A Prey Update For Linux, But Still No UT3 [Archive]

phoronix

02-22-2009, 08:00 AM

Phoronix: A Prey Update For Linux, But Still No UT3

It's not too frequently that Ryan Gordon updates his blog (finger), but when he does it's usually to announce a new Linux game port or an update to one of the titles he has ported. In this morning's update by Ryan Gordon, he mentions that an update is now available for Prey. Prey is a game that was released a while ago for the Windows platform, but it wasn't until last December that the Linux client was finally released after a demo client had been around for a while...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=NzA4Mg

kriko

02-22-2009, 08:40 AM

Meh, forget UT3 completely. It is not coming at all.

srouquette

02-22-2009, 08:49 AM

The game is dead on PC, why would they bother porting it on Linux ?

M1AU

02-22-2009, 10:24 AM

I also absolutely don't care about UT3.
It's not worth the wait.

korpenkraxar

02-22-2009, 10:33 AM

The game is dead on PC, why would they bother porting it on Linux ?

It is already ported. And you know having us Linux geeks onboard increases the chance of the game being promoted on a lan party and played regardless of OS. They have absolutely nothing to lose on releasing it.

ethana2

02-22-2009, 11:38 AM

"and acts like these pulled by Epic Games will not get this platform anywhere."

..and if that's how things happen, it will be Apple that crushes Windows, and when they employ mandatory code signing and an app store in OS X, with similar properties to that on the iPhone, game publishers will realize that Apple wouldn't have them by the balls if they had just played their cards a little better during this decade.

rotarychainsaw

02-22-2009, 01:09 PM

I still don't see any multiplayer servers... I think it might be because no one plays this game rather than a problem with the linux client though.

Jimmy

02-22-2009, 01:27 PM

I predict that UT3 will run well in Wine before a native port is available.

Wasn't that the case with Prey? Meh.

hdas

02-22-2009, 04:21 PM

UT3 is so passe. I am not sure if anyone is interested anymore. The engine may be of some academic value. But Prey is even more passe. Better off with an even older Doom3. May be the game is interesting, but its 2009! Why do they make a wasted effort. Geez. If any old game is worth porting for some attention, that would be *Crysis*, but wait - dx10, and I am not sure of its worth in > 2009 except for benchmarks :D.

All this is not news. To Phoronix, please remember this before writing, *it is 2009* :D. [sarcasm]

In any case, a salute to the efforts of Ryan *Icculus* Gordon and co :D.

Meanwhile, as sen on /., any coverage for Quake Live and Linux?

Fixxer_Linux

02-22-2009, 05:45 PM

UT2003 was also a "fast forgotten" game. They issued a year later the UT2K4 which is always largely played over the internet.
Perhaps is Epic preparing a UT4, correcting what is wrong in UT3 (I don't know what is wrong, I never played it as I don't have windows on my box) and they'll issue some UT4 soon, with a linux client on the retail DVD ???

One can always dream...

Kano

02-22-2009, 06:10 PM

I do not fully get the relationship between Prey and UT3. Prey uses the Doom 3 engine not UT.

hdas

02-23-2009, 01:28 AM

The hero - Icculus :D.

I do not fully get the relationship between Prey and UT3. Prey uses the Doom 3 engine not UT.

Redeeman

02-23-2009, 01:45 AM

epic games have simply proven themselves to be a bunch of liars, one wonders how the people responsible can respect themselves.. I hope their children utters the words: "my daddy is a liar!"

hdas

02-23-2009, 03:05 AM

Man, you are taking it personally :D. Its politically incorrect to brand them liars - we live in a complicated world where such uncomfortable situations arise. Although I hope that it was just due to some third party being paranoid about their 'my precious mojo', rather than epic having any vile ideas, and hope epic will learn to do everything in-house and release it cleanly next time. For now I guess, this game is a closed chapter, and I hope epic atleast pay Ryan for his work (and he is lucky to play the linux version for himself *lol*). For now, it is *epic fail* and let us move on.

epic games have simply proven themselves to be a bunch of liars, one wonders how the people responsible can respect themselves.. I hope their children utters the words: "my daddy is a liar!"

SarahKH

02-23-2009, 03:56 AM

Man, you are taking it personally :D. Its politically incorrect to brand them liars - we live in a complicated world where such uncomfortable situations arise. Although I hope that it was just due to some third party being paranoid about their 'my precious mojo', rather than epic having any vile ideas, and hope epic will learn to do everything in-house and release it cleanly next time. For now I guess, this game is a closed chapter, and I hope epic atleast pay Ryan for his work (and he is lucky to play the linux version for himself *lol*). For now, it is *epic fail* and let us move on.

Yes, let us move on. I think it is fair to say that there will never be a Linux native version of UT3. I think it's also fair to say that Epic's shenanigans mean I'll not be buying another of their products.

Of course those of us who brought UT3 on the assumption that because there were Linux clients of it's predecessors there would naturally be one for this version... well we can shake our tiny fists with impotent rage. Epic have our cash and they'll never refund it now.

So that's Infogrames/Atari and now Epic... who else wants to piss me off?

christian_frank

02-23-2009, 04:48 AM

wow ! seems the port is nearly finished.

amzon uk gets the mac version of the game on 16.03.09 !!

So, i hope the linux version is already finished then !!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Macsoft-Unreal-Tournament-3-Mac/dp/B0016IV9FA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1235382200&sr=1-4

SarahKH

02-23-2009, 05:00 AM

wow ! seems the port is nearly finished.

amzon uk gets the mac version of the game on 16.03.09 !!

So, i hope the linux version is already finished then !!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Macsoft-Unreal-Tournament-3-Mac/dp/B0016IV9FA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1235382200&sr=1-4

That's been on there since last year at least. Of course, are they actually porting or just throwing it in to Cider... that's the question.

hdas

02-23-2009, 05:15 AM

That said, I haven't googled upon it, but wine should run it fine. Off late, wine has become a bulldozer - it even plays one of the games which has been ported horribly from console to windows - test drive unlimited (atari btw) - and remarkably, wine manages to play it almost reasonably well!

Anyway, I am still happy in World of Goo for now :D.

NeoBrain

02-23-2009, 06:31 AM

wow ! seems the port is nearly finished.

amzon uk gets the mac version of the game on 16.03.09 !!

So, i hope the linux version is already finished then !!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Macsoft-Unreal-Tournament-3-Mac/dp/B0016IV9FA/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1235382200&sr=1-4

Amazon (and others) also claimed they knew the release date of Duke Nukem Forever...

christian_frank

02-23-2009, 07:00 AM

the ut3 titan pack will be released in march.

Don't you guys think that will be the best date for epic to bring out the mac and linux version also ?

MaestroMaus

02-23-2009, 08:31 AM

the ut3 titan pack will be released in march.

Don't you guys think that will be the best date for epic to bring out the mac and linux version also ?

That was my guess aswell. Fear is striking now though, as all the changelogs that have come out so far haven't mentioned any ports at all.