Valve's Alien Swarm Game For Linux?

[3vi1]

It's ok, wine is fine.

But whiskey's quicker.

[deanjo]

my info is right just because UT3 need vertex texture fetch VTF and an vanilla OGL2.1 can't handle this you need OGL3 or extensions but for exampel dx9 amd hardware can not handle VTF

thats just an exampel.

if the game runs on 2.1+extensions this means the game do not run on 2.1 at all.

Dude I can tell you for a fact that that UT3 was running fine in early 2008 on wine on a 8800GT.

[deanjo]

ut3 comes out 2006 wine does a shit 2006 about ut3

UT3 came out November of 2007. Again get your facts straight.

[deanjo]

ogl2.1=dx9BBBBB UT3 is designed for DX9CCCCCCCCC+VTF thats in FACT OGL3!

UT3 could be even ran on a 6200 and even an ATI 9600.

[Svartalf]

if my quality is like the quality of the LGP DRM server then yes worst

I have no affiliation with the DRM LGP uses- in fact, I've not heard from them in a while. Nice try, but no cigar, sir.

last time i play an physX game it runs in wine right CPU only(amd card).

physX for linux is just worst because x87 code no multicore and nvidia only on the gpu

That's about to change- and it's HARDLY the same as "not there".

my info is right just because UT3 need vertex texture fetch VTF and an vanilla OGL2.1 can't handle this you need OGL3 or extensions but for exampel dx9 amd hardware can not handle VTF

However, the game WOULD run on DX9... Sorry, just because it wanted it doesn't mean it needed it. When will you figure out...you're arguing this with someone that does this stuff?

if the game runs on 2.1+extensions this means the game do not run on 2.1 at all.

Just because it can run on 2.1+extensions, doesn't mean it needs to or requires it.

You may think you've proven your point, but all you've done is make yourself look sillier than usual here...

[Svartalf]

But whiskey's quicker.

Heh... Thanks for the chuckle, 3vil...

[Svartalf]

UT3 came out November of 2007. Again get your facts straight.

I'm unsure if he can, deanjo...

[W3ird_N3rd]

Maybe this will just be another strange case of Valve Time!

Valve Time: "No comment."
Actual Time: "This christmas"
Item: "Steam for Linux"

It would make perfect sense! Right? Right?

I think they'll get Steam for Linux when it's done. Perhaps in time for Duke Nukem Forever.

[deanjo]

you also can run this game on vesa and without video output at all.

Sure you can, but when your running them on those minimum requirement cards you are not running in VESA mode. They are running with hardware acceleration. When you said:

ogl2.1=dx9BBBBB UT3 is designed for DX9CCCCCCCCC+VTF thats in FACT OGL3!

because you can not run it on dc9 hardware like an X1950

that is a bunch of bull. Here is even some benches if you wish:

http://forums.anandtech.com/archive/index.php/t-129087.html

UT3 1024x768
HD3850 E2140 2.9 - 20/46.1/62fps
X1950 E2140 2.9 - 19/38/62fps

UT3 1280x960
HD3850 E2140 2.9 - 20/47.5/62fps
X1950 E2140 2.9 - 10/31.8/55fps

UT3 1600x1200
HD3850 E2140 2.9 - 3/38.2/62fps
X1950 E2140 2.9 - 3/24.6/39fps

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_...nreal_Engine_3

i count the engine.

Well first of all UT3 != UE3. Secondly even the first game that used UE2, Roboblitz was able to be played with hardware acceleration on these older cards

1. nVidia
   • GeForce 6600 series
     GeForce 6800 series
     GeForce 7600 series
     GeForce 7800 series
     GeForce 7900 series
     GeForce 7950 series
     GeForce Go 6800 series
     GeForce Go 7400 series
     GeForce Go 7800 series
     GeForce Go 7900 series
   
   ATI
2. • Radeon? X1950 XTX
     Radeon? X1900 series
     Radeon? X1800 series
     Radeon? X1600 series
     Radeon? X1300 series
     Radeon? X850 series
     Radeon? X800 seriesM
     Mobility? Radeon? X800 XT series
     Mobility? Radeon? X1800 XT series
     Mobility? Radeon? X1800 series
     Mobility? Radeon? X1600 series
     Mobility? Radeon? X1300 series
     Mobility? Radeon? X800 series

Not even Epic stoops so low as to list cards that can only use software rendering.
In fact UT3 plays quite nicely on a 7600GT card as well with hardware rendering.

full game? no you only speak about the half game because the half game works on VESA with software rendering to with x87 code singlecore and super worst with only 1fps.

Yes the full game.

He is not talking about 1/2 the game. There are Physx and non-Physx versions of the levels. Also nvidia's Physx is being optimized for multicore SSE optimization as well in a soon to be released version of it. In any case even the older x87 base does not slow down to the extremes you are claiming unless for some reason you are running it on a underclocked atom processor.

[Prescience500]

Maybe when Wayland is finished and is used alongside X, game developers will be more willing to make Linux ports because they can simply have it rendered in Wayland instead of X. My understanding is that programing would be easier with Wayland than with X. It won't hurt when 32-bit computers become obsolete because they would only need to make 64-bit code.