Linux/macOS Development Support?

[harry-cpp]

I saw an old closed issue about this that was opened before the Linux/macOS runtime was available. Has any progress been made on this? In case you do plan on porting, I don't mind helping out as long as there is some public discussion on a plan.

[xen2]

Linux is planned for next release (1.7). Since macOS is very similar, it shouldn't take long to have it as well.

[harry-cpp]

Does it also include the editor?

[xen2]

Unfortunately no, but you will be able to deploy and run remotely from the GameStudio

[harry-cpp]

Any plans to move the editor to some multiplatform GUI toolkit?

[xen2]

In the future (when worth it) we might consider it (have some idea there), but nothing in the short/medium-term.

[manu-st]

The Linux support is available in Xenko 1.7. The macOS support is coming soon!

[ddevault]

:+1: for the editor on Linux. This project looks super interesting but until that's available there's no way I'm going to try it.

[ma1onso]

Waiting editor on Linux, engine look great

[alugarius]

@xen2 Linux coming soon?

[passeride]

Engine looking amazing, waiting for editor on linux

[xen2]

@passeride Thanks! Don't hold your breath for linux editor, it's a daunting task which is low priority compared to the many other things to do first, it probably won't happen for a while.

[jmkinzer]

The only sane (yet still daunting) way to attempt this would to port the editor over AvaloniaUI and then use that across all platforms. Even assuming resources were available this wouldn't make sense to start until AvaloniaUI is far more stable however.

[xen2]

Discussion should probably continue in https://github.com/xenko3d/xenko/issues/8

[Kryptos-FR]

@jmkinzer That is indeed something we considered. But as you said, although AvaloniaUI is getting pretty good, it is not completely stable yet.