Our penguins have a low‐level talk about the long‐awaited Vulkan launch.

Introduction

  • 00:00:16 @DerRidda introduces
  • 00:00:17 @beansmyname
  • 00:00:19 @HeroOhOne
  • 00:00:22 @johndrinkwater
  • 00:00:25 Tele (Tele42)

Our Gaming

  • 00:00:33 @beansmyname has been playing DiRT Showdown [http://store.steampowered.com/app/201700], Guns of Icarus Online [http://gunsoficarus.com], and Doom [http://store.steampowered.com/app/208200]
  • 00:02:38 @DerRidda has been playing XCOM 2 [http://store.steampowered.com/app/268500], Dying Light [http://store.steampowered.com/app/239140], Insurgency [http://store.steampowered.com/app/222880]
  • 00:02:58 @HeroOhOne has been playing Sir, You Are Being Hunted [http://www.big-robot.com/2012/03/12/sir-you-are-being-hunted], GRID: Autosport [http://www.gridgame.com], Natural Selection 2 [http://www.naturalselection2.com]
  • 00:04:11 @johndrinkwater has been playing American Truck Simulator [http://store.steampowered.com/app/270880], Dying Light [http://store.steampowered.com/app/239140], and a super secret QA project
  • 00:06:18 Tele (Tele42) has been playing GRID: Autosport [http://www.gridgame.com], DiRT Showdown [http://store.steampowered.com/app/201700], and Natural Selection 2 [http://www.naturalselection2.com]

SteamLUG Community Stuff

  • 00:08:13 Past Events
  • Counter-Strike: Global Offensive [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/92690048508262847]
  • DiRT Showdown [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/92690048508263024]
  • Insurgency [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/92690048508270992]
  • Guns of Icarus Online [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/92690048508271209]
  • 00:13:15 Upcoming Events
  • Nuclear Dawn [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/92690048508279170]
  • Space Hulk [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/92690048508279434]
  • Dota 2 [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/92690048508285154]
  • Synergy [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/92690048508285374]
  • 00:14:16 SteamDB Linux page [https://steamdb.info/linux] updated with a graph of the history of working games
  • 00:15:29 SteamLUG Cast has again been made visible on iTunes [https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/steamlug-cast/id673962699?mt=2]

Steam/Valve News

  • 00:16:27 Steam beta client update [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta#announcements/detail/907842849554681945] makes usage of the Steam Controller more convenient
  • 00:17:13 There are hints that Bitcoin may eventually be available as a payment method in Steam [http://bitcoinist.net/valve-is-bringing-bitcoin-to-over-125-million-gamers-worldwide]

Tech News

  • 00:17:54 Nvidia has released beta driver 361.28 [http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/98373/en-us] [http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/98373/en-us]
  • Introduces issue for some games, which can be worked around by setting __GLVND_DISALLOW_PATCHING=1 [https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Counter-Strike-Global-Offensive/issues/610#issuecomment-182531316]
  • 00:19:23 Amazon released a new game engine, Lumberyard [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/lumberyard-amazon-gamelift-twitch-for-games-on-aws]
  • 00:20:47 Rumor suggests that HTC Vive pricing will be announced at Mobile World Congress [http://www.idigitaltimes.com/htc-vive-price-announcement-set-mwc-2016-pre-orders-start-feb-29-512962]
  • 00:21:51 Vulkan graphics API has been released [https://www.khronos.org/vulkan]
  • The SDK, drivers, examples, debuggers, and more launched alongside it
  • 00:22:18 Nvidia Vulkan beta driver 355.00.26 supports Kepler and Maxwell series cards (GTX 600‒900) [https://developer.nvidia.com/vulkan-driver]
  • Included in SteamOS 2.63 Brewmaster beta [https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/412447613562008582]
  • 00:23:18 Intel has added a Vulkan branch to the Mesa driver, supporting Broadwell and Skylake integrated graphics [http://blogs.intel.com/evangelists/2016/02/16/intel-open-source-graphics-drivers-now-support-vulkan]
  • 00:24:07 AMD is to have Vulkan support in an upcoming release of their hybrid amdgpu driver [https://community.amd.com/community/gaming/blog/2016/02/16/radeon-gpus-are-ready-for-the-vulkan-graphics-api]
  • 00:25:14 Steam beta client update includes libvulkan in Steam Runtime [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta#announcements/detail/907843576938079481]
  • 00:26:32 The Talos Principle is the first game on Steam supporting Vulkan, available in the game’s publicbeta branch [http://steamcommunity.com/app/257510/discussions/0/412447613565426479]
  • While being a quick, unoptimized port to Vulkan [https://steamcommunity.com/app/257510/discussions/0/412447331651559970/#c412447331651997070], the performance is already better than OpenGL [http://steamcommunity.com/app/257510/discussions/0/412447331651559970/#c412447331652843649]
  • Croteam wrote a Q&A related to the port [https://steamcommunity.com/app/257510/discussions/0/412447331651720139]
  • 00:28:25 Dota 2 with -vulkan parameter is currently missing a library, but the Source 2 engine is known to have Vulkan support internally
  • 00:28:45 Libretro has a pull request that adds Vulkan support [http://www.libretro.com/index.php/day-1-vulkan-support]
  • 00:29:08 Godot has previously stated their intentions to add Vulkan support [https://web.archive.org/web/20150812010025/http://www.godotengine.org/wp/first-steps-towards-1-2]
  • 00:29:27 PPSSPP will also have Vulkan support [https://twitter.com/ppsspp_emu/status/699604682923237376]
  • 00:29:48 LWJGL nightly builds have Vulkan bindings [https://twitter.com/LWJGL/status/700105159456727040]
  • 00:29:59 GLFW has Vulkan support [http://www.glfw.org/docs/3.2/vulkan.html]
  • 00:31:15 Khronos hosted Vulkan webinar and released recording [https://youtu.be/nGkpPp2tGSs]
  • 00:32:02 A C++ wrapper to the Vulkan API has been released by Nvidia [https://developer.nvidia.com/open-source-vulkan-c-api]
  • 00:33:07 Dota 2 Vulkan depot has been updated (not yet released)
  • 00:33:20 LunarG Vulkan SDK has full Linux support [http://lunarg.com/vulkan-sdk]
  • 00:34:00 vim got Vulkan syntax highlighting [http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=5335]
  • 00:35:08 Ryan Gordon is working on adding Vulkan support to the SDL render API [https://twitter.com/icculus/status/699669691149611009]

General Gaming News

  • 00:37:19 Frozen Synapse 2, an open world tactics game, is to be released in 2016 [http://www.frozensynapse2.com]
  • Confirmed to have Linux support [https://twitter.com/gamingonlinux/status/697429331434467328]
  • 00:38:37 Gas Guzzlers Extreme is being ported to Linux [http://steamcommunity.com/app/243800/discussions/0/846965705280714470/?tscn=1454917990#c405691147598235676]
  • 00:39:58 N++ is coming to Linux [http://store.steampowered.com/app/230270]
  • 00:40:25 Street Fighter V is expected to be available on Linux in Spring, with help from Valve [https://steamcommunity.com/games/310950/announcements/detail/857177755595160250]
  • 00:41:23 Sunless Sea [http://www.failbettergames.com/sunless] is having a closed Linux beta, available to owners of the game upon request
  • 00:41:49 Darkest Dungeon port is officially being worked on with an expected March release [http://www.darkestdungeon.com/the-antiquarian]
  • 00:42:37 ARK: Survival Evolved has been updated to have BattlEye protected servers, which are not yet compatible with the Linux client [http://steamcommunity.com/games/346110/announcements/detail/852673624835029754]
  • Devs are working closely with BattlEye to add Linux support [http://steamcommunity.com/app/346110/discussions/0/405691491105532549]
  • 00:43:57 Firewatch has been released [http://www.firewatchgame.com]
  • 00:46:27 A Wine‐wrapped Earth 2160 port has been made available on Steam [http://steamcommunity.com/games/1900/announcements/detail/857177755602779445]
  • 00:47:16 Dying Light: Enhanced Edition and The Following DLC has been released [http://store.steampowered.com/app/239140]
  • 00:48:36 Layers of Fear, published by Aspyr, has been released [http://store.steampowered.com/app/391720]
  • 00:50:44 SNOW audio is working, but a Steam Runtime conflict has been introduced [http://steamcommunity.com/games/244930/announcements/detail/920226901598980146]

Crowdfunding

  • 00:52:35 Deliver Us The Moon [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/keoken/deliver-us-the-moon]
  • Open world Lunar exploration and survival
  • 00:53:57 Overload [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2010925172/overload-the-ultimate-six-degree-of-freedom-shoote]
  • Six degree of freedom shooter by the original developers of Descent
  • Backers will receive a post‐release multiplayer expansion for free

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