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#1 Reiker

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Posted November 24 2012 - 07:20 AM

Hi,

I want game client for my Mac. Will there be one when open beta launches___  Pleeeaseee! :)

As I have followed you for a long time i recall that a client for os x has been promised before...

Edited by Reiker, November 24 2012 - 08:04 AM.


#2 LordofNosgoth

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Posted November 24 2012 - 07:26 AM

Since the game uses Direct X, I don't see that happening bub. Were I you, I wouldn't get my hopes up. Developing in an OpenGL environment isn't fun or rewarding. And there's very little money to be made from doing it since Mac only accounts for about 8% of the worldwide market share.

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Posted November 24 2012 - 09:19 AM

If there is going to ever be a Mac client, I guarantee it will not be done ANYWHERE NEAR the launch of Open Beta. GUARANTEE. For the moment, Hawken is only supported for Windows XP, Vista, and 7.

A Mac port, if ever, is going to be a while down the road.
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Posted November 24 2012 - 09:21 AM

View PostLordofNosgoth, on November 24 2012 - 07:26 AM, said:

Developing in an OpenGL environment isn't fun or rewarding.
Windows 8's lockdown is changing this rather dramatically, since you've got Valve and Blizzard outright rejecting Microsoft's attempt to take over all app control for Windows 8 apps, and DirectX 11.1 is Windows 8-only. Valve has already got L4D2 running on OpenGL with equal performance to the DirectX implementation, and they've started a private beta on the Steam Linux client.

It's going to be a good day to be a skilled OpenGL programmer, soon.
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