FDEV hadn't abandoned MacOS per se, but for ED, more precisely because of Horizon which needs to perform some calculations through the GPU in a way unsupported by Apple's Metal API.
Elite Dangerous: Odyssey | The Road To Odyssey Part 2 - Forging Your Path
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When it was pointed out that Metal did have support for compute shaders and tessellation, Frontier went very quiet until they closed down the macOS client altogether.
For a while they probably tried to find a solution. And with the recent announcement to fuse ED standard with Horizons, it's believable there's a link: even the base game relies on Horizons techs for some times now, and they couldn't maintain 2 code bases with new features and improvements mainly dependent of Hroizons techs.
Maybe something related to percentage of Mac players too?
Let's remember they later did drop 32-bits support too.
It sure is infuriating but no need to see any malice behind these moves.
Maybe something related to percentage of Mac players too?
Let's remember they later did drop 32-bits support too.
It sure is infuriating but no need to see any malice behind these moves.
Things a dev wants a public beta for : Identifying critical bugs in what they've made
Things a user wants a public beta for : Redesigning the game
I still think we'll get a beta. Though it may be pre-release / lep only
Things a user wants a public beta for : Redesigning the game
I still think we'll get a beta. Though it may be pre-release / lep only
A disappointing proportion of those on this forum think that's their right. The internet is far too good at legitimising peoples opinions, regardless of how valuable they are.
Santa Claus doesn’t exist, especially not in January.
No one ever told me that, thank you, I believed in him since my childhood.
I never realised my whole life experience could be shattered at 54.
My birthday is Feb. 8th, that's a good date for Odessey no?.
Sorry for shattering your illusions.
But you can console yourself cause no one knows if God exists or not.
So the hope is allowed for the paradise.
For February 8, unfortunately there is never an update the Monday.
I am sorry
A good one for all those suggestions of 'why don't fdev just add all the 3rd party tools into the actual game'
Why I want a beta: To see whether or not Odyssey is worth buying.Things a dev wants a public beta for : Identifying critical bugs in what they've made
Things a user wants a public beta for : Redesigning the game
I still think we'll get a beta. Though it may be pre-release / lep only
Well... I'm not opposed to the idea.A good one for all those suggestions of 'why don't fdev just add all the 3rd party tools into the actual game'
Why I want a beta: To see whether or not Odyssey is worth buying.
Well... I'm not opposed to the idea.
You probably won't get access to the Odyssey beta if you don't buy it.
Did they do that with horizons?
Betas are not demos or previews even thought that's what some people would like to use them for.
Yes, but they allow you to have an overall idea of the product..
Exactly, it's a happy secondary effect of the process, and the fun of trying out / playing with the product early is 100% the bait on the play-testing hook that developers use to get people to take part in it.
He’s waiting to hunt the Fuel Rats ?Whelp nothing about Odyssey in this week's newsletter.
Just from sole reason of atmo landings (in VR) and legs Odyssey is worth buying even without further look into it!
Even THO i'd rather they spent development time and resources on water worlds, weather and thick atmospeheres than they did on station interiors (walkable board menu) to pick up mission!
Even THO i'd rather they spent development time and resources on water worlds, weather and thick atmospeheres than they did on station interiors (walkable board menu) to pick up mission!