Crossing fingers, NWN may be out very soon

Gibberx · Apprentice Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Posts: 217 Location: UMBC

I saw this on the Linux Server page on the Neverwinter Nights web site...

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Important Information:
The 1.29 version of the client is not yet available. The 1.29 client will be out the week of March 10 2003 at the earliest. Until then, players will be unable to connect to 1.29 servers.
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If the 1.29 client is coming out as soon as tomorrow, maybe that's what they were waiting on for the release of the linux client?? It's a possibility!

I guess we'll find out soon enough...

Maybe somebody will make an ebuild? I'm not gonna wait around for the ebuild though, the site is bound to be slashdotted :roll:

so I'm not taking my chances.

It's also mentioned on their linux forum that they tend to release things on mondays anyway, probably so that they have the week to make sure it works before going home for the weekend.

DuF · Advocate Joined: 09 Dec 2002 Posts: 2687 Location: Paris

maybe you have right, maybe not

I hope that we will wait not for a long time.

sgaap · Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2003 2:12 pm Post subject:

And because of bioware's stupidity you cant use the windows cd's (something they did promise, but promises are easy for bioware, living up to them not)
so you have to download more than 1 gb of game-data

They have a few days left until winter is over (their last "promise" spoke of a release in the winter 02-03)

I dont believe it anymore

grinch · Apprentice Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 151

I'm sure somebody is intelligent enough to make an app so we can install off the CD's... at the very least you could install the windows version using winex/wine and copy data files into your linux install. I really dont see this as being as much of a problem as people are making it out to be :roll:

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sgaap · Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2003 2:14 pm Post subject:

Maybe wine works, maybe not, fact is that there is no unpack program available for the compressed format bioware used...which actually is rather stupid if you want it to be used on other platforms than windows

I a afraid we will get more of this kind of surprises, because bioware doesnt strike me as a professional company when it comes to portability

The problem is that I dont want to download over a GB of data when wine doesnt work with nwn install(which is my current experience), so either they give me a pair of free (I already paid for the game) data cd's which can be used with linux or they give me a full refund because of the fact that their product doesnt do what was promised by them (and why I purchased it 8 monts ago)

Sorry, but I dont like companies screwing their customers like this..

yartz · n00b Joined: 11 Mar 2003 Posts: 7 Location: Finland

Bioware really isn't very professional with portability. I can't understand what takes so long for them to release Linux version. Are they Visual Basic coders or what?

Game companies should follow the example from Id Software and Epic Games with UT2003.

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Gibberx · Apprentice Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Posts: 217 Location: UMBC

I tell you, thank goodness for linux hackers with spare time...

Now where is Bioware with their client?? I wonder if they'll make it by their March 19th estimate given last time they delayed it. Gee and I started following NWN Linux more closely than Star Wars Galaxies because I thought NWN had a better chance of getting out first...

gwydion · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 3:52 am Post subject:

Are you trying to say that you saw/heard something about an SWG linux client? Please don't toy with my emotions that way - my heart about stopped when I saw your post, and I went straight to the SWG site, but couldn't find anything but negative responses concerning linux.
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barlad · l33t Joined: 22 Feb 2003 Posts: 673

I don't think SWG plans to be released with a linux client at all. (unless you read the contrary somewhere?). That said, seeing how they are developping a MAC client for Everquest, I bet they plan to get one for SWG too. Point is, I remember reading somewhere that from a mac client to a linux client, the gap was not that huge especially since mac client uses openGL... and openGL works great with wine/winex.

Anyway, that's what I read... but like says my board title, I am a n00b

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gwydion · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 7:23 am Post subject:

well, I hate to burst your bubble as far as the wine option is concerned, but It's looking like SWG is going to be done with DX9 support, which will take a while to be implemented in winex. I think it's fairly unlikely that they will develop any kind of a *nix version, I was just checking if Phantom had found something to the contrary.

I'm looking forward to both SWG and NWN, and dreading the SWG release at the same time. I wiped out my windows partition about a year ago, and haven't needed it for anything till now :cry:

Oh well, at least winxp is fairly stable, and I'm only going to use it for games regardless.
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TheDauthi · n00b Joined: 10 Oct 2002 Posts: 17

I have an unopened NWN box. When the linux client comes out, I'll actually open it. Not before.

Liff · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 08 Oct 2002 Posts: 111

Does the open beta count?
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Bushmann · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 1:30 pm Post subject:

nwn works great with wine.
I already play it, and there are no problems, everything works, even videos etc.

sgaap · Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2003 2:14 pm Post subject:

Gibberx · Apprentice Joined: 20 Oct 2002 Posts: 217 Location: UMBC

To clarify the SWG bit, it's not coming out for linux, I've just been waiting for it to come out period! I don't care if I have to dual boot again.

And it seems my NWN prediction was off... why am I not surprised

jay · l33t Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 980

Looks like the work on the client is finished, just some legal stuff before the stuff can be released.
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hook · Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 11:59 am Post subject:

legal stuff my ass ...what legal stuff lasts for two weeks to make clear?!?
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jay · l33t Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 980

If you'll work with lawyers then you know how long some legal shit can take.
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