Guest JaseP Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 I really want a good 4X (Exploration, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate) Space game for Linux,... Does anyone know of a good game that fits this description or of one in development??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyv Posted December 2, 2002 Report Share Posted December 2, 2002 Not that i know of, which is a shame as i really like that sort of game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitz Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 It's a shame that something like that doesn't exist for linux. You'd think it would be one of the easier games to implement since you could do it using only 2D graphics and maybe some kind of scripting language. It's not much better in the windows world either. MOO III has been pushed back yet again...the suspense is killing me :wink: Glitz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadHattr Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 hey theres a really good free linux native space sim called vendetta i think tou need to sign up for a free membership to downlaod but its free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylizard Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 There is also a game called Vega Strike that is based on the windows game Elite. I haven't tried it, just saw it in the Nov. issue of Linux Format. Here is the link http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/main.html And here are some screenshots (takes forever for the page to render though) http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/pics.html It looks interesting, some of the graphics look a little rough though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyv Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 I play vegastrike, and it has a lot of potential. But it's not a 4X which is a rather different game type. Linux need more games that aren't first person shooters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOlson Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 I'm not sure what you're looking for..... Gimme some example games, and I'll see what I can think of... Do you mean like Starcraft, or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzylizard Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 So from your initial description, are you looking for games more along the lines of the Homeworld series -- real time strategy games in space? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyv Posted December 4, 2002 Report Share Posted December 4, 2002 I didn't post the first post but if you could find me a hybrid between startrek armada2 and master of orion 2 i'd be happy :P Not a starcraft/c&c/warcraft type game or similar games of both types. or those games ported I think a master of orion style game would be the most simple to make, no 3d, turn based. Or Startrek Birth of the Federation (good game imo) was turn based with 3d battles (although computer controlled and rather dated 3d now, was damn cool when it first came out). even something like Space empires would be cool to have(another turn based). /**********************************************************/ Tell you what my dream game would be: cross between q3/elite(modern 3d)/hardwar as in: can fly ships around be a pirate/ merc/ trader -- the universe is huge not tied to a story no cut scenes. can board ships/ ground bases q3 style and slaugther the crew and take over/steal components access there computer data or run around your own ship defending against borders, fix components of your ship etc. can buy property on planets or build bases/ mines/ factories on asteriods/ uninhabited planets like in X beyond the frontier (just need to buy modules or hire constructin crews or something). With multiplayer for lan games Now that would be a game! Oh well i can dream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOlson Posted December 5, 2002 Report Share Posted December 5, 2002 You can learn C/C++ and SDL/OpenAL/OpenGL, and program it if you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezroller Posted December 5, 2002 Report Share Posted December 5, 2002 Maybe we'll get lucky and see ORB on linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JaseP Posted December 5, 2002 Report Share Posted December 5, 2002 I'm looking for something along the lines of Star Trek: Birth of the Federation,... Pax Imperia 2 Emininant Domain, Spaceward Ho!, Acsendency, Imperium Galactica 2, etc. Although a Homeworld conversion would be fanatastic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DOlson Posted December 14, 2002 Report Share Posted December 14, 2002 I've heard ORB sucks compared to Homeworld, but I'm not familiar with the genre that much. ORB *looks* nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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