Feral Interactive are teasing our minds with a new clue for a Linux & Mac port to come. It's time to get your thinking caps on.
Here's their new clue in the Very Soon section:
"808 SB12S" is the clue.
As usual, I will leave it up to you lot who are way better than I am at decrypting Feral's teasers.
Feral sure do have quite a few games coming out this year for us, exciting. I just hope they continue to work on previous ports like XCOM 2 and Tomb Raider which aren't quite up to scratch. We are already behind on the recent XCOM 2 patch and DLC, so it's time for them to up their game. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Here's their new clue in the Very Soon section:
"808 SB12S" is the clue.
As usual, I will leave it up to you lot who are way better than I am at decrypting Feral's teasers.
Feral sure do have quite a few games coming out this year for us, exciting. I just hope they continue to work on previous ports like XCOM 2 and Tomb Raider which aren't quite up to scratch. We are already behind on the recent XCOM 2 patch and DLC, so it's time for them to up their game. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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wvstolzing May 24, 2016
Quoting: salamanderrakeCould be some construction equipment, http://heavycherry.com/machineinfo/kramer/-808_series_3-1999-construction_machine-mobile_digger.html and http://www.equipmentspecialistsinc.com/ecom-prodshow/SB12S.html
So ... construction work in Mars ... wasn't Quaid a construction worker?
Could it ... could it be a remake of this? Like the new HD versions of the Giana Sisters and such?
View video on youtube.com
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Have ever gotten a clue by feral? Even after a game is announced, I never know what the "hint" is supposed to be.
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About 808 and music, the TS-808 is a well known guitar pedal effect from Japanese guitar makers Ibanez, it is a type of distortion/overdrive. It is well know for being a key part of Stevie Ray Vaughan's signature sound. Today, the 808 number and it's green color still refer to that particular sound.
Also, the SB12 is an Ampeg bass amp from the late sixties, also known as Ampeg Portaflex.
So we know it's probably not Doom because of the Mac requirement... I don't know what it can be.
Last edited by omer666 on 24 May 2016 at 11:30 pm UTC
Also, the SB12 is an Ampeg bass amp from the late sixties, also known as Ampeg Portaflex.
So we know it's probably not Doom because of the Mac requirement... I don't know what it can be.
Last edited by omer666 on 24 May 2016 at 11:30 pm UTC
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Those of you discounting Doom due to lack of OpenGL 4.5 or Vulkan are forgetting Metal
I imagine the technical challenge for porting Doom would be the fact that OS X doesnt support OpenGL 4.5 or Vulkan, so they would have to do a port over to Metal. Since a Linux port is trivial perhaps Feral would simply take on the supporting of the platform. The previous id Linux ports were never really supported, they were just dumped on the id ftp server and said "have at it".
Aspyr did the port of Rage to OS X, that would have been trivial too. Is also a precedent for id games going through a porting house
I imagine the technical challenge for porting Doom would be the fact that OS X doesnt support OpenGL 4.5 or Vulkan, so they would have to do a port over to Metal. Since a Linux port is trivial perhaps Feral would simply take on the supporting of the platform. The previous id Linux ports were never really supported, they were just dumped on the id ftp server and said "have at it".
Aspyr did the port of Rage to OS X, that would have been trivial too. Is also a precedent for id games going through a porting house
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thed4rkn1te May 25, 2016
Quoting: FredOSo we have reference to a song by MC Hammer = Warhammer.You might be right considering Feral appears in the Dawn of War II SteamDB history
Mars = The red planet = Warhammer 40k
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II confirmed.
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*BEATING A DEAD HORSE TO EVEN MORE DEATH THAN POSSIBLE!*
OMG! Please let it be Doom!
While I have already purchased it I have not put hardly any time into it due to not having free time for gaming right now. I currently have absolutely no plans to buy the season pass due to it looking like MP only content which I have no interest in I would certainly purchase the season pass from the Feral store just because. Plus I WILL buy a gift or two to give away here if it happens.
The only thing I'm a little sad about is that multi-gpu/SLI still isn't a thing with Vulkan so I would be very surprised to find out that it is the first Vulkan v1.1(v2?) game and that it supports multi-gpu in Linux (or winblows for that matter).. If that's the case I WILL soil myself. :D
OMG! Please let it be Doom!
While I have already purchased it I have not put hardly any time into it due to not having free time for gaming right now. I currently have absolutely no plans to buy the season pass due to it looking like MP only content which I have no interest in I would certainly purchase the season pass from the Feral store just because. Plus I WILL buy a gift or two to give away here if it happens.
The only thing I'm a little sad about is that multi-gpu/SLI still isn't a thing with Vulkan so I would be very surprised to find out that it is the first Vulkan v1.1(v2?) game and that it supports multi-gpu in Linux (or winblows for that matter).. If that's the case I WILL soil myself. :D
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Quoting: Grim85Those of you discounting Doom due to lack of OpenGL 4.5 or Vulkan are forgetting Metal
First, porting from one low level API to another low level API may range from difficult to suicidal, and then, it may ultimately bring some overhead whereas the goal of both these APIs is to reduce this overhead to the minimum... nonsense if you ask me.
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1mHfoksd1Z May 25, 2016
If it's Doom it's gonna be the most amazing thing, both because it's an awesome game and because it means that Bethesda is planning to start supporting Linux, and most of their games are awesome! But I doubt this is the case... unfortunately :(
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