Gaming on Linux
I would really LoVe to entirely remove windows from my hdd, but i still need it to play my favorite games (warcraft, vice city and such) and i am wondering if it is possible to make these games work on linux (since they are .exe i don't think u can run them without special software)
i have heard of wine, but since it is still a very young and glitchy software, should i try to tackle the games with wine or keep windows? |
Well, WINE has been being worked on for MANY years, so its not young.
But what you want is WineX. Its a pay-only version of WINE made especially for games. And it works w/ both those games. transgaming.com |
Before that can be answered, what exactly are your reasons for wanting to switch to linux?
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i'm switching because i want to try something new and learn more about computers, i want to be in an environment where programming will be necessary (so i can learn some programming), and i cannot stand windows much longer
winex sounds interesting, i'll look into that are there any other ways? |
you don't need to know programming to use Linux. I don't know any programming and im doing just fine. :)
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WineX is great,...
I have the following running with version 3.1 and my Mandrake 8.2 installation: Jedi Outcast Elite Force StarCraft Jedi Knight Fallout Fallout 2 Pax Imperia Star Trek: Birth of the Federation StarFleeet Academy I have the following Native games: Descent 3 Quake 3 Arena Sim City 3000 Terminus Neverwinter Nights Return to Castle Wolfenstein (I had problems setting up this one so I used WineX for it and currently don't have it installed). FreeSpace: The Great War FreeSpace 2 I heard that you can get the following running with Wine,... Imperium Galacticia II (no under WineX for me) Spiderman (non-movie version, again, no luck for me) Starfleet Command II & SFC 2: Orion Pirates (no luck for me, too hard to configure) So you can see there is no lack of gaming potential. I have also had more luck with Jedi Outcast under WineX than as a Windoze native (driver conflicts, etc.). |
Keep in mind that you do not NEED Wine-X. Thats just a work around and it doesn't help support game makers with adding GNU/Linux support.
Quake3, RTCW, Never Winter Nights and a few others work great, natively in under GNU/Linux, better then windows even. |
QUAKE 3
How do you install Q3 native in Lnx???
GodFoca |
If want to be a Linux gamer I would recommend getting a nVidia Geforce card. There isn't currently any driver support for ATI (Radeon) cards which means you will get like 3 fps when playing even Tux Racer :P.
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I am running a Radeon 7500 and it works fine. I have no problem running TuxRacer or OpenGL Games. Check this link for all cards that are supported http://www.xfree86.org/current/Status.html |
I am having the exact opposite problem, however. I have a GeForce 2 MX 400, and can't find any drivers for Linux, so not only the 3D games are going in 3fps, but also I can't get my resolution below 640x480 and thus I can't play Tux Racer @#$&%.
Anyways, anybody knows where do I get some drivers??? GodFoca |
GodFoca, try nvidia.com. There you can choose your driver (actually its only one driver for all nvidia cards). Read the readme's and install. If you do everything there, you'll have a working 3d accelerated environment!
Why would you want to get your resolution below 640x480 to play Tux Racer? Maybe above 640x480... :) |
hmm, very interesting about installing games natively on linux
so games like never winter nights u can basically put into your cd drive and it will install just fine? also, with getting winex, u need to subscribe for 3 months for 5 bucks a month correct? o ya, could anyone find some info saying that ati radeon 9600 is compatible with redhat 9 kernel 2.4.20-8? |
Freespace has a native linux client????
OMG...I gotta go and find it woohoo! I loved that game. |
When I installed NWN I did it by installing it first on a Windoze machine, then copying over the files I needed from the windoze box to my RedHat box, and then finally installing the NWN linux client. I believe that there is an installer that was written to allow installing of the game direct from CD, but I just followed the directions on the NWN site.
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