EVE Online: Revelations 2.3 Post-Patch Mac and Linux client live on Tranquility

I looked at the calendar and it turns out its patch day, the patch has come and gone, Revelations 2.3 has a pulse and the servers are cooperating sort of, I got stuck on bulking at the login screen but after awhile it let me on. I hope you capsuleers didn't suffer too long, the wait was killer. Now, time for some not so pleasant news: For those EVE Online players, who already downloaded the Mac or Linux client when testing it on Multiplicity, you will need to redownload the EVE client if you are having trouble with it.

Before the Mac Alumni jettison their Macbooks, and place a bounty on my head for following my mere suggestion the enjoyment one might attain when deleting their Windows Partition, I beg for mercy as the download isn't that that big, unless you use dialup -- then it could be a problem and you're welcome to strangle me. The client says 636 MB on the download page, but the Mac client is really 844 MB in size. PC users looking for the patch notes can real the full wrapup here. Not many additions from the preliminary patch notes.

If Linux users who downloaded the Test client already and prefer to take a shortcut without having to do a complete reinstall you may download the .dat and the .dat.md5 files to your home directory. Start the EVE Configuration utility and select reinstall. Point it at the new dat/md5 files and the game will reinstall with the new version overwriting the old version.

http://ccp.vo.llnwd.net/o2/linux/EveOnline-linux-000893_41736.dat
http://ccp.vo.llnwd.net/o2/linux/EveOnline-linux-000893_41736.dat.md5

I have listed some more pertinent questions and answers regarding the Mac and Linux EVE clients. Follow the space rabbits down the yellow brick road.

Regarding Trinity, EVE Online's expansion due out sometime in the first week of December and the graphical update for the Mac and Linux clients:

We will be supporting Linux and Mac on the Classic client immediately and Transgaminag are working on added the needed Shader Model 3 functions to their product to get full support into place. We will be discussion the time lines on this support this week. It IS coming but not immediately (we are targeting early next year but will have more details later this week).

Talk about bad timing. The classic client will be fine, it's not like the graphics are pixelated blobs -- please don't let this discourage you from downloading EVE.

Official world on ATI card and Linux compatibility:

Currently ATI is not supported on Linux due to the drivers only. Not from some arbitrary choice. If the ATI driver performance and compatibility increases we will re-evaluate support. Nvidia have been supporting their cards on Linux for some time and support all the card functions required.

CCP conspiracy theory. Crumple up those tinfoil hats and save them for a rainy day:

Player: Are you required to pay Cedega's 5 USD monthly fee if you want to play the officially supported EVE linux version?

CCP: No.

Player: Are you hindering EvE from working under Wine so we _have_ to use Cedega?

CCP: No.

Random EVE Mac client advice:

Want to take screen shots? [ Press apple (command)+shift+3 ] It may require 20 fingers to accomplish said feat.

Need window mode since it magically disappeared from the options? [ Press apple (command) + enter ] That will do the trick, a must have for any EVE Online player wanting to two box or whatever it is you do.

Looking for a place to report bugs, please report any bugs here.