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5/28/2016 4:59:45 AMLinux goal

draxdeveloper

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Why Linux goal is so high? There a lot of goals before this (the Linux goal) that is exclusive to high pledges (and will not add to the game in a long term and with a large scope of players)

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5/28/2016 6:16:56 AM #1

Joreel

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Because very few people play games on Linux compare to the PC, so it's not really worth the cost to players ratio at the moment. Maybe down the road when the game is making money they'll be able to throw some towards a Linux build.

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5/28/2016 7:10:46 AM #2

Charles

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Wouldn't it be cheaper to begin development with at least Linux support in mind rather than trying to backtrack and fix everything later?

I understand Mac and VR is a whole nother ball game but I feel like it's good practice to make it Linux compatible at the get go. Besides if they ever want to tackle the steam market, steamOS is Linux based I think.

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12/2/2018 5:11:45 AM #3

HeraldOfTheDeeps

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With Vulkan having 1:1 compatibility with DirectX, Vulkan can be chosen and it would ensure CoE works on both Windows and Linux from the very beginning. Plus we're well past the stretch goal for it now.

12/2/2018 8:16:35 AM #4

Scheneighnay

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it was probably such a high stretch goal because the devs are most familiar with DirectX.

If I remember correctly, Vulkan launched during the kickstarter, so they set that goal with OpenGL in mind.

12/2/2018 12:12:09 PM #5

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Posted By HeraldOfTheDeeps at 9:11 PM - Sat Dec 01 2018

With Vulkan having 1:1 compatibility with DirectX, Vulkan can be chosen and it would ensure CoE works on both Windows and Linux from the very beginning. Plus we're well past the stretch goal for it now.

1:1 compatibility works better in theory than in practice. It seldom applies to the bugs that become undocumented features, in particular.

12/2/2018 8:28:45 PM #6

HeraldOfTheDeeps

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Posted By Poldano at 12:12 PM - Sun Dec 02 2018

Posted By HeraldOfTheDeeps at 9:11 PM - Sat Dec 01 2018

With Vulkan having 1:1 compatibility with DirectX, Vulkan can be chosen and it would ensure CoE works on both Windows and Linux from the very beginning. Plus we're well past the stretch goal for it now.

1:1 compatibility works better in theory than in practice. It seldom applies to the bugs that become undocumented features, in particular.

Perhaps, there are a number of popular games however like Dota 2 which have it enabled bug-free and have reported significant improvements to latency and CPU usage. Even Star Citizen switched over from DirectX 12 to Vulkan https://www.kotaku.com.au/2017/03/star-citizen-ditches-directx-12-for-vulkan/

Merely pointing it out here again because the developers have promised Linux compatibility and Vulkan is the best way to do it.

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