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Quoting: stormtux@dimko I'm not an expert in this area but I doubt it's about reverse engineering:

By providing hardware-agnostic implementations of the VK_NV_low_latency2 and VK_AMD_anti_lag device extensions, this layer brings Reflex and Anti-Lag capabilities to AMD and Intel GPUs.

From this quote I understand the new code "simply" forwards the anti-lag instructions to the current installed GPU regardless of whether the call is from nvidia or AMD libraries.

Maybe someone more expert can explain it better.

This is true, Nvidia added the VK_NV_low_latency2 Vulkan extension a while back to support Reflex2 in Vulkan and this change is about taking that and sending it to e.g VK_AMD_anti_lag if the GPU is from AMD so that Reflex2 in a game also works on AMD cards.

AFAIK here have been no reverse engineering involved here at all.

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This was an incredible project to try yesterday. Just note that unincluded in the requirements, your distro needs glibc v2.43, and if playing with Prism Launcher (or any other launcher) ensure that you give the flatpaks the right file permissions to use said glibc, or use a different Prism Launcher package like the one from the AUR.

This is how I'm pulling up to college today. Why? Rule of cool + if it works, use it.

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The sheer catalogue of shit-codery listed in that description makes me think that junior devs leaned heavily on genAI to get this game out of the door. Either that, or they are deliberately screwing up the game's code to make life hard for Linux.

Which is a horrible thought: I'm basically accusing the devs of being either inept, or malicious. Not a nice place to be.

I guess I'm lucky that the last Forza I played was Forza Motorsport 2, nearly 20 years ago, on a pre-red-ring-of-death Xbox360. I went Sony when that died, and haven't really played racing games since.

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When I was a kid, this is what I thought all computing would be like. It's taken nearly 40 years of disappointment to get here.

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I have been pretty lucky playing the game this past weekend. I have really only experienced crashes initially, but turning off RT fixed that. The major issue I'm facing is stuttering that happens every second or so. Turning down the environmental texture settings to low seems to fix it for most people, but then your game looks like crap. I have found a sweet spot where I force the game to half-refresh rate with the textures at Ultra. It only stutters a bit with these settings and still looks good.

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This all reminds me of the OtherOS function of the PS3 for installing Linux.

https://media.datacenterdynamics.com/media/images/Condor.original.jpg

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Quoting: stormtux@dimko I'm not an expert in this area but I doubt it's about reverse engineering:

By providing hardware-agnostic implementations of the VK_NV_low_latency2 and VK_AMD_anti_lag device extensions, this layer brings Reflex and Anti-Lag capabilities to AMD and Intel GPUs.

From this quote I understand the new code "simply" forwards the anti-lag instructions to the current installed GPU regardless of whether the call is from nvidia or AMD libraries.

Maybe someone more expert can explain it better.

I didn't have a look at this implementation, but it usually is just a matter of intelligently throttling submissions to the GPU. A bit like v-sync (or at leas an FPS limiter), if you want. The only hard requirement is to have low level timing information, but that's already available as a Vulkan extension (thanks to initial work by croteam).

Some info on a previously available vendor-agnostic open source implementation: https://blog.ishitatsuy.uk/post/latencyflex/

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Quoting: vic-bayIf microslop really wanted to prevent their games from running on Linux, they would just block it with some anticheat-like measure or straightly blocking it like genshin impact devs did.

You do realize they did just that with Call of Duty Black Ops 7, right? Don't think for a second Microsoft actually "loves Linux", they do, but in the classic "[triple E](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish)" ways, even if they at first appear to be more adept at hiding it.

There's no other valid explanation at this point. The Steam Deck absolutely sold "millions of units", aka, what Tim Sweeney want for him to have Epic reenable EAC for Proton, which was intentionally disabled at first for "that reasoning". Of course, that turned out to be BS, and his settlements in the Google anti-trust lawsuits show it, as does him never suing Microsoft for the same reasons of a "monopoly", which with the whole Windows 8 Microsoft Store monopoly attempts, actually started Valve done the whole Linux route in the first place. While that attempt failed, Microsoft still keeps trying to make lock-in a thing, just like Google and Apple.

The real reason he won't allow for Fortnite on Linux it is because he, like Microsoft, sees Valve as competitors, and Linux gamers as too free from his control, and he can't be helping his competition, can he? (Even if it means burning millions of bridges and more in the long run!)

And in reality, any "code" that runs at ring 0 that isn't the OS itself or FOSS (so independent people can see what it's actually doing) and even more so if it can detect a VM and refuse to run should be treated as malware. Do not run it! And don't fall for that lock-in!

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oh dear, I'll hold off from buying it until this is fixed. Way to go Playground Games…😫

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Quoting: vic-baystraightly blocking it like genshin impact devs did.

source? if you can't play, try turning off the network before launching game

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Quoting: Juergi_HodiI tried it yesterday, but didnt get it to work on Steam Deck.

How is the full command to activate fsr4 for games?

this won't work on Steam Deck as you need the hacked DLL that Optiscaler does not ship. Look into this plugin here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/steam-deck-plugin-adds-amd-fsr4-support-to-improve-visuals/

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At least the prices are increasing rapidly because the big AI companies can't sustain the giant losses any more. And the more they do (and become realistic for the actual cost), the more these tools will be pushed out of the hands of those that cause these floods.

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If you ever wondered what "game ready drivers" are in Windows...

One day GPU manufacturers will stop fixing game engine stuff and force game developers to adhere to the standards. Right?

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Bought the bundle and tried both games. Kaizen is very verbose and not very challenging (so far), but some fun to be had in figuring out optimised solutions. This one seems quite the opposite. Explanations are sparse and you're mostly left to figure things out for yourself. So far it doesn't feel very difficult. There is some challenge in the optimisation targets, but the targets are not really that interesting since they feel kinda same-y.

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And here I was thinking that virtual machine mod was the peak of what we could do.

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@dimko I'm not an expert in this area but I doubt it's about reverse engineering:

By providing hardware-agnostic implementations of the VK_NV_low_latency2 and VK_AMD_anti_lag device extensions, this layer brings Reflex and Anti-Lag capabilities to AMD and Intel GPUs.

From this quote I understand the new code "simply" forwards the anti-lag instructions to the current installed GPU regardless of whether the call is from nvidia or AMD libraries.

Maybe someone more expert can explain it better.

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Then: playing tunes via floppy drives or mechanical harddrives
Now: ... 😆

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No problem, I'll get it on the final sale before it gets delisted, should be fixed by then. ;-)

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People who spend their lives dreaming of having their five minutes now got a tool that seemingly creates that opportunity for them and for a lack of better judgement, they jump at it. So sad for everyone involved.

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Quoting: PenguinThis is one of the many reasons why I love Valve! While most other gaming companies are focusing on cutting-edge technology or chasing the next golden goose, Valve is investing in their community having FUN! And fun is all that should matter when it comes to gaming. Well played!

We all have fun once in a, while Google has android easter eggs and event based minigames, Microsoft has Pinball spaceCadet, [all these](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Easter_eggs_in_Microsoft_products), Meta had english(pirate), basically anyone has tried something with the Konami code and a rickroll.

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Meetings in Minecraft - coming soon 😆

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Work hard, play hard! Now even at the same time!

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Quoting: Eike

I'm not sure why you would want to do this, but you can run a Linux Wayland Compositor inside Minecraft to get various external windows inside the game.

Of course, I doubt the answer to this question always is: "Because I can!"

underscored by maniacal Laughing and lightning.

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Reminds me of USB... so many quirks needed because lots of devices operate outside the spec, because of ignorance at worst or leveraging edge cases for better results at best.

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O Whoa, did not thing i will get to see the day when i have working "antilag" on my PC.
CS2 works out of the box with this thing. While installation requires console - its super easy.

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Quoting: melkemindI'm afraid it might get even worse when the steam machine comes out and Microsoft views it as a direct competitor to the Xbox.

Other devs might support Linux more, but we can't rule out the possibility Microsoft will try some anticompetitive tactics with Forza and their other games.

At first I aslo thought microslop did some shenanigans in rendering code to make the game run worse on Linux, but I don't think it is the case. Most likely fh6 devs did some optimizations, that are just hard to reverse engineer and translate.

If microslop really wanted to prevent their games from running on Linux, they would just block it with some anticheat-like measure or straightly blocking it like genshin impact devs did.

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That is really cool.😀

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Quoting: Kapellini

the continued flood of AI reports has basically made the security list almost entirely unmanageable

AI tools are great... Feel free to use them...

🤔

Might want to read the rest too:

If you actually want to add value, read the documentation, create a patch too, and add some real value on *top* of what the AI did. Don't be the drive-by "send a random report with no real understanding" kind of person. Ok?

What he's asking for would restore sanity to the security list, which would take care of the contradiction you're pointing out. Although I'm pretty sure most of these people will just prompt their AI/LLM to produce a patch and send that to the list, without understanding the problem or the code. Maybe it'll at least reduce the amount of reports to a reasonable level.

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Quoting: Corben

AI tools are great, [...] but use them in a way that is productive and makes for a better experience.
[...]
If you actually want to add value, [...] add some real value on *top* of what the AI did. Don't be the drive-by "send a random report with no real understanding" kind of person. Ok?

Some imho very true and well said statements. Though I think it's still not AI, just very sophisticated software that's really really good at guessing words and giving a good impression of being smart. AI is just the buzz word for LLMs.
Nonetheless, these tools can be really helpful. Like with any other tools, you need to learn how to use them. They can code, if it's good code, you need to understand what it produced. Back then we needed to learn how to google, which search words gave the answers we were looking for. This hasn't changed, today we need to learn how to prompt. Fooling an LLM is easy and even funny the first time. It can give you the right answer though too, if you know how to ask it properly. And reading code is easier and faster than writing code by hand. So using these tools can be helpful, if done properly. They won't replace creatitvity or create ideas. At best they can reproduce or mix something existing differently together. It can be good and maybe even a starting point, yet it will always need real humans to decide if it's useful and good.

What's apparently happening now is... hey I (= my AI that I prompted) found something! Look at me, give me credits! Getting attenting for the low hanging fruits. It always works in the very beginning, and will be consolidated over time. New technology creates new challenges, eventually the benefits will emerge out of this.

A thought that came up reading about the sheer amount of reports incoming reports was... maybe they should use LLMs to sort out the duplicates 😆

The sorting problem should be solvable with boring old testing suites, with CVE-access.
The problem is keeping from using this to clog up maintainer mailboxes.
Linus's solution to that is to immediately publish AI reports.
My solution is to immediately publish all duplicate reports, because they all suffer from the same fundamental issue.
Also appealing to AI developers to create variation in hunting tactics, but I'm not enough of an AI-developer to know the achievability of such a request.

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Yeah, although easily solvable with automation(automatically publish every duplicate and make an auto duplicate detector), mailing lists are in their nature pretty unautomated places.

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