Getting SEV to work with linux

Fyron · #1 December 21st, 2006, 12:02 AM

capnq said:
I am not at all fluent in Linux, but I had the impression that no emulator can cope with DirectX.

Wine and Cedega are not emulators (Wine even stands for "Wine Is Not an Emulator").

capnq · #2 December 21st, 2006, 02:12 PM

See, told you I wasn't fluent. I thought WinE stood for WINdows Emulator.

frightlever · #3 December 21st, 2006, 02:36 PM

"While it is too late for SEV, perhaps we could lobby Aaron to ensure that SE6 is more Linux-friendly - specifically by using OpenGL rather than DirectX?"

But if he does that we'll miss out on the cutting edge grafix!

Oh...

And, of course, SE6 will be being made in Indonesia in a Strategy First sweatshop. Probably have a single linear campaign and lots of in-game video to move the story along.

Baron Munchausen · #4 December 21st, 2006, 04:49 PM

We tried at the beginning of the beta process to get him to put at least some effort into testing on Linux under Wine/Cedega. He simply would not go along in any way. (But when you look at how long it is taking to make the game work properly under Windows I guess that's not surprising. Adding another OS/platform to test would have slowed things even more. :-/ )

Fyron · #5 December 21st, 2006, 07:34 PM

Linux is not a very big market for a gaming platform...

wake_of_angels · #6 December 22nd, 2006, 05:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Imperator Fyron

Linux is not a very big market for a gaming platform...

It shall become one and I will love SE on Linux

AstralWanderer · #7 December 30th, 2006, 03:41 AM

Quote:

Imperator Fyron said:
Linux is not a very big market for a gaming platform...

If market size is the only criteria, then SE6 should be a console game - perhaps for the Wii where you throw the controller at the TV to indicate rejection of an AI's diplomatic proposal.

More seriously though, if Linux compatibility isn't taken into account, then there is the real likelihood of SE6 becoming a DX10 Vista-only game - given Vista's draconian media restrictions, that should be a real worry for anyone concerned about cost and control of their system.

It is certainly feasible to produce a game that runs under both Windows and Linux (Dominions 3 being one good example along with the Doom/Quake family and Neverwinter Nights) so now should be a good time to raise this point.

Fyron · #8 December 30th, 2006, 03:59 AM

Malfador has never gone for the latest graphics tech. SE5 requires only DX 8.1, and it came out well into the DX 9 era. I doubt SE6 will even require DX 9...

Market size is certainly not the only criterion, but it is one. Strategy games don't work well at all on consoles; especially the turn-based variety.