NEWS - X3 announced for Linux

nirwin · Post by **nirwin** » Thu, 18. Jan 07, 14:32

fooka wrote:
-Villain- wrote:never did understand the whole linux thing...and come to think of it, i have not seen a linux machine outside of a shop or a Uni.
hmm, best to stay away from it then, good sir. Linux is different, and everybody knows different is bad!

As a[n exclusively] Linux user myself, i am more than a little thrilled out of my MIND to have X3 coming to Linux..

THANK YOU Egosoft and THANK YOU LinuxGamePublishing!! I've already pre-ordered.

It's a truly fantastic OS and is so nearly ready for the average computer user, in fact Vista might close that gap even more by the sounds of it their user account system will be more complex and annoying than Linux's.

I share your excitement fooka, I can't wait, just imagine how soon after release of X4 Linux may get a port.

Guess I should go and pre-order too.

rictec · Post by **rictec** » Thu, 18. Jan 07, 19:54

i have x2 and will buy x3 in a flash....where is it lol

hum i must quit my job and just play the game lol

=VipeR= · Post by **=VipeR=** » Fri, 19. Jan 07, 12:04

nirwin wrote:
fooka wrote:
-Villain- wrote:never did understand the whole linux thing...and come to think of it, i have not seen a linux machine outside of a shop or a Uni.
hmm, best to stay away from it then, good sir. Linux is different, and everybody knows different is bad!

As a[n exclusively] Linux user myself, i am more than a little thrilled out of my MIND to have X3 coming to Linux..

THANK YOU Egosoft and THANK YOU LinuxGamePublishing!! I've already pre-ordered.
It's a truly fantastic OS and is so nearly ready for the average computer user, in fact Vista might close that gap even more by the sounds of it their user account system will be more complex and annoying than Linux's.

I share your excitement fooka, I can't wait, just imagine how soon after release of X4 Linux may get a port.

Guess I should go and pre-order too.

Linux is not windows. For something that looks like windows we have windows it self.

Again, i cant wait to get my third version of X3 ( i already own the other 2), call me crazy but, this is a very special game and to run it on Linux is just not a gaming pleasure, is a statement.

nirwin · Post by **nirwin** » Fri, 19. Jan 07, 15:38

=VipeR= wrote: Linux is not windows. For something that looks like windows we have windows it self.

Was this directed at me? If so I should point out that I have been aware of and using Linux almost as long as I have Windows and I am certainly aware of the differences, having used both as a gaming/development platform, and having used my Linux install as a web/ftp server for a time.
I was merely comparing usability of both systems for non-computer-literate persons.

---EDIT---
In fact after a bit of a read of that site (bored), I find that I truly dislike it.

I am quite against unoriginal people always going for a car analogy, no matter how apt. But that site also propagates mis-information e.g. "Linux doesn't have viruses" (not letter for letter), and also gives the impression that the applications that come with your distribution are part of the OS, which to my understanding is not strictly true.

And I found the myth of "user-friendly" section quite appalling, I'd say the concept goes beyond the familiar, I wouldn't say something is not user-friendly because it is not the way MS do it. I have seen many original features in Linux that I had never seen before but could easily use, such as the virtual terminals and multiple desktops, but compiling apps from source is not user-friendly from anyone's angle.

The same goes for Windows (just to show I'm not victimising Linux), when my family got their first Windows computer ('95), I had to run games from DOS, and I can tell you neither myself nor my Father (who was a little familiar with Unix) could work out how to do it, it was not user-friendly, there were certainly no man pages in DOS. We also had to create different DOS boot disks that gave you different memory settings etc to run different games. Nobody could truly call that user-friendly...

My point is, it is a concept, not a comparison. </rant>

The_Abyss · Post by **The_Abyss** » Fri, 19. Jan 07, 16:13

This thread is about X3 being released on Linux. If anyone wants to discuss the merits or otherwise of one OS versus another, I'd suggest that the Off Topic forum is the place to do so.

Thanks.

=VipeR= · Post by **=VipeR=** » Fri, 19. Jan 07, 23:16

My post was no directed to any one in particular, i am sorry if i upset you nirwin, it was no at all my intention.

The link i posted was intended to help other users who had little or no contact with linux to make up their own minds, thats it.

The_Abyss, you are absolutely wright, this thread is about we all being happy to see X3 coming to linux, so, I'm sorry if i started to get off topic.

fooka · Post by **fooka** » Fri, 19. Jan 07, 23:55

The_Abyss wrote:This thread is about X3 being released on Linux.

I agree!! All hail Egosoft & The LGP! Whether you think Linux sucks or not!! ^_^

kurush · Post by **kurush** » Sat, 20. Jan 07, 02:27

Yellow Melos wrote:A question for all those how run x2 on both wondows an linux

If using the same machine, do the versions run the same or does one perform better.

My current machine is probably an overkill for X2 (see the sig). Linux version runs very smoothly - much better than Windows version did on the old hardware I had.

kurush · Post by **kurush** » Sat, 20. Jan 07, 02:35

michael_x2 wrote:Yep, we'll be asking for beta testers in a few months.

http://betas.linuxgamepublishing.com

Sign up there and we send you a quick email each time a beta is announced (no spam mail, a single 2 line email per new game that we beta).

How about fixing the beta web site so I can finally can register for beta testing?

I was unable to register for X2 as well because of some web site glitches.
Now, if I try to register for an account I get:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: pg_getnumber() in /corp/www/lgpbetas/gotregister.php on line 28

I would rather do some beta test than dual- boot.

Brundle Mouche · Post by **Brundle Mouche** » Sun, 21. Jan 07, 13:26

Huge great news !!!! but, what I see :
Available Languages English, German

What about french language ? I think there will be no more work to support this language already available for X3 win version.

=VipeR= · Post by **=VipeR=** » Sun, 21. Jan 07, 14:36

Here is my Ubuntu desktop waiting for X3 Linux version!

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michael_x2 · Post by **michael_x2** » Mon, 22. Jan 07, 13:53

kurush wrote:
michael_x2 wrote:Yep, we'll be asking for beta testers in a few months.

http://betas.linuxgamepublishing.com

Sign up there and we send you a quick email each time a beta is announced (no spam mail, a single 2 line email per new game that we beta).
How about fixing the beta web site so I can finally can register for beta testing?

Yes, sorry about that, we did some data abstraction on our main website late last week, and we remembered a little latger on that the core components were shared between the several lgp websites, and we hadnt taken that into account.

Its all fixed now though!

nirwin · Post by **nirwin** » Mon, 22. Jan 07, 15:55

=VipeR= wrote:Here is my Ubuntu desktop waiting for X3 Linux version!
[ external image ]

Looks good, I might have to get the wallpaper too. (P.S. Sorry for 'flying off the ecliptic plane', was having a weird day.)

It's gonna be a long 6 months (minimum), oh Micheal_x2 & LGP, how you tease us.

Anyone know of any equivelant software of the Saitek SST application (for joysticks) available under Linux?

michael_x2 · Post by **michael_x2** » Wed, 24. Jan 07, 14:53

Brundle Mouche wrote:Huge great news !!!! but, what I see :
Available Languages English, German

What about french language ? I think there will be no more work to support this language already available for X3 win version.

Yes, we'll be expanding that as we get access to more language files, but we dont want to promise anything till we are certain it will be there. However, yeah, it will 99.9% likely be there.

HoraShadow · Post by **HoraShadow** » Wed, 24. Jan 07, 21:27

This is great news! I'm looking forward to it!

HoraShadow

Brundle Mouche · Post by **Brundle Mouche** » Sat, 27. Jan 07, 00:51

michael_x2 wrote:
Yes, we'll be expanding that as we get access to more language files, but we dont want to promise anything till we are certain it will be there. However, yeah, it will 99.9% likely be there.

Ok, so know that if you add french language you will have at least one copy sold !

kharnmcd · Post by **kharnmcd** » Sat, 27. Jan 07, 00:59

This is most excellent news being a fan of Linux the only thing i use windows for is playing games. Absolutly brill.

rictec · Post by **rictec** » Fri, 9. Feb 07, 15:37

i has pre-order the game on tuxgame ....now waiting....

rictec

foxtrot7 · Post by **foxtrot7** » Sat, 10. Feb 07, 16:06

Im hyperventalating from excitement.

seriously I cannot tell you how happy I am. I can only think of 3 times in my life I have been happier.

I have x2 for windows and linux and I never experienced the lagging on my lunux box that everyone mentions. In most instances I had considerable fps increase when moving over to linux.

Much thanks to LGP and Egosoft for this. You have brought a great thing to us.

I will be definatly buying this game and know a bunch of linux users I will be directing to this site.

Tezzet · Post by **Tezzet** » Wed, 14. Feb 07, 22:59

Thank you Dudes

Thanks to you I can wave bye bye to m$ X3 is the only game worth playing as far as Im concerned.

egosoft.com

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NEWS - X3 announced for Linux

Linux X3 version....where ...where

i had allready pre-order it ;)