Poll: For the love of gaming I hate OpenGL

[Tyranicus]

I've been fighting with Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic for days to get it to run without crashin. I found out that it was made with OpenGL graphics and not DirectX, and on top of that ATI video cards and OpenGL dont mix. So I'm out $10 because my videocard doesnt play well with OpenGL. I would have to get a videocard 4 years in order to even play games that use OpenGL. Why did they even make OpenGL in the first place?

 

[Dr.Sean]

So poor game developers wouldn't need to use DirectX

 

[Tyranicus]

So poor game developers wouldn't need to use DirectX

So then they shouldn't even be making games in the first place.

 

[Radeonx]

So poor game developers wouldn't need to use DirectX

So then they shouldn't even be making games in the first place.

It works fine on my computer, and I have an ATI videocard. And it is an awesome game. So...sucks to be you.

 

[snibbor]

I hate it because it's SO DANG ANNOYING TO PROGRAM WITH

 

[Tyranicus]

So poor game developers wouldn't need to use DirectX

So then they shouldn't even be making games in the first place.

It works fine on my computer, and I have an ATI videocard. And it is an awesome game. So...sucks to be you.

Yea what video card you got?

 

[Zacharine]

So poor game developers wouldn't need to use DirectX

So then they shouldn't even be making games in the first place.

So all hail the mighty Microsoft standard?

Not the way to go. OpenGL might not have been as good as DX on several issues, but it was an alternative.

And I've never had any problems with it. All the games works just dandy, with both an ATI and an Nvidia card.

 

[DAMG]

So poor game developers wouldn't need to use DirectX

So then they shouldn't even be making games in the first place.

That's a pretty selfish statement. Would you rather that KotOR didn't exist just because you can't play it?

 

[Tyranicus]

Older ATI cards and drivers work with it, not any of the new cards or drivers.

 

[Nitro_Hedgehog]

I would simply love it if more games were made in OpenGL. because directx is the only godforsaken reason i still use windows operating systems.

 

[Tyranicus]

So poor game developers wouldn't need to use DirectX

So then they shouldn't even be making games in the first place.

That's a pretty selfish statement. Would you rather that KotOR didn't exist just because you can't play it?

Thats not what im saying, they should have used DirectX

 

[llamastorm.games]

It's more commonly used CAD, virtual reality, scientific visualization, information visualization, and flight simulations.
Direct X is windows/microsoft only, Open GL can work on other platforms thus stopping microsoft being almighty rulers of the world.
Also to be fair, DirectX is shit anyways.
Open GL was released about 3 years earlier than DX.
There is nothing wrong with Open GL.
Most cards are absolutely fine with Open GL.

 

[superbleeder12]

I've been fighting with Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic for days to get it to run without crashin. I found out that it was made with OpenGL graphics and not DirectX, and on top of that ATI video cards and OpenGL dont mix. So I'm out $10 because my videocard doesnt play well with OpenGL. I would have to get a videocard 4 years in order to even play games that use OpenGL. Why did they even make OpenGL in the first place?

check for game patches on the manufacturer's warranty, and updated drivers for your video card. how old is your ATI card?

OpenGL does have its issues, but not having to pay licensing fees to microsoft is always a plus

 

[Tyranicus]

Most cards are absolutely fine with Open GL.

Yea most Nvidia cards...

 

[Tyranicus]

check for game patches on the manufacturer's warranty, and updated drivers for your video card. how old is your ATI card?

I got a Radeon X1950 Pro and I have 9.3 Cat drivers.

 

[llamastorm.games]

So poor game developers wouldn't need to use DirectX

So then they shouldn't even be making games in the first place.

That's a pretty selfish statement. Would you rather that KotOR didn't exist just because you can't play it?

Thats not what im saying, they should have used DirectX

DX is more expensive?
Silicon Graphics is non profit, always better.
Many game developers believe that people shouldnt be tied to the whims of a big TNC.
More widely used doesnt mean better.
Windows is by far the most used OS in the world it is not by the far best.

 

[DAMG]

So poor game developers wouldn't need to use DirectX

So then they shouldn't even be making games in the first place.

That's a pretty selfish statement. Would you rather that KotOR didn't exist just because you can't play it?

Thats not what im saying, they should have used DirectX

That is what you're saying, maybe not what you meant. I'm pretty sure Bioware had their reasons for using it; I'm also pretty sure that they're plenty of quality games that use OpenGL. I just find it pretty arrogant for you to say that if one doesn't have the money to do something then they shouldn't try.

 

[2012 Wont Happen]

So poor game developers wouldn't need to use DirectX

So then they shouldn't even be making games in the first place.

They shouldn't be making games because they don't want to spend money building their games on your prefered platform?

You, sir, are not a very intellegent individual.

 

[j0z]

I am all for free products, like OpenGL, but when a large percentage of graphics cards don't even support the thing, then maybe it should be changed so that cards WILL work with it, or else it needs to go away.
I personally didn't know that KOTOR was OpenGL, I always thought it was DX since it was on the Xbox, which uses DirectX (hence the "X")

 

[llamastorm.games]

I am all for free products, like OpenGL, but when a large percentage of graphics cards don't even support the thing, then maybe it should be changed so that cards WILL work with it, or else it needs to go away.
I personally didn't know that KOTOR was OpenGL, I always thought it was DX since it was on the Xbox, which uses DirectX (hence the "X")

Large percentages of cards DO support Open GL though. Nvidia cards all do i know for sure and so do ATI cards, if they have an issue with it it's just a technical fault which could happen similarly to DX or just some random fault thats preventing it.
Also all cards support Dx and Open GL like 99% of the time, in my all my time i haven't met a card made in the last 5 years that didnt support DX soley or both.