Dynamic recompilation technology?
Comment on Valve still waiting on a 'generational leap' for Steam Deck 2 - but it's coming
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 12 hours ago
Presumably this will mean a high-performance ARM CPU (comparable to the Apple M series), along with the dynamic recompilation technology Steam have been experimenting with. (It’s unlikely that Intel or AMD will deliver the generational leap they’re talking about.)
Cargon@lemmy.ml 11 hours ago
The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 8 hours ago
It’s “FEX”, Valve have apparently been testing it with Proton.
The Asahi Linux team have their own packaging/tooling around it, but theirs is slower at runtime because they have to run the games inside a VM as well.
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 2 hours ago
Their stack is so brutal. It’s incredible how they overcame it all.
ARM instruction set, wrong page size, GPU without documentation for which they reverse engineered a Vulkan and OpenGL driver.
weker01@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
This reminds me of an old thread on a random forum. Just when Sims 2 was released they were speculating what Sims 3 would look like.
Someone suggested that the next game will surely be in the source engine!
While your point is more realistic than that I still don’t think valve could pull this off in reasonable time. Translation for games is extremely hard to do right. I think if at all there will be another generation of decks before we see something like this.
asexualchangeling@lemmy.ml 12 hours ago
Also honestly, proton being basically a public beta on the decks launch was one thing, But that’s going to create even more issues on launch for the newer device unless they have it practically perfect before it comes out.