Halbheld Tracker

Will we able to ditch the numbers appending our username?

Halbheld — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:01:30 GMT

While I understand that buyers of the Premiere edition get numbers attached to their username to fulfill the promise to the Founder edition buyers to choose their username, I'm asking myself if those numbers will one day be removed.

Preferably before the landrush free users come.

Re: Google chrome & Linux

Halbheld — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 07:36:28 GMT

One possible solution is, to install a Chromium version with vaapi enabled (available as a snap). See https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/11/stadia-on-ubuntu-linux-mint The problem is, that you also need an extension (h264ify) to force Youtube to send out h264 videos instead of VP9. I don't think that this works with stadia. Has anyone any progress on this? Our solutions to minimize the stream or maximize the CPU power are okay, but the local graphics card should do its share.

Re: Google chrome & Linux

Halbheld — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 15:56:56 GMT

Does anybody know the codec Google is using? VP9? The nVidia driver of my GTX 770 tells me in VDPAU info, that it is only capable of MPEG1, MPEG2, H264, VC1, MPEG4, DIVX4 and DIVX5.

Re: Google chrome & Linux

Halbheld — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 14:57:28 GMT

Reducing the quality indeed makes it better and almost playable. But that's the thing: now the stream is light enough to be decoded fast enough under Linux, while the same stream under Windows is significantly faster decoded. Google has to tweak Linux Chrome. That was an important argument for Stadia, at least for me: ditch Windows gaming once and for all.

Playing on a Chromebook, getting kicked afters minutes

Halbheld — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 09:22:51 GMT

My internet connection is fast enough for Stadia and I use a Google Wifi Hotspot with a Acer Chromebook R13. After playing about 2 minutes, I get a notification, that the game might end, because of the poor connection. After another 2 oder 3 minutes, I get kicked out. While I understand that my connection is flaky, maybe because of the distance to the access point or the wifi support in my Chromebook, I absolutely don't get why YOU decide FOR ME to end my session. Image quality is sub par, okay, but otherwise it runs very nice, without noticeable lag and I like playing on my Chromebook. Please don't kick me out of my gaming session, when I decide to play with the bad quality I have!

Re: Google chrome & Linux

Halbheld — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 13:20:38 GMT

"Enables pointer lock options" doesn't change anything for me.

Re: Google chrome & Linux

Halbheld — Tue, 26 Nov 2019 06:56:03 GMT

Just adding my experience, that Chrome on Windows runs perfectly, while Chrome on Linux Mint 19.2 has so much input lag, that it is unplayable. Same machine, same connection. We need that hardware accelerated video decoding, I guess.