Gearbox Looking At Customer Interest For A Linux Version Of Borderlands

Not sure what's not to like

• SteamOS Compatibility


• Unreal 3 is easy to port (call Icculus if you need to)


• Userbase is in fine shape, 1.2% of steam, the target market is large.


• Ports get you a LOT of goodwill from both the users and Valve.


• You will have GabeNs <3

Should we make a petition?

Should we make a petition?

No. Petitions are pretty much useless.

I think they will find enough interest if they request some numbers from valve on users running borderlands through wine (which works just about perfectly btw).

Unreal 3 is easy to port (call Icculus if you need to)

unreal 3 never had linux port and unlike 4 it doesn't include source access like 4 does. so, yes... this might be a problem. would probably be more feasible to port it to UE4 (depends how backward compatible is, i have no clue)

while UE4 on linux you can track status here
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Building_On_Linux

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one thing is sure, i'd buy linux version of b2 on day one

Yes! We need this.
There was already a petition for this, but it hasn't encountered the expected success (not enough promoted, I think)

It would be great to be able to play borderlands2 on my Linux rig. I am a bit afraid of performance issues, though : B1&2 were very smooth on windows, but I don't expect anything stellar from the R600 driver (yet).

I now only buy games which support Linux now but prior to this I have both Borderlands. If more are coming, I'd only be getting them if they do support Linux.

There is petition https://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/2k-games-firaxis-and-gearbox-please-port-civilization-5-and-borderlands-2-to-linux

Unreal 3 is easy to port (call Icculus if you need to)

unreal 3 never had linux port and unlike 4 it doesn't include source access like 4 does. so, yes... this might be a problem. would probably be more feasible to port it to UE4 (depends how backward compatible is, i have no clue)

while UE4 on linux you can track status here
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Building_On_Linux

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one thing is sure, i'd buy linux version of b2 on day one

I made the judgement is that we now have (at least) 2 games ported on the engine and from what I've heard its getting a lot easier to do it. But yes, I would probably attempt to port it to UE4 if possible as well. However I think the engines are built like Valves engines so that despite them being called the same thing, the jump is too great.

However all this doesn't rule out any future Gearbox titles now that UE4 is there.

It would be cool if borderlands supported some kind of split screen, since "steamOS" is designed with consoles in mind. But the port first needs to happen. Let's show them our interest!

I didnt buy until noq just waiting some of ports rumored outthere to linux. Bords is in linux wishlist.

With GNU/Linux being the most stable platform on Earth, most reliable and robust, is there a reason not to make a native client?

Unreal 3 is easy to port (call Icculus if you need to)

unreal 3 never had linux port and unlike 4 it doesn't include source access like 4 does. so, yes... this might be a problem. would probably be more feasible to port it to UE4 (depends how backward compatible is, i have no clue)

while UE4 on linux you can track status here
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Building_On_Linux

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one thing is sure, i'd buy linux version of b2 on day one

(Emphasis mine)

This is only the case with the Unreal Development Kit they released to the public, a company like Gearbox has a full engine license including source code access. Porting to UE4 would be utterly insane and would take a lot of time, effort and resources, they would have to re-write all the gameplay code for one thing. It would also be completely useless and unnecessary since they could just port the game as is like Icculus did with the UE3 games he already ported.

I'd love to see BL2 ported. At the moment I am running it under Wine and even with a powerhouse of a PC the performance is less than acceptable. Plus with Steam OS and the Steam Machine on the horizon it seems logical to consider Linux versions.

I will buy this if it hits the SteamOS-Linux platform :)
Since I have jumped towards Linux I rarely boot into windows anymore.

This is only the case with the Unreal Development Kit they released to the public, a company like Gearbox has a full engine license including source code access. Porting to UE4 would be utterly insane and would take a lot of time, effort and resources, they would have to re-write all the gameplay code for one thing. It would also be completely useless and unnecessary since they could just port the game as is like Icculus did with the UE3 games he already ported.

checked a bit more and you're right. i never noticed painkiller and few other games use ue3

Unreal 3 is easy to port (call Icculus if you need to)

unreal 3 never had linux port and unlike 4 it doesn't include source access like 4 does. so, yes... this might be a problem. would probably be more feasible to port it to UE4 (depends how backward compatible is, i have no clue)

while UE4 on linux you can track status here
https://wiki.unrealengine.com/Building_On_Linux

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one thing is sure, i'd buy linux version of b2 on day one

Unreal 3 engine has been ported to Linux on several occasions by third parties. Icculus would have very little issue getting this made.

Yeah. That's good news.
Even though Borderlands 2 is working quite decent with wine, the performance on Windows is still better. For example, I've got an issue, where the game has a 500ms lag every 5 seconds. In this time the movement jumps somewhere, but is not continuous. In fact I'm rebooting when playing Borderlands 2.
But not only Borderlands 2 would be a candidate, also Aliens: Colonial Marines. As it works also quite good with wine, but I would prefer a supported native client.
So maybe the Valve statistics of wine users playing Borderlands 2 may not be the truth. I think most gamers prefer good performance, they may have tested it with wine, but still reboot into Windows for gaming.
Porting Borderlands 2 to Linux would be a great thing, another big title on our favorite platform.

Is there any list of UE3 games that have been ported so far? I only remember 3, Papa & Yo, Dungeon Defenders and Painkiller Hell & Damnation. Is that it so far? Icculus mentioned on Twitter the other day that he had ported several UE3 titles: https://mobile.twitter.com/icculus/status/456969050267340800?p=v

I guess that would include some unannounced/unreleased ports then?

Edit:

Wikipedia has a big list (I counted like 347 games) of UE3 games. They list platforms and only the games I mentioned + Dungeon Defenders: First Wave and upcoming game Migthy No. 9 list Linux as a platform.

Hope to see the Linux port for Borderlands 2 come true one day :)