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Quake 4 Linux
Crusader writes "id Software has released the Linux client and server for Quake 4. There's a FAQ page with installation instructions, notes, and download links."
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jee wish they could release linux clients for other games this quick... would be a godsend to the "linux gamerz". and could make x/wine useless. but microsoft would never let this happen lets be realistic
These days they're called torrents.
read the bolded text in my post:
"100% DirectX 9.0c compatible 64MB"
What does this refer to if not a video card?
Quake 4 runs in Direct3D on Windows by default, same as Quake3, same as RTCW. For that matter, same as Doom3. Why would Quake 4 be any different, huh?
Are you guys idiots in thinking that: hey, he's wrong, id doesn't just pump out code, they write portable games that's what they do!
No, id pumps out fast code paths to make their games the fastest. They work heavily with nVidia, ATi, Microsoft for DirectX *and* Direct3D, and OpenGL reference sources. They make every code path the fastest code path that they can.
Blizzard also has DirectX code path in WoW, and Warcraft3, that's because there's no getting around the fact that in Windows, the most efficient fastest, and feature-rich 3D library to build towards is DirectX.
If you all don't believe me, then go ahead and live in your fantasy world, because you're idiots.
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That's what illegal copies are for. Download with your favorite p2p program, and by the Linux version when it's avaiable.
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