfortunately. Is a bit more hard to spot it though when playing with a mouse or a Steam Controller due to more fast movements. But with an gamepad for example I can apply a smooth slow camera rotation and then it becomes very visible. Is like a one frame jump at few seconds intervals.Vulkan is with about 30 FPS faster than OpenGL, but eventually I switched back to OpenGL since vsync on Vulkan doesn't really work.The current build of Talos is fine and tearless for me on Vulkan with Nvidia's full composition pipeline enabled and the in-game frame limiter set to 60. I didn't really miss vsync. Assuming SS Fusion runs on the same engine, does this not work for you?
I do use it when watching Netflix etc, but gave up on it for gaming.
Not sure if is my specific system to blame or I'm just too sensitive to every little glitch, I'll probably need to test it on different hardware/distro to be sure.
Thanks.
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Serious Sam 2???????Yeah... Missing that one too. Was a great game :( but since it never got an hd update it wont be rereleased for linux i think...
That is sarcasm right? SS2 was the worst part of them all, because they had to scale down everything only to make it compatible with the weak consoles in the past. Because of that the maps were super small and the monster hords were also a lot smaller in number. To top it all of they thought a super colorful almost cartoony look would be a good idea. I think Croteam tries not to think about SS2 anymore.
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HollowSoldier 21 Mar 2017
Serious Sam 2???????Not coming: http://steamcommunity.com/app/564310/discussions/0/135512133547007142/#c135512133547031808
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Finally got to try the radv driver on my R9 270. Seems smooth enough on the Fusion update, only getting a small boost in performance over OpenGL, but it runs nice enough.
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Did a quick run of the first two levels yesterday (still knowing all the secrets, yay :D ) and it runs friggin smoothly with everything on ultra setting with well over 100fps, OpenGL or Vulkan doesn't matter here. Only thing I have with Vulkan, is some strange micro stuttering, only noticable when moving slowly (which is practicaly never in SS :D), but it is there. So I switched back to OpenGL and everything runs fine.
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For those puzzled by the lower perf with Vulkan vs OpenGL, check if shadows are working correctly in OpenGL mode.
At least on my system in OpenGL mode they seem to work at random (most often not).
At least on my system in OpenGL mode they seem to work at random (most often not).
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Just feel it is worth sharing with the GOL community - Croteam is offering the full Serious Sam catalogue for very good price indeed, on Steam:
Serious Sam full catalogue at 91% off (£8.62)
I don't know, because I already owned the bundle myself, but chances are that the Fusion 2017 update is included meaning Vulkan and Linux support for the titles. So far, "Serious Sam: The First Encounter" has made its way into the new Fusion release. More are to follow.
Serious Sam 3: BFE was one of the native Linux titles, from before the Fusion update and that can be bought separately here:
Serious Sam 3: BFE at 90% discount (£2.99)
Although I'd recommend going with the full bundle and getting all the titles on Fusion as they appear.
Serious Sam full catalogue at 91% off (£8.62)
I don't know, because I already owned the bundle myself, but chances are that the Fusion 2017 update is included meaning Vulkan and Linux support for the titles. So far, "Serious Sam: The First Encounter" has made its way into the new Fusion release. More are to follow.
Serious Sam 3: BFE was one of the native Linux titles, from before the Fusion update and that can be bought separately here:
Serious Sam 3: BFE at 90% discount (£2.99)
Although I'd recommend going with the full bundle and getting all the titles on Fusion as they appear.
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