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

[–] Malix@sopuli.xyz 30 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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 6 months ago

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

[–] soupermkc@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago

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

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 27 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Wait, this was a 32 bit game? Neat.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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 6 months 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 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] 737@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 6 months ago

The issue isn't that they don't bother rewriting it to compile to AMD64, but that they'd have to rewrite it for ARM and Metal for basically no real payoff since OS X isn't a ~~popular~~ gaming platform.

[–] jaykay@lemmy.zip 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Fix the bot issue damn it, and add content

[–] Skipcast@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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 6 months ago (3 children)

TF3 then

[–] critical@reddthat.com 20 points 6 months ago

They do not recognise that number.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

Valve: no no silly one numbers stop at 2.

[–] Skipcast@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

One can dream

[–] germtm_@lemmy.world 12 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] shitescalates@midwest.social 6 points 6 months ago

Significant for me. Not sure if vsync is working.

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months 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 6 months ago

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

[–] Tabitha@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months 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 6 months ago (5 children)

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

[–] skeezix@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Some OS’s don’t support 32 bit apps

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] 520@kbin.social 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months 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 6 months ago (1 children)

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 6 months ago (1 children)

League of Legends (2009) enters the room

[–] 1917isnow@lemmy.ml 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I leave the room because of the smell.

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

[–] Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

B.O. and sadge.

[–] 1917isnow@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

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

[–] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] 1917isnow@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

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

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 months ago

Why not?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

i can see the point if it still has a good playerbase which it might given how many people are still talking about this game.

[–] d_k_bo@feddit.de 2 points 6 months ago

It is one of the most played games on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/charts/mostplayed (make sure to sort by daily players, TF2's regional/timezone distribution is different from other games)

[–] ElectroLisa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago

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

[+] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml -31 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

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 6 months 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 6 months ago

Maybe just let people enjoy whatever game they like?

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