Native Linux Support! and reasons for it :D
I have no idea how long lol has been out, but i do know the word linux seems to scare riot to death, as in no riot developers or helpers even touch these topics. linux is free, faster(go ahead, argue. all games i have that run native in linux run much faster for me), and have the least amount of viruses, even less than mac(or osx, whichever suits you) does. i understand the reason may be that adobe air is not updated for linux. There are a few suggestions i have for this(i am not a coder, this is probably very difficult, but once its done, itll be cake to install patches!) 1. you could make the linux version compatible with the version of adobe air that is availible right now. 2. you could make the linux version use a different casing, i belive if i know right, the game itself isnt adobe air. 3. release the source to linux users who can make thier own linux version. a wide base of developers are linux users after all, and there are people who would love to make this happen. Now, onto why you should get linux support. 1. Wine(Wine Is Not Emulator) does not run lol flawlessly, i had 1 major crash problem even now.(new camera mode popup) wine is buggy at best. 2. steam is out on linux, and most of the famous titles are ported to linux. this means the linux game player base is larger than most think. 3. robocraft has been out for less than 2 years, and it has a linux and mac version fully functional. now i understand the unity engine does allow such porting, but in around a year, they did what lol hasnt done for however long lol has been here. Thats gotta hurt riot, a game created is less than lol has been alive beat you to it. 4. We have been bugging you about it for so long, you know what would stop that? a native linux client :D. i got a penalty for crashes in wine, this type of thing makes people switch from lol to dota 2, and these linux user have a large impact on people who maybe arent as computer savvy as them, and those people tell them how dota 2 is better simply because its a game all of these friends can play together. you will earn money, and you will continue to earn more money if linux has a native client. arent you sick of us asking? all it takes is one hardcore programming session, however long it will take(days, weeks, months, years...), and then boom, patches, updates, everything will be compatible, and we will all love you :D. Penguin out