inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoEpic Games unveils Launcher V2 in re-attempt to topple Steam, says redesigned storefront is up to 6.5x faster — promises player profiles, user reviews, universal controller support, and much morewww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1253arrow-down116
arrow-up1237arrow-down1external-linkEpic Games unveils Launcher V2 in re-attempt to topple Steam, says redesigned storefront is up to 6.5x faster — promises player profiles, user reviews, universal controller support, and much morewww.tomshardware.cominclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square102fedilink
minus-squareseathru@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·4 days agoIf anything this will likely break support with Lutris, Heroic, and others so they can force you to run their client.
minus-squareRogueBanana@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoIsn’t legendary using the APIs directly? It could affected by minor changes I suppose but hopefully that can be updated. Not sure if Lutris uses legendary but heroic does.
minus-squaredoublah@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days agoThe APIs are all undocumented and reverse engineered for Legendary. Chances are a major re-write like this could change the APIs.
If anything this will likely break support with Lutris, Heroic, and others so they can force you to run their client.
Isn’t legendary using the APIs directly? It could affected by minor changes I suppose but hopefully that can be updated. Not sure if Lutris uses legendary but heroic does.
The APIs are all undocumented and reverse engineered for Legendary. Chances are a major re-write like this could change the APIs.