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Couldn't find an official statement, that the Unity3D development software will run under Linux. It sounds more like the new update will only allow to build _g

by FrojoS 14y ago

Couldn't find an official statement, that the Unity3D development software will run under Linux. It sounds more like the new update will only allow to build _games_ that run under Linux [1]. I hope I'm wrong.

Spittie 14y ago
You aren't, or at least they haven't published any information about it yet. On their website they state "Publish to Linux", not "develop on linux", and their "introducing Unity 4" video[1] show Os X compiling for Linux. I hope to be wrong too, but anyway it's still better than nothing. [1] http://youtu.be/Bpi4J11ZE1o http://youtu.be/Bpi4J11ZE1o
ChrisClark 14y ago
On one of the forum posts on forum.unity3d.com they said the editor will not run in Linux. So you can only build for it.
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bilbo0s 14y ago
Still... VERY interesting possibilities open up if a game server can be run on Linux. Cloud based Windows licenses KILL the pocketbook once your users grow. So even if it is not the Unity IDE... it's still good news.
- reitzensteinm 14y ago
  Game servers for Unity can already be run on Linux. You'd write a multiplayer game in such a way that it just uses vanilla C#, and data structures that are easy to replicate (like Vector3, Transform, etc). Running Unity apps themselves on the server even with this announcement would be a big mistake, IMO. It is not a stable piece of software.
- itsboring 14y ago
  We use mono on linux to share logic and data structures between server and (unity) client. Works great.
nbard 14y ago
You are not wrong. We will not be shipping the Editor for Linux, only export options for players that will run on 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (amd64) Linux. We are only going to offer official support for Ubuntu Linux with vendor-made graphics drivers, but we expect games exported from Unity will run on most modern Linux systems.
- FrojoS 14y ago
  Thank you for the answer! Too bad, though.

by FrojoS 14y ago

Spittie 14y ago

You aren't, or at least they haven't published any information about it yet. On their website they state "Publish to Linux", not "develop on linux", and their "introducing Unity 4" video[1] show Os X compiling for Linux. I hope to be wrong too, but anyway it's still better than nothing. [1] http://youtu.be/Bpi4J11ZE1o http://youtu.be/Bpi4J11ZE1o

ChrisClark 14y ago

On one of the forum posts on forum.unity3d.com they said the editor will not run in Linux. So you can only build for it.

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bilbo0s 14y ago

Still... VERY interesting possibilities open up if a game server can be run on Linux. Cloud based Windows licenses KILL the pocketbook once your users grow. So even if it is not the Unity IDE... it's still good news.

reitzensteinm 14y ago
Game servers for Unity can already be run on Linux. You'd write a multiplayer game in such a way that it just uses vanilla C#, and data structures that are easy to replicate (like Vector3, Transform, etc). Running Unity apps themselves on the server even with this announcement would be a big mistake, IMO. It is not a stable piece of software.
itsboring 14y ago
We use mono on linux to share logic and data structures between server and (unity) client. Works great.

nbard 14y ago

You are not wrong. We will not be shipping the Editor for Linux, only export options for players that will run on 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (amd64) Linux. We are only going to offer official support for Ubuntu Linux with vendor-made graphics drivers, but we expect games exported from Unity will run on most modern Linux systems.

FrojoS 14y ago
Thank you for the answer! Too bad, though.