The Mind Of OverlordTomala
Hobbies

My 6800XT Is Making Linux Suicidal

My plans to reinstall Manjaro have hit a brick wall… Updating to Manjaro 21 didn’t fix anything, in fact it wouldn’t even let me into the operating system and produced the same result as yesterday when I tried to login. I tried installing ArchLinux, but the installer decided to throw auditing errors just as it seems to want to do under Manjaro. I also decided to give Solus a whirl, but that just ended up freezing the fucking installer. I finally got Mint to install, but now I’m having issues installing drivers via PPA.

I forgot to factor in the GPU shortage makes it difficult for Linux developers to code for them. This is going to require more research; I’ll have to rely on Windoze until I can find time to get it sorted. But I’ll get it working at some point… I always do.

All in an Overlord's day / Hobbies / Technology1

I’ve Been Busy!

After a long delay in transit I finally, FINALLY got my 6800XT today! I’ve spent a better part of the evening benchmarking it for performance… what a beast! Unfortunately Manjaro won’t boot in properly with the new GPU in place, but I was planning on already doing a reinstall when the card arrived anyway. Manjaro has been giving me issues on every other boot, and I’m hoping Manjaro 21 might fix the issue, and hopefully not create new ones… Manjaro is already pretty easy to setup, so I might even be able to get back to work on my video project tomorrow! or at the very least be ready to tear back into it on Friday. I would have done it tonight, but I wanted to verify that the card worked properly PLUS I have an early work day tomorrow and need as much rest as I can get. I should be sleeping now actually, but I need my tea hydration fix.

I’m sure about one thing; this weekend is going to be awesome!

Gaming

Bringing Zen To My Lunch Hour

Sometimes my fellow co-workers will catch a glimpse of my lunch time adventures; one day I might be a playing a pride coloured dragon, a demon hunter, a ridiculously overpowered dragonborn, etc. Today I was caught playing Okami HD by a co-worker who I wouldn’t really describe as a gamer, she’s more of the old granny type (not that granny’s can’t get their game on, look up Skyrim Grandma as an example). I gave a brief description of what the game is like, the general story around it, and showed her what you could accomplish with a few brush strokes. She even went as far as to say that it would be something she would consider playing if given the chance! She was fortunate enough to catch me on a day where I didn’t feel like slicing or shooting things. 😛

I think it’s possible that everyone has at least one game they can take joy in, it’s just a matter of finding what it is.

Gaming

My Chariot Awaits

Today was a “Fuck it I’m not feeling well” kind of day. So, instead of working on my current video project I installed this little beauty.

This is a model(s) replacement for D-Horse. Why ride around on a normal looking horse when you can let these guys cart you around?

Huey really is a horse’s ass.

Well, that’s enough for one weekend I guess. I’m just glad to have played this without any issues, and even with mods!

Gaming

MGSV Modded & Ret 2 Go

Happy Easter! I’ve been playing more with MGSV:TPP and modding; it’s actually just as easy under Linux as it is under Windows! I ran SnakeBite Mod Manager under Wine and added my mods back in; including some new ones. I rescued Miller, captured enough victims on my own base to develop a cardboard box, kidnapped hired a translator. etc. I was actually going to add another game to test under Linux, but the call to play this was far too strong to ignore.  I’m really happy with the results!

Gaming

OMG Metal Gear Works Under Proton!

Last week I had a fun time playing Yakuza Kiwami under Proton, and for this weekend I decided to revisit the idea of running Metal Gear Solid V: TPP under Proton. My last attempts took place when Proton was a shiny new toy to be played with,  and MGSV:TPP didn’t really agree with it. You could load the game, but only the HUD was visible. This time around cutscenes played properly, it remained stable the entire session, and there was only one graphical glitch at the start of the game.

I’m currently running the game vanilla, but have plans to see if I can get modding to work properly. Overall I’m quite impressed!

Open Threads

Evening Open Thread

Mood

I’m kinda bummed… I got lucky and won an EBay auction for a Red Devil Power Color Edition 6800XT for under the two grand premium! It was supposed to arrive today according to FedEx, but no such joy. What’s really strange is they left a phone call yesterday to expect it today between 9am and 6pm, and the tracking info hasn’t even been updated since the 29th.

I hope it arrives tomorrow; it’d be nice to start my weekend fondling a new GPU.

Animation / Gaming

Early Animations From Portal 2

Went looking for early development stuff for Portal 2… was not disappointed. I always like seeing what creativity unfolded, and what would eventually lead to the final product for a game. Some of the included animations make it look like it could have been a horror game. Out of all of it I did like the tube ride!