Estariel
Game Owner
 NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
Joined: 01 Jul 2002 |
 Posted: Monday, 27 November 2006 09:57PM |
Hi,
since the first thread reached 10 pages and got locked, we need a new one.
Please let us keep this one thread to discuss our very favourite gaming company (Bioware) with respect to our very favourite operating systems.
Thanks a lot!
Estariel, who would still love a linux port. |
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Muffin Man
Game Owner
 NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
SW: KotOR PC
NWN 2
Joined: 05 Jun 2002 |
Posted: Monday, 27 November 2006 10:12PM |
Signed.
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jfbilodeau
Game Owner
 NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
Joined: 04 Jan 2004 |
Posted: Monday, 27 November 2006 10:16PM |
Signed for Linux! That will be my first BioWare purchase since NWN + expansions!  Edited By jfbilodeau on 11/27/06 22:18 |
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Stanley Woo
QA Ninja
Joined: 17 Oct 2001
From: The BioWare Compound |
Posted: Monday, 27 November 2006 10:23PM |
Please keep in mind that this is to be a discussion thread, and not merely a poll or petition that community members "sign." Too many posts of a "me too" nature will get the thread locked as spam.
I rather enjoyed the actual discussion we had in the previous thread, so let's keep this one in the same vein, please.
Thank you. |
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Muffin Man
Game Owner
NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
SW: KotOR PC
NWN 2
Joined: 05 Jun 2002 |
Posted: Monday, 27 November 2006 10:54PM |
Quote: Posted 11/27/06 22:23 (GMT) by Stanley Woo
Please keep in mind that this is to be a discussion thread, and not merely a poll or petition that community members "sign." Too many posts of a "me too" nature will get the thread locked as spam.
I rather enjoyed the actual discussion we had in the previous thread, so let's keep this one in the same vein, please.
Thank you.
My apologies, I just really loved my little NWN linux server, and so did alot of others. 
One thing I would like to know is; how hard and expensive would it be? Is DA in such a state now, that if you where to add a linux port it would be a major step back (finacialy and time wise), or can it be done in a matter of weeks?
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fluffyamoeba
Game Owner
 NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
SW: KotOR PC
Jade Empire
Jade Empire:SE
NWN 2
Joined: 01 Mar 2004
From: a test tube |
Posted: Monday, 27 November 2006 11:02PM |
aaaand...someone slashdotted the last one
here
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Stanley Woo
QA Ninja
Joined: 17 Oct 2001
From: The BioWare Compound |
Posted: Monday, 27 November 2006 11:25PM |
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I don't know how difficult it would be, just like I don't know how long a piece of string is. You'd have to ask someone more learned. |
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silberbaer
Game Owner
 NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
Joined: 23 Dec 2003
From: Michigan |
Posted: Monday, 27 November 2006 11:25PM |
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And I'd like to thank whoever submitted the last thread to Slashdot, or I wouldn't even know about DA. This is the game I have to pin all my hopes on now, since NWN2 rejected me and my money. I still love NWN1, but the graphics are a bit shoddy by current standards, and I'm ready for something NEW! |
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Estariel
Game Owner
NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
Joined: 01 Jul 2002 |
Posted: Monday, 27 November 2006 11:38PM |
Quote: Posted 11/27/06 23:25 (GMT) by Stanley Woo I don't know how difficult it would be, just like I don't know how long a piece of string is. You'd have to ask someone more learned.
I think I can help with your piece of string: Try to make it really straight and then use a ruler. If you repeat the measurement several times, you could even give an error for your measurement 
So who would be more learned and could be asked about how feasable multiplatform support would be?Edited By Estariel on 11/27/06 23:40 |
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Stanley Woo
QA Ninja
Joined: 17 Oct 2001
From: The BioWare Compound |
Posted: Monday, 27 November 2006 11:49PM |
Your string analogy works if you have a piece of string and are asking about that one, specifically. In this case, the piece of string is theoretical. Also, it's poisonous and sentient. And made of fire. Nuclear fire.  |
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Brenon Holmes
Programmer
Joined: 17 Oct 2001
From: Edmonton, Alberta |
Posted: Monday, 27 November 2006 11:59PM |
You need fire ants and honey in your analogy as well Stan. Things just aren't right without fire ants and honey...
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Stanley Woo
QA Ninja
Joined: 17 Oct 2001
From: The BioWare Compound |
Posted: Tuesday, 28 November 2006 12:01AM |
You leave your kinky personal life out of this, Brenon!
Okay, the piece of string is theoretical. Also, it's poisonous and sentient. And made of fire. Nuclear fire. Okay, it's not really string, it's a bunch of nuclear fire ants linked together with honey. |
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Brenon Holmes
Programmer
Joined: 17 Oct 2001
From: Edmonton, Alberta |
Posted: Tuesday, 28 November 2006 12:05AM |
Awesome.
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fluffyamoeba
Game Owner
NWN
NWN: SoU
NWN: HotU
SW: KotOR PC
Jade Empire
Jade Empire:SE
NWN 2
Joined: 01 Mar 2004
From: a test tube |
Posted: Tuesday, 28 November 2006 12:15AM |
Wow...DA's going to be one strange game 
oh...analogy...right...
So for NWN1, what things made it easier to port and what would you been done differently had you known you were definitely going to make it multiplatform?
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LdyShayna
Joined: 18 Oct 2001
From: Colorado |
Posted: Tuesday, 28 November 2006 01:49AM |
So, these nuclear fire ants...can you have six of them to string or only four?
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