Open in OpenGL does not mean open-source. It means cross-platform. But its open source as well.
I don't know why people are raving like crazy bout HL2. I didnt find anything spectacular bout it. The graphics wasn't that great, the physics was the "already used by many games" Havok engine and the storyline was crap.
Lets get this straightened out. Direct3D is NOT cross-platform. Cross-platform means that it supports all platforms, not all MAJOR platforms. I have yet to see a D3D app on a mobile phone, or a BSD system, or a Solaris system.
And i wouldn't talk through my hat if i had no idea at all about the situation, Kalthorn. Two and a half thousand people??? Come on, GNU/Linux had twice that number of users within a year when it was first released by Torvalds. There are millions of GNU/Linux home users in the world today and everyone of them is a potential gamer. Please get your facts right before you speak, Kalthorn.
I don't know why people are raving like crazy bout HL2. I didnt find anything spectacular bout it. The graphics wasn't that great, the physics was the "already used by many games" Havok engine and the storyline was crap.
Lets get this straightened out. Direct3D is NOT cross-platform. Cross-platform means that it supports all platforms, not all MAJOR platforms. I have yet to see a D3D app on a mobile phone, or a BSD system, or a Solaris system.
And i wouldn't talk through my hat if i had no idea at all about the situation, Kalthorn. Two and a half thousand people??? Come on, GNU/Linux had twice that number of users within a year when it was first released by Torvalds. There are millions of GNU/Linux home users in the world today and everyone of them is a potential gamer. Please get your facts right before you speak, Kalthorn.