Looks like Valve is working on a 64bit and Vulkan upgrade to TF2's linux client (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by sp6@lemmy.world to c/tf2@lemmy.world

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For those unaware, the linux version of TF2 is still 32bit, and runs on ToGL - a DirectX to OpenGL translation layer.

A few days ago, Valve published a TF2 private branch called "x64_linux_test": https://steamdb.info/changelist/21975149/

Then a few hours ago, Valve update TF2's "App Config" to include references to x64 Vulkan TF2: https://steamdb.info/changelist/22010846/

Looks like it's coming soon, in theory should bring some nice performance improvements. But "soon" in Valve Time is... who knows

Edit: the beta is live

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[-] aksdb@feddit.de 6 points 10 months ago

I hope they also work on a 64bit Mac client ... then I can finally play with my colleagues.

[-] sp6@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Considering the CS:GO -> CS2 upgrade completely dropped Mac support, I wouldn't get my hopes up

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 9 points 10 months ago

and apple don't support opengl nor vulkan

[-] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 10 months ago

There is MoltenVK, though, which translates Vulkan to Metal, but Metal doesn't support all the functions that Vulkan does.

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

vac need to support it for mac users to play tho

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I hope they also work on a 64bit Mac client … then I can finally play with my colleagues.

Submission says x64 but Apple switched to ARM64, a completely different CPU architecture.

[-] aksdb@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago

Thanks to rosetta, x64 runs fine on M-processors.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

Thanks to rosetta, x64 runs fine on M-processors.

That's temporary, just as Rosetta emulation for PowerPC CPUs back in the day was temporary. It makes zero sense to make an x64 Mac port now and if Valve has little interest in porting their code base to ARM64, it makes even less sense to even care about Mac versions at all, considering that people who can afford expensive Mac can just as well get a Steam Deck.

[-] Vilian@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

rosetta that gonna be deprecated in 2 years, like every other compatibility tool by apple?

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