ArmA available for linux ?

[-BR--Dawnrazor 0]

ArmA for Linux that sounds reallly great

WIth Vista i shit on MS

[DBR_ONIX 0]

No linux users? It is easy to fix. Make own linux distro for ArmA and put it on game box. There is big possibilities.

Have you used Damn Small Linux or LinEx? DSL takes only 64MB from CD. Of course problem will be drivers, but hell, some one should start it.

Erm, I seriously doubt that will EVER happen.. It makes very little sense, if you force a player to reboot into another OS, just to play your game, on an OS that isn't supported by most games (thus forcing you to redesign a large part of the wheel to make it work), and giving the game(and now OS) even more opertunity to find some reason to screw up (Now not only not-fast-enough hardware will stop the game working, now it has to be compatible with linux to work....)

Basicly, the game either comming primary for linx wont happen (It's a stupid idea, too many people have windows to use it, and theres things to run Win apps on linux, but not the other way around..)...

BUT, they could make ArmA compatible with WINE.. AFAIK OFP can use OpenGL, as Unreal Tournament does, which has a native Linux installer script on the DVD.. Something like that would work, but I really doubt it will be done.. WINE is far more likely

Disclaimery thing : I'm not saying linux is bad, far from it (I use it a lot), but it is NOT a gaming operating system.. Windows has long domainated this, for example, with DirectX.. (Yes I know about OpenGL, but look how realtivly few games use OpenGL compared to DirectX..)

Anyway, IMO, the only way ArmA on linux will happen is if it works via WINE

- Ben

[CorlanMcD 0]

Since ArmA will supposedly be using the Direct3D API, then I guess it is safe to say that if you're planning to upgrade; you should get an ATi card then, since they handle Direct3D better than nVidia (OpenGL).