Friday Facts #408 - Statistics improvements, Linux adventures | Factorio
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Hello, welcome once again to the world of facts.

For me, it’s Factorio.

a game in which you build and maintain factories.

It even has Wayland support!

(Version 1.1.77» Fri Mar 03, 2023 3:44 pm)

Graphics

  • Added support for Wayland on Linux. To enable it, set SDL_VIDEODRIVER=wayland in your environment. (thanks to raiguard)

What’s yours?

EDIT: Great Linux ports* not like some forced ports that barely work or don’t.

  • EveryMuffinIsNowEncryptedEnglish
    20·
    4 months ago4 months ago

    Ah, so it’s like DirectX11/12? That makes sense! How come it’s never (presumably?) used on Windows?

    Also…

    Many issues due to being legacy

    Many issues due to being Modern

    Lol.

     

    Edit: Okay, looking it up, it’s apparent that X11 is not the same thing as DirectX11. Lol.

    • PsyhackologicalOP
      50·
      4 months ago

      DirectX is a set of APIs for game and multimedia development on Windows, whereas X11 and Wayland are display protocols that manage how graphical applications are rendered and interact with the desktop environment. DirectX is more similar to Vulkan in terms of providing a low-level API for high-performance graphics rendering or OpenGL.