Team Fortress 2 Update Released with 64-bit support : linux

[-] Malix@sopuli.xyz 30 points 2 years ago

I don't play TF2, but I thought basically all hl2 -family games were updated to 64bit ages ago.. apparently this wasn't the case :o

Any of the other games running the same engine still in 32bit land?

[-] d_k_bo@feddit.de 14 points 2 years ago

Portal and Portal 2 are still 32 bit. Newer mods based on Strata are 64 bit.

[-] soupermkc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

pretty sure anything other than gmod (and strata games) is still 32bit, even with the vulkan renderer support

[-] Pistcow@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago

Wait, this was a 32 bit game? Neat.

[-] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 years ago

It came out in 2007... And iirc the steam client is still 32bit? Games were slow to adopt 64 bit.

[-] Pistcow@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Guild Wars 2 came out in 2012 as 32 bit and kind of sucked with big groups and felt like a completely new game when they released 64 bit client in 2016.

[-] Link@rentadrunk.org 16 points 2 years ago

Doesn’t look like they bothered to update their macOS client to 64bit. Currently the game is unplayable on new versions of macOS.

[-] jaykay@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 years ago

Fix the bot issue damn it, and add content

[-] Skipcast@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Bot issue yes, but you can't expect them to keep adding content to a 15 or whatever year old game surely

[-] NanoooK@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

TF3 then

[-] critical@reddthat.com 20 points 2 years ago

They do not recognise that number.

[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Valve: no no silly one numbers stop at 2.

[-] Skipcast@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

One can dream

[-] germtm_@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

finally. can't wait to check the performance difference.

[-] shitescalates@midwest.social 6 points 2 years ago

Significant for me. Not sure if vsync is working.

[-] kevincox@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

For me it is actually huge. I went from 90-120 FPS to nearly 300. I must be some outlier though. I also haven't played a while so old numbers are based on memory and likely on different kernel, drivers and more. I also don't recall if I was using Vulkan before while the new build asked me if I wanted to use Vulkan (and I switched).

[-] moreeni@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Finally! Literally the biggest update of the last... how many years?

[-] Tabitha@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

64bit

that's the main reason almost all volvo games don't run on non-32bit MacOS[1][2].

[1] every mac since 2011 is 64bit only

[2] despite there being reports of the source engine compiling to 64bit just fine and copying assets of specific games seemed to work

[+] just_another_person@lemmy.world -16 points 2 years ago

....okay...why now? Why at all?

[-] skeezix@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Some OS’s don’t support 32 bit apps

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

Well, if you're running 32 bit, is gaming your priority here?

[-] 520@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Maybe?

Lots of older games never get updated to 64-bit.

Besides the only operating system to not support 32bit code anymore is macOS, which even Valve treats as not worth bothering with anymore.

[-] 1917isnow@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago

Valve still makes money off TF2 through passive financialization in the game's cosmetic/sidegrade microtransactions. Having a snappy feel to an old game is important. I would rightfully expect a game from 2007 to have perfect performance even if I have other stuff open.

[-] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago

League of Legends (2009) enters the room

[-] 1917isnow@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 years ago

I leave the room because of the smell.

[-] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 years ago

[-] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

B.O. and sadge.

[-] 1917isnow@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Is that what's his name as what's his name from Marvel Avenger's

[-] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

You are very lucky World of Warcraft isn't in this room

[-] 1917isnow@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I've been close enough to a room like that thanks!!!

[-] Atemu@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 years ago

Why not?

[-] ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

It wouldn't launch at all on rolling distros, bundled OpenGL translator was much weaker than DXVK

[+] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml -31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Aw fuck, time for youtube to force that shitty game into my sub feed again. For fuck sake just die already.

EDIT: Come on you all know that's true, the gameplay sucks and the skin economy is basically just NFTs. You cannot in good faith say you genuinely enjoy the game so much as trapped within it because the community is a fucking cult, one which is forced onto you by every platform at every moment after your escape.

[-] KarfiolosHus@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 years ago

Uhhm... then don't watch them? Surely these are not the only kind of videos that youtube recommends that you don't want to see.

Lastly, you seem angry, is everything OK?

[-] Mananasi@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

Maybe just let people enjoy whatever game they like?

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