Not much to report. Been working, experimenting with streaming/linux/hardware/etc. I’m planning to also upgrade to Fedora 20 for the hell of it since reinstalling Linux is a breeze compared to reinstalling and reconfiguring Windows. Oh, and the updates are better. I don’t have to restart Linux a bajillion times to get all the updates to install.
On the bright side of hardware, the R9 290 works perfectly under Linux. I can max out all of my 3D Linux games and still have frames to spare. 😀
I’m just gonna leave this here…
Got the streaming to work under Linux finally. I’ll be doing more experiments soon.
I got into the steam streaming beta. Been testing streaming between my desktop and laptop. So far it seems to be handling well between two windows OS’s with lag only on a couple games. I think the next test will be streaming windows games to my Linux side. See how well that handles. 😀
This will be very beneficial for people wanting to build their own htpc’s and also dedicated streaming systems to play games in the comfort of the living room.
My projects during my weekend included finishing Bioshock Infinite and srcds server attention. Basically that consisted of checking in on the servers I haven’t been on in awhile. I also changed the spawn rate on the special infected in L4D2 to match L4D1’s since it always annoyed me how they sped up the specials in the later game while grouping them all so close together, instead of spreading them out a bit like in the original.
Then of course I saw that realMyst Masterpiece Edition released on Steam today. I decided to purchase it to see what it would look like and well, I have mixed emotions.
First, the game crashed 3 times before finally loading it in 1920 x 1080, anti aliasing doesn’t seem to be working right, and the game isn’t properly optimized. I was getting a framerate of 30 to 45, which doesn’t make any sense on something like the unity engine. I hate to be brutally honest but games like Shadow Warrior and Tomb Raider have a better framerate with more objects being thrown around PLUS better graphic detail (I laughed at those who said this version of realMyst has the best graphics compared to any game out on the market… HA!) Then of course there was that confounded random hangup that took place about every 3 to 5 steps. At first I thought it was due to the autosave feature but sadly that wasn’t the case. Oh, and there was some sort of strange glitch when walking towards the book room where Sirus and Achenar’s books were kept. The room went from being dim, to moving over slightly and brightening up. YOU ARE RUINING MY IMMERSION!!!!!!111111111
But it wasn’t all terrible. I did like the flashlight feature, that was pretty cool. The return of the day/night cycle was excellent, I laughed at the night time butterflies, the water looked nice, although these days it’s pretty easy to make nice looking water as well as adding bloom and shine. But then it is a rerererere?make of a classic game on a newer engine with newer textures so…
Hopefully they fix the optimization soon. It’s really annoying to play it with that constant pausing.
Not much to report about. Decided to experiment with new AMD drivers under Linux, failed, and rolled back to a previous version. Updated Steam to fix a bug that didn’t run 64 bit games on launch, played Painkiller Hell and Damnation almost perfectly (there was a bit of jitter that I could probably get rid of when I find time to play with the graphics settings) and then found out Toki Tori 2 can now be run under linux!
I also upgraded my drivers under Windows to the latest beta release. Hopefully it resolves some bugs that I’ve been seeing from time to time (random flickers once a blue moon). I’ll probably experiment with a few more things then head off to sleep. I finally have a semi-good schedule this week so I won’t be staying up as late as I have been the past couple weeks.
Oh well. I’m sure it’ll make some people happy. I may even give it a shot at some point. But yes, Duke Nukem 3D Megatron Edition got an update on Steam yesterday that allows people to play multiplayer together.
Again, not a bad thing. But methinks 3D Realms reeeealy seems to be scraping the bottom of the barrel.
What happens when two friends drink together? They totally nerd out and go over a Linux chart. If I made Read more“Lets discuss the linux chart!”
What happens when two friends drink together? They totally nerd out and go over a Linux chart. If I made every side of the OS war rage then I’ll have done my job for the day. 🙂
I wasted about 3 hours trying to compile a video in SFM. For the first two hours it wouldn’t compile a video due to a permissions setting, then the third hour was wasted rendering a video that it didn’t want to play. I got around it by rendering it again as an mov instead of an mp4. Even then it gave me a shit fit but at least Premiere loaded it properly so that I could encode it as an f4v. It still needs to be edited in with other stuff but the bulk of the next video is done. On the bright side my room stayed plenty warm due to my CPU and GPU working their arses off.
I guess now I can lie in bed and listen to the raindrops outside my window and fall into a deep sleep like I did last night.
International superstar Prince is back on the copyright warpath, yet again targeting individuals who are quite possibly some of his biggest fans. In a lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California, Prince is chasing down fans who found links to his live concerts and posted them on Facebook and blogs. The unlucky 22 individuals, 20 of whom are yet to be identified, face a damages claim of $22 million.
Wow, not only did 22 people actually care enough about his music to link it, he’s going out of his way to punish people for linking to video of his concerts. Not attacking the uploaders from what I understand, rather the people linking to it… His brilliance knows no bounds.