Quoting: Alm888

Quoting: EhvisI don't think you quite understand what you're saying here. With the exception of OpenGL only stuff, EVERYTHING is a port with some sort of wrapping. Even Unreal Engine and Unity. As proven by the lower performance. Having an optimal solution would require a full blown rewrite, which is never going to happen for the Linux+Mac market share.

Objection!

If we look onto this game [External Link] we will see that apart from the obvious OS difference its system requirements are identical. This alone proofs that Unity3D is not "port" or "wrapper". It's "*.dll"-s are managed bytecode and not wrapped Windows PE executables. But if it so not enougth to convince you than we can look into any Unity3D log file located in ~/.config/unity3d/<company_name>/<game_name>/Player.log

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Benchmark it. You'll see lower framerates on OpenGL. That's down one thing: DX11 came first and got the best optimisation, then came OpenGL layer that was suboptimal. You can call in anything you want, but the net effect is the same.

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Quoting: Alm888This number inflation by "porters" will do no good. The only hope is direct personal work with (mostly indie) developers via Kickstarter or otherwise to persuade them in releasing day-1 versions and not "ports". And this will be way harder.

I don't think you quite understand what you're saying here. With the exception of OpenGL only stuff, EVERYTHING is a port with some sort of wrapping. Even Unreal Engine and Unity. As proven by the lower performance. Having an optimal solution would require a full blown rewrite, which is never going to happen for the Linux+Mac market share. Unless the Windows market share starts dropping drastically. But DX12/Vulkan will solve the problem way before that. For new stuff anyway.

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At prices like this, it's not the question whether it's worth the money, but whether it's worth your time. I'll take that as a big fat no.

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That steam thread sounds like a more reliable source than something said by a random dev in a random stream.

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Quoting: KimyrielleHonestly? I find it disrespectful to make promises that you don't keep down the road.

Unfortunately, that appears to be a much more general problem than just Linux releases.

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Personally, I'm not too bothered by all this. At the end of the day, it's rather simple. Either a game comes out on Linux, or it doesn't. Until a definitive release date is given, I take note, but don't consider it to have much value. No hype, no expectation, no nothing. If it never comes, I'll just play something else.

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Quoting: Guppy

Quoting: mcphailDoes it count as a Linux sale for Feral?

This.

Humble does take note of the platform. In fact, it draws a graph for how much each platform contributed. Whether that translates to a proper cut for Feral is something only they can answer. It'd be pretty strange if it didn't though.

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It's a bit weird indeed. If it's viable on Mac, it's certainly viable on Linux. From a tech perspective anyway. And since they already have the Mac port, it should be from a commercial point of view as well. Unless the Mac port is Metal only.

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Looks pretty good! Might be nice after I finish Mark of the Ninja.

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Quoting: swick

You have no excuse not to own Company of Heroes 2 now

Did all of that change or are you just again shilling for Feral?

The list above that were *reasons* not to own CoH2, not excuses! :P

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