Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 10:57:32AM -0000, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > > It is soooooo sucky that you get so many good games for windows like Half > > Life and Diablo II and very few for Linux. I for one would like to see more > > games supporting the linux os. I obviously wouldn't expect Microsoft to > > release Age of Empires (a good game) for the linux os but would like > > companies like Blizzard and Valve to put a little more effort into the linux > > OS.
So let them know with a supportive email. > It would be soooo easy on most cases if they just used OpenGL and not > Direct3D. > That's why Quake III runs so well under X and nonOpenGL games are so difficult > to port... > > I have absolutelly no idea why anyone would use Direct3D instead of OpenGL > but then that's my POV.. :) Well, since the Xbox's XDK is essentially DirectX 8, a game written with DX8 is trivially easy to port to the Xbox. That's one reason... -- Brian Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>