News - Valve releases 'ToGL' Direct3D to OpenGL translation software

[HEXUS]

This could give the SteamOS a much bigger games library.

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[virtuo]

Has the makings of being a game-changer, but needs a lot of work from what I can see. Hopefully having it on Github will encourage contributions and get it moving in the right direction.

[kalniel]

Certainly might offer a new lease of life to older dx9 games.

[Dylzan]

Increases the number of games that'll run on SteamOS, will be interested to see how many devs convert their games.

[shaithis]

Good step in the right direction. I guess we will need to see more innovative ideas like these though before Linux becomes a real alternative for gamers.

[Flavius]

The grammar in the second to last paragraph was stunning.

[Zeven]

Also thanks to Valve's efforts, and likely a bit of badgering by the Star Citizen developer team and other CryEngine customers, Crytek has announced official Linux support. Bit odd that Hexus hasn't reported this.

[GuidoLS]

It's a neat PR trick, it's sort of a deceptive thing... they're releasing part of the overlay code, and what they've released cannot be compiled as is.

The makers of Wine have had a superior overlay for quite a while now, and the entire code is essentially public domain, and usable as is.

The Gabester isn't doing this out of the goodness of his heart - he's trying to drum up some support for the whole Linux thing by making it look like there's mainstream support. This isn't the first time around - Loki did the same thing 14-16 years ago, with some serious AAA titles for the time, and it still did nothing. It's going to take a lot more than what's on tap now for this to go anywhere.