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Egosoft have been detailing their porting X Rebirth to Linux with a series of forum posts. It's good to see them be open about it, and we look forward to testing it out.
The thread isn't a month old, but clearly details that the process is under-way. Interestingly, the developers seem to discuss some of the pros and cons of the various debuggers and tool-chains involved, as well. Nothing quite as exciting as the outcome of the work though.
Regardless of X-Rebirth's (apparent) rocky start, it will be fun to sink hours into, while waiting for Star Citizen and Elite:Dangerous to catch up!
It currently has "Mostly Negative" reviews on Steam, so it seems there's a lot of unhappy people about the launch. The developers have put out multiple patches for fix issues, and the negative reviews are slowly turning to positive.
By the time it comes to Linux, it may actually be worth buying.
About the game (From Steam)
In the distant future, the X universe faces a period of profound and irrevocable change. While the universe stumbles towards an uncertain future, countless adventures await as new enemies rise in search of power. Enter a young adventurer and his unlikely female ally travelling in an old, battered ship with a glorious past - two people alone against the galaxy, playing a key part in the events to come. The fate of the universe rests in the hands of the player...
X Rebirth represents a spectacular new beginning for the X series, offering loyal fans and newcomers alike a vast, vivid and extremely detailed universe to explore throughout the game. Varied gameplay elements such as action-packed space combat, detailed trading mechanics and high-speed space exploration with fast travel allow players to experience a truly unique space saga that will keep them hooked for dozens of hours. X Rebirth features a whole new user experience - it is easier than ever to start with, and remains as deep as fans expect it.
Will you be picking up a copy when it's released for Linux?
Thanks to victort for letting us know! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Egosoft have been detailing their porting X Rebirth to Linux with a series of forum posts. It's good to see them be open about it, and we look forward to testing it out.
The thread isn't a month old, but clearly details that the process is under-way. Interestingly, the developers seem to discuss some of the pros and cons of the various debuggers and tool-chains involved, as well. Nothing quite as exciting as the outcome of the work though.
Regardless of X-Rebirth's (apparent) rocky start, it will be fun to sink hours into, while waiting for Star Citizen and Elite:Dangerous to catch up!
It currently has "Mostly Negative" reviews on Steam, so it seems there's a lot of unhappy people about the launch. The developers have put out multiple patches for fix issues, and the negative reviews are slowly turning to positive.
By the time it comes to Linux, it may actually be worth buying.
About the game (From Steam)
In the distant future, the X universe faces a period of profound and irrevocable change. While the universe stumbles towards an uncertain future, countless adventures await as new enemies rise in search of power. Enter a young adventurer and his unlikely female ally travelling in an old, battered ship with a glorious past - two people alone against the galaxy, playing a key part in the events to come. The fate of the universe rests in the hands of the player...
X Rebirth represents a spectacular new beginning for the X series, offering loyal fans and newcomers alike a vast, vivid and extremely detailed universe to explore throughout the game. Varied gameplay elements such as action-packed space combat, detailed trading mechanics and high-speed space exploration with fast travel allow players to experience a truly unique space saga that will keep them hooked for dozens of hours. X Rebirth features a whole new user experience - it is easier than ever to start with, and remains as deep as fans expect it.
Will you be picking up a copy when it's released for Linux?
Thanks to victort for letting us know! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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tuxisagamer 13 Jan 2015
As Austing Powers would say, "This kinda thing is my bag, baby!" I do love space combat and trading games.
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Wow, in order for those reviews to be negative, the gameplay must be really really bad or buggy, because the graphics are just fantastic.
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Well, there's this review on Rock, Paper, Shotgun, and that looks like it is quite bad...
About the porting: are they actually porting it themselves now? The earlier X games were ported by outside contractors and Egoraptor let those ports rot afterwards. I always hated them for that.
About the porting: are they actually porting it themselves now? The earlier X games were ported by outside contractors and Egoraptor let those ports rot afterwards. I always hated them for that.
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Well, there's this review on Rock, Paper, Shotgun, and that looks like it is quite bad...Weren't the Steam versions ported in-house? I thought I read so somewhere on the internet, but I may be mistaken...
About the porting: are they actually porting it themselves now? The earlier X games were ported by outside contractors and Egoraptor let those ports rot afterwards. I always hated them for that.
[Edit] Here:
http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=329914
Oh and as far as X:Rebirth is concerned, yes, it is in pretty bad shape, but Egosoft is known for improving their games over time... Hopefully they will correct this.
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PublicNuisance 13 Jan 2015
Awesome news, been wanting to try it. Hopefully it makes it's way to GOG or something similar as well.
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Well, there's this review on Rock, Paper, Shotgun, and that looks like it is quite bad...I thought they took them away from LGP and then re-ported them? Or did they use an outside contractor again?
About the porting: are they actually porting it themselves now? The earlier X games were ported by outside contractors and Egoraptor let those ports rot afterwards. I always hated them for that.
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PandaHammer 13 Jan 2015
http://store.steampowered.com/app/325580/
The DLC reviews offer a more up-to-date insight into the bug status of the game. Many say it has been fixed completely and the re-balancing has made the game more addictive and playable.
A welcome addition to the Linux fold!
The DLC reviews offer a more up-to-date insight into the bug status of the game. Many say it has been fixed completely and the re-balancing has made the game more addictive and playable.
A welcome addition to the Linux fold!
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Well, there's this review on Rock, Paper, Shotgun, and that looks like it is quite bad...
About the porting: are they actually porting it themselves now? The earlier X games were ported by outside contractors and Egoraptor let those ports rot afterwards. I always hated them for that.
Is rather an old review though, made when the game was released. From what I gather the game changed a lot since the release.
The forum post that Liam linked is a very interesting read about their current thoughts about Linux/OpenGL.
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StianTheDark 13 Jan 2015
Elite angerous
I don't think the elite is *that* mad :D
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I've sunk a lot of hours into the previous X games so will almost definitely be getting this when it ports.
It's unlikely to be my go-to space aim though, with what is coming up. I have both fingers crossed for elite dangerous coming to Linux at some point, or at least being wine friendly, as I invested in the kickstarter.
It's unlikely to be my go-to space aim though, with what is coming up. I have both fingers crossed for elite dangerous coming to Linux at some point, or at least being wine friendly, as I invested in the kickstarter.
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lucifertdark 13 Jan 2015
Not sure I'll have anything to do with Elite Dangerous, I still haven't forgiven Braben for Frontier First Encounters. I have the X3 games but haven't really had the time to put in any time on them.
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Having spent (and spending) countless billions of hours on X2 (LGP), X3:R (LGP), X3:TC (steam under wine) and now X3:AP (native steam), I can only add a huge /+1 for Egosoft's decision.
Though I would imagine my wife will not be too happy about it... :)
Though I would imagine my wife will not be too happy about it... :)
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Is good have more games ported for Linux but in this case I prefer wait and see if is in better state that in the original release.
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Great to see article about X Rebirth here in GOL.
Most of the reviews are based on the first released version. The release was disaster without doubts but the game has evolved a lot since then. It is now on version 3.10 and greatly improved. As can be read from the reviews the reviewers has not even played game enough to build first factory - doesn't give right picture about the game at all.
X series and X Rebirth are very different compared to Elite series. X series is about trading and building empire while Elite series is more about dogfighting.
Elite: Dangerous is quite good but still very shallow. As Elite fans describes it: "a mile wide and an inch deep".
This is great time for space game fans. X Rebirth, Elite: Dangerous, Star Citizen, etc. There is awfully lot of fight going on between fans which is extremely silly.
Most of the reviews are based on the first released version. The release was disaster without doubts but the game has evolved a lot since then. It is now on version 3.10 and greatly improved. As can be read from the reviews the reviewers has not even played game enough to build first factory - doesn't give right picture about the game at all.
X series and X Rebirth are very different compared to Elite series. X series is about trading and building empire while Elite series is more about dogfighting.
Elite: Dangerous is quite good but still very shallow. As Elite fans describes it: "a mile wide and an inch deep".
This is great time for space game fans. X Rebirth, Elite: Dangerous, Star Citizen, etc. There is awfully lot of fight going on between fans which is extremely silly.
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About the porting: are they actually porting it themselves now? The earlier X games were ported by outside contractors and Egoraptor let those ports rot afterwards. I always hated them for that.
X2 was ported at first from LGP. Some years ago Egosoft took the whole development in-house and restarted porting the X games. It was impressive to see timon37 porting the code to Linux and giving support during the betas. Knowing he is working on it, it gives me hope (and I will be happy to spend some money). He is a nice, helpful and talented guy.
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They did port it in-house when it came to steam, and i threw money at them then, and i'll be throwing money at them for X-Rebirth too!
i <3 space flight sims. (and space-flight-theme'd economy sims)
i <3 space flight sims. (and space-flight-theme'd economy sims)
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Yea! About time!!!!.
Sunk many an hour into the LGP port. Stopped after getting a amd card as it failed to start. When egosoft redid the x3:r port started to play again via steam, as well as X3:TC/AP. X3:R is still my fav.
Sunk many an hour into the LGP port. Stopped after getting a amd card as it failed to start. When egosoft redid the x3:r port started to play again via steam, as well as X3:TC/AP. X3:R is still my fav.
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The game is notoriously bad. They're porting it to Linux just to squeeze a few bucks from unsuspecting players (i.e. people who do not dual boot).
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The game is notoriously bad. They're porting it to Linux just to squeeze a few bucks from unsuspecting players (i.e. people who do not dual boot).It would be interesting to hear, why do you think the game is bad?
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If you happen to like the other X games then you might want to pass this one, it is nothing like the other in the series.
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