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NVIDIA 555.42.02 Beta driver out bringing Wayland explicit sync
22 May 2024 at 9:05 pm UTC

Quoting: Villian
Quoting: Xpander> X11
>dualmonitor with different refresh rates
found the issue

never been an issue if you sync to highest refresh rate monitor.

NVIDIA 555.42.02 Beta driver out bringing Wayland explicit sync
22 May 2024 at 4:18 am UTC

Ok strange issue with that 555 driver on X11 at least. Huge amounts of frameskips (dualmonitor with different refresh rates)




But disabling the firmware fixes it (like it was with previous drivers):
nvidia.NVreg_EnableGpuFirmware=0


im not using open kernel drivers.


reported here also: https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/555-release-feedback-discussion/293652

Its a beta driver afterall

NVIDIA 555.42.02 Beta driver out bringing Wayland explicit sync
21 May 2024 at 3:39 pm UTC Likes: 2

seems to work without issues so far:
xpander@archlinux ~ $ nvidia-smi | grep Version
| NVIDIA-SMI 555.42.02              Driver Version: 555.42.02      CUDA Version: 12.5     |


I'm on X11, so i don't really have any benefit from that hyped up explicit sync support

EA SPORTS WRC is adding EA anticheat, breaking another game on Steam Deck / Linux
19 May 2024 at 12:14 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: StoneColdSpider
Quoting: XpanderFired up the WRC Generations game today. Thatone has gotten quite a few patches since i last played... nvidia reflex stuff is also added which is nice. So i guess i can play this then to satisfy my WRC needs.
Dumb question....... But how does WRC Generations compare to WRC 10..... besides the new hybrid cars of course..... How is the handling and stuff like that???.......

Its pretty much same, with tiny improvements... 9 is a bit more arcadey feeling on gravel at least... 10 is pretty decent and generations has just tiny improvements. Tarmac has been better in KT WRC games than in dirt rallies. Generations at least i feel like has the car weight is more accurate. Cars are heavy..ofc new hybrid cars are heavier, so maybe thatswhy also.

EA SPORTS WRC is adding EA anticheat, breaking another game on Steam Deck / Linux
19 May 2024 at 6:43 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: iorekbyrnisonI'd like to make a note here:

Dirt Rally 1 and Dirt Rally 2.0 both are better games, with better physics and content, and are both available for a few bucks on any good key retailer- and both run gloriously on both desktop linux and the deck.

the first game, unlike the second, is also free of always-online nonsense, so it's my preferred version.

as always, these games from awful publishers with bad practices are rarely best in class anyways, so nothing of value was lost

The problem with Dirt Rally games, while they are very good games, is that they don't have the new WRC1 hybrid cars with boost and aero levels of this generation. As well as missing some iconic Rally locations and don't have the official drivers and teams.

KT WRC games that were released before EA got the license are quite decent games also. WRC9, 10 and Generations namely. Though they might not be as polished as Dirt Rally games, at least with the car sounds and stuff, they do have very well made stages and have official rally ones also.

EA SPORTS WRC is adding EA anticheat, breaking another game on Steam Deck / Linux
18 May 2024 at 6:33 pm UTC Likes: 2

Fired up the WRC Generations game today. Thatone has gotten quite a few patches since i last played... nvidia reflex stuff is also added which is nice. So i guess i can play this then to satisfy my WRC needs

needs WINEDLLOVERRIDES="xinput1_3=n" to work though


And it spams my logitech G920 with the FFB commands that will get delayed. Workaround is to use ffbtools from berarama with:
ffbwrap --throttling --throttling-time 16 /dev/input/by-id/usb-Logitech_G920_Driving_Force_Racing_Wheel_for_Xbox_One_0000c58d7f6b6a4c-event-joystick -- %command%

Feels pretty good and yeah no bullshit kernel level anticheat on thisone :)

EA SPORTS WRC is adding EA anticheat, breaking another game on Steam Deck / Linux
18 May 2024 at 5:23 am UTC Likes: 3

This really sucks. Game where you dont even compete online at the same time, but driving agains the clock, basically just leaderboards. This makes really no sense to add this crap to it. I should have known to not buy EA stuff though. I was hesitant at first cause it already had that denuvo trash, but i like rally games so i went hype mode and bought it anyway. Have 100+ hours in this game, i guess thats the end. Will try to ask for refund then i guess.
Never buy EA titles again...


updated my review of this game also.
https://steamcommunity.com/id/xpander69/recommended/1849250?snr=1_5_9__402

The first handheld to use PlaytronOS is some Web3 thing - the SuiPlay0x1
11 April 2024 at 8:59 am UTC Likes: 5

lol at the renders.

Has there ever been a NFT/blockchain game thats gameplay first?
Epic Games store is full of this web3 asset flip trash or very bad clones of actual good games.

Don't really understand the benefits of NFT either if you can just use microtransactions (not that i like microtransactions either, but for free games its fine i guess) that are way easier for end user to use, rather than creating random wallets and going through multiple conversion things to get something etc.

This looks like its gonna fail big.

Arch Linux changes vm.max_map_count to match Fedora, Ubuntu for better gaming
8 April 2024 at 2:48 pm UTC Likes: 3

It seems i already have changed mine way higher in the past. Still rocking the same Arch install i installed back in 2013. Just keep on Rolling!

xpander@archlinux ~ $ cat /etc/sysctl.d/80-gamecompatibility.conf
vm.max_map_count = 2147483642

Battlefield V now broken on Steam Deck / Linux with EA anticheat live
4 April 2024 at 4:25 pm UTC Likes: 5

Quoting: ToddLThe worse part of all of this is the fact that people have to cheat on these multiplayer games in the first place. It would've been nice if everyone played these multiplayer games without using cheats/mods so that these companies don't have to resort to using crappy anticheat programs that block Steam Deck/Linux users.

thats the sad reality about humanity.
Also cheat program developers earn loads of money doing this...

but yeah i don't understand people who buy those cheats.... This is why we can't have nice things i guess. 1 from 100 or 1000 is ruining everything for everyone else.