▲ 731 ▼ Microsoft donates the Mono Project to the Wine team (www.gamingonlinux.com) submitted 2 years ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 198 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 32 points 2 years ago (3 children) But Vulkan is better anyway permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] frezik@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) For end users, sure. It's specifically designed as a lower level interface that's harder for developers to implement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago Windows users use DXVK to boost framerates, it was the solution for making Elden Ring playable it’s first month I would say at that point the cost/reward is worth it permalink fedilink source parent [–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago True, though for most game/graphics developers you're never interfacing directly with the graphics API, you'll let your chosen engine/library do the heavy lifting. It does have the downsides of increasing the barrier to entry for custom/bespoke engines but those edge cases seem to be covered well by DXVK. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Right? Dude Vulkan has impressed me a bunch lately. I use it for Deadlock and it feels much smoother than the streamers I see using DirectX, which is crazy since Deadlock is super early alpha. More stuff needs to support Vulkan permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] piccolo@ani.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Yup, runs super smooth out of the box with Proton, and changing to Vulkan in the video settings permalink fedilink source parent [–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Even so, having more software natively supported will always be a good thing. Half the reason why people drag their feet on switching to Linux is because of the lack of support for their favorite software. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] frezik@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago (2 children) For end users, sure. It's specifically designed as a lower level interface that's harder for developers to implement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago Windows users use DXVK to boost framerates, it was the solution for making Elden Ring playable it’s first month I would say at that point the cost/reward is worth it permalink fedilink source parent [–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago True, though for most game/graphics developers you're never interfacing directly with the graphics API, you'll let your chosen engine/library do the heavy lifting. It does have the downsides of increasing the barrier to entry for custom/bespoke engines but those edge cases seem to be covered well by DXVK. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago Windows users use DXVK to boost framerates, it was the solution for making Elden Ring playable it’s first month I would say at that point the cost/reward is worth it permalink fedilink source parent
[–] merthyr1831@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago True, though for most game/graphics developers you're never interfacing directly with the graphics API, you'll let your chosen engine/library do the heavy lifting. It does have the downsides of increasing the barrier to entry for custom/bespoke engines but those edge cases seem to be covered well by DXVK. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Right? Dude Vulkan has impressed me a bunch lately. I use it for Deadlock and it feels much smoother than the streamers I see using DirectX, which is crazy since Deadlock is super early alpha. More stuff needs to support Vulkan permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] piccolo@ani.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Yup, runs super smooth out of the box with Proton, and changing to Vulkan in the video settings permalink fedilink source parent
[+] piccolo@ani.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Yup, runs super smooth out of the box with Proton, and changing to Vulkan in the video settings permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago Yup, runs super smooth out of the box with Proton, and changing to Vulkan in the video settings permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago Even so, having more software natively supported will always be a good thing. Half the reason why people drag their feet on switching to Linux is because of the lack of support for their favorite software. permalink fedilink source parent