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What is Happening with OpenGL?

Posted by Cliff on from the fading-away-into-obscurity dept.

Trapped In Windows Hell asks: "I was just at the local game store looking for a new game, and I noticed the absolute lack of ANYTHING other than DirectX games. Where has OpenGL gone, and what does this mean for games on GNU/Linux? If DirectX is so hard to program in, so clunky to use, and limits the game to being sold on only one OS, WHY do so many programmers use it? It seems logical (to me, at least) that programming as portably as possible, as simply as possible, and using standards where possible, leaves a lot more sales options open for the future... and DirectX seems to close all options *but one*." OpenGL use in Windows gaming has decreased dramatically in favor of the use of DirectX which is improving with each release. Will OpenGL continue to mature on the Windows platform (which arguably is the platform that drives most of the mainstream demand for graphics) or will it continue to stagnate as game and driver developers concentrate on the offerings from Microsoft?

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    got it

  2. Off topic: fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    no, it's post #2193615. Not quite as amazing.

    1. Re:Off topic: fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      if a first post is posted and it's post number2193615, is it still a first post?

  3. ayababtu by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    all your base are belong to us

  4. Congratulations on trolling the submissions queue! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    This is a troll, it has been posted around the comments of other articles for a few days now.

  5. Somebody get John Carmack on the phone! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    He is probably one of the only guys that could answer this question completely, honestly, and without any hidden agenda.

    1. Re:Somebody get John Carmack on the phone! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      -1, intelligent

  6. Re:Congratulations on trolling the submissions que by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Stupid moderators, how is this offtopic? I'm talking about the article you fuckwits!

  7. Re:Congratulations on trolling the submissions que by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Shut the fuck up. I'll moderate your comments down as and when I please.

  8. a bit Offtopic, I know... by G-funk · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ...But this is the first (well second now) time I've posted since the move to 2.x.... And I was suprised to see my comment was no 2323220980...whatever, something long...

    Have we lost the FP dickheads now you can't see which is first? Will that cause the space-time continuum to collapse in on itself?

    I'm gonna cop it for posting offtopic and fair enuff, but I just had to say it, and at least I've got the balls not to post this anonymously.

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  9. Re:Congratulations on trolling the submissions que by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You are a complete fucking knobtard.

  10. suggestion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    its hard to take people like you seriously when you use the "M$". It might be considered cute to a 15 yr old wannabe hacker, but most people find it childish and outright lame. I guess you have to follow CmdrTaco's lead with his MS Borg icon

    Hilarious.

    not.

    1. Re:suggestion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      wtf is wrong with posting as AC? is his opinion any less valid because of that? some people don't feel logging in.

      i like how you don't even attempt to rebut his charges and just resort to ad hominem attacks.

      it just makes you look like more of a jackass.

    2. Re:suggestion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I think you mean *pot* meet kettle.

  11. Re:Another wrapping by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Does that make linux less good?
    Yes. Linux is shit for games and shit for the desktop, precisely because it has been crufted together by hobbyists. Microsoft stuff imposes nice abstraction layers (DirectX) and uniformity of UI (for the desktop) allowing its technology to be used in these areas. Until Linux grows up and starts doing these things, it will always remain an irrelevance in these arenas.
  12. Re:Why 3D companies dont work together... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're a fool.

  13. Re:Cross Platform isn�t Relevant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I like your site. Sims needs his face slapped. What a twat.

  14. Re:OpenGL is for professional users by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't talk out of your ass, please.

  15. Re:the reason is... by lewp · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wow, that John Romero chick is on the list. She's hot.

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  16. Re:Why 3D companies dont work together... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're a butt monkey.

  17. Re:Tried? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    are you talking about the DX version. hey you are a confused man... i tell you - submit the shorter version. then i will show you that the DX version is much longer OK?

  18. Big fat troll strikes again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I dunno. Everyone I know buys from a local store, and occasionally online.

  19. Re:Tried? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hmm. you're not kidding.
    i guess you're just wrong, then.

  20. Re:The present and the future by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yeh but Ralph Klein sucks and Deb Gray hates wemon. :)