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Linux, OS X Ports For Star Wars: Battlefront?

Posted by timothy on from the maybe-is-better-than-no dept.

Ant writes "LinuxGames has an interview that mentions Linux and Mac OS X ports for Star Wars: Battlefront game client. Wow." The answer here is carefully and ambiguously phrased, but at least Linux and Mac OS X ports are not ruled out.

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  1. Don't get your hopes up... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Coming from Lucasarts you can't even expect a Linux server, let alone client. I imagine there will be a Mac port that comes out 2 years from now.

    1. Re:Don't get your hopes up... by Freon115 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      It's based on the Unreal engine, which has already been ported to Linux/Mac countless times.
      Unless they have altered the renderer a lot, there's not reason not to port it as well...

  2. Even if you do port it... by aj50 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Will it run as well or be as well supported or will it be an inferior product as some ports have been?

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    1. Re:Even if you do port it... by NanoGator · · Score: 2, Insightful

      "How about an old copy of Win98SE instead? It would take up less system resources, be cheaper, and it's not going to have many stability issues if your're just using it to play games with instead of installing a bunch of other apps. It also doesn't have that whole registering problem that XP came out with. "One disc to install them all..."

      Ugh, no, that wouldn't be my first choice. The stability alone would be painful. XP's got some memeory management stuff that makes it far more stable than 98. It may take a little more resources, but it wouldn't take long for anybody to spot the difference. It doesn't take much to pollute 98's memory.

      The registerring problem with XP isn't such a BFD either. Though I do feel it's a valid complaint, I'll be honest, I haven't had a problem with it.

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    2. Re:Even if you do port it... by Minna+Kirai · · Score: 2, Insightful

      It doesn't take much to pollute 98's memory.

      If you're dual-booting to run one single game, memory corruption is unlikely to be a real bother. (... "Windows98 makes an excellent gaming platform for 90 minutes at a time" ...)

      For some games, win98 can be quite a bit faster. Some of its graphics functions are faster, and of course it leaves more RAM free than XP. But, DirectX 9 probably won't install on it, and that's the real killer.

  3. Buy it ! by noselasd · · Score: 3, Insightful

    IF they eventually release a client for Linux MacOSX, I hope people
    will buy those, rather than pirate it. Anything else than Windows and the console market are really just a niche, so buying it can hopefully
    show that a port it worth it.