sp6 3 days ago • 100%
@helios@social.ggbox.fr @griefreeze@lemmy.world, a Respawn employee responded on reddit and wants a list of user IDs/gamertags for those banned on linux:
https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/1fi77vs/comment/lnh13kj/?context=8
sp6 6 days ago • 100%
EDIT: A Respawn employee on reddit is now asking for the user ID/gamertag of those banned on linux: https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/1fi77vs/comment/lnh13kj/?context=8
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Looks like you're not the only one:
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1f5kyd1/psa_using_proton_experimental_or_at_least/
https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1ffxfjb/apex_legends_proton_epic_bug_that_do_that/
They've falsely banned linux players before, once in March 2023 and again in August 2023.
I got hit in the Aug 2023 ban, and had my permaban overturned after 1-2 weeks. Expect to have your appeal rejected, we had to make enough of a fuss about it to get a community manager to reach out to the development team to get people unbanned:
https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/15uqt7w/linux_users_getting_falsely_banned_again/
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Linux-players-getting-banned/td-p/12338557/page/50
I haven't played in 9-10 months since the false positive put a really bad taste in my mouth, so I don't have any datapoints to add for the current state of things, but I wish you the best of luck getting unbanned.
sp6 1 week ago • 100%
Don't worry, Seth Evans (touring and studio musician for Black Midi) helped produce this song, and Black Midi's drummer (Morgan Simpson) is credited on Greep's new album, which is set to release in a month: https://open.spotify.com/prerelease/6uPLM4h3oBnZ3IKUL4f20H
Cameron Picton is also doing a solo project called CameraPicture or something
sp6 1 week ago • 66%
sp6 3 weeks ago • 100%
I had a very similar issue with Heroic Games Launcher (streaming to steam link, steam shortcut added, game thought I was using mouse and keyboard instead of controller). I fixed it by enabling "minimize heroic on game launch" in Heroic's options. Maybe see if something similar exists for Lutris
sp6 3 weeks ago • 100%
For the lazy, three of his kids died before 30:
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain: died at 75y/o (heart attack)
- Wife Olivia Langdon Clemens: died at 58y/o (heart failure)
- Son Langdon Clemens: died at 19 months (diptheria)
- Daughter Suzy Clemens: died at 24y/o (spinal meningitis)
- Daughter Clara Clemens: died at 88y/o (likely overdose)
- Daughter Jean Clemens: died at 29y/o (drowned in bathtub after epileptic seizure)
Worth noting the life expectancy when Mark Twain was born was about 60-65, so he did outlive the average by 10-15 years. But this is still more due to his children having tragic deaths rather than his longevity.
sp6 4 weeks ago • 100%
It's a shooter with no aim assist, and the UI isn't setup particularly well for controller (at least not yet)
sp6 4 weeks ago • 100%
Valve has manually selected the game to be run with proton experimental under linux, and it works on my linux desktop. So it will probably at least run on Deck, but I don't imagine it's a very controller-friendly game. I have no idea about Mac.
sp6 1 month ago • 100%
Comet has a list of supported requests on their github readme, and at least the achievement requests seem to be present. I'm not sure if Heroic utilizes them though
sp6 2 months ago • 100%
One of my main tools has been SteamDB's instant search - it's basically a giant list of all steam games, sorted by review score, with a TON of different filters you can apply. Looking specifically for something released this year? You can filter for it. Looking specifically for a co-op action shooter, or a singleplayer 2d platformer? You can filter for those too. Wanting to exclude early access games or exclude games with a min/max number of reviews? You can do that too. Very handy tool
sp6 2 months ago • 100%
If you or your family care about privacy, their Android app has fewer trackers (see Spotify v. Apple Music).
sp6 2 months ago • 100%
Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed Collection is a blast if you're okay with a kart racer.
Flatout 2 is the OG combat racer.
If you're looking for a true "racing sim" type game I would probably recommend one of the Assetto Corsa games, either the original or competizione.
CarX Drift Racing Online is probably not what you expect, but is really fun. Not exactly a traditional "racing" game because you don't compete for time, but rather compete for "drift points," with longer/wider drifts getting more score. It has a surprisingly thorough singleplayer mode, and the multiplayer is relatively relaxed. Multiplayer is setup in an open-world style; you join a big lobby and can just drive around with friends or randoms without actually competing for anything, although people in each lobby can start competitions that everyone else can opt-in to. The main reason I'm recommending it is it has very thorough car customization and is a chill, non-competitive driving game, whether that be singleplayer or multiplayer.
Source is Tyler McVicker/Valve News Network: https://x.com/Tyler_McV/status/1806415701311430753
sp6 3 months ago • 100%
Valve has taken a single step on the treadmill. I'm hopeful they'll keep it up, but we saw what happened after #SaveTF2 2yrs ago.
sp6 3 months ago • 93%
English-speaking population is about 1.5 billion worldwide and 300 million of that is in the US (first language or additional language), so the US is about 20% of the world's English speakers. The 2nd and 3rd countries with the most English-speakers are India and Nigeria, so factor in internet access, and the US is almost certainly >20% of the English-speaking internet.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population
sp6 3 months ago • 92%
Looks like Lemmy.world has the entire instance blocked: https://lemmy.world/instances
Was wondering why I hadn't heard of this bot before...
sp6 3 months ago • 100%
Seems like a peaceful hobby. !birding@lemmy.world has a whopping 3.4k subscribers, so it seems to be relatively popular around here too.
sp6 4 months ago • 100%
Not too different. The bot problem started in... early 2020 maybe? Then it took about 2yrs for community leaders to start the first push of #SaveTF2 in 2022. Valve did a little bit back then to help (votekick changes especially helped), and things were good for a few months... but ultimately, things have slowly gotten bad again (if not worse). It's been 2yrs since #SaveTF2, so it was about time for another round, this time rebranded as #FixTF2.
sp6 4 months ago • 100%
Save.tf has the full rundown. But basically, if you join TF2's casual mode (TF2's most popular game mode), there's a 50/50 chance the server will be overrun with user-created bots. These bots have aimbot, pick sniper, and instantly kill anyone who comes into their line of sight. They also try to votekick real players, and if there are enough bots in the match, usually succeed. The bot hosters are trolls who just want to ruin the game for everyone, and have gone as far as swatting the lead developer of MegaAntiCheat, a user-created anti-cheat for TF2.
There's been a big #FixTF2 / #SaveTF2 social media push recently, trying to push Valve to do anything to try to solve the bot problem. After a day or two of getting no response from Valve, people resorted to review-bombing the game.
sp6 4 months ago • 100%
I thought this might be a similar situation to Ghost of Tsushima where a PSN account is only required for online play, but Ragnarok has no multiplayer.
I don't understand why Sony is so insistent on this. PSN is still unsupported in 170+ territories; this requirement is just going to turn most of those "would-be" buyers in those territories into pirates.
sp6 4 months ago • 100%
Non-reddit link: https://save.tf
sp6 4 months ago • 100%
SteamOS uses PipeWire, Pulse Audio isn't even installed
sp6 4 months ago • 100%
You didn't list your distro, but I had the same issue on Pop!_OS. I fixed it by modifying the ALSA properties in /usr/share/wireplumber/main.lua.d/50-alsa-config.lua
. I'd first try uncommenting headroom
and changing it to 1024, then logging out and back in. If that doesn't work, go 2048. If that still doesn't work, then I'd maybe try adjusting period-size
.
For me, a value in the ~1200 range for headroom fixed it completely. But it will entirely depend on your sound card/hardware. And note, these values will probably be overwritten with any wireplummer updates.
Also keep in mind, increasing headroom will increase audio latency, so try not to increase it too drastically.
sp6 4 months ago • 100%
Note the vast majority of these bots are either trading bots or idler bots - NOT the "hacker" bots that infest casual mode. The hacker bots are actually included in the real player counter, and are estimated to be <1000 (from the recent "TF2: Nobody's Home" video).
A website that estimates the amount of bots currently logged in to TF2
sp6 4 months ago • 100%
Keep in mind this is still in open beta, according to Moonlight.tf's steam announcement. Still, looks fun!
sp6 4 months ago • 66%
Still exclusive to Google/Samsung proprietary apps. AFAIK they also do extensive SafetyNet attestation checks, so it isn't even possible requires a bit of work (see below) to use RCS on a custom ROM like GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, DivestOS, or LineageOS, or even a rooted stock OS. Unless that does a complete 180°, I'm sticking with Signal
sp6 4 months ago • 100%
These don't exactly "fit in" with the rest of the list, but on Deck I've personally had a blast with CarX Drift Racing Online and the Sonic &ASRT Collection
sp6 4 months ago • 100%
This is already fixed in proton experimental bleeding-edge.
sp6 5 months ago • 92%
Unfortunately they block old reddit for VPN users now
sp6 5 months ago • 100%
For anyone wondering why the first-past-the-post voting system (used by most countries) is bad, what the alternatives are, and why those alternatives are better, Nicky Case has an excellent write-up that covers all of that: https://ncase.me/ballot/
sp6 5 months ago • 14%
There are major cheating and botting issues in Valve's games because Valve has ~360 employees, where a company like Riot has 4,200+, 10x+ Valve's headcount. The manpower issue is the problem, not the lack of kernel-level AC.
sp6 5 months ago • 100%
I specifically bought a Pixel 5a because it was the last Pixel with a headphone jack. Then after a year, it died on me, and they sent me a 6a as a replacement.
I miss the jack. A lot. But it's hard to justify buying a whole new phone for one. Once this one dies, I don't know what I'll do.
sp6 5 months ago • 100%
I would check the linux gaming wiki's distro recommendations: https://linux-gaming.kwindu.eu/index.php?title=Getting_started_with_Linux#Recommendations
Mint is fine for daily use type stuff, but there are some odd gaming bugs. IIRC Cinnamon (Mint's default desktop environment) specifically has higher input lag than Gnome or KDE, and Lutris dropped official Mint support due to issues from Mint's tweaks.
I personally use Pop!_OS and it's been pretty good, although I have been a little frustrated about the 22.04 base, as I've noticed some packages (like Mangohud and GOverlay) are very out of date. But aside from that, I have no complaints.
sp6 5 months ago • 100%
This game has been free on Epic, free on GOG through Prime gaming, and free through gamepass. Does anyone know if they're counting those free claims as "sales"?
sp6 5 months ago • 66%
Gamepass isn't for me, but dual booting for it is understandable. But office? I've found LibreOffice and OnlyOffice are usually "good enough," and if you really need true MS Office, I believe they offer web editors now
sp6 5 months ago • 100%
Note this vid was part of a marketing campaign for the 2014 movie Into the Storm. Although part of me definitely wishes it were real
sp6 5 months ago • 100%
Considering Counter-Strike 2 completely dropped Mac support, I highly doubt it
sp6 5 months ago • 100%
I cannot find any info about this. Source?
sp6 5 months ago • 96%
400+, paid for 0. Won't give them a dime until Sweeney stops with his anti-linux shenanigans, and the "buying exclusivity" thing doesn't make me too happy either
sp6 5 months ago • 100%
Both Bitwarden and KeePass are very secure, certainly much better than something like Lastpass...
Bitwarden's server and client are open source and completely E2EE (similar to Signal, the server is zero-knowledge). And even if you don't trust Bitwarden's official server, you can host your own.
KeePass is fine too, but it doesn't have a centralized server like Bitwarden. You have to use other tools to sync your vault between devices. Which some people prefer, but others dislike. Just depends on your preference.
sp6 5 months ago • 100%
50/50 chance this breaks Deck and linux support, especially since the commenters' inquiries about it have gone unanswered. Bogles my mind why a PvE game needs an anti-cheat at all - let alone something as invasive as a rootkit. Source is the dev's post on, unfortunately, reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/19dp2qw/helldivers_2_nprotect_gameguard_anticheat/
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11085299 > For those unaware, the linux version of TF2 is still 32bit, and runs on ToGL - a DirectX to OpenGL translation layer. > > A few days ago, Valve published a TF2 private branch called "x64_linux_test": https://steamdb.info/changelist/21975149/ > > Then a few hours ago, Valve update TF2's "App Config" to include references to x64 Vulkan TF2: https://steamdb.info/changelist/22010846/ > > Looks like it's coming soon, in theory should bring some nice performance improvements. But "soon" in Valve Time is... who knows
For those unaware, the linux version of TF2 is still 32bit, and runs on ToGL - a DirectX to OpenGL translation layer. A few days ago, Valve published a TF2 private branch called "x64_linux_test": https://steamdb.info/changelist/21975149/ Then a few hours ago, Valve update TF2's "App Config" to include references to x64 Vulkan TF2: https://steamdb.info/changelist/22010846/ Looks like it's coming soon, in theory should bring some nice performance improvements. But "soon" in Valve Time is... who knows Edit: [the beta is live](https://lemmy.world/comment/6971961)
We've been giving our cats a mix of dry/wet food (mostly dry...), but want to switch to 100% wet, since it is better for their kidneys. We're also trying to avoid Purina/Fancy Feast/Friskies, since they're owned by Nestlé. Any suggestions are appreciated! Edit: shoot, apparently Sheba and Royal Canin are owned by Mars, which isn't much better.
Everywhere I read online, people said custom HUDs made essentially no difference in FPS, and that transparent viewmodels would decrease your FPS. However, I struggled to find real (or up-to-date) benchmarks for it. So, I decided to test it! The Test Setup ------------------ I run a pretty unique setup, but I imagine most people will still have similar results. I'm on Pop!_OS 22.04 installed on an SSD (but the game is on a HDD), running the mastercomfig medium-high preset (with a few overrides: sprays on, hud player model on, and outlines on high) on a 1440p monitor, with an RTX 2070 Super, a Ryzen 5 3600, and 16GB of 3200MHz DDR4 RAM. I benchmarked using the [benchmark guide in the mastercomfig docs](https://docs.mastercomfig.com/latest/benchmarks/) (although note that all timedemos created before 7/25/2023 were broken with the TF2 update on that same day, so you have to revert to a beta version of TF2 to run the current one linked on mastercomfig's site). Every time I changed a setting, I would do an initial runthrough of the demo, and then record the results for the next 3 demos. After installing a HUD, I never changed any of the HUD settings. The Results -------------- On the default HUD: - Run 1: 187.11 fps ( 5.34 ms/f) 31.199 fps variability - Run 2: 187.78 fps ( 5.33 ms/f) 30.349 fps variability - Run 3: 184.47 fps ( 5.42 ms/f) 29.962 fps variability - Average: 186.45 fps with 30.503 fps variability With FlawHUD: - Run 1: 188.19 fps ( 5.31 ms/f) 30.886 fps variability - Run 2: 189.17 fps ( 5.29 ms/f) 30.780 fps variability - Run 3: 188.29 fps ( 5.31 ms/f) 30.392 fps variability - Average: 188.55 fps (+1.13%) with 30.679 fps (+0.58%) variability With BudHud: - Run 1: 185.13 fps ( 5.40 ms/f) 31.469 fps variability - Run 2: 183.33 fps ( 5.45 ms/f) 30.028 fps variability - Run 3: 186.13 fps ( 5.37 ms/f) 30.122 fps variability - Average: 184.86 fps (-0.85%) with 30.540 fps (+0.12%) fps variability I also tested FlawHUD and BudHud with their built-in transparent viewmodel features to see how they performed (this time the performance % will be relative to the custom HUD *without* transparent viewmodels enabled) FlawHUD with transparent viewmodels: - Run 1: 188.87 fps ( 5.29 ms/f) 30.523 fps variability - Run 2: 189.13 fps ( 5.29 ms/f) 30.972 fps variability - Run 3: 186.36 fps ( 5.37 ms/f) 31.342 fps variability - Average: 188.12 fps (-0.02%) with 30.946 fps (+0.87%) variability BudHud with transparent viewmodels: - Run 1: 186.83 fps ( 5.35 ms/f) 30.397 fps variability - Run 2: 183.73 fps ( 5.44 ms/f) 30.183 fps variability - Run 3: 186.33 fps ( 5.37 ms/f) 30.290 fps variability - Average: 185.63 fps (+0.40%) with 30.290 fps (-0.82%) variability Lastly, I decided to test how much my overrides (hud player model and outlines) made a difference in FPS. I unfortunately didn't record the detailed results, but outlines was around a ~1% decrease, and HUD player model was a surprising 3.7% decrease (194.5fps vs 187.5fps). I use those two settings because they give a slight competitive advantage (outlines let you detect spies a bit easier when respawning, and HUD player model lets you see the weapon you're holding while you're disguised). My Takeaways ------------------ Anything less than 1% is probably just typical system variation. To my surprise, neither custom HUDs OR transparent viewmodels caused much more than a 1% difference in baseline FPS. This is consistent with what others have said about custom HUDs, but is **inconsistent** with what others have said about transparent viewmodels. However, it's possible transparent viewmodels only affect GPU performance, but I'm likely CPU-bottlenecked, which could explain why I didn't see a performance difference. If you're GPU-bottlenecked, your mileage may vary. Additionally, the 3.7% FPS decrease with the HUD player model enabled is certainly making me question if it's worth the extremely small competitive advantage it provides when playing spy... If you notice any errors or have any suggestions, please let me know!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3398415 > This was a big issue ~5 months ago, and they ended up unbanning all of the linux players (I know reddit sucks, I'm sorry, but it's currently the best source of info I could find): https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/11gaefo/ea_is_falsely_massbanning_steam_deck_and_linux/ > > However, three reports from this morning (including myself) just rolled in, as well as a few others from the past month (check recent replies): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Linux-players-getting-banned/td-p/12338557 > > One of the banned players from this morning was also banned (then unbanned) when this was an issue 4-5 months ago. > > More recent reddit posts about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/15uqt7w/linux_users_getting_falsely_banned_again/ > https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/15ur654/apex_legends_linux_users_getting_falsely_banned/ > > Valve's github issues: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/4350#issuecomment-1684189384
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3398415 > This was a big issue ~5 months ago, and they ended up unbanning all of the linux players (I know reddit sucks, I'm sorry, but it's currently the best source of info I could find): https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/11gaefo/ea_is_falsely_massbanning_steam_deck_and_linux/ > > However, three reports from this morning (including myself) just rolled in, as well as a few others from the past month (check recent replies): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Linux-players-getting-banned/td-p/12338557 > > One of the banned players from this morning was also banned (then unbanned) when this was an issue 4-5 months ago. > > More recent reddit posts about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/15uqt7w/linux_users_getting_falsely_banned_again/ > https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/15ur654/apex_legends_linux_users_getting_falsely_banned/ > > Valve's github issues: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/4350#issuecomment-1684189384
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3398415 > This was a big issue ~5 months ago, and they ended up unbanning all of the linux players (I know reddit sucks, I'm sorry, but it's currently the best source of info I could find): https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/11gaefo/ea_is_falsely_massbanning_steam_deck_and_linux/ > > However, three reports from this morning (including myself) just rolled in, as well as a few others from the past month (check recent replies): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Linux-players-getting-banned/td-p/12338557 > > One of the banned players from this morning was also banned (then unbanned) when this was an issue 4-5 months ago. > > More recent reddit posts about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/15uqt7w/linux_users_getting_falsely_banned_again/ > https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/15ur654/apex_legends_linux_users_getting_falsely_banned/ > > Valve's github issues: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/4350#issuecomment-1684189384
This was a big issue ~5 months ago, and they ended up unbanning all of the linux players (I know reddit sucks, I'm sorry, but it's currently the best source of info I could find): https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/11gaefo/ea_is_falsely_massbanning_steam_deck_and_linux/ However, three reports from this morning (including myself) just rolled in, as well as a few others from the past month (check recent replies): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Linux-players-getting-banned/td-p/12338557 One of the banned players from this morning was also banned (then unbanned) when this was an issue 4-5 months ago. More recent reddit posts about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/apexlegends/comments/15uqt7w/linux_users_getting_falsely_banned_again/ https://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/15ur654/apex_legends_linux_users_getting_falsely_banned/ Valve's github issues: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/4350#issuecomment-1684189384
Disclaimer: I am just a random stranger on the internet who likes uBlock Origin, read a handy comment, and figured out how to press F12. I am by no means a webpage expert, and these changes may have unintended consequences I wanted to bring more attention to [@linxFan@vlemmy.net's comment](https://vlemmy.net/comment/284044) on how to block entire instances (not just specific communities on those instances) from your "all communities" feed, as well as add my own method to block them from the "list of communities" page. This only works if you are using a web browser that supports uBlock Origin (so unfortunately, will not work on any of the mobile apps). Firstly, install [uBlock Origin](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock) if you haven't already. Then, click on the uBlock extension icon -> "Gears" (settings) icon -> My Filters. Per @linuxFan@vlemmy.net, add: `your.lemmy.instance.com##.post-listing:has-text(@theInstanceYouWantToBlock.com)` Then click "Apply Changes" So if I were not interested in any of `lemmynsfw.com`'s content, I would add: `lemmy.world##.post-listing:has-text(@lemmynsfw.com)` @linuxFan's ELI5 explanation: `lemmy.world##` - only use this filter on this site `.post-listing` - evaluate everything on the page with the class name `post-listing` `has-text(@lemmynsfw.com)` - the text we want to filter Similarly, if you want to filter entire instances out of the "list of communities" page, you would add: `your.lemmy.instance.com##tr:has-text(@theInstanceYouWantToBlock)` I believe the `tr` is `table-responsive`, which is the type of table displayed on the "list of communities" page. If there are other reactive tables on a different Lemmy page that I don't know about, it may affect those. Also, if Lemmy's website is updated, these filters may no longer work. If someone knows of a better method of doing this, please chime in. But otherwise, enjoy! Edit: Note that this will remove posts if a blocked instance is listed ANYWHERE in the post body. I accidentally blocked *my own post* when I tested the lemmynsfw filter just now lol