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Idea
#6897: Support OpenGL 3.0 and other 3D projects
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Written by JoeLeKiffeur the 12 Apr 08 at 20:25.
Category: Multimedia.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
I think Canonical should have to support and improve 3D projects, in order to jeopardy the Micro$oft DirectX' API.
It's interesting for all 3D games, or other apps.
I hope 3D developpers will be interested, and will migrate to GNU/Linux.
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tenplus1 wrote on the 13 Apr 08 at 10:05
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+1 Before DirectX took off game developers were using OpenGl to begin with and if done properly a re-compile would have their game working on linux/mac/pc/whatever so long as OpenGl is supported (bigger platform base, more money for developers)...
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StefanHamminga wrote on the 13 Apr 08 at 10:19
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From what I know of both APIs is that OpenGL by itself is not the problem... It seems the issue is more like: IDE->Drivers->Documentation->API, being a good & user friendly (open source?) IDE is what is missing most, compared to Direct3D (Visual Studio)...
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Auzy wrote on the 13 Apr 08 at 13:00
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With eclipse getting better, its not as bad anymore. Its just developers need to get used to the new GUI.
The main issue I'd say is that developers know all the tricks in Visual C++ to speed up code, which gives me an idea
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loki wrote on the 16 Apr 08 at 21:50
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I've seen some projects on Sourceforge related to this idea. Maybe an idea to team up with them?
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Alexander wrote on the 17 Apr 08 at 19:24
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CodeBlocks + Irrlicht should be able to solve this.
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Madlax wrote on the 3 May 08 at 15:01
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Excellent idea,though i,m not sure how are you suggesting canonical should support them.
Games are one of the main bullet points that Microsoft uses against Linux, Opengl 3.0 is a key-factor in solving this issue.
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notyetroot wrote on the 15 Aug 08 at 12:42
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Of course! I think somebody should make an OpenGL showcase to show that OpenGL can look as good as/better than DirectX.
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