Quoting: ricki42So since Vulkan isn't out yet but they are involved in creating Vulkan, have they already started porting to Vulkan using what tools are currently available, or will they start after the official release when everything's in place?

Valve at least has been implementing a Vulkan backend in their Source 2 engine and has already demoed Dota 2 on the API. I see no reason to believe the other members are simply twiddling their thumbs either. Epic's Unreal Engine 4 probably doesn't yet include any (public) code for Vulkan, but who knows what they're doing behind the scenes. And Unity 3D should be very eager to implement Vulkan support, to make their mobile builds more efficient if nothing else. These companies and quite a few others have had full access to the spec and tooling during their development (under NDA until release of course), but we can only speculate on what they've been doing with them.

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Quoting: burnallAnd when will be Vulkan officially released?

The last I've heard is "towards the end of this year". Seems like we're mostly waiting for tools and documentation--the stuff OpenGL has been seriously lacking in--as the spec is mostly "frozen" for release already and relevant members are hard at work on their implementations. But I'm not a Khronos member myself, so this is all hearsay.

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Quoting: pete910Fixed that fix of a fix for you :P

Nah, you didn't. Thanks anyway. ;)

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Quoting: fraghopperTo clarify, Vulkan is Mantle, fixed to fit architectures other than AMD's gcn along with other changes. OpenGL will live on and evolve as a higher level graphics API, as Vulkan is not for everyone.

Fixed that for you.

Fixed that fix for you.

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Quoting: Farmboy0Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. [External Link]

Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by indifference. I believe Linux support was simply so far down Larian's list of "Important Things To Plan For" that it utterly failed to feature in said plans. And Linux keeps being pushed to the bottom of the list as new, financially more profitable opportunities arise.

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Quoting: silverphilYes but Mad max [External Link] which is officially confirmed for linux is also developed by Avalanche Studios, though the difference there is the publisher, so there is still a chance!

The games also share their in-house Avalanche Engine 3.0, so porting one of the games would most likely mean less work for the other one.

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Quoting: KeyrockI'm sure it's a fine controller, but who pays $150 for a gamepad?

Someone who pays 400 € or more for a gpu? You know you can't be a real gamer unless you have the hardware to prove it. But in all seriousness, who pays 60 € for a game?

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Quoting: tuubiSeems fun. Someone less lazy should ask GOG to package a custom Linux version using the open source stuff so we won't need to buy a Windows game. With any optional HD content included of course, because why not?

Desura did it. I miss Desura :(
http://www.desura.com/games/freespace-2 [External Link]

Hmm. If Desura simply packaged the game with Freespace Open without any original code/scripting, shouldn't it be perfectly legal for GOG to resell their work or use it as a base? :P Assuming actual IP holders give their blessing...

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Seems fun. Someone less lazy should ask GOG to package a custom Linux version using the open source stuff so we won't need to buy a Windows game. With any optional HD content included of course, because why not?

Quoting: DrMcCoyBack in the days, I played it with my Gravis Firebird joystick. :)

I just recently gave away my trusty old Logitech Wingman flight stick. Much simpler than your monster--just a couple of buttons, a rudder and a throttle--but it served me well in Red Baron II, Tie Fighter, Terminal Velocity and many other classics. Alas, who has gameports anymore.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyWith a little luck that fix will propagate over to Mint soon as well! (I'm sort of assuming the original problem would also have existed on Mint)

Mint 17 builds on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, which means Mint will get the update as soon as it appears in Trusty's repositories.

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