Vertexspline Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Just a question. Its another segment of the pc landscape that might be something to try. I know development resouces for AM are very very limited but just wondered. I run a linux box at home besides my windows ones and just thought it might be a way for more sales. I have no idea of the effort required but figure if Valve with its STEAM portal is pushing into Linux it might be a thought. Speaking of Steam ---- I still think AM on Steam would be a really good thing if you could figure out a yearly sub mechanism out with them. rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatsthenews Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Just a question. Its another segment of the pc landscape that might be something to try. I know development resouces for AM are very very limited but just wondered. I run a linux box at home besides my windows ones and just thought it might be a way for more sales. I have no idea of the effort required but figure if Valve with its STEAM portal is pushing into Linux it might be a thought. Speaking of Steam ---- I still think AM on Steam would be a really good thing if you could figure out a yearly sub mechanism out with them. rich I think under Wine (acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator") Animation Master is usable but I'm not 100% sure. http://www.winehq.org/ If A:M was to be ported I personally would much rather see it in some form under Android. Before I get the touch screen would be atrocious replies, the solution to that is a virtual touchpad to move a cursor (as well as virtual mouse buttons/hot keys). (Yes not idea either but much better than straight up touch. If you have a decent spec'd Android tablet just try running windows under Dosbox and you will see a virtual touchpad is a potentially more precise and better interface then forcing everything to touch.) There are no 3D animating tools to my knowledge for the platform. Not that I would ever expect a complete port of the current or recent A:M versions but even the modeling tools, bones and timeline for choreography would make me happy and be leaps and bounds past anything I've seen as a 3D tool for the platform. Though in truth I bet the chance of an Android version of A:M is 0% seeing how if I recall correctly only one person is left programming it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted December 15, 2013 Hash Fellow Share Posted December 15, 2013 A linux port (and many others) have been suggested in the past. I think it's safe to say the resources to make such a platform leap are not available. It's not a practical endeavor due to the amount re-writing and debugging that would be needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted December 15, 2013 Hash Fellow Share Posted December 15, 2013 I don't know about Android, but the linux market probably isn't much of a market in terms of willingness to part with cash to buy programs like A:M. I think most of them are drawn to linux because it is free and want their programs to be free also. That's just my sense of it, I haven't done market research on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertexspline Posted December 15, 2013 Author Share Posted December 15, 2013 Well yes the source folks do like free things but a number of professional applications have ports to LINUX ie MODO, 3d coat, maxwell render, houdini , Octane render, Thea Render etc mainly due to speed and stability benefits over the windows and mac environments. rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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