Yeah there's gonna be a community Linux build in a bit.

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Quoting: soulsourceThere is one thing I am often wondering about:
If the game has working OpenGL rendering support, why even invest the extra amount of work to maintain Direct3D rendering?
If multi-platform support is known to be a requirement right from the start, why even bother implementing Direct3D support?

Honestly, there's two things.

• Knowledge. Statistically speaking, there are far more developers with Windows/DirectX knowledge than with OpenGL, and even if you find a very good OpenGL dev, chances are OpenGL itself is going to throw a bunch of wrenches in the implementation of your engine. I went through enough hoops in the development of the Indivisible Linux and macOS engine cores to want to forget OpenGL ever existed.


• Cost-effectiveness. You're technically not wrong in saying that OpenGL would cover "most" bases... except for the tiny fact that programming first for DirectX unlocks access to 90%+ of the PC ecosystem (Windows), as well as the Xbox console - already a gigantic market presence there. macOS and Linux, much to my chagrin, remain an afterthought in that equation, as presence on other console platforms (Switch, PlayStation) remains far more lucrative than catering to the Apple users (4% of the market) or to the fair people of the Penguin Persuasion (1%, if that)

tldr: I'm a Linux gamedev on my free time and even I recognize there's some things playing against our preferred platform.

edit: a fellow dev also mentions this:

i've had less than fun experiences with opengl on windows unfortnuately
it """works""" but then you run across someone who doesn't have a good driver and it just explodes sideways
and there is nothing you can do about it
WHQL, at the very least, verifies that the drivers do what they are advertised to do

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> Better Multimonitor support
Neat!
> Different refresh rates
And here I thought they'd finally have different wallpapers per screen like KDE. Eugh.

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Hi.

I'm the Linux person.

At the start of the whole situation, much like many in here, even from "inside", I was trying not to accuse based on unsubstantiated claims. Then I learned of some things. And more things.

I will not break the secret between other formers and myself, but suffice it to say, this would not have happened if there was not a pattern of behaviour behind the actions of the man. Which is why I'm standing with my former teammates even as I am being consummately professional and doing a last bit of IT housekeeping.

Make of my statement what you will.

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Quoting: DragunovSo they chose a $2000 laptop that almost no one can afford to start on? That makes perfect sense.

To be fair, I've been looking at a Zephyrus G14 and I kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinda want to help?

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Suggested tag: "thanks-i-hate-it"

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Requiring them to make "adaptations to graphical shaders" to get them working

Let me doubt that. I'm helping with an indie game and we're just using XShaderCompiler, with some post-processing sauce for the uniform names, and it "just works TM".

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I bought it for the comments under each game's artbox. I swear.

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Quoting: kshade

Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: kshadeGood port? it doesn't have borderless window fullscreen (always comes back up automatically and misaligned when you tab out) and crashes once or twice before it actually loads a game.

Sounds like an issue with your WM, never had that issue.

I'm using XFCE, not issues with anything else.

You're also using Gentoo. As a fellow Gentoo user, I think that puts us deep in the "unsupported" group.

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Quoting: scorpickThe Fort de Bicêtre is near the DONTNOD Entertainment studio.

I would do things not for polite conversation to Feral if I could get Remember Me on Linux.

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