Which games did you have problems installing? I''m not going to say I''ve played every game but the difference between 2.2 and 3.0 is like night and day. I was able to install and play AOE, AOE ROR, AOE 2, and all the trials without (much) problem which was a surprise because those games have a history of problems. Through and through. Have you tried the game installer? And of course you could extract the executable and hand install (tedious as hell, but avoids windows). Which version? It doesn''t exactly help to say "you had problems".

As for decency... I''m a very tolerant person especially when I''m running programs not designed for my operating system and don''t feel like contributing to the project just yet.... Wine is a neat experiment right now. For best performance keep the ol'' windows.

Are you talking about a plain "as is" instalation of winex? Or did you added windows files and components that doesn''t come with winex to make them work?

for AOE it was just straight source from cvs -> compile -> wineconfig -> make a MIME type (because I''m spoiled) -> AOE install -> play. Some of the bitmap buttons didn''t work and I don''t recall very consistent (if any) movie playing. I had to do something funny to get the CD to work on one of the games but I don''t recall what. The game was smooth and loaded a bit faster. I didn''t play online/networked. And I only played two maps in each game. for probably a total of 6 hours counting all the games. I remember it crashed at least once in each game but it might not have been wine''s fault.

quote: Original post by TMAN
You can play most games quite decently with WineX (haven''t tried 3.1 yet) You DO NOT need a windows partition for it. You will get better performance without it because ext2/3 and ReiserFS are much faster. It can be a pain to get things to work but 3.0 has made it so you will most likely not have any problems- just insert cd, mount, wine Setup.exe (or click on it if you have a mime type).

Right on not needing a windows partition. I would suggest making the switch to WineX 3.1 though. There were alot of goodies added to it for one jump. Several games were added and I saw some major speed improvements. Several installers(microsoft mostly) were fixed making most games that will run install correctly without need of a win version. Its not ideal but its still a damn cool thing to have. They are getting ready for another release soon.

If you would like to play a certain game I would say go to transgaming and see how well it works. I belive warcraft3(not the expansion pack though) and neverwinter nights will work. NWN may actualy have a linux native not sure though. Its one or the other. Several others have native. Like Unreal T ships with on on the 3rd disk of the retail vesion. Runs great. ID has made Linux intallers for all their good suff. Quake3, RTCW. You can just download the installer and copy the data files. There are a great many games you can play under linux. They don''t add up to all the ones on windows but there are more than enough to keep you busy.

NWN is Linux native. Works under FreeBSD with linux compat as well.

Just need the origional CDs or download the resources and your CD Key from your Windows bought game.

Int.

quote: I belive warcraft3(not the expansion pack though)

I''m presently satisfying my Frozen Throne addiction with winex 3.1. Running TFT includes a few quirks. My command line: "winex3 War3.exe -opengl -nosplash". Weirdly, when you''ve installed TFT, your War3.exe starts TFT by default, and you must use WarCraftIII.exe (or similar, can''t recall) to start the original game. Not all of the launching exes support the "-nosplash" option , which is necessary due to the splash screen staying on top. I can creatively alt-tab this problem away if can''t use -nosplash (using fluxbox).

Incidentally, that''s without a windows installation. Ironically though, still running war3 off a vfat partition which exists for legacy reasons (but everything installed using winex).

Also, take a look into games that aren''t exactly mainstream or on store shelves.

http://garagegames.com has a number of games that are supported on multiple Linux distros. Orbz 2.0 is one I reviewed for http://www.gametunnel.com that I enjoyed, even though it is deceptively simple.

And there are the freely available games, although they are not nearly as polished. Still, they can be fun, and you can always look at the source to change it if you want. bzflag is another favorite of mine.