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Caesar Shepherd
Avolian Fusion Fleet
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Posted - 2016.06.10 00:24:00 -
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Ok so maybe "Native" isn't the right word, but you know what I mean. My question is, will CCP ever release an offical "Linux Version" of EvE that does not require WINE and all that ***t. OK yeah... I know you just ended Windows XP support so you probably don't want to *add* support for a new OS... but installing the new launcher for Ubuntu has proven to be a real pain and even when it was working there were always minor issues (captains quarters not working, graphics quality was slightly lower than when I ran on my Windows partition).
I'd also be curious to know what percentage of EvE players use Linux.
Thanks Caesar |
Ravow
Booster del Norte
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Posted - 2016.06.10 05:04:00 -
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no.
CCP have other thing to do, especially that EVE work quite fine on Linux actually.
CQ have issue with proprietary drivers like you need lower shaders and ESC menu crash the game.. But work fine with Gallium nine (high setting, ESC menu don't crash EVE) so it's probably something wrong in the D3D9->OpenGL conversion layer but hey, you play EVE for Internet Spaceships, not "I walk around in my small room" :) |
Alka Freak
Aliastra Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2016.06.12 13:46:52 -
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Yep, i confirm, the new launcher, linux flavor, made thanks to CCP Snorlax is working great (ubuntu 16.04) |
Glengrant
TOHA Heavy Industries TOHA Conglomerate
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Posted - 2016.06.12 22:41:12 -
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EVE runs great on wine and has done so for most of the decade I've been doing this.
CQ - really - who cares. Once in a while I look into that, to see if something worthwhile has happened there - and last time I checked a few weeks ago it did work via wine. But it's a super-useless feature atm.
CCP devs have always been good with helping to keep EVE going on wine - even while it is officially not supported.
While it would be nice to have a native Linux version - I don't see where CCPs motivation would come from, unless steamos really takes off and gets at least 5% of the market.
Especially since it runs so well on wine. And they - unofficially - provide a Linux Launcher with dedicated wine install. That's pretty close to having a Linux version - better even than the crappy version Cedega supplied back in the day - that never worked as well as mainline (or Codeweaver) wine.
I just did a fresh Ubuntu 16.04 install and used the evelauncher by CCP Snorlax (glory to him) and it's going great.
Overall market share of Linux gamers is roughly 1-2%. Back when CCP had an official Linux Version, share of Linux users was about that (slightly below 1% IIRC).
If you have trouble getting the evelauncher (by CCP Snorlax) going - I'm willing to help.
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Miao Sajuuk
Wildly Inappropriate Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2016.06.13 00:40:46 -
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Maybe CCP have time update EVE engine to Vulkan to support Win/MacOS/Linux in the future. |
Adara Starkiss
Blackstone Holdings Sev3rance
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Posted - 2016.06.21 14:13:09 -
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I guess you should take a clue on how much time they have on their hands.... after that IGB announcement :) so forget about Vulkan and just pray that our favorite linux dev(s) can find a way to save us from the impending dx9 doom that is coming :)
Ubuntu Mate 15.04 64bit // Amd A8-5600K with IGP Trinity 7650D // 6GB DDR3 // Sandisk 120GB SSD Plus //
Wine 1.7.50 // Beta Launcher and Native Linux Launcher (Separate Installs) // TS3 working // Happy to be back in Ubuntu :)
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Katrina Bekers
Rim Collection RC The Old Guard.
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Posted - 2016.06.23 14:49:00 -
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No.
Kubuntu 14.04 here, CQ works just fine - for the whole five minutes I cared to check.
The new launcher is worth every effort (= mostly none) to update to.
A native client would be a frankly unjustified effort. An API wrapper is good enough since Trinity (2007), when I started to play. WINE is a wonderful piece of software, considering the alternative - i.e. no client running on linux at all.
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