Another update:
Source.
I especially like that they actively use community Github repo for bug tracking.
We have just set up a beta on Steam, called "linux_public_beta". This is where we're going to be posting our betas of work-in-progress so far. This first beta contains the following:
* Multimonitor support
* Improved support for gamepads, and workarounds for problems in xpad
* Improved stability.. the game should crash a lot less now. We still see the occasional crash on exit, inside the nvidia driver. We're working on finding out if this is an issue with the 331.38 driver or with our code.
Note that this doesn't yet include any of our DX9 multithread rework, as that's still in progress. We thought we'd put this out here so that we can get some feedback from you guys on what we have done so far, and also show that we really are working on making this port better
Please opt-in, and tell us how things are. You can head on over to the Github issue tracker for the game, and post there:
https://github.com/KillaW0lf04/The-Witcher-2-Issues
Source.
I especially like that they actively use community Github repo for bug tracking.
i'm watching and replying there too, yeah. Hopefully we'll get some info in the mean time, working hard is good but if it's too late...
@Licaon_Kter: Better late than never. But I agree, that's quite late, considering when the original game came out. Still, not as long as it took for some other titles.
So roughly around 3.5 years until the optimized version from the initial release. I wonder how long it will take for the Witcher 3...
So roughly around 3.5 years until the optimized version from the initial release. I wonder how long it will take for the Witcher 3...
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Updated AMD driver 14.6: http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Latest-LINUX-Beta-Driver.aspx
The game has worked well so far 
I didn't catch if I received an update, but vysnc works much better now. The other graphical settings for the most part (e.g. ubersampling) are usable and work as expected on my system :guitar:. The biggest, and so far only, issue is the game hangs when coming entering and/or exiting a cut-scene. Just a few seconds, but enough to be noticeable. When Dandelion was telling the story on the video to Flotsam, it got quite bad and I thought the game was going to explode, but after a few seconds it smoothed out.
I only use a few mods, and they all work as expected with the Linux game
Scabbard Rextexture
Geralt with a Beard mod work. The beard looks quite good :yes Need to test @Dragonbird 's Santa outfit with this
Bag instead of book on armor
Sell Quest Items (very handy for all those keys)
Black Alchemy Gloves
...and the nude Succubus :ice: which I haven't seen yet since I am in Act I
I guess there is still no word on Redkit or Redkit mods like Lykaon or FCR.
I didn't catch if I received an update, but vysnc works much better now. The other graphical settings for the most part (e.g. ubersampling) are usable and work as expected on my system :guitar:. The biggest, and so far only, issue is the game hangs when coming entering and/or exiting a cut-scene. Just a few seconds, but enough to be noticeable. When Dandelion was telling the story on the video to Flotsam, it got quite bad and I thought the game was going to explode, but after a few seconds it smoothed out.I only use a few mods, and they all work as expected with the Linux game
Scabbard Rextexture
Geralt with a Beard mod work. The beard looks quite good :yes Need to test @Dragonbird 's Santa outfit with this
Bag instead of book on armor
Sell Quest Items (very handy for all those keys)
Black Alchemy Gloves
...and the nude Succubus :ice: which I haven't seen yet since I am in Act I
I guess there is still no word on Redkit or Redkit mods like Lykaon or FCR.
@Glaroug: Please also report any bugs / glitches to the community bug tracker (if they weren't reported yet). I think Virtual Programming developers aren't reading this forum.
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Will do. It seems like a pretty minor issue so far, but silence won't get it looked at `
Although, those few seconds of transition lag may not seem so "minor" if it gets Geralt squished by a kayran, haha.
`Although, those few seconds of transition lag may not seem so "minor" if it gets Geralt squished by a kayran, haha.
An exciting update from Virtual Programming about fixing performance issues:
Can anyone with access to the beta compare performance with Wine / CSMT?
Can anyone with access to the beta compare performance with Wine / CSMT?
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Anyone can access the beta: Steam -> TW2 -> right click -> Properties -> Beta -> opt in -> ok
Not if you aren't a Steam user
(I'm not). I usually try to avoid beta games which I didn't play yet, however TW2 could be a perfect candidate for testing, since I already played it in Wine. Unfortunately GOG doesn't offer such beta programs for testing like Steam. That's something they can think about.
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Not that Steam is the only platform that has the Linux version or something.Not if you aren't a Steam user
Update works ok ( https://github.com/KillaW0lf04/The-Witcher-2-Issues/issues/1#issuecomment-50677460 ) not on par with WINE+CSMT patches yet, but better.
@babalone: You mean the Linux beta 2 version? Performance of eON is reportedly better than before, but it's still behind Wine with CSMT. So if you really want to play the game in full, use Wine + CSMT for now. Hopefully Virtual Programming will be able to improve performance even more (and may be even surpass Wine, who knows).
For general help with kayran see also this thread.
For general help with kayran see also this thread.
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Witcher 2 for Linux beta 4 update:
I hope Virtual Programming would continue improving it. It's still reported to be performing worse than in Wine, but in general much better than the first released version.
I hope Virtual Programming would continue improving it. It's still reported to be performing worse than in Wine, but in general much better than the first released version.
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The Witcher 2 for Linux "release 2" is out:
It probably means that it might be coming to GOG at last. The line about Intel / AMD might mean some OpenGL 4.5 features. Anyway, it's good to see they still plan to improve it in the future.
19 Aug 2014 13:06 BST
Release 2 - buildID 359285
Since as Beta 4 seems to be such a wide improvement both performance and stability wise, we have chosen to make this the current release.
The only change from buildID 355503, is that we are now shipping openal-soft 1.16.0 with the game.
This "Release 2" doesn't mean we are done with improving things, but it does mean we feel that we have improved enough to consign the initial release to the bin
The beta branch has therefore now been disabled, and Steam should revert you to the default branch, ie "Opt out of all betas". Please check Steam has done this, and revert if necessary. It may take a client restart before Steam will notice the new default branch.
Thanks for all the constructive feedback so far!
It probably means that it might be coming to GOG at last. The line about Intel / AMD might mean some OpenGL 4.5 features. Anyway, it's good to see they still plan to improve it in the future.
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Maybe second time hits the charm, some sort of new AMD driver ( 14.201.1008 ) : http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/desktop-apu-catalyst-software.aspx
Users of kernel >3.14 should see this patch: http://is.gd/ZrNxFQ
Users of kernel >3.14 should see this patch: http://is.gd/ZrNxFQ