Idea #9475: make ubuntu for high graphics gaming.

Written by siyadkk the 4 Jun 08 at 11:26. Category: Gaming.
Related to: Nothing/Others. Status: New

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i think improvements needed for Ubuntu for playing high graphics games such as nfs etc... such games in ubuntu helps to attract more peoples to ubuntu...Compared to Windows, Linux just doesn't have anywhere near the same level of good games. high devolopments needed..

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Auzy wrote on the 4 Jun 08 at 12:04

This isn't an idea. It doesn't discuss how to make this possible..

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Auzy wrote on the 4 Jun 08 at 12:17

PS, we have the infrastructure in place.

==> Opengl,
==> PulseAudio/OpenAL
==> GCC (with C & C++ STL support)
==> Game Engines (ID games, Torque, many others)
==> GPU processing technologies: Nvidia CUDA

All the technologies are well supported on OSX, Windows and Linux. Our problem is that unlike Microsoft, we don't treat them as one unit, and we don't promote them enough. If users used ALL these technologies, their code would be pretty portable.

What you need is a marketting idea, and a way to encourage developers to use these over DirectX. And provide great documentation for it all.

Eldmannen wrote on the 4 Jun 08 at 13:11

What are you talking about?

A new distribution?
Improvements to OpenGL?
Better graphics device drivers?
More games ported?

Primož Papič wrote on the 4 Jun 08 at 15:56

I'll pretend to know what you want to say.
And I think that I had a similar idea about direct porting of games like NFS or GTA to Linux an their availability on special repository which would be pay per download.

Ralf.Nieuwenhuijsen wrote on the 5 Jun 08 at 01:26

It appears they are porting Steam to linux. This should make it easier for companies to market games on linux.

They finally get:
1) access to the user-base (they can't use stores .. the market size is too small)
2) some real data on the amount of people willing to pay for linux games, if they know it will be well supported (which is usually isn't now). Steam is all about making sure the games keep working with OS updates.
3) backing from a large reliable vendor (Valve in this case)

I think it will really make a difference.
I've never bought any of the linux games; since their support never lasts .. a new ubuntu release and they often just stop working. Even the demo's. They don't package properly, etc. But I would buy it from Steam. Support-wise they have a rock-solid reputation.

Crandom wrote on the 14 Jun 08 at 16:34

They (Gabe Newell and those at Valve) said they would NEVER port to linux. They were at Microsoft in the 1990's and actually created the first directx's before they quit to make valve. They will not change to opengl, and mike (on the forums, works for valve) said there just aren't enough people to sell to.

Our best hope is wine at http://www.winehq.org/ They have good(ish) dx9 support and Steam is a Platinum supported game: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=1554&iTestingId=26 104

Half Life 2 and other sources games run well if you have a nvidia card (ie not crappy ati drivers - damn you fglrx!), albeit with a few minor bugs and having to turn off compiz.

steve196 wrote on the 14 Jun 08 at 18:01

What keeps Linux from being a good game platform:
* small userbase (little return of investment)
* the need to compile and test for several distros
* Gamers usually run Windows, because their previous games only ran on that
* weak graphics drivers (because of small userbase)

ImperfectLink wrote on the 3 Jul 08 at 17:20

Gabe said they would never port to linux but from what I heard, they communicate with the WINE group in order to make sure their games can run through WINE.

saivann (Moderator) wrote on the 4 Sep 08 at 02:43

Thanks for your participation.

The description of this idea does not suggest anything, it just stands for "games under ubuntu". I believe that all of us would be happy for that, however this idea does not suggest any ways to reach that goal, therefore we can say that it's not a idea. You can vote on it but don't forget that it won't give results.

I invite you instead to think about ways to help fixing this problem. I know that gaming is somewhat tricky because it's not ubuntu's fault, and ubuntu almost can do nothing about it, but don't close your mind to potential ideas you might have ;-)

And ASK your favorite game to support Linux! ;-)

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