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Old 01-20-2004, 06:11 PM   #1
savorpix
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windows games in slackware


i've only done this with quake3 so far but i was wondering how to do it with diablo2. if anyone has input plz post. thanks!
 
Old 01-20-2004, 06:27 PM   #2
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You will need the diablo cds and a nocd patch (if there is one) and WineX (http://transgaming.com)
 
Old 01-20-2004, 06:49 PM   #3
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there is a nocd patch (not sure that it's absolutely necassary, but it's a lot nicer to use nocd anyway)...also you may need to download the 1.10 patch and install manually ..i had a problem with the auto update...
 
Old 01-20-2004, 06:57 PM   #4
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Apparently you can get Return to Castle Wofenstein to work without Wine (donwload a patch and copy/extract some win files), and America's army is excellent (native GNU/Linux).

http://games.activision.com/games/wolfenstein/
http://www.americasarmy.com/
 
Old 01-20-2004, 07:08 PM   #5
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is there any other way of playing without paying 5$...?
 
Old 01-20-2004, 07:24 PM   #6
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Paying $5 for what?
 
Old 01-20-2004, 09:04 PM   #7
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for http://transgaming.com. i was reading and saw something about 5$ a month.
 
Old 01-20-2004, 09:35 PM   #8
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you can by downloading the cvs which it talks about it on the website, or you can use this script to do it also have fun


#!/bin/bash

export LauncherVer="3.30"

# Configuration
#########################################################

# Vars
export CompileRootDir="$HOME/temp/cvswinex"
export ErrorLogFile=""
export ConfigurePrefix="/usr/lib/cvswinex"
export ConfigureOptions="--enable-opengl --with-x --enable-pthreads"
export AlwaysRecompile="1"
export ScriptName="cvswinex"
export ConfigDirName=".cvswinex"

export GetWineXLicense="http://www.transgaming.com/license.php?source=1"

export StripBinaries="0" # change to 1 to strip binaries. Disables debugging tho
export PackSource="1"

export CVSPasswordGuess="cvs"
export CVSCheckOutDir="winex"
export OldCVSCheckOutDir="wine"
export CVSoptions="-d server:cvs@cvs.transgaming.org:/cvsroot -z 3 co"
#export DisableCVSrootCheck="1" # use if CVSoptions CVSroot has a space in it
export WineExecName="wine"

export ShowTips="1"

#User install
#export UserOnlyInstall="1"

# Helperscript stuff ... do not edit
#########################################################

if test "$1" = "proxy"
then
echo "Enter proxy (eg: proxy.pandora.be:8080):"
read http_proxy
echo "$http_proxy" > $HOME/.GetWineXproxy && echo "info stored ..."
exit
fi
http_proxy=`cat $HOME/.GetWineXproxy 2>/dev/null`
test -n "$http_proxy" && export http_proxy

Upgrade="0"
if test "$1" = "upgrade"
then
echo "Upgrading Helper script ..."
Upgrade="1"
shift
fi

export GetWineXName=`basename $0`

function CheckOK ()
{
if test "$Upgrade" = "1"
then
if ! rm -f "$GetWineXFile"
then
echo -e "Could not remove $GetWineXFile\nAborting..."
exit
fi
elif test -e "$GetWineXFile"
then
Test=`tail -n 2 "$GetWineXFile"|grep "#end"`
if test -z "$Test"
then
echo "Helperscript incomplete, getting new"
if ! rm -f "$GetWineXFile"
then
echo -e "Could not remove $GetWineXFile\nAborting..."
exit
fi
fi
fi
}

GetWineXFile=`which GetWineX 2>/dev/null` ;CheckOK
if test -e "$GetWineXFile"
then
GetWineX $@
exit
fi
GetWineXFile="$HOME/bin/GetWineX" ;CheckOK
if test -e $HOME/bin/GetWineX
then
$HOME/bin/GetWineX $@
exit
fi
GetWineXFile="./GetWineX" ;CheckOK
if test -e ./GetWineX
then
./GetWineX $@
else
mkdir $HOME/bin/ >/dev/null 2>&1
cd $HOME/bin/
echo -e "\n\nGetting helper script ... please wait\n"
if wget http://ting.homeunix.org/GetWineX
then
chmod +x GetWineX
./GetWineX $@
else
echo -e "\n\nCouldn't download .. Try again, and/or contact ElmerFudd"
echo "For manual download:"
echo " Goto http://ting.homeunix.org/cvs_wine/changelog.html"
echo " Download GetWineX, using the link around the top"
echo -e " Put it in <home>/bin/ and chmod +x\n"
echo -e "FEATURE:"
echo -e " If you are behind a proxy, try this:"
echo -e " $GetWineXName proxy"
echo -e " after proxy info is entered, just run again as normal.\n"
rm -f GetWineX
fi
fi
 
Old 01-21-2004, 08:27 AM   #9
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You can play both America's Army and Wolfenstein without Wine/WineX
 
Old 01-21-2004, 12:06 PM   #10
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Linux also has many native games available... some of good quality, some that are just OK. Most are loads of fun.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=132201
Linuxgames

slight
 
Old 01-22-2004, 12:16 AM   #11
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ok but how do i get diablo2 to work in slackware???
 
Old 02-17-2004, 06:19 PM   #12
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a google search :-P
http://balgo.ath.cx/diablo/index2.html
that's one of the guides I've seen. Havn't gotten it to work because I havn't gotten the no-cd to work. I think I'm going to try to get a windows no-cd to work instead of the one listed.(I have dialup so that takes a while..
 
Old 02-18-2004, 08:58 PM   #13
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thats a good guide except it requires 2 cd-roms
 
Old 02-18-2004, 11:53 PM   #14
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Unreal Tournament also works straight out of the box.
 
  


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