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Posted 17 December 2014 - 02:09 PM

View PostJanichsan, on 17 December 2014 - 01:22 PM, said:

That's the point: it isn't. The engine is built on DirectX 11, which is why Wine/Cider can be ruled out.

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Posted 17 December 2014 - 09:46 PM

Well at least they got it out. Unlike CodeHatch, who took everybody's money and ran on StarForge.

One of the most lucrative Early Access launches ever and after three years they somehow managed to hardly make any progress and then ran out of money.
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Posted 18 December 2014 - 11:36 AM

View PostFrost, on 17 December 2014 - 09:46 PM, said:

Well at least they got it out. Unlike CodeHatch, who took everybody's money and ran on StarForge.

One of the most lucrative Early Access launches ever and after three years they somehow managed to hardly make any progress and then ran out of money.

Do you have any idea how much it costs these days for good coke and decent hookers?

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Posted 19 December 2014 - 08:17 AM

View PostJanichsan, on 17 December 2014 - 01:22 PM, said:

That's the point: it isn't. The engine is built on DirectX 11, which is why Wine/Cider can be ruled out.

DX/wine/Cider noob here, EVE released a few weeks ago a graphic update which uses DX 11 and as Mac users we have all the same bling as the windows users.

So, uhm, you sure?

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Posted 19 December 2014 - 10:42 AM

View PostRiko, on 19 December 2014 - 08:17 AM, said:

DX/wine/Cider noob here, EVE released a few weeks ago a graphic update which uses DX 11 and as Mac users we have all the same bling as the windows users.

So, uhm, you sure?
Absolutely sure. Wine/Cider does not support DX11 at all and even DX10 support is very incomplete. EVE Online on Mac still only uses DirectX 9.

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Posted 19 December 2014 - 01:20 PM

As someone who has been using wine and cider and has ported games using both, DX10 support is far off. Even the developers of both those programs admit that. Sooner or later, it's going to become an obsolete method of porting.
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Posted 26 December 2014 - 05:01 PM

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Posted 26 December 2014 - 05:10 PM

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Posted 27 December 2014 - 09:11 AM

I've arrived.
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Posted 29 December 2014 - 04:00 PM

View Postipickert55, on 27 December 2014 - 09:11 AM, said:

I've arrived.
<C&C EVA> Reinforcements have arrived.

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Posted 10 January 2015 - 02:31 PM

Originally, I wanted to post a 1000 word essay about my current opinion about the state of the game (in short: flawed, but I'm having a ball), but I'm too tired at the moment. So I'll just post the most recent news about the Mac version and spam a few more screenshots…

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Posted 10 January 2015 - 02:38 PM

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Posted 10 January 2015 - 02:50 PM

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Posted 14 January 2015 - 02:18 PM

Turns out Zero Punctuation's Yahtzee likes ED, despite its flaws: http://www.escapistm...angerous-Review

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Posted 14 January 2015 - 07:09 PM

I love the reference to "The Last Starfighter" in that review.  Saw that in the theater.
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Posted 14 January 2015 - 08:47 PM

This game looks very awesome. Is it only available to buy on their website?
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Posted 15 January 2015 - 01:47 AM

View PostJanichsan, on 10 January 2015 - 02:31 PM, said:

Originally, I wanted to post a 1000 word essay about my current opinion about the state of the game (in short: flawed, but I'm having a ball), but I'm too tired at the moment.
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Posted 15 January 2015 - 02:22 AM

View Postipickert55, on 14 January 2015 - 08:47 PM, said:

This game looks very awesome. Is it only available to buy on their website?
Currently, yes. There will be a boxed edition (probably coming next month), that is supposed to be available more or less everywhere you can buy games on disks, but their own store is and probably will remain the only download outlet for it.

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You've had time to sleep now. Give it to us!
Soon™. :D

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Posted 15 January 2015 - 07:59 AM

https://store.elitedangerous.com/mac

Are they still on track for "Spring 2015" Macintosh release?
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Posted 15 January 2015 - 09:36 AM

View Postmacdude22, on 15 January 2015 - 07:59 AM, said:

https://store.elitedangerous.com/mac

Are they still on track for "Spring 2015" Macintosh release?
See above. The Mac beta is scheduled for March/April and then it depends on how fast they can deliver a finished port. Probably more like "Very Late Spring/Early Summer 2015".

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