Epic Games Does Suppress Linux Talk

[deanjo]

Wild thought: Could Steam the middleware Ryan was talking about, and Epic is waiting for the client of that to be released so they can release their game? Dumb idea, I know, is just taht we've pretty much covered it all... what's more what if he is doing the Steam port? There goes the dreamer again... Somebody stop me.

I suggested that over a month ago.

http://www.phoronix.com/forums/showpost.php?p=27433&postcount=167

[Svartalf]

He could be hiding right now with all the headhunters looking for the UT3 client.

Heh... Ever the pessimist, eh, deanjo? Keep doing that- at the least it'll keep Thetargos and myself honest... >:-)

[MasterGH]

Well, all I can add to this is something I found on the mailing list quite some time ago (which I kept forgetting to post) which suggests Ryan knew there were going to be issues:

Subject: Re: [ut3] 64 Bit Linux Version?
From: "Ryan C. Gordon" <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 04:12:12 -0400
Thomas Kowaliczek wrote:
> Will it give an 64 Bit Linux version? like ut2004 ?

No plans to do this at this time (but if I ever get a free moment, I'll
look into it...I have a feeling that a lot of middleware is going to be
problematic this time around, though).

--ryan.

edit:

On a side note, UT3 was what I was hoping to have fun with on Linux after I get my next PC...appears like I'll just have to keep with UT99/04

[Thetargos]

Wild thought: Could Steam the middleware Ryan was talking about, and Epic is waiting for the client of that to be released so they can release their game? Dumb idea, I know, is just taht we've pretty much covered it all... what's more what if he is doing the Steam port? There goes the dreamer again... Somebody stop me.

[deanjo]

Riiight... Ryan's definitely not without friends.

He could be hiding right now with all the headhunters looking for the UT3 client.

[Svartalf]

Or he's saying that he is a very lonely person and must rely on himself to give him a birthday party and pretends the cube is a real friend.

Riiight... Ryan's definitely not without friends.

[Svartalf]

Dude, I hope you're so right!

I'm not holding my breath. I like wearing blue...as clothing, not as my skin color...

But, it's a possibility all the same.

[Moustacha]

I caught that... There's two meanings there... He's a Half-Life fan, or he's intimating that Orange Box is coming to Linux and, as a result, Steam (which is where Epic's going for PC distribution...), which was the real hold-up for UT3...

Dude, I hope you're so right!

[deanjo]

I caught that... There's two meanings there... He's a Half-Life fan, or he's intimating that Orange Box is coming to Linux and this and as a result, Steam (which is where Epic's going for PC distribution...), was the hold-up for UT3...

The toppings on the cake, by the by, were chocolate orange wedges as best as I could tell...

Or he's saying that he is a very lonely person and must rely on himself to give him a birthday party and pretends the cube is a real friend.

[Svartalf]

I caught that... There's two meanings there... He's a Half-Life fan, or he's intimating that Orange Box is coming to Linux and, as a result, Steam (which is where Epic's going for PC distribution...), which was the real hold-up for UT3...

The toppings on the cake, by the by, were chocolate orange wedges as best as I could tell...

[edit]
Heh... Don't tell anyone, but I think Ryan might have been trying to tell us something there:

title="(Apparently it's not a lie.)"
alt="(Apparently it's not a lie.)"