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Quoting: wojtek88Thanks @tuubi, it seems that's it. I gave it a try and I must say it is a nice way to do a benchmark, but for most cases Steam in-game fps counter does the job (without temperature of course).

I didn't know Steam had a built in FPS counter. Where's it at?

Try Settings -> In-Game. Needs the Steam Overlay to work. It's just a simple FPS display though.

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Quoting: Mountain ManI've heard the "engine tweaks" were of questionable value anyway.

Oh, and the red sparkly tint in the shadows is still around.

Those values showing FPS, temperature on the cores and your graphic card on the left top corner - what software gives you that information?

Looks like GLXOSD.

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Quoting: MrokiiBut my biggest problem is that during the play-through I more and more began to hate Rufus.

Yeah, Rufus is a real psychopath. Nothing lovable about this rogue. Poki is really funny though, in English as well. (My high school German classes left me so badly traumatized, I wouldn't dare even try to enjoy his humour in that particular language. I have absolutely nothing against the country or its people, but the language is like my kryptonite.)

Seriously, doesn't Poki know how to write comedy without making the protagonist the least likable character in the story? In any case, a really good adventure game series, despite the MC. Definitely looking forward to this unexpected sequel.

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Quoting: dubigrasuIndeed, the Steam Overlay affects Vulkan performance. I disable it entirely for my tests.

Is the overlay composited on top of the game using OpenGL? If that's the case, do OpenGL-based desktop compositors have an effect as well?

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Quoting: CuriousA62A2AWhat every backer of a crowdfunding campaign has to realize is that they're really venture capitalists.

No, they're not, but that's beside the point. Stainless didn't go "belly up". They're simply wilfully ignoring their obligation to their backers. At least venture capitalists would have the law on their side if the investee simply pocketed the money and moved on to the next project.

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I agree that crowd-funding has brought us a ton of great games that might have never seen the light of day otherwise. That doesn't mean there's no room for improvement. I don't think developers who actually deliver on their promises without a legal or contractual obligation to do so would mind if others were held to the same standard. Go ahead and back whatever you want to, but please don't just shrug and move on when you get ripped off.

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Quoting: GuestRight now, I feel like the biggest thing missing from crowdfunding is any sort of accountability. At least to me it is a legal consumer rip off with absolutely no consequences.

One theory, not necessarily my own: This lack of accountability is part of what makes it so attractive to developers like Stainless. More projects on a crowd-funding platform means more money to the platform itself. Why would companies like Kickstarter make their own platforms less profitable? Not being evil might not be high on their list of priorities, as long as being slightly evil lines their pockets.

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Quoting: Beamboom... But how are the psp disks read? Or is this just to run pirated stuff?

Like all emulators, it's for running the roms you dump from your legally bought discs. Although as long as you've bought the game, in most sane legal systems it's fine to use a rom dumped by someone else.

EDIT: Substitute relevant media and data format for discs and roms where applicable.

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Quoting: AkonadyBut the game will have a option for use OpenGL or Vulkan? Or the game (DotA in this case) will substitute by itself?

That depends entirely on how the game's developer wants to do it. But I'd bet Dota will let you select the backend if it's released any time soon. We'll just have to wait and see.

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Quoting: AkonadyWell, when released, how can I use it?
I mean, I need download a specific driver/program?
I will need uninstall OpenGL and install Vulkan?
I will need wait the developers of my distro release a update with the Vulkan?

How it's gonna be?

I have GTX 970 and i5 4460.

You'll need to install a driver with Vulkan support for your GPU and a game that makes use of the API. That's all.

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