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Neverwinter Nights Update
nyquil superstar writes "Just thought everyone might like to know, there are a whole bunch of updates at Bioware's NWN Linux Client Page. Includes goodies like the timing of future releases and betas, how to install the Linux client and future(!) expansions, and updates on the movies and sound issues. The quick version: sound is in and they will release a Linux client before they integrate a movie player. Oh, and you'll need to download the game's resource data or use a Windows install, the CD is only good for the reg. key and Windows install. Good news though, because it sounds like it's getting close."
Yah, because a computer has only two uses 1) As a gaming machine (Playing UT2003) 2) As a server machine (Hosting a UT2003 game)
Some things are more important than an animated rat
I find this argument interesting, as people on slashdot continuously say windows is unstable, when it is actually the hardware drivers causing problems 99% of the time. So I think it's fair to say linux is unstable, even if it's the drivers fault. Video drivers are especially vulnerable. I mean how can an OS be stable if it is only working in text-mode anyway? Dos is stable too I'm sure compared to console linux..
The fact is, the same program, running on windows on linux... runs better on windows.
Stanley Feinbaum, professional journalist and master debater! God bless the USA!
It took them how long? How much deceit did we go through? (Come on, you don't expect me to believe that Miles didn't tell Bioware they had a linux version, and then told an angry mob that they did have one) This entire Neverwinternights Linux Fairytale boils down to one thing, YOU HAVE BEEN DECEIVED BY A CLEVER MARKETING STRATEGY, and now Bioware is afraid of the pending "I want my money back"-claims.
IMHO, Bioware never intended a linux client to exist from the start. And they're making one now, cursing every linux geek that bought the game. And I think it'll be a LONG while before Bioware ever makes a linux game again.
Face it, they made choices in design that were never intended for multiplatform development: Miles, Bink,...
Personally I regret buying the game. It sucked compared to the other AD&D based games, and the amount of tinkering needed around the bad design (RecomputeStaticLighting() ring a bell?) to get a moderatly realistic campaign set up... Grmpf... And let's not mention the fact that the toolkit won't be ported. whoops, mentioned it
Yes, you can say I'm spiteful, and you can say I'm bitter. Go ahead. It won't change the facts.
The game completely sucks anyway. I played and finished it on Windows and had no desire to go any further. The interface is clumsy, you only control one person, the graphics are choppy, and it just isn't very fun.
Then imagine a bunch of halfwits trying to make custom levels for it, and you get a slew of buggy unfun modules.
It was a nice try, but they could have done so much better.
...All I can say is that my life is pretty strange...