> Chris Meisinger wrote: > >>This is neither the time nor place for a Open Source soapbox about the >> "Evil" Direct3d and the "Angelic" OpenGL. >> > Did you know that Half-Life is based on a quake engine? This explains > it's quality renderer. VALVe did the option to render at DirectX that... > never really worked very well? > Because OpenGL is way more stable and CLEAN, Because it has at least 11 > years experience.
And the development cycle has been almost at a standstill for half og that time (not in a row). >> >>No one really cares which you use, or the reasons for using it. You >> should be thanking God there is a Direct3d, because this lights a fire >> under the guys developing OpenGL to catch up. >> > > Catch up?! OpenGL is not moved by Corporate interest! It a group of > persons (specialists in computer graphics) that make it better, they > tend to do it stable rather than cutting edge for STABILITY sake. That's > why transition to 2.0 is going to take time. > Just wait to OpenGL 2.0 comes out. Im sorry dude - but OpenGL IS playing catchup to the rapid development of DirectX. And OpenGL is certainly moved by corporate interrest since it is a standard set by corporations fx. SGi and several hardware vendors - actually Microsoft is represented too. I have great expectations for OpenGL 2.0, but it is targeted at professional rendering, not games. In this area DirectX has complete control, and if Microsoft keeps pushing it, this will not change with OpenGL 2.0, 3.0 or 10.0 :) >>If it's one thing we've learned, the OpenSource community sucks at >> graphics, so having competition is a good thing. (Lets be honest, >> TuxRacer isn't that damn cool and Quake2/3 got old awhile back) >> > Tux racer is not a commercial game... But is totally portable ... He wasn't talking about commercial or portable games - but about coolness :) >> >>There's no "Teaming up against the Linux Community", Bill Gates didn't >> buy Valve just to piss of the Linux guys and this is not a conspiracy. >> > Hmm "Teaming up against the Linux Community" is a Policy at M$, or you > are that naive? They squash their competitors in tiny little thinks like > this. As a FreeBSD follower I cant really comment on this since the whole conspiracy topic is pretty lame. What I do know is that Microsoft makes quite a lot of software and parts are quite good for specific jobs - that Microsoft after tries to cram their software down everyones throat is another story, but it's not a conspiracy. >>If you >>care to rant about the "Empire" forcing its graphics medium down your >> throat, please drop this list and join one of the 5 million LUG clone >> lists, they might actually care. >> >> > Hmm i wonder if you got the wrong Half-Life List ... This is a > hlds-LINUX list, that means (if you can read GOOD) that you actually run > hlds Linux servers! Why? M$ can give you a better OS for servers? > Likewise drop this list and sign for the HLDS-WINDOWS list. Microsoft (not M$) can give you a better OS for some things just like FreeBSD is better in most other areas - if you want you can downgrade your BSD to a Linux, but thats another flamewar :D > Oh well there is never going to be a Half-Life 2 Linux Client, so > you are right there is no point discussing this subject. VALVe (and M$) > will chose all your computer requirements for you... Maybe the future > will prove this is was a wrong decision, i dont see other top FPS > dropping OpenGL support ... Which other not based on ID's or Epic's engines are you referring to? I hope that the future will make all games played on consoles and let the computer do other stuff. To sum it all up: OpenGL is for professional use DirectX is for home use (Games, video etc.) - Miklos _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
