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The Murderous Cop:
--- Quote from: d on March 12, 2017, 04:44:55 PM ---What do you mean by this? DirectX is not a Linux compatible thing.. you can still use -dxlevel [number], but it only does minor changes. Team Fortress uses OpenGL on Linux.
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i just remember a lot of guides about setting dx arguments when setting up something like that for linux. i guess that's what it does on linux?
Steve5451²:
--- Quote from: The Murderous Cop on March 12, 2017, 04:42:52 PM ---in the case of TF2, it runs natively on linux. however, i'm unsure if there's any way to use it on dx8/9 or something. unsure what it even uses.
the computer also has like 2GB of ram, so that's something.
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You can't use DirectX on Linux but TF2 does have an OpenGL powered Linux port. From what I've heard, though, it runs poorly.
d:
--- Quote from: Steve5451² on March 12, 2017, 04:46:26 PM ---You can't use DirectX on Linux but TF2 does have an OpenGL powered Linux port. From what I've heard, though, it runs poorly.
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It depends on the distro and what drivers you have, I think. Some distros make it run like crap and some make it run very smooth and fast.
Pecon:
I've never had any issue using any valve's linux game ports. I think the key is making sure you have drivers specific to your hardware rather than the noveao drivers.
--- Quote from: The Murderous Cop on March 12, 2017, 04:45:52 PM ---i just remember a lot of guides about setting dx arguments when setting up something like that for linux. i guess that's what it does on linux?
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If I had to guess, those guides were written before valve made their linux ports (it's only been like four years I think?). The linux versions use opengl so that they run natively on linux without needing wine.
Metario:
post ur screenfetches kiddos