Comment on Microsoft donates the Mono Project to the Wine team

TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But Vulkan is better anyway

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  • frezik@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    For end users, sure. It’s specifically designed as a lower level interface that’s harder for developers to implement.

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    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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

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    • merthyr1831@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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  • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    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

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    • piccolo@ani.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      wait, you got deadlock to work? Mine crashes trying to join a match. (tbf, i haven’t cared enough to dig into why).

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      • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yup, runs super smooth out of the box with Proton, and changing to Vulkan in the video settings

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  • Olgratin_Magmatoe@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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