I wonder if they'll add AMD FRS support to Proton and do some upscale to 800p... Did that with Witcher 3 and F1 2021 (900p upscaled to 1080p). It lowered my GPU temps by 10°-15° (probably not going to happen on an APU) while giving me a performance boost with no noticeable visual impacts. In fact, imo, the contrasts looked better and it solved my fan noise issues.

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Quoting: superboybotI run catia

For a split second, I tought my world just got way better... Damn! Not the same Catia(Dassault) I use at work...

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Quoting: Beamboom

Quoting: Purple Library GuyI'm almost leaning the other way: Making it opt-in means people will feel that, if they decide to do the opt in, that means they'll have to in some way take responsibility for it, and that may discourage them from doing so.

I do see your perspective, and you may indeed be right in that we might miss out on more now. But principally I think it's the right way to do it. It *does* imply embedding support for a second platform, and that should be an option and not "forced".
We don't like forced stuff in the Linux world. So we should apply that same moral also when it's not to our immediate benefit. :)

Reflecting on this, cheaters are already a serious plague in online gaming even with EAC and BattlEye... In this regard, game devs probably don't want to be forced to add new features to their games that they know nothing of. It could be disastrous for some of them.

Edit: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I have the feeling that game devs are probably a lot more involved in AC development than other parts of "infrastructures" (is that the right expression?).

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Deckard? Steam DECK Augmented Reality Device?

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Mmmm...

QuoteWhilst we wish it could be done in a couple of clicks, realistically we require dedicated resource, planning and QA to ensure it runs as seamlessly as possible.

This has me worried... Not for this game, but for other devs who won't want to engage with Proton in any way, because of this. They might just tell Steam Deck users to install Windows on it. That's why we will probably never see the likes of Fortnite on SteamOS 3.0.

Proton is supposed to be Valve's responsability, as per "Valves's marketing".

Let's hope I'm wrong.

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Can't wait to get my hands on this thing...

I'll probably revisit some older Steam Machines classics along with their Proton sequels (for some)... Bioshocks, Metros, Shadow of Mordor/War, Tomb Raiders, Mad Max and Witcher 2&3... I'll probably replay Batman Arkham series too.

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Quoting: Fuzz

Quoting: MohandevirI look forward to see how SteamOS 3.0 will be usable on standard desktops... What if a Steam Deck fan decides to try SteamOS on his/her gaming PC and if there is something that makes it easy to install Nvidia drivers?

SteamOS 3 is Arch, Nvidia drivers are as simple as  sudo pacman -Syu nvidia and it just works

Yeah but no. The Steam Deck will be targeted mainly at Windows users... Personnally, as a Linux user, I concede that a single command line in the terminal is quite simple, but it's still a no go for mainstream adoption... They've got to think about something similar to the additional driver UI that you may find in Debian distros; mainstream users love these shiny things. Even better would be to keep the auto detect and install feature from the previous SteamOS interations, imo.

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Quoting: 1xokThe greatest news since the release of Proton.

I don't really have the need myself, but the AC problem is holding Linux back as a gaming platform overall.

I think we are finally getting past the chicken/egg problem. Linux may not be a system for 99% of gamers. But it certainly appeals to more people than just 1%. If you want to be in control of your PC, go with Linux!

I look forward to see how SteamOS 3.0 will be usable on standard desktops... What if a Steam Deck fan decides to try SteamOS on his/her gaming PC and if there is something that makes it easy to install Nvidia drivers?

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Quoting: dubigrasuSo, Fortnite?

Yeah... For that to happen, Epic will have to make the few clicks... It's not a given!

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Quoting: denyasis

Quoting: MohandevirIs Pipewire the solution to the long standing audio degradation issue with PulseAudio, when it comes to in-home streaming from a Linux host?

I have to disable all HDMI audio devices in Pavucontrol of the host computer to prevent that from happening.

Huh... I'll have to try that fix. Pretty much made everything unplayable for me after an hour or two. Thanks for sharing!

Can't promise it will solve your issue, but for my GTX 1660 Super, it's the way to go.

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