EVE General Discussion

Any chance you guys can switch over to vulkan? Would be very nice not to be tied down to windows (especially with recent MS ambitions to become a NSA partner).

Having been born after 1960, I really don't understand this sentiment at all.

It can only add insult to the injury of getting shot by me ;-)

There is now an "unofficial" native linux launcher provided by CCP Snorlax if you are looking for an alternative way to play EVE.
https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=482663&find=unread

Indeed, ditching DirectX and instead of it using OpenGL or Vulkan would make it much better.
With OpenGL, so many obstacles would be gone and compatibility would incomparable.

Anyone here understand how many years it will take to move 13 years of development to a new API?

Also, CCP officially supports 2 systems: Win and Mac. While we already seen Vulkan demos on Win, i have real doubts that Apple will support it, as they now have their own Metal API.

so if we still play on vista or xp and soon game stops running can we modify our system registry to chet this and still play eve on old OS or there is no other way than upgrading system? not all people are rich eoungh to buy new OS or new machine for the OS change just to play eve. this is discriminating

Ok so I have to use the new launcher.

Last time I looked at installing it it didn't seem as if it was going to port my settings.

I have 6 characters across 2 accounts with one Eve install many symlinks and at least two desktop shortcuts per char. This is so I can have multiple setups for each char depending on what am I doing. (3/2/1 screen(s) all windows in Eve setup for different purposes depending on shortcut used to start eve etc.

So will the new launcher port all these settings now? If not can someone point me to an Eli5 guide on moving to the new launcher retaining all my setups?

Many thanks,

MZ

I wonder whether it is possible to influence CCP this venture or "truck" do not care. How much should vote for or against. Or decisions are made without an appeal.

I always get a laugh out of people that pull stuff like this. Always pulling the sympathy/victim card. Maybe if people would read the EULA, there would be less issues with these types of updates.

D. Software Updates

CCP may from time to time update or otherwise modify the Software electronically. You hereby grant CCP permission to: (i) extract hardware system profile data from your computer; (ii) extract information from your computer's file directories pertaining to the Game and your ability to access the System; (iii) download to your computer content and Game files and any data related to the operation of the Game. The foregoing applies to any computer from which you log into the System using your Account.


E. New Releases of the Software

You are not entitled to receive any new releases of the Software, or any expansion packs, updates, upgrades or similar products under the EULA, but CCP may, in its sole discretion, offer any or all of the foregoing to you. CCP may update, upgrade or otherwise enhance the Software at any time, in its sole discretion, without obligation to you.
CCP shall not be responsible in any way for your inability to access the System or play EVE, and you shall not be entitled to receive a refund of any prepaid fees or any other form of compensation.