Porting Arx Fatalis

This article tracks the status of the Arx Fatalis cross platform port. It also lists potential libraries to replace windows-specific code.

Linux / FreeBSD / Mac OS X Status

audio: done: abstracted audio backend, new OpenAL backend
io: done: abstracted with boost::filesystem and POSIX implementations
renderer: done: abstracted renderer backend, new OpenGL implementation, new D3D9 implementation
input: done: abstracted input backend, new SDL backend
windowing: done: backend abstracted, new SDL backend
misc: threads, timing code abstracted, msvc-specific string functions replaced, image code ported to DevIL, text rendering ported to FreeType
editor: todo (info)