While it’s not certain yet, a project might just unshackle DirectX 10 from its Windows Vista only chains. The Alky Project from Falling Leaf Systems was recently released in Alpha form.
Here is some more details from Ars Technica:
The project plans to do this by building a converter that can take in a DX10 game executable and spit out a modified version that can be run on a (non-Vista) target OS. The target OS must be x86-based, which rules out the PPC version of OS X, since the converter doesn’t do any binary translation.
What is will hopefully, eventually mean for gamers is being able to play the latest games on any operating system. For Windows XP users, this means being able to avoid the Vista upgrade path.
This is one project that I hope works out, as I am moving to Linux rather than dealing with the woes, issues, and annoyance of Vista.
nah, they will be doing the same kind of catching up that wine and cedega (or whatever that wine off-shot is named) is doing.
what they need is instead a compettetiv framework that will not only work on windows but also on linux, osx and similar.
today the closest thing is SDL+opengl and even that is a stretch…
Go Falling Leaf Systems Go!!!
Hopefully(wishfully) this among other factors will mean the death of microsofts monopoly with its directx domination.
Watch nivida and ati start making linux only cards with their own version of DX and say to hell with windows completely . then where will poor bill be when all his gamer fans dump his useless resource hog for a linux OS while following the gaming world to a better future ..
Behind any company that deciedes to make DirectX 10 compatible for XP and OSX.
I have done extensive research into vista (their own website being the least informative) and just found issue after issue after issue.
I am happy with XP (using simple mods it is responsive and does everything that a user neads to do & i deal with all types of multimedia as part of my work) … Vista’s cons will does out way any pro they are offering.
Saying that i want to play Crysis & buying a system to match & want to play it close to full spec i.e gonna need Direct X 10.
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