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Originally posted by NoEffex View PostHow am I not surprised. Linux game development is rather difficult. APIs change far too much.
The only reasons games aren't ported to Linux more often are business and legacy decisions (e.g. low provable market share and set DX based toolchain and development process, although it's mainly the former).
What makes this more frustrating is Primal Carnage just switched to a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ENGINE and don't think anything of it, yet that is likely more work than porting an existing game to a new platform (e.g. from Windows to Linux).
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Originally posted by kayosiiiI don't think this is entirely fair on all counts. I didn't know that Primal Carnage was going to offer a Linux client version of the game and I am a little bit surprised that they did. However I am pretty sure that they did this is good faith.
The benefits of the UDK are enormous. Obviously, the fact that the engine is built for FPS games is a huge advantage. When you take into account Speedtree integration, XBox and PS3 compatability, strong support, many developers that know it inside-out and great AAA software it's easy to see why the UDK is the perfect choice for Primal Carnage.
Making a game is not easy, especially if you have no funding or resources, we tried our very best to work with unigine, however unigine is a un-finished engine and stopped giving us support.
We were having a lot of trouble trying to keep our team together as well as recruiting people who would be willing to learn that tool set. We switched to the UDK because it gives this game a greater opportunity and much bigger chance of success and gives us the option to port to psn / xbla and PC.
As I have mentioned, we simply were not getting as much support from the linux fanbase to keep the project going on linux.
Finally, we come back once more to blame Unigine:
I'm very sorry but it's not fair to be mad at us, you can blame unigine for not supporting our project.
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Originally posted by Kazade View PostTotal rubbish. OpenGL/OpenAL/SDL/FreeType etc. are all cross-platform and pretty much completely backwards compatible with older versions. In fact one of GLs criticisms has always been it's backwards compatibility; its *lack* of change.
The only reasons games aren't ported to Linux more often are business and legacy decisions (e.g. low provable market share and set DX based toolchain and development process, although it's mainly the former).
What makes this more frustrating is Primal Carnage just switched to a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ENGINE and don't think anything of it, yet that is likely more work than porting an existing game to a new platform (e.g. from Windows to Linux).
I am really hoping that Unigine itself will be able to things to the point where it is a good choice for a company like Primal Carnage and I am sure if it does we will see more games coming out for Linux.
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Originally posted by yotambien View PostI don't use to side with the trigger-happy Linux crowd in these situations, but really, this one is pathetic. They are making stupid excuses and blaming whoever as long as it's not them.
How lack of funding can be the problem when the engine was licensed for free? Also, the engine is finished according to the Unigine representative present in the forum.
Then it wasn't lack of funding and support? You saw a bigger opportunity to make cash and reach consoles, right?
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I have been developing a game for 3 years. I work mostly under Linux and just started using CB as IDE a couple of days ago. I still write code in Kate and run scons manually. Even so, I prefer to work under Linux instead of Windows. The problem with commercial games is that they develop for Windows and then spent a lot porting to Linux. They get a small profit, so, Linux is bad, no Linux buyers, blah, blah.
I agree that Unigine needs an indie license, perhaps paying after the game is sold. Unreal Engine is by far the most used engine and they do it! And also support for Blender, but thats another story. By the way, who do I have to kill to get a free Unigine license?
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Originally posted by NoEffex View PostHow am I not surprised. Linux game development is rather difficult. APIs change far too much.
Unigine already supports GNU/Linux, so the developers of Primal Carnage does not have to port the game, just test it to check for bugs and package it.
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