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  1. 06-12-2012 07:51 AM #1
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    They already had enough problems creating engines working with Direct X/Direct 3D. I don't think they have anyone experienced with OpenGL.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolfie View Post
    They already had enough problems creating engines working with Direct X/Direct 3D. I don't think they have anyone experienced with OpenGL.
    This. Its not a simple port, they need to remake the engine basically. SE has a hard enough time using DirectX, only more problems would arise when trying to port to Linux, and use OpenGL.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wolfie View Post
    They already had enough problems creating engines working with Direct X/Direct 3D. I don't think they have anyone experienced with OpenGL.
    PS3 uses OpenGL so they have a lot of OpenGL programmers, it would be an easy port from the PS3 version, infact (correct me if I am wrong here) I think the PS3 firmware is based on Linux.

    I think it would be an awesome idea, if FFXIV was on Linux I would instantly dump Windows for Ubuntu, Linux is a better OS in every way except for the one fact that developers don't program for Linux because of the smaller user base. If more developers did a lot of people would move from Windows to some form of Linux.
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