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What about local English dialect? There's so many because english is the ultimate bastarditised language! It's weird because I have no accent but I come from Nottingham and moved to Devon (both heavily accentised) and it's just weird, that's all! But then, some people english "argot" that's come around is total s*ite! So your probably right because people see the worst things and look like idiots! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yeah well you're not likely to ever learn all local dialects of english, however differences are rather minor so I reckon it's possible to adapt given enaugh time. I've been told my accent in english is american but if I tried really hard I guess I could make those funny sounds that british people call english ) (Just kidding, british english is actually quite nice )

I beg to differ; I am not a native speaker and yet I bet you wouldn't be able to tell my english from a native one I's all a matter of practice. I use english every day and therefor I am good at it. Besides it's not that hard a language to learn. As for the grammar and spelling. In my opinion, non-native speakers' grammar is good either because they're not sure enaugh to use a slang or they know how hard it is for someone else to comprehend a slang if he/she doesn't know it. Conclusion: Use your english and you'll improve Just my two cents

Yeah, most people seem to enjoy it here In the part of Prague that I live in almost 50% of people are either from UK or US and many of them decide to stay permanetly. If you ever drop by again, we can get a beer (or two ) and talk 'bout KOTOR (possibly KOTOR 3 by that time )

European Union - Czech Republic - City of Prague It's pretty chilly in here and we got a lotta snow. (Sun too though )

I second that. There should be a Linux version of this game. This has been discused before though and the final answer was no. We may not like it, but that's about all we can do about it

By the way, please do not consider the previous post an invintation to a flamewar. Personaly I'm sick of getting into these debates Linux vs. Windows vs. Macintosh vs. Walt Disney or whatever. While Linux certainly is a more advanced technology than MS Windows and it is better for some things the monolithic nature of Windows and the DirectX technology are good things as well. I for one use both, I use Linux for work because it's more secure, reliable and user friendly (well... that's if you manage to get it working ) and Windows for gaming because that's what Windows are best at. If it's at all possible, I would welcome a Linux port of KOTOR, but I do not believe it is neccesary. I mean people who really depend on Linux and don't have a windows box around can still play it with Cedega (Which is a tool that enables you to run 95% of windows games on Linux with very little speed loss (about 10%)). Conjecture: Please no flames

Before anyone votes "NO" please note, that porting the game over to Linux would also help obsidian clean the code of the game and make it less bugy and faster. Just so ya know, that's the sideeffect of crossplatform development, everything has to be cool. That's why there is Linux version of DOOM 3 and UT2004, it helped keep the code good.

what when did we lose WWII. when was this. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Curse you american educational system, curse you!

Jolee is the only jedi I've ever seen, who actually really sounds wise. He has his own opinions, isn't just following some code and mostly know what he's doing. That's rare amongs the jedi.

Ah, but I said with KOTOR-esque game play. I think one of the things people have disliked about SW Galaxies is it doesn't capture the epic story like KOTOR does. I think the best way to picture it is: Think Taris, but with a continued story. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't think there is going to be an RPG game from SW universe without a jedi as the main character. Two reasons: It wouldn't sell that well Developers can't resist the lure of the force No seriously, I think such a game would be fun. Something from SW universe with just one or two jedi characters in the entire game, possibly appearing only in minor roles... Could be cool. Something like Thief, only on Corusant. Wooow, I want that game!

Ok, so it was done by someone else. Doesn't matter you know, it still got ported (even the expansion packs). I still think it's all about politics

It's not only the whole Windows Kernel, it's also DirectX that's difficult to port. If KotOR was written in OpenGL, then a Linux port wouldn't been that difficult to port from technological standpoint. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Correct. In fact we can divide any game into two parts: game logic, that remains the same on all platforms and used libraries. If KOTOR is based on DirectX (Direct3D, DirectInput and DirectSound), the code using those libraries would have to be rewritten. It's not that big deal though. I guess about 70% of code is game logic. So all you have to do to port a game to another platform is hire someone who would go trough the code using the windows libs and just rewrite it function by function (or class by class ). For Doom 3, one guy was able to do this in three months. So don't tell me it cannot be done. Besides doing this helps keep the code clean and fast as you have to keep game itself and its libs strictly separate. Truth is, that software development for linux takes much less time than for windows. Problem is not the technology, it's the politics and politics only. Just look at it retrospectively: Bioware made NeverWinter Nights Bioware owned NWN Bioware ported NWN to other platforms (didn't take long) Bioware made KOTOR LucasArts owned KOTOR Bioware were not even allowed to support mods for their game Obsidian gets to make KOTOR 2 LucasArts is going to own KOTOR 2 Obsidian is not going to be allowed to do anything to KOTOR 2 without Georges aproval Obsidian gets to make NWN 2 Obsidian/Bioware are going to own NWN 2 Obsidian is considering linux and mac ports if at all possible I think politics speaks for itself...

Yeah I guess you're right. You know, I'm Linux lover, but not a fool I'll propably keep a notebook with windows 98 around for games anyway, so... It's a shame though, Linux has all those technologies (SDL, OpenGL, OpenAOL) that make it a great platform for games. Just look at UT2004. It runs about 20% faster on Linux than on windows.

People, you are all so wrong First of: There IS NO Lindows. Lindows is a legend. The only thing close to what you described was a Linux distributon called Lindows, that by the way had nothing to do with windows. Just an unfortunate name that has already been changed to Linspire. 2): Nobody can ever buy Linux, as it is open source. That means, Linux is owned by ever single last person on this planet (That is put very simple) 3): SCO is just a bunch of people who make their living by suing everyone. Yes the lawsuits are still going on, but they mean nothing. Even if this whole universe went crazy and SCO won the lawsuit, all the Linux developers would have to do would be replace about ten pages of source code in Linux kernel. 4): Linux is no rip-off Windows. No one, who has ever worked on Linux for more that five minutes will confirm that. Linux came five years BEFORE windows appeared and it was based on POSIX standarts that existed for decades before there even was any microsoft. 5): It (Linux) is getting bigger and better every day. Today, it's used on about 5% of desktop (means home, or office) computers and at about 40% of internet run on Linux (Including google by the way). Two years ago that was only 2% of desktop computers and 30% of internet. Just give a few more years. 6): Some other great games had their linux versions: Doom 3 Unreal Tournament 2004 Quake 3 Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Simcity x000 (I think it was 3000) etc... 7): Apples computers (Macs) run on MacOS X which is based on the same technology as Linux is. If you port a game to Linux, 99% work is done for MacOS X as well. : Multiplatform development helps keep the code clean. So it is less buggy, is more likely to work on all versions of windows and ussually is faster as well. Everyone wins there. So to speak

I'd like to ask developers whether there is going to be a Linux version of KOTOR 2. There are many Linux users out there, who had to play the first KOTOR via some kind of an emulator, or install windows. Please please please don't make us do that again Thanks in advance for answer