Comments on: LGP History pt 2: The Early Days/2009/06/23/lgp-history-pt-2-the-early-days/ Commercial gaming for Linux Fri, 09 Nov 2012 18:53:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Max/2009/06/23/lgp-history-pt-2-the-early-days/comment-page-1/#comment-448 Max Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:44:33 +0000 /?p=231#comment-448 The science fiction one that the Unigine guys create in-house. The one with the Science fiction theme of which they have a couple of screenshots on their page, the one with the highway, the nice city center and the cars. It looks pretty great except for the character models. The science fiction one that the Unigine guys create in-house.
The one with the Science fiction theme of which they have a couple of screenshots on their page, the one with the highway, the nice city center and the cars.
It looks pretty great except for the character models.

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By: MaximB/2009/06/23/lgp-history-pt-2-the-early-days/comment-page-1/#comment-445 MaximB Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:30:46 +0000 /?p=231#comment-445 @Max : What Unigine game are you talking about ? there are several games made with this engine (in development). @Max :
What Unigine game are you talking about ? there are several games made with this engine (in development).

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By: Max/2009/06/23/lgp-history-pt-2-the-early-days/comment-page-1/#comment-437 Max Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:21:58 +0000 /?p=231#comment-437 Well, I don't really like running stuff through wine. Barely anything runs as it should. Everything has at least minor bugs... Well, I don’t really like running stuff through wine. Barely anything runs as it should. Everything has at least minor bugs…

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By: wasdf/2009/06/23/lgp-history-pt-2-the-early-days/comment-page-1/#comment-436 wasdf Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:00:00 +0000 /?p=231#comment-436 i already asked for gothic series, it wont happen. risen uses direct x and reading their forums, it doesnt sound like they are port-friendly :( BUT i can tell you, that gothic 1 & 2+addon work pretty well on wine and part 3 is quite playable (only some visual glitches) if you use some patches for wine ;) i already asked for gothic series, it wont happen.
risen uses direct x and reading their forums, it doesnt sound like they are port-friendly :(
BUT
i can tell you, that gothic 1 & 2+addon work pretty well on wine
and part 3 is quite playable (only some visual glitches) if you use some patches for wine ;)

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By: Max/2009/06/23/lgp-history-pt-2-the-early-days/comment-page-1/#comment-434 Max Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:13:57 +0000 /?p=231#comment-434 Aye, i saw that book before, thought about ordering it. I did not order it yet because I have no clue if it covers what I need. Still wondering what the "secret" game they're working on right now is... Well, there will be Bandits, Shadowgrounds: Survivor and that "secret game", probably all comming this year? Who knows, maybe not.. And then there is also the Unigine game by the guys who develop the engine, they said that it's planned to release this year, also for Linux. Instead of the Witcher I'd love to see some stuff with really deep story like "Gothic" or "Risen" (the next game by Piranha Bytes, a bit similar to Gothic, but since their old publisher has the rights for the Gothic series, they couldn't call it Gothic, it's also in a different world with a different backstory, but still similar in a way) Aye, i saw that book before, thought about ordering it.
I did not order it yet because I have no clue if it covers what I need.

Still wondering what the “secret” game they’re working on right now is…
Well, there will be Bandits, Shadowgrounds: Survivor and that “secret game”, probably all comming this year? Who knows, maybe not..
And then there is also the Unigine game by the guys who develop the engine, they said that it’s planned to release this year, also for Linux.

Instead of the Witcher I’d love to see some stuff with really deep story like “Gothic” or “Risen” (the next game by Piranha Bytes, a bit similar to Gothic, but since their old publisher has the rights for the Gothic series, they couldn’t call it Gothic, it’s also in a different world with a different backstory, but still similar in a way)

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By: Maxim/2009/06/23/lgp-history-pt-2-the-early-days/comment-page-1/#comment-433 Maxim Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:29:45 +0000 /?p=231#comment-433 Hello all ! @Max : I own an ATI Radeon 4870HD video card, and I'm using the ATI/AMD proprietary drivers - and it's not that bad as you might think. It's far from perfect but most games have no problems with it, I do get a random crashes sometimes when playing Sacred Golod, but those crashes happen so rarely it's hardly a problem. Prey runs almost perfectly except some slowdowns that also happen very rare. RTCW runs almost perfectly except one bug that I was having that ceases the game to crash (at the crypt level, when the fire bosses throws fire at you). The thing with the ATI/AMD drivers is that every new release fixes a lot of bugs but introduce new bugs that weren't in their older releases. Overall I can't say that their drivers are very bad, but I never used NVIDIA video cards with Linux so I can't tell about their "bugs" if any. About the OpenGL to DirectX book, I've found this one at tuxgames : http://www.tuxgames.com/details.cgi?&gameref=80 Not really about porting but it's a start. There are other books on Linux gaming/OpenGL ,if you want I can search them for you, but no ...nothing about porting from DirectX to OpenGL. @Michael : Hello to you to ;) As you know we are REALLY miss GOOD RPG games on Linux (Sacred is more Hack-n-slash game then RPG), I would really like to see "The Witcher EE" ported to Linux, they even used modified but Linux friendly Aurora Engine , is there ANY chance to see a Native Linux client of The Witcher ? Witcher : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher_(video_game) Aurora Engine : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_Engine Thanks Maxim. Hello all !

@Max :
I own an ATI Radeon 4870HD video card, and I’m using the ATI/AMD proprietary drivers – and it’s not that bad as you might think.

It’s far from perfect but most games have no problems with it, I do get a random crashes sometimes when playing Sacred Golod, but those crashes happen so rarely it’s hardly a problem.
Prey runs almost perfectly except some slowdowns that also happen very rare.
RTCW runs almost perfectly except one bug that I was having that ceases the game to crash (at the crypt level, when the fire bosses throws fire at you).

The thing with the ATI/AMD drivers is that every new release fixes a lot of bugs but introduce new bugs that weren’t in their older releases.

Overall I can’t say that their drivers are very bad, but I never used NVIDIA video cards with Linux so I can’t tell about their “bugs” if any.

About the OpenGL to DirectX book, I’ve found this one at tuxgames : http://www.tuxgames.com/details.cgi?&gameref=80
Not really about porting but it’s a start.
There are other books on Linux gaming/OpenGL ,if you want I can search them for you, but no …nothing about porting from DirectX to OpenGL.

@Michael :
Hello to you to ;)
As you know we are REALLY miss GOOD RPG games on Linux (Sacred is more Hack-n-slash game then RPG), I would really like to see “The Witcher EE” ported to Linux, they even used modified but Linux friendly Aurora Engine , is there ANY chance to see a Native Linux client of The Witcher ?

Witcher : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher_(video_game)
Aurora Engine : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora_Engine

Thanks
Maxim.

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By: Max/2009/06/23/lgp-history-pt-2-the-early-days/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Max Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:39:08 +0000 /?p=231#comment-430 Interesting indeed. Maybe LGP is gonna get some AAA titles in the years to come. You guys might want to check out "Rage". If id doesn't release binaries you might be able to get some deal with them. I'm kind of worried about them releasing binaries especially since they've been bought by some other company a few days ago. I think it was the head company of bethesda. Is there actually any good lecture out there about porting directx to opengl? I've been looking for some and have a good knowledge of python and java and a decent knowledge of c. I couldn't find any decent lecture about it anywhere on the net or in real book shops and "just starting" ain't always easy. If you know of any good reading material it'd be nice if you could point it out. Only shame on linux systems right now is that only nvidia cards have good drivers while ati cards are the better ones hardware wise, ati doesn't use those crappy capacitors that nvidia uses... A few days ago my gtx 260 started to crash, now i somehow resolved the crashing problem and it just squeals when launching complex 3d applications. (reaches from modelling software to 3d games as x3..., strangely enough stuff like tremulous or et quake wars does not make the card squeal like crazy...) Seriously, i can't take that squealing anymore and i even heard that they don't exchange those cards... so i might buy a new one... i would buy an ati card, but their drivers are bad right now. Maybe i should wait till their rewrite reached a higher level. You can even hear the squaling through the closed tower and with headphones on and the sounds on max volume... It's especially annoying while modelling stuff, on every turn of the model the card squeals. Interesting indeed.

Maybe LGP is gonna get some AAA titles in the years to come.
You guys might want to check out “Rage”. If id doesn’t release binaries you might be able to get some deal with them. I’m kind of worried about them releasing binaries especially since they’ve been bought by some other company a few days ago.
I think it was the head company of bethesda.

Is there actually any good lecture out there about porting directx to opengl?
I’ve been looking for some and have a good knowledge of python and java and a decent knowledge of c.
I couldn’t find any decent lecture about it anywhere on the net or in real book shops and “just starting” ain’t always easy.
If you know of any good reading material it’d be nice if you could point it out.

Only shame on linux systems right now is that only nvidia cards have good drivers while ati cards are the better ones hardware wise, ati doesn’t use those crappy capacitors that nvidia uses…
A few days ago my gtx 260 started to crash, now i somehow resolved the crashing problem and it just squeals when launching complex 3d applications. (reaches from modelling software to 3d games as x3…, strangely enough stuff like tremulous or et quake wars does not make the card squeal like crazy…)
Seriously, i can’t take that squealing anymore and i even heard that they don’t exchange those cards… so i might buy a new one… i would buy an ati card, but their drivers are bad right now. Maybe i should wait till their rewrite reached a higher level.
You can even hear the squaling through the closed tower and with headphones on and the sounds on max volume…
It’s especially annoying while modelling stuff, on every turn of the model the card squeals.

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By: Mike Phillips/2009/06/23/lgp-history-pt-2-the-early-days/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Mike Phillips Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:22:09 +0000 /?p=231#comment-426 Glad to hear some of the early influences were correct enough to continue, and always glad to see the company continuing :-) Glad to hear some of the early influences were correct enough to continue, and always glad to see the company continuing :-)

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By: Maxim/2009/06/23/lgp-history-pt-2-the-early-days/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Maxim Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:05:42 +0000 /?p=231#comment-424 Hello again ! Nice story indeed, waiting for part 3 ;) or at least as Harald Nikolisin said : "I would like to hear about the challenge to port a windows game based on DirectX to OpenGL on Linux." When looking at Tuxgames website I see that Majesty is number 5 on the overall top sellers - very impressive ! Could you provide such statistics on LGP like you did with Tuxgames - it's always interesting to look at, specially at the "Current Top Sellers" that change places almost daily (and I wonder when will Sacred get to the "Overall" list ;) ). Hello again !
Nice story indeed, waiting for part 3 ;) or at least as Harald Nikolisin said : “I would like to hear about the challenge to port a windows game based on DirectX to OpenGL on Linux.”

When looking at Tuxgames website I see that Majesty is number 5 on the overall top sellers – very impressive !
Could you provide such statistics on LGP like you did with Tuxgames – it’s always interesting to look at, specially at the “Current Top Sellers” that change places almost daily (and I wonder when will Sacred get to the “Overall” list ;) ).

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By: Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development)/2009/06/23/lgp-history-pt-2-the-early-days/comment-page-1/#comment-423 Michael Simms (CEO and head of Development) Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:13:08 +0000 /?p=231#comment-423 The original windows version was DirectDraw IIRC The original windows version was DirectDraw IIRC

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