Privateer Remake Complete

flyboy writes "In a similar vein to the remakes of the Origin's Ultima series games reported in 2001 and 2004 a group of Wing Commander fans has remade Wing Commander: Privateer. Unlike the Ultima remakes, the Privateer remake is finished at version 1.0 with 3d graphics and the whole storyline. For the new kids on the block, WC:Privateer was a much loved trading game similar to the more venerable Elite, which appears also to be in the process of a remake. As a linux fan I was most happy with the remake's use of GPL 3d engine software and release of Linux, Macintosh and Windows versions. See Screenshots here."

Did you have...

[cnelzie]

...the proper 3D Drivers installed for your video card or is the Linux version of the game just that sloppy?

I have noticed that I tend to get better FPS and smoother performance with same version releases of commercial Windows and Linux games, like Quake 3, when running Linux as opposed to running Windows.

Re:I've tried all 3

[mahdi13]

As the last poster said, are you using good 3d drivers for your card or are you on an ATI and using the kernels DRI drivers??

I've been playing the pre-1.0 release on Linux and have not seen what you described at all.

Re:One thing I didn't like

[acidrain69]

The STORY was linear, but you were free to move around. There wasn't much to do other than trading though.

It is pretty much a graphical version of the old BBS door, tradewars. Except single play. And non-ASCII.

Re:SourceForge Screenshots

[Deusy]

Just because the original was released twelve years ago doesn't mean everybody played it. I know your sarcasm was an attempt to be funny but not everybody watches or plays something when it comes out, especially if they were just a youngster when it was originally released.

What if you wanted to watch a movie that was released a decade ago? Would you be pissed if somebody gave away the twist in conversation with you just because it was that old.

Re:Privateer remake complete?

[Anonymous Coward]

Freespace wasn't all that much. Freespace 2 was one of the best games ever. Shame that Volition doesn't seem to care about wrapping up the plot with a Freespace 3. Seems to me any game involving a joystick is pretty much dead -- I bought my gaming PC sans stick and haven't needed one yet...

Re:OT but...

[halivar]

Exult deserves kudos. They took the best RPG ever made, and perfected it.