C4 Engine Drops Linux Support, Calls It "Frankenstein OS"
Version 4.2 of the cross-platform C4 Game Engine was released today. The big change of C4 Engine 4.2 is that it gets rid of Linux support after its lead developer has had a very unhappy and difficult experience with Linux.
The C4 Engine was ported to Linux in 2012 and supports Windows XP and newer, OS X, and PlayStation 4 as among the targets. The C4 Engine was started by Eric Lengyel who also founded Terathon Software, the company continuing to develop this proprietary game engine.
C4 Engine customers needing Linux support can use C4 Engine 4.1 or older, including porting the old code to the new engine release, but Eric mentions they're forbidden from sharing that code with other teams. He says too in the future that they may support SteamOS but that they will not let the engine run on Linux in general.
The C4 Engine was ported to Linux in 2012 and supports Windows XP and newer, OS X, and PlayStation 4 as among the targets. The C4 Engine was started by Eric Lengyel who also founded Terathon Software, the company continuing to develop this proprietary game engine.
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C4 Engine customers needing Linux support can use C4 Engine 4.1 or older, including porting the old code to the new engine release, but Eric mentions they're forbidden from sharing that code with other teams. He says too in the future that they may support SteamOS but that they will not let the engine run on Linux in general.
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