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Turns out some Valheim events weren't happening as expected so prepare for more now
9 June 2021 at 2:57 pm UTC

Interesting, will have to check how much stamina blocking a ground slam takes.

In the end I liked the playstyle of dodging them and hitting them in the butt.. was fun to me (more fun than arrows)..

Probably will still kill them that way even if blocking turns out more efficient... for the fun of it

Valve need more testing of the latest Proton Experimental for input latency improvements
7 June 2021 at 2:36 pm UTC Likes: 1

On this PC which has little in terms of graphics (RX460), I can get input lag pretty reliably using higher settings than the GPU can handle:
  • Metro Exodus

  • Deus Ex: Mankind Divided

  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance (without tweaking graphics settings properly, their defaults are horrible)


On my newer PC (GTX3060TI) I didn't experience this kind of input lag yet.

I'll probably do some testing on this old one and see if I see improvements between 6.3 and experimental and/or hickups/regressions.

Pop!_OS 21.04 has a Beta out now with their new COSMIC desktop
3 June 2021 at 9:34 pm UTC

Sounds nice, I still will stick with Solus and Budgie.

Retro game streaming service Piepacker is quite impressive and works well on Linux
31 May 2021 at 9:16 pm UTC

Descent2.. Sensible Soccer.. sadly only chrome and says it does not support my mobile (which is android 10 april patches with chrome).

Well, maybe if they support a linux native app or Firefox.

The idea is great, the license deals will be easy and the tech for old games in browsers is basically a non-issue today.

Grab a coffee and come read the latest Sunday Section - May 30
30 May 2021 at 10:07 pm UTC

Quoting: SolarwingTesla?I have some suspicions. Does Elon Musk fund gol.com with a couple million of dollars? Or is this fake news?
Only master(Liam) knows the truth. Well what I'm talking about? This was a nightmare joke of course! Jokes aside. It will be very interesting what Tesla will come up with. Hopefully we see it benefitting linux gaming greatly. Maybe the future Tesla will have a gaming centre too!Hardly but one can only dream of it....

Reading. Or sleeping more likely.

OpenGL and Vulkan applications can now talk to each other with Mesa drivers
29 May 2021 at 2:47 am UTC

I'll want caution. Badly implemented vulkan is worse than OGL. Or worse than d3d9 through proton.

Valheim proves that. D3D9 > OGL > DX11 > Vulkan..

Vulkan is a great framework if used properly. If.

Talking Point: how about a monthly Steam Game Pass from Valve
24 May 2021 at 4:44 pm UTC

I do not like subscriptions, even though I do have one for EA since I figured it will be cheaper than actually buying the titles I wanted to play, and since they do not have a huge replay potential it's good value for money.

But I prefer the traditional model. I fear that subscription models would end up hurting the smaller developers in favour of the big players on the field.

And while a huge success on certain platforms for sure, I can not see them actually generating more money for single devs with a lets say 10 dollar subscription. I think most gamers spend more than 120 dollars / year on games. I do, and I do not count myself as one who plays a lot.

Entroware bring the Proteus Linux laptop with Intel Xe, a big screen and long battery life
22 May 2021 at 5:55 pm UTC

Been looking for a small PC with ryzen and amd graphics which is as silent as possible under load.

I have to build one on my own, but good luck getting your hands on graphics cards at the moment....

Valheim gets a small patch with a large creature visual overhaul
18 May 2021 at 5:40 am UTC

Quoting: WorMzyWorks fine on AMD here (>77 hours and counting), although I use the OpenGL version since the vulkan one is stuttery (or was, I haven't tested it in a while, also haven't tested amdvlk, just mesa/radv).

I use
 
mesa_glthread=true %command%

as the launch options, which was recommended by a GoL user.

Hmh, and if you do change settings it actually saves them?

GPU whise the linux version is alot less optimized though (brings my 580 to the limit it seems - i use glthreada ofc).

I wanted to replace the card with a 5700, but at the current market it's simply not possible...

Valheim gets a small patch with a large creature visual overhaul
16 May 2021 at 1:02 pm UTC

Anyone else having issues with the game?

I have the problem that the settings in game will not save, and huge performance issues on AMD with Vulkan and OpenGL (works ok in Wine). But wine somehow fails to capture the pointer when building, so I have to to tab out and in again to make it work.

Anyone got workarounds for those?