Smedley Answer from reddit

[opticalshadow]

Originally Posted by Captain1nsaneo

Fantastic peek into the mind of Smedly. The man deserves some massive props for doing this. His comments about MOBAs make me want to fanboy about dota 2 though. Monday is awesome news, looks like I'm not going to get anything done next week.

I like space too.
I like the idea of having an infantry fight in zero-g on the hull of a ship that is trading fire with another ship.

idk why, but i feel that kerbal space program with multiplayer and weapons would be such a ebtter space battle game...its just so....addicting...

[artifice]

I just want EQNext news. Only got a few bits of information.

[opticalshadow]

Originally Posted by artifice

I just want EQNext news. Only got a few bits of information.

yeah it would be nice, but he was quite clear he wasnt giving any up during the AMA, im willing to bet they wont say anything until a bit after PS2 has taken off just to avoid distracting people from this game.

[AnamNantom]

Originally Posted by Tatwi

There's no such thing as "written in unix". Unix is an operating system made by Bell Labs in the late 1960s. It's a bunch of programs that were written in the C and Assembler languages. The one program that runs everything is called the kernel. When the kernel is combined with a specific set of programs inside a file system that is organized to a particular standard, it becomes Unix or "unix-like".

Mac OS is based on BSD, which is Berkley University Science Department's Unix-like open source operating system. Linux is its own open source Unix-like operating system based on code that is not based on BSD. MacOS is not open source, but FreeBSD is. As a result, they are very different in capabilities, especially OpenGL (the 3D rendering abilities). While FreeBSD and Linux have binary compatibility packages that allow FreeBSD programs to work in Linux (and vice versa), that does not mean MacOS programs will work in either FreeBSD or Linux.

Why is that?

The simple answer is that Apple does not share the libraries of source code that many of their programs use, so it's not really possible to make binary compatibility packages for them for FreeBSD or Linux. I am sure Apple does this because those programs (like it's user interface) would work fine in FreeBSD and Linux, which would kinda sorta drop the retail value of their products, ya know.

That said, OpenGL for Linux and FreeBSD is solid. The worst part is poor drivers from both AMD and Nvidia. Current Nvidia drivers refuse verticle sync in Linux 64bit, even just browsing the internet, but they work great in Windows 7and MacOS, for instance.

As far as having PS2 in MacOS and not in FreeBSD or Linux, it boils down to proprietary drivers and MacOS's better use of OpenGL.

Hear, hear, excellent assessment!

Originally Posted by artifice

Linux will always remain niche. It just doesn't have the capability to be anything else because of the restrictions from the fact it has so many different distributions and none of them are sound enough for people who are borderline computer illiterate.

Windows 8 won't be competing against Linux, it will be competing against Windows 7. Windows 8 may suck, but anytime a Windows version sucks, it is always the previous version that flourishes until another Windows version comes along that can dethrone it.

Also, from the point of view of just gaming and game development, Linux isn't exactly a good platform. Direct3D API is far superior to OpenGL in both features and ease of development.

Check it out: http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/faster-zombies/

If Linux gets more attention from the gaming market, it WILL be more accepted by desktop users as a viable OS... that and 3D design/ 2D designers as that goes as well.

[camycamera]

thanks for this, i haven't got a beta key, but at least i know i will get in... last. and it is good to know thay are supporting us Aussies. thanks guys

[opticalshadow]

Originally Posted by camycamera

thanks for this, i haven't got a beta key, but at least i know i will get in... last. and it is good to know thay are supporting us Aussies. thanks guys

with the tweet about active cut offs not being until monday, you can still get yourself a PS1 sub an make it in monday.

[Captain1nsaneo]

Originally Posted by opticalshadow

idk why, but i feel that kerbal space program with multiplayer and weapons would be such a ebtter space battle game...its just so....addicting...

Wouldn't that be more like player made and controlled ICBMs?

[opticalshadow]

Originally Posted by Captain1nsaneo

Wouldn't that be more like player made and controlled ICBMs?

if they were ramming each other sure, but there are basic weapon mods now that add missles and lasers. with the free dom that game gives you for creation an exploration now, combiend with the eventual multiplayer and 40-50 planets the devs want in the game. it would be absolutly awesome for a space combat or minecraft esc exploration game