NeoThermic 03:08, 21 January 2007 (UTC) Reply I don't particularly care about screenshots my main issue is that DEFCON is not yet a Mac and Linux game. I will indeed see what I can do with IV's PR department, for the mean time though, I still say the Linux and Mac categories stay, as Defcon is a Mac and Linux game, just not publicly yet. I understand the frustration you have over the lack of Linux and Mac versions, but I can assure you they are on their way. This also required that simple mathematical functions had to be re-written to support this lib. This lead to the development of a maths lib for Defcon that would provide fixed floating point numbers regardless of the platform. Since Defcon relies on floating point numbers to sync the game during online play, it's imperative that they are all identical. The main reason why developing the Mac and Linux versions has taken a while is due to the different floating point results that the compilers for each platform gives. If you wish though, I can ask IV's PR department to issue an authoritative statement on the progress of the Mac and Linux versions, giving proof that they exist. What kind of proof would one like of the existence of Mac and Linux versions of Defcon? I would love to show you the screenshots I have of Defcon running under both Linux and Mac, but alas I'm bound by an NDA. The point is that it's stupid to have categories asserting a present-tense fact for things which are inherently uncertain, crystal ball-ish, and in the future-tense. Perhaps they simply get tired of DEFCON and decide to work on Subversion, or something. As a Linux user, it frustrates me to no end that I cannot even consider a purchase, but the relevant thing is that as of now, there don't even seem to be beta tests of those versions: we literally have no way to prove that there exists even buggy Mac/Linux versions Introversion could easily keep delaying and indeed never release. The categories are meant for games which are available for Linux/Mac either in the past or now, not for "future" or "upcoming" Mac/Linux games, which DEFCON currently is. The Mac and Linux games categories should be commented out until they are actually released. Lijnema 00:39, 1 October 2006 (UTC) Reply Categories I think it's okay, since it can be re-added when the game is actually released for those platforms (which looking at the roadmap should be November or December). Dave2 01:56, 24 December 2005 (UTC) Reply HereToHelp removed the Mac & Linux info. I'm re-adding Mac and Linux info, based on the following quote from IRC:ĭec 21 16:33:06 definately planning on mac and linux versions yeah This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale. This article has been rated as Start-Class on the project's quality scale. Video games Wikipedia:WikiProject Video games Template:WikiProject Video games video game articles If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. This article is within the scope of WikiProject Video games, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of video games on Wikipedia. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. DEFCON (video game) was a Video games good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time.
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