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Unity and Nvidia partner to launch real-time raytracing tech
Newsbrief: Unity and Nvidia have joined forces to launch real-time raytracing tech through Nvidia’s RTX platform.
For Unity’s part, this means that the company’s High Definition Render Pipeline will offer devs a way to implement real-time raytracing in their Unity-based projects and drastically improve the lighting effects in those games.
The tech is launching into as early-access, production-focused version today with a full preview launch due out later this year. The partnership, meanwhile, aims to open up the ability to render photorealistic image and lighting quality in real time to a larger pool of developers.
On Nvidia’s side, the partnership could give its RTX tech a potentially-need boost. The company cut its financial forecasts earlier this year after sales of the RTX GPU line were below expectations, a shortcoming that could be attributed to the fact that not many yet-released PC games have implemented the raytracing tech RTX offers up.
Starting at 2:00 p.m. PST today, members of the Xbox One Preview Alpha and Preview Beta Rings will begin receiving the latest 1904 Xbox One system update (19H1_RELEASE_XBOX_DEV_1904\18352.2003.190306-1930). Read on for more about the new features, fixes and known issues in the latest 1904 system update.
DETAILS: OS version released: 19H1_RELEASE_XBOX_DEV_1904\18352.2003.190306-1930 Available: 2:00PM PST 3/9/19 Mandatory Date/Time: 3:00 AM PST 3/10/19
New Features:
A complete feature list for 1904 is published here.
Fixes:
Sign-on
We have resolved a sign in issues with UI and Images with consoles that had more than 10 profiles installed that made it difficult for users to sign in.
We have fixed the issue in which some users found that they were unable to add an account to the console.
System
Various localization fixes.
Known Issues:
Audio
We are aware of issues of No Audio heard from Non-Spatial Audio games when using Dolby Atmos for Home Theater with the LG SJ9 soundbar.
We are tracking the issue in which users with Dolby Atmos setups may have no sound or low sound (with snap, crackle and pop!) when coming out of Instant On. Workaround : Reboot your Audio Video Receiver (AVR) to reenable the audio stream correctly as one option. Also try changing your console Audio settings back to Dolby Digital to restore sound then reboot your AVR to confirm sounds then change the console back to Dolby Atmos in Audio settings.
Disney Adventures
We are tracking an issue that this title is crashing on launch.
EA Access App
We are tracking the following two issues with the EA Access app and the 1904 recovery:
Users are unable to purchase an EA Access subscription from inside the EA Access app. When you select the icon to renew nothing happens. Workaround: Purchase the renewal from www.xbox.com or from the Microsoft Store app.
Users are unable to get a game trial from inside the EA Access App. When you select the Game trial icon nothing happens. Workaround : Search for the trial in the Microsoft Store and install the trail from the game Product Display Page (PDP).
Game Pass Mobile App
Issue/Impact – After pushing a remote installation of a game from the
Game Pass mobile app, customers will not see progress of the installation on in the mobile app and may not receive install notifications. The game will still successfully install if there is sufficient available space on the console.
Affected audience – must be in 1904 preview, must be a GP subscriber, must be using the GP mobile app, must be pushing game installations from the app.
Workarounds – None. A fix is coming in the next version of the mobile app in March. Customers interested in getting early access to the fix can download the Game Pass Beta app.
Groups
New Groups or existing groups will not show up in the Guide until you’ve visited My Games & Apps once after updating the console.
Home
We are aware that the clock/time is missing from home and the dashboard.
We are tracking that notifications are not displaying on the console (such as achievement toasts).
Plex App
Sometimes users may encounter an issue when playing 4K content that the streaming will fail with the Plex App.
Profile Color
Sometimes users may encounter the incorrect Profile color when powering on the console.
Virtual Keyboard
On Screen Keyboard in Hebrew – We are aware that the onscreen keyboard in Hebrew the period or semi-colon no longer works. Workaround: A physical usb keyboard works.
On Screen Keyboard covers group chat window – We are aware that the onscreen keyboard in group chat covers that text entry window. Workaround: Touch typing is a skill.
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Updates to Season of the Drifter
As a follow-up to reports of powerful rewards dropping at lower Power than expected, we wanted to catch you up on the current topics we’re investigating and also give you insights on our overall goals for Seasonal endgame progression.
There are two issues we’ve been tracking:
Reports of powerful sources granting +0 rewards
Current investigations point toward this being from daily bounties being carried over from last Season and being used to progress weekly bounties
We will continue looking into this issue in case there are other example of +0 drops
Director Challenges are dropping lower Power drops than expected
We expected players to hit the minimum-reward Power bumps at ~690 Power, but they’ve been hitting it at 650 instead
We have a fix ready for this issue, and we’re working to ship this Hotfix 2.2.0.2 sometime after we ship next week’s update
As with all releases, we updated powerful sources and added additional sources. It is our goal that the Seasonal endgame progression take roughly the same effort from Season to Season. Meaning that 650–700 should be roughly the same as 600–650. Some sources are faster and some are slower, but the overall experience is expected to be comparable. We missed these Power source tuning changes in the patch notes and we’re working to improve our patch note process for future updates.
We do have an update planned to go out in 2.2.0.1 on March 12 to address several issues. Here is a preview of some of the expected fixes.
Fixed an issue where weekly bounties were resetting on Sundays instead of with the weekly reset on Tuesdays.
Fixed an issue where the pursuits for Malfeasance and Breakneck were not progressing as expected in Gambit and Gambit Prime.
Fixed an issue where the Triumph “The Best Offense,” which awards Oxygen SR3, wasn’t counting the correct number of Orbs of Light generated in strike activities.
Fixed an issue where certain Primevals were despawning in Gambit Prime.
Fixed an issue where Blockers were not spawning on Kell’s Grave and Cathedral of Scars. These maps will be re-enabled when this issue is resolved.
Fixed an issue where various Gambit quests and bounties were not progressing properly.
Fixed an issue where Gambit activities may mistakenly report that players’ motes are lost when they defeat an enemy invader.
The full list of patch notes will come out with the update on March 12. Stay tuned to @Bungiehelp for more information on updates to the game.
Please keep the feedback coming. We definitely need to hear player reports to make sure everything is working as intended as well as your feedback to ensure we deliver the experience we all want Destiny to be.
This blog post describes the steps required to set up a multi node Kubernetes cluster for development purposes. This setup provides a production-like cluster that can be set up on your local machine.
Why do we require multi node cluster setup?
Multi node Kubernetes clusters offer a production-like environment which has various advantages. Even though Minikube provides an excellent platform for getting started, it doesn’t provide the opportunity to work with multi node clusters which can help solve problems or bugs that are related to application design and architecture. For instance, Ops can reproduce an issue in a multi node cluster environment, Testers can deploy multiple versions of an application for executing test cases and verifying changes. These benefits enable teams to resolve issues faster which make them more agile.
Why use Vagrant and Ansible?
Vagrant is a tool that will allow us to create a virtual environment easily and it eliminates pitfalls that cause the works-on-my-machine phenomenon. It can be used with multiple providers such as Oracle VirtualBox, VMware, Docker, and so on. It allows us to create a disposable environment by making use of configuration files.
Ansible is an infrastructure automation engine that automates software configuration management. It is agentless and allows us to use SSH keys for connecting to remote machines. Ansible playbooks are written in yaml and offer inventory management in simple text files.
Prerequisites
Vagrant should be installed on your machine. Installation binaries can be found here.
Oracle VirtualBox can be used as a Vagrant provider or make use of similar providers as described in Vagrant’s official documentation.
Ansible should be installed in your machine. Refer to the Ansible installation guide for platform-specific installation.
Black Widow Movie Starring Scarlett Johansson Casts Second Lead Role
The upcoming Black Widow movie starring Scarlett Johansson continues to add to its cast. Sources told Variety that Florence Pugh, who will be seen next in the eerie Pagan horror movie Midsommar, is joining Scarlett Johansson in the Black Widow film.
Pugh will play the second lead in Black Widow alongside Johansson, though it's unknown who she's playing. According to Variety's sources, Marvel considered "several candidates" for the role before deciding on Pugh after her won praise for her part in "Fighting With My Family."
It's still early days for the Black Widow film. It's unknown currently if it's an origin story for the character or how it'll factor into whatever happens in Avengers: Endgame. That film is believed to be the final entry in MCU Phase 3, so Black Widow would take place in Phase 4 at the earliest.
Nindies Showcase Officially Announced For Wednesday, 20th March
Completely out of the blue, Nintendo has revealed that a Nindies Showcase video presentation is on the way later this week.
The show will air this Wednesday, 20th March at 9am PT / 12pm ET (so that’s 4pm GMT / 5pm CET). According to a brief press release, the show will feature “roughly 30 minutes of information on indie games coming to Nintendo Switch”.
Everything new in iOS 12.2 beta 6: AirPower support & AppleCare+
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By Andrew O’Hara Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 12:56 pm PT (03:56 pm ET)
Release of iOS 12.2 appears imminent as the sixth beta was recently released to developers with a number of new changes and polish. AppleInsider goes through everything that is new in the latest —and possibly last —iOS 12.2 beta.
iPhone XS Max updated to iOS 12.2
One of the first changes we come across in the sixth beta of iOS 12.2, is the ability to view AppleCare status. If you head to Settings > General > About you will see a new option for AppleCare. It will show you your current warranty status, whether or not you have AppleCare+.
iOS 12.2 beta 6 AppleCare plans
Tapping into it you get additional details such as when it expires or renews if billing monthly. If you don’t currently have AppleCare+ and are elligble, Apple gives you the option to purchase it. You choose your preference —in our case AppleCare+ or AppleCare+ with Theft and Loss —and then choose how you’d prefer to pay. You can pay each month, or you can pay it off in full.
Most interesting to us, was the official support for AirPower included in the code of iOS 12.2. AirPower has special integrations with iOS such as the flashy animation that appears on your iPhone display with the charging status of your Apple Watch and AirPods. With this support finally added in the latest beta, it appears the release of AirPower is imminent.
The forthcoming iOS 12.2 update is looking to be a massive one with new icons, support for HomeKit TVs, a redesigned remote widget in Control Center, updated Wallet transactions, Apple News launching in Canada, keyboard color picker, and much more.
Apple is likely going to release iOS 12.2 to the masses around the time of its March 25th press event at the Steve Jobs Theater, where it is expected to debut the new video and News subscription services.
Eternity: The Last Unicorn is a full-featured action RPG inspired by tales from Norse Mythology with classic game mechanics. Travel through mesmerizing locations, meet fantasy characters and fight to protect Elven immortality.
Combatants from fate Universes join the fray - in addition to the 16 original servants from fate/EXTELLA: the umbral Star, characters from other fate series will enter battle as playable servants
