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usrtrv, do gaming w DirectX 11 vs Vulkan: which is best for Baldur's Gate 3?

I’ve been using Vulkan in Linux with an AMD card. Seems mostly fine except the occasional black boxes during cut scenes (about 15% of the edge of the screen). I haven’t tried DX11 yet.

EnglishMobster,
@EnglishMobster@kbin.social avatar

I'm also in Vulkan on Linux with an AMD card. I don't get those black boxes.

The main menu has terrible framerate, but everywhere else is acceptable through Proton (45-50). DX11 has great framerate on the main menu, but like 8-10 FPS ingame (my Windows partition can hold a steady 60).

DmMacniel,

I have those strange black boxes as well (vulkan, nobara linux and amd) but when I tried DX11 today it doesnt show them anymore.

circuitfarmer,
@circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I’m on Linux with AMD, but Vulkan is a crashy mess for me. Can’t keep the thing running more than a few minutes. It’s fine on DX11 (a few stutters here and there, but hasn’t crashed).

usrtrv,

Dang, I’ve only had one crash.

PrivateNoob,

In Linux doesn’t DX calls get converted to Vulkan calls?

usrtrv,

Yes which is why I chose Vulkan over DX11. But depending on the Vulkan implementation for a specific game, sometimes converting DX to Vulkan might function better.

Anissem, do gaming w The Metal Gear series has now sold over 60 million copies
@Anissem@lemmy.ml avatar

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Treczoks, do games w Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on reveals a proper generational upgrade, though its biggest new idea remains unproven

The key problem for the Switch 2 will be to compete with the Steam Deck. While a good Steam Deck is still a bit pricier, there are a myriad of titles, and the vast majority of them are much cheaper than the 70-90 price point targeted by Nintendo.

NOT_RICK,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

I’m so excited to see benchmarks. Nintendo’s offering has a 1080p screen, but I’m curious to see if it actually has more horsepower than the deck and its 720p(ish) screen. My guess is it doesn’t in handheld mode.

Knowing Nintendo, we won’t know until June. Gonna hop over to digital foundry now to see what their impressions of the Wednesday direct was.

SkunkWorkz,

The general casual gamer crowd who plays Nintendo games doesn’t know what Steam Deck is.

Treczoks,

That might be true. For party games or Animal Crossing, the Switch is still the top choice. For the non-casual gamer, though, it is way to limited.

AllTheKarma,

Nintendo does not have to compete with the Steam Deck. Nintendo is in a league of their own when it comes to handheld gaming. They will surpass SD sales first month almost guaranteed.

Treczoks,

We will see. The big advantage of the SD is the ginormus library of games that already exist, the advantage of the S2 is that they have the Nintendo exclusive titles that have a good and solid fan base. With the S1, it was a no-brainer, the other consoles were limited in their game selection with a small hand of exclusives, and they were more expensive than the S1. The S2 is not far from the SD in terms of price. So this time, there actually is competition.

AllTheKarma,

SD has sold roughly a million units a year. Switch has sold 150m units in 8 years. Most people that buy one don’t care about a Steam Library. They care about Mario and Zelda. Pokemon. They care about ease of use. And yeah, the console is roughly the same price as the CHEAPEST SKU the SD has.

People will still buy the Steam Deck but it’s a completely different audience. One that is much smaller.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

Then tell me why Nintendo got steamDB to remove cover art for switch games that they know were being emulated on steam deck

AllTheKarma,

Maybe because pirating?! Maybe copyright? I’m not a lawyer lol.

DoucheBagMcSwag, (edited ) do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

Nanny state strikes back.

This is the future the USA would have had if ESRB wasn’t cobbled together in haste

Edit: it wasn’t banned, but Mortal Kombat 10 was and STILL is banned because of violence. This is what happens when you inject “morality” into government policymaking.

abbotsbury,
@abbotsbury@lemmy.world avatar

Government regulations are better than companies deciding what’s allowed.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

Yeah mostly I would agree with that… unfortunately in this case you get exhibit A. Australia.

HorseFD,

Good thing it wasn’t actually banned.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

I see that. We’ll just have to see

RememberTheApollo_,
@RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world avatar

Barely. Probably equally bad in some cases.

An educated citizenry that actively participates in government is the best solution, but we know that’s almost impossible for multiple reasons.

abbotsbury,
@abbotsbury@lemmy.world avatar

I would not say equally bad, citizens are at least theoretically able to influence their government in a democratic system; you have no hope of influencing the ESRB or MPAA or CCA

RememberTheApollo_,
@RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world avatar

Equal “badness” in the sense of commercial/oligarchy takeover or the authoritarian nanny state. Extremes where citizen input is token at best. Russia is technically a democracy, but no regular person there has a hope of changing the government or policy with a vote.

RightHandOfIkaros, do games w "There comes a time when we all declare the war is over": Former PlayStation Studios boss Shawn Layden on the future of video game consoles

Then when will Sony stop paying studios to not port their game to platforms other than PlayStation, regardless of time gate? This has been Sony’s playbook since the beginning of their gaming venture, I don’t see them stopping any time soon. Its entirely how they gained such a big market share and keep it. People buy consoles because of the exclusive games.

Nobody would be buying a Switch if I could buy Nintendo games on literally any other console. They would be guaranteed to be running way better than they do on Switch.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

I do see them stopping soon. Those deals are benefiting basically no one anymore. Partners like Square Enix are doing way better by putting their games on PC without an exclusivity period. Sony’s not growing their console business over the previous generation, even when their competition has been destroyed. At some point it’s just money down the drain.

BastingChemina, do gaming w Pokémon games have become consistently ugly, and it's alright to wish they weren't
jsomae, do games w Balatro wins formal appeal to reclassify poker game as PEGI 12

Definitely thought from the thumbnail that it was PEGI 13 -> PEGI 12.

LilBagOfBunnies, do games w Nintendo discontinuing Gold Points on the Switch eShop, ahead of Switch 2 release

Definitely a bummer to lose a service that just rewarded customers for buying Nintendo games, but I buy so few games anymore that they were rarely adding up to substantial amounts.

Still, from being a loyal Club Nintendo member to having earned a couple of full-priced games in the eShop thanks to Gold Points, I’m hoping they have a new loyalty program up their sleeves even if it doesn’t make much sense for them to anymore.

Talaraine, do gaming w Corinne Busche, director of Dragon Age: The Veilguard, departs BioWare

A huge part of my youth was spent in BioWare worlds. They're robbing me through pure nostalgia at this point.

somedev, do games w Black Myth: Wukong producer on The Game Awards top prize snub: "I came all the way here for nothing!"

Haven’t really been following it all - after reading the article I think maybe its because Astro Bot had a larger audience because its generally more accessible?

RightHandOfIkaros, (edited )

I think you are right. Its why Fortnite usually wins in categories it is in, because at the end of the day it mostly comes down to a popularity contest.

I mean, I heard people I know in real life discrediting BMW even being nominated because “oh all the Chinese are voting for it.” I was like what, you think Chinese Gamers only count for 3/5ths of a Gamer?? I personally wouldn’t be surprised if this sentiment was shared with at least some of the judges.

I’m not saying BMW should have won, personally I liked it but it wasn’t perfect and I didn’t play Astro Bot. It’s just crazy to me that people are reacting like this over a video game just because it came from China. They’re not acting like that over Marvel Rivals, probably because they don’t know it’s from China yet, lol.

dragonfucker,

If they wanted a game with Sun Wukong in it to win at the game awards, they should have nominated Warframe for Best Continuing Game

g1ya777,

But its an exclusive, only PS5 players can play it.

tb_,
@tb_@lemmy.world avatar

Black Myth Wukong had one of the highest concurrent player counts of Steam of all time. The game was very popular in China.

Meanwhile Astrobot’s sales figures were lacklustre, according to some reports.

somedev,

I know a couple of my friends were pumped for it, bought Black Myth Wukong played it for a few days and never touched it again.

They really smashed the marketing for that game.

brsrklf,

I haven’t played that Astrobot game (I don’t have a PS5) but I am not surprised with it being highly praised honestly.

Astrobot Rescue Mission was awesome, even forgetting about it being VR. It’s very fun and well designed, with new ideas all the way through, up there with Super Mario Galaxy to me. That team definitely knows their stuff.

catloaf, do games w The Talos Principle gets "radically overhauled reawakening" in new definitive edition

It hasn’t got it yet. The release is still months out.

blackluster117, do gaming w The Eurogamer 100 - 100 best games to play right now
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There must be a mistake, Fallout: New Vegas with 80 mods isn’t on here. I’ll have to write a letter to the editor.

asexualchangeling, do games w "Modding is pretty big" says Baldur's Gate 3 director as over 1m mods are installed in less than 24 hours

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  • hypnicjerk,

    i don’t know if it will help, but you don’t have to care about achievements even if you haven’t gotten them

    asexualchangeling,

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  • Facebones,

    This is me. I don’t give a single fuck about achievements, unless ive really enjoyed myself and (usually) only if I’m most of the way via my regular playthrough. Requiring multiple playthroughs is an immediate turn off, too many other games to get to lol.

    GammaGames, (edited ) do gaming w It looks like 2007's surprisingly alright The Sims spin-off MySims is heading to Switch

    I played this on the wii, was fun and I liked the creativity with building furniture! I was also a child so temper your expectations

    Crazazy,

    Honestly all of the mysims games I played were the shit when I was a child. Don’t know what I would thing about them today though but

    Murvel, do games w Black Myth: Wukong studio requests influencers not include "feminist propaganda" or Covid-19 references in coverage

    Fucking pathetic

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