Homebrew Suggestion Half Life port ? Xash3D

[MickeyBlue]

Hello, could someone bring the game Half Life with Xash3D on Switch? as it already exists for PSVita? thank you

 

[dpad_5678]

Why don't you do it?

 

[JawhnL5]

I actually looked into doing exactly this last night, however unfortunately, I do not believe that a Xash3D port will really be possible right now, as there does not currently exist an OpenGL wrapper that can be used with libnx. Indeed, Xash3D-FWGS supports SDL, however as far as I am aware, an OpenGL pipeline is still necessary to actually use the engine.

 

[Deleted User]

That would be awesome to be able to play Half Life on the go!

 

[MVG]

libnx needs 3D acceleration, then it becomes possible

 

[JawhnL5]

libnx needs 3D acceleration, then it becomes possible

This. Which will also allow for a port of, say, ioquake3!

 

[baretbh]

Hello, could someone bring the game Half Life with Xash3D on Switch? as it already exists for PSVita? thank you

That would be amazing! I wonder how the FPS would be though. What was the fps like on PSVita?

Why don't you do it?

I doubt he would be asking if he knew how to in the first place. Was your comment necessary?

 

[fatsquirrel]

This. Which will also allow for a port of, say, ioquake3!

Dear mother of god I want to play quake3 while on the train

 

[dpad_5678]

That would be amazing! I wonder how the FPS would be though. What was the fps like on PSVita?


I doubt he would be asking if he knew how to in the first place. Was your comment necessary?

If someone wants something done they should at least try to do it themselves first, instead of having their hand held the whole way through, and then wanting credit for the "idea".

 

[baretbh]

If someone wants something done they should at least try to do it themselves first, instead of having their hand held the whole way through, and then wanting credit for the "idea".

Okay you are delusional it seems. Have a good day

 

[Ty_]

Okay you are delusional it seems. Have a good day

Yeah people get really weird on here when someone is basically just thinking out loud

 

[Deathscreton]

If someone wants something done they should at least try to do it themselves first, instead of having their hand held the whole way through, and then wanting credit for the "idea".

Don't be an ass. Simple.

 

[pretend7979]

I actually looked into doing exactly this last night, however unfortunately, I do not believe that a Xash3D port will really be possible right now, as there does not currently exist an OpenGL wrapper that can be used with libnx. Indeed, Xash3D-FWGS supports SDL, however as far as I am aware, an OpenGL pipeline is still necessary to actually use the engine.

I assume this is the same for Quake 2 then? As it uses OpenGL.
I really don't understand much about porting, but I've seen some documents out there that provide enough information to do it... However, if we can't get it to support OpenGL it's pretty fruitless for the time being anyway, or am I way off base?

 

[JawhnL5]

That would be amazing! I wonder how the FPS would be though. What was the fps like on PSVita?

I foresee it running rather nicely on the Switch.

I assume this is the same for Quake 2 then? As it uses OpenGL.
I really don't understand much about porting, but I've seen some documents out there that provide enough information to do it... However, if we can't get it to support OpenGL it's pretty fruitless for the time being anyway, or am I way off base?

Right now, we're in a position where neither libnx nor libtransistor have any support for 3D graphics acceleration, so no OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, etc., so we are currently only able to port over games that use, for example, SDL 2. In fact, I don't believe that the SDL 1.2 port has been completed, either, so games like OpenTTD which rely on SDL 1.2 cannot be ported over yet either. It's still very early on for Switch development, and I am rather confident that we'll see 3D graphics acceleration supported by libnx and/or libtransistor in the rather near future, but until then, this is where we're at. When we do have that support, you'll definitely be seeing ports of Quake 2, Quake 3, Half-Life, etc. pop up rather quickly.

EDIT: SDL 1.2 *is* available for the Switch under libnx, it's just incomplete & not available under Pacman in devkitPro.

 

[BlastedGuy9905]

Why don't you do it?

This is the stupidest thing I hear from people when replying to people asking to have something made. They don't do it because they don't have the experience. They also don't want to learn for 3 months.

 

[dpad_5678]

Yeah people get really weird on here when someone is basically just thinking out loud

There's no need for a "someone plz make a game for me" thread. It can be asked in an existing topic. As I said, pointless.

 

[Ty_]

There's no need for a "someone plz make a game for me" thread. It can be asked in an existing topic. As I said, pointless.

There's no need for you to reply to said thread either. If there's a gun to your head you kept that quiet, blink twice if you need assistance

 

[pretend7979]

I foresee it running rather nicely on the Switch.

Right now, we're in a position where neither libnx nor libtransistor have any support for 3D graphics acceleration, so no OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, etc., so we are currently only able to port over games that use, for example, SDL 2. In fact, I don't believe that the SDL 1.2 port has been completed, either, so games like OpenTTD which rely on SDL 1.2 cannot be ported over yet either. It's still very early on for Switch development, and I am rather confident that we'll see 3D graphics acceleration supported by libnx and/or libtransistor in the rather near future, but until then, this is where we're at. When we do have that support, you'll definitely be seeing ports of Quake 2, Quake 3, Half-Life, etc. pop up rather quickly.

EDIT: SDL 1.2 *is* available for the Switch under libnx, it's just incomplete & not available under Pacman in devkitPro.

Thanks for the explanation. Sounds like it would be easier to do under a Linux distro then, for now at least. I've seen a lot of different distros, but they are all pretty incomplete... Either joycon support, or hardware acceleration, but haven't seen one with both.

Ultimately that's a bandaid anyway, it would be much better under something like atmosphere than booting Linux each time. I guess patience is a virtue... Til then I have doom.

 

[Ty_]

Thanks for the explanation. Sounds like it would be easier to do under a Linux distro then, for now at least. I've seen a lot of different distros, but they are all pretty incomplete... Either joycon support, or hardware acceleration, but haven't seen one with both.

Ultimately that's a bandaid anyway, it would be much better under something like atmosphere than booting Linux each time. I guess patience is a virtue... Til then I have doom.

Yeah, I mean it's still early days. incredibly we even have this only a year into the life of a console. Think what we'll have in another year

 

[Sinornthosaurus]

I second/third/quadruple this idea. I think the 3DS game releases are slowing down, so I assume this'll mean the homebrew community will ramp up a bit.
On whether this suggestion thread should exist, it's just a suggestion. Most of us probably aren't good a coding, it's just to make talented people who might be interested aware of a want.