Fantastic news for fans of Egosoft space simulation games, as they have now actually confirmed that X4: Foundations [Official Site] will be on Linux.
News comes thanks to a Twitter post we were tagged in, were the developer replied and said this:
We definitely plan to support Linux. If it will be released from the start or a little later will be decided close to release.
It's going to be exciting, especially as their engine now uses Vulkan allowing them to use some more advanced features and hopefully keep performance in check too.
It does sound like it's going to be quite a feature filled game, giving you the ability to seamlessly move between ships and walk around big space stations. They've also revamped the station and spacecraft construction features, to give you many more options. Egosoft also say it's the most dynamic game in the X universe yet, as other species and factions will have the same ability to construct and expand as you do.
For the most up to date talk about the game, you can see this video they did at the end of 2017 going over various features.
Egosoft also celebrated 30 years of game developement as of last month, so that's a pretty damn impressive milestone.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
TheRiddick Jul 14, 2018
Although some jump portals might make sense for long distance since its a viable technological idea, just not everywhere.
Quoting: PatolaX: Rebirth has a lot of haters just because it was different from X3. But it is an amazing game by itself... specially if you improve it with mods (e.g. to skip micromanagement, improve AI - usually not necessary anymore - or spice it up).
I own the game but haven't given it that much time. Any suggestion on mods to use?
aristorias Jul 14, 2018
Totally agree with Riddick. They are not able to cut off their old tails, technologically stuck in the 90ies attempting to fix it at the wrong end. Now the universe is even more static and feels less than space than ever before...
I will buy X4 anyway. Would be cool if traveling was more expensive than just time. (Or make that a checkbox?)
Last edited by logge on 14 July 2018 at 5:37 am UTC
TheRiddick Jul 14, 2018
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Micromegas Jul 14, 2018
Quoting: TheRiddickI have X Rebirth but have been too afraid to try it.. I gotta stop buying games and never playing them, lol
Maybe they should offer a discount for X Rebirth owners, as penitence?
X:R might have been fine if they didn't spend so much resource on making those retarded NPC characters the MAIN thing with the game, people got sick of them fast!
I need to do the same last count i have 107 games in my steam library i have either never played or have less than 1 minute play time
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