Where do I start?

[jwj]

How does it work in Linux?

I have A LOT of win games, but I got sick of windows and now I run rh8 - YES.

But what do I need to play games in Linux? Is native "the real thing"? Many of the games doesn't officially support linux on their web site - but you CAN play them (see threads in forum)? What exactly is TransGaming.com?

Hope it wasn't too much :D

[JohnT]

Originally posted by jwj
How does it work in Linux?

I have A LOT of win games, but I got sick of windows and now I run rh8 - YES.





I would just suggest a dual-boot with windows if your games are your priority for running an OS.

[jwj]

Well I do use dual boot. I mostly use Linux (I don't play that much in Windows), so it would be cool to get rid of Windows once for all.

[Icarus]

But what do I need to play games in Linux?
Native Linux port or winex

Is native "the real thing"?
It runs on Linux code not WinCode ;)

Many of the games doesn't officially support linux on their web site - but you CAN play them (see threads in forum)?
There are a few major games that have been released with Linux installers, a good list to check out is http://www.icculus.org/lgfaq/gamelist.php where they have a very complete list of what is available

What exactly is TransGaming.com? (http://www.transgaming.com)
The specialize in a version of Wine (http://winehq.org) that runs DirectX libraries. This is THE version to get if you want to run Windows games in Linux. They charge a $5/month (3 month min.) for support and binart installers, the source is available to download for free. Please search the forms and read the documentation before asking too many questions...;)

[sean_foulkes]

DO NOT!!!! I REPEAT DO NOT!!

...install winex if you're using Redhat 8. I made this mistake: if it runs games at all, it's VERY slow. totally unplayable.

The webisite even says it has some "known performance issues" with the redhat 7&8 kernels (the core program of the OS: redhat modifies theirs with their own patches; it's not the same as the 'standard' linux kernel)

I've installed mandrake, and that fixed the problem, even though it's based on redhat and they apply paches to the kernel as well(not the same ones as RH). Either wait to see if wineX 3.0(released sometime this spring) fixes the problem, if redhat 8.1(get the beta version(phoebe): i've heard it is almost perfect) fixes it, or get a new linux distribution.

wine works fine, just winex has got some major compatibility issues with one of the top three distros in popularity.

i paid $15(the three month min.) for a program that doesn't work with redhat. the real stinger is that they don't tell you that until you have paid and have access to the download page. then you can download the readme(i'm still trying to figure this one out) in *.txt form and see that your fifteen bucks just went down the drain, especially if you bought redhat retail.

you have been warned.

[Extreme_Toad]

What is Native Linux port, what does it do, where do I get it, how much does it cost????? :confused:

Thank you for your help, sorry if that sentence is too run together, I just need to know!!

ET

[sean_foulkes]

"Native Linux Port"

it sounds like you think this is a program, but it isn't.

a native linux port is a game that has been "ported" to linux. the developer take the windows source code and translates it to the code used to run linux applications. currenly there are only a few navive linux games out there.

Quake III Arena
Unreal Tournament 2003
Heroes of Might and Magic
Myth II
Tribes 2
Kohan

...UT2003 is in stores now(like you didn't know that, but i bet you didn't know the windows and linux versions are in the same box[start linux install from cd 3]), but most linux games were published by loki games(www.lokigames.com) and that company went out of business in 2001. some games have linux installers that you can download. you simply run these programs, and they will ask you for the windows retail cd when you are installing. they are considered native games because the executable and main programs for the game were re-coded(ported) for linux, but files like levels and sound were left in their original state(they just coded the linux version to use those files).

some of the linux binary installers are available for:

Unreal Tournament (original and game of the year edition)
Quake II
Return to Castle Wolfenstein

that's all that i use, and they run just like they were in windows.
--you can find some loki games on half.ebay.com (i just ordered Q3:Arena in the collectors tin- only $12.00 + shipping:cool: )

-hope this helps-

[JohnT]

What is Native Linux port

It's where the locals hang out waiting for the next cargo of frozen penguins to be unloaded.

[Extreme_Toad]

Doh, rats. I was hoping it was some brand new thing that made all games work on Linux. Not today, I guess :).

Forgive the n00b.

ET

[sean_foulkes]

wineX works marvelously, and with lots of games, too: you just need to get a distro other than redhat8

[Lemming]

Originally posted by sean_foulkes
DO NOT!!!! I REPEAT DO NOT!!

...install winex if you're using Redhat 8. I made this mistake: if it runs games at all, it's VERY slow. totally unplayable.


Really? Could have fooled me, mine is working finewith the latest kernel, latest nvidia drivers, latest winex.

[sean_foulkes]

whoa! what kernel/winex are you using?

here's my layout:

Redhat 8.0
-kernel 2.4.18-14

WineX 2.2.1

Ati Radeon 7200 with XFree86 4.2.0

I upgraded to XFree 4.2.99.0, but that didn't help.
I compiled a 2.4.19 kernel, and that didn't help(not redhat's, a kernel.org kernel, but maybe i didn't do it right)

are you using a redhat .rpm kernel?
if so, do you just install them like normal rpms, and it changes your bootloader and everything?