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Re: I can\'t remember if I\'ve asked this...

There's been no specific directX or better version specified. I'd say any that work with Starfury probably work with SE:V.

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Well the thing is that SF apparently doesn't like Wine's implementation of DX8 (or 7 or whatever version it uses), but there's work being done on an implementation of 9, so I was hoping SE5 would be using DX9 instead of the earlier version that SF was...
Trust me, I WILL switch back to windows if I really have to... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

Re: I can\'t remember if I\'ve asked this...

I'll bet if you set your virus protection right, it would identify Windows as the virus it really is! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

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Atrocities said:
I thought no one used Linux any more.

Think again. DistroWatch.com, Linux Counter.

Re: I can\'t remember if I\'ve asked this...

Well, I've got some encouraging news from Malfador:

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Starfury requires DirectX 7 and SE5 requires DirectX 8. Let's hope it works!

Aaron

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On Thu Jul 21 17:53 , Edward Kolis <ekolis@cinci.rr.com> sent:

>Hi Aaron!
>Just thought I'd ask you if you still check the SE5 wishlist thread over
>at Shrapnel's forums, because it's still alive and kicking! ;-)
>Also, would you be able to say what version of DirectX SE5 will be
>using? I'm asking this because Starfury won't run for me under Wine on
>Linux, and I think it's because it uses a poorly supported old version
>of DirectX (what is it, 7? 8?). But now that DirectX 9 has been out for
>a while, there's work being done (which I hope will be finished by SE5's
>release) on incorporating DirectX 9 into Wine, which will mean that a
>lot of newer games should be able to run on Linux. So, have you upgraded
>to the newer version of DirectX, or would you rather not say at this
>time?
>Thanks!
>-Ed Kolis

If I'm not mistaken, DX8 is already fairly well supported in Wine; the reason Starfury doesn't work must be because it uses DX7.

Oh, and it looks like I'm not the ONLY person who calls it "SE5" instead of "SEV" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: I can\'t remember if I\'ve asked this...

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Ed Kolis said:
Oh, and it looks like I'm not the ONLY person who calls it "SE5" instead of "SEV" http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...ies/tongue.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

We should call it SE 101. Really!

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Binary huh? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif
Though it also sounds like a tutorial or something...
Maybe we should call it SE ||||| (counting in unary) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

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