@dianea mixerctl is not meant for regular user. sndioctl(1) is the main tool to manage your audiodevices and you can use it as non-root
@severin I've done an #OpenBSD port or retex 1.2.0 :
https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=179261173699299&w=2
To demonstrate what an #OpenBSD gaming system can do visually, here a high-quality recording of a few minutes in The Witcher 3 Remastered in 1440p at Ultra settings:
https://spectra.video/w/sGs3sjygpKt3AvxNzKFS3F
I have also uploaded the original, unaltered 1440p 60fps video at:
https://thfr.info/videos/The-Witcher-3-1440p-Ultra-OpenBSD-60fps-2026-10-29.mp4
System specs:
- OpenBSD 8.0-current
- AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Processor
- 16GB RAM
- AMD Radeon RX 9070 GPU
@yojimbo @brynet Are you sure? not according to this: https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Elite_Dangerous, but they may not always be right
Can you launch it without the Steam client running?
Pigs really can fly, the moon is made of cheese and Wine now runs on #OpenBSD!
Largely made possible by the work of Andrii (NethIafin), fabien@, and thfr@, 64-bit Windows applications (yes, games) run on -current!
WIP ports@ patch here: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=179236125692175&w=2
new link due to a technical hiccup:
https://video.gamerstavern.online/w/oZcTRKL5JMiU4M4FqGKcNH
Streaming now
The time has come: I am going to stream The Witcher 3 (Remastered!) from #OpenBSD in 1.5 hours (03:30 UTC) at:
#playonbsd gamers, I will stream Death Stranding from OpenBSD in 15 minutes:
https://video.gamerstavern.online/w/rzz2TLCxcmneHsydukAFLU
(replay VOD will live at the same URL soon afterwards)
#medicine #openbsd #games #playonbsd #clinicalinformatics... I hang out on freenode #openbsd-gaming. Thoughts and opinions are my own.