[ubuntu-za] Quake Live and the new engine under Linux

Quintin van Rooyen quintin.vanrooyen at gmail.com
Mon Aug 24 16:33:57 BST 2009


2009/8/24 Wikus Cornelius <wikusc at gmail.com>

> Lee Sharp wrote:
> > If you read here...
> > http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/08/24/0059218
> >
> > "John Carmack, the lead developer for id's Tech 5 graphics engine, does
> > not plan on making a Linux port for the new engine."
> >
> > But he also says...
> >
> > "If there are hundreds of thousands of Linux users playing Quake Live
> > when we are done with Rage, that would certainly influence our decision."
> >
> > So, go to https://www.quakelive.com and sign up. It is free.  Only play
> > in Linux.  :)
> >
> >                       Lee
> >
> >
> Quake live rock! According to me the ID Tech 3 engine was one the best
> fast action first person shooter engines ever designed by man! Back in
> the days of Qukae III, Quake use to be my middle name. It will be a sad
> day for me if ID decides not to release a Linux port for the new engine.
> All the ID games I played so far were well supported in Linux and I
> cannot really say that of any other game development company.


AHEM!

Unreal tournament ships WITH a linux installed included on the disk.


>
>
> Regards,
>
> Wikus "Quake" Cornelius
>
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