Aspyr Media has detailed in a new blog post their progress on the Mac & Linux Civilization: Beyond Earth ports.
The good news is that it's fully playable, but performance is an issue due to the new game using Directx 11 as opposed to their previous port using Directx 9.
See the full blog post here.
What more can we ask for? We have a great porting house bringing us some big name games, and they are being rather open during development.
<3 Aspyr Media Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
The good news is that it's fully playable, but performance is an issue due to the new game using Directx 11 as opposed to their previous port using Directx 9.
QuoteCurrently our testers can perform full playthroughs of Civilization: Beyond Earth on both Mac and Linux, and we are able to test cross-platform multiplayer.
Our current focus is on improving performance. So far performance has been the biggest development hurdle as we’re facing an engine based on Direct X 11 vs. Direct X 9, which Civilization V was based on. This upgrade means lots of new driver issues and development hurdles for the team. This is also why our current preliminary system requirements are much higher than Civilization V or the Windows PC version of Beyond Earth. However, our development team is extremely good at what they do, and we expect to make significant strides in performance improvement over the next several weeks.
See the full blog post here.
What more can we ask for? We have a great porting house bringing us some big name games, and they are being rather open during development.
<3 Aspyr Media Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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You can pre-order at GameAgent.com and get an exoplanets map pack as well as $25% off. I'd say that's pretty worth it, even if there is a bit of a wait. From what I gather, buying on Steam on the Linux release date doesn't get you either bonus.