CryEngine 3.8.1 Adds The Linux & OpenGL Support

[phoronix]

Phoronix: CryEngine 3.8.1 Adds The Linux & OpenGL Support

Last month we found out Crytek was finally moving along with their Linux support and now with yesterday's release of CryENGINE 3.8.1, the Linux and OpenGL rendering support is in place...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=CryENGINE-3.8.1-Linux-OGL

[schmidtbag]

Awesome, this was probably the only thing getting in the way of Star Citizen being ported to Linux.

[Rakl?dder]

Awesome to the max! Tomorrow begins today!

[humbug]

Chris Roberts said he was waiting for this in order to get Star Citizen going on linux.

https://youtu.be/joKjDdKcOMQ?t=8m4s

[Marc Driftmeyer]

New platform: Linux

As previously announced, we are adding Linux support for your Game.exe. While you will still need Windows to use the Sandbox Editor, you can now release your commercial games on Linux as well as on PC- and of course, there are still no royalties whatsoever!

In short, it's not a new platform if you have to use Windows to use the Editor.

[dragorth]

In short, it's not a new platform if you have to use Windows to use the Editor.

Its a new platform to target. Unity doesn't run on Android, iOS or PS4, yet it is a supported platform.

[eydee]

In short, it's not a new platform if you have to use Windows to use the Editor.

Developers will use windows for developing and the primary target will be consoles. Additional builds are just a possibility and good to have.

[anda_skoa]

Developers will use windows for developing and the primary target will be consoles. Additional builds are just a possibility and good to have.

The announcement even considers Linux a console platform, i.e. non-PC:
"you can now release your commercial games on Linux as well as on PC"

[computerquip]

The announcement even considers Linux a console platform, i.e. non-PC:
"you can now release your commercial games on Linux as well as on PC"

Because PC apparently equates to Windows despite that being technically untrue. Any time a game says they "support PC", they mean they support Windows.

[anda_skoa]

Any time a game says they "support PC", they mean they support Windows.

True, but that is towards consomers.
An engine is targetted at developers/producers, people I would assume understand that PC is a category like console, with different platforms each