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Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3. An advantage of hosting its servers on Linux is that the operating system has so much less overhead than Windows that it is possible to host multiple server instances on the same Linux machine without losing performance. This is not the case with Windows. Due to the strong Linux community support and the fact that S2 Games' collective personalities find a kinship with some of the Linux community's attitudes, when it came time to build Savage 2: A Tortured Soul , the company wanted to continue providing a Linux client.

However, the decision was made to use DirectX for the next engine, K2, because DirectX is still easier for programmers to work with, and there is far more middleware software that game developers can purchase instead of having to write every tiny piece themselves available for DirectX than for OpenGL. DirectX is also easier to tie into Microsoft Windows and the related APIs programming interfaces allowing programs to talk to one another.

As S2 Games wanted to make a lower-end renderer for those who have older video cards, the company folded this functionality into the OpenGL engine as well. Doing so means that both Linux and Windows users have the option of playing in both high-end and low-end graphics settings, keeping those with lower-end hardware able to play the game.

Ultimately, including support for Linux adds more expense, frustration in terms of getting things working, project management and support efforts and costs, which makes the fact that none of the S2 Games staff are actually Linux users particularly interesting. If Savage 1 broke ground and created a new genre, Savage 2 refines it. DeForest says that the game-play mechanics will not change. There will be new role-playing game RPG elements added, but otherwise, most differences are going to be a matter of polish.

For Savage 1 , S2 Games didn't have time to polish the product fully. This time, the developers promised themselves that Savage 2 truly would be a step above, rather than resting on their laurels, as no one else has seriously entered the genre they created. If you look at the pictures from both games, you will see just how far they have come see Figures 1 and 2 to compare. Many more images are available on the S2 Games site.

Beta testing for Savage 2: A Tortured Soul begins July 31, for both Windows and Linux, and the game is scheduled for release in November , as of this writing. This game is available for pre-order on-line, for those who are interested, and the Linux client launches at the same time as the Windows client. Dee-Ann LeBlanc dee-ann. Showing 1 - 6 of 6 comments. I'm Savage player, used to play on the BR server "terra". Good old time. P S2 games Sad that wasn't been in steam. HoN isn't dead, Garena bought it and some developers from S2 were hired to mantain it.

True story. Their facebook account had a last post in and they released a revival of savage in Then went F2P after they went from on launch to about ingame in a few days, then in a week down to 50 or less. No hype, no advertising. Originally posted by SquirrelRat :.

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