[Any chance for a Linux version?]

These arguments sounds like, FUD to me. In short:

ID provides Linux games e.g.

Doom I, II, III

Quake I, II, III, IV

Return to castle Wolfenstein

Enemy Territory

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

Atari provides Linux games e.g.

Unreal Tournament, Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004

Neverwinter Nights

Other Recent Linux Games:

Penumbra

Tribal Trouble

etc etc.

Most of them use a (bash) script to install these games which can be easily installed on every distribution. In short it can be done if developers use OpenGL instead of Microsoft DirectX.

[ August 20, 2007, 01:10 AM: Message edited by: Aniruddha ]

[Any chance for a Linux version?]

I have added a Test Result to the Win Apdb. I hope it will be added soon!

Update:

I have filed a bugreport here:

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9378

[ August 19, 2007, 01:31 PM: Message edited by: Aniruddha ]

[Any chance for a Linux version?]

I just downloaded the Demo but I get the same stupid message about my display not being set 1024x768 :mad:

[Any chance for a Linux version?]

Originally posted by Redwolf:

Well, Dropteam Linux just segfaults on me when the sound device is busy.

I've never seen these problems with Dropteam. Which distro are you running?

[Gamespots crappy 4.5 review..]

I find it really disappointing to see the current state of (war)games. I bought Armed Assault which was (and is) no where close towards being finished.

Now I see these awful reviews for CMSF and reading the comments these are correct. This short term thinking is hurting the developers and the Combat Mission franchise. I wonder why battlefront has allowed these all these crappy titles to be published in the first place.

[ August 12, 2007, 10:46 AM: Message edited by: Aniruddha ]

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Originally posted by Klavan:

I also get stuck with the 32bit thing and I have an ATI card (a pretty old 9600 one).

Time to vote for CM in the and place some testreviews and bugreports .

[Any chance for a Linux version?]

Originally posted by Mies:

Mmm, ok now that there is actually something to play I off course installed the game with the latest stable free wine version (0.9.41) on my Ubuntu 7.04 machine. Game installed fine, I could register it ok, but when starting it, it complained about my screen not being the default 1024x768 32bit. That is correct as I have a widescreen at 1440x900. I changed the "display size.txt" file to cover that, but the game complained again.

I guess my question is, anyone try this and if so got it to work?

Does your xorgs screen section look something like this?

</font><blockquote>code:</font><hr /><pre style="font-size:x-small; font-family: monospace;">Section "Screen"

Identifier "Screen0"

Device "Card0"

Monitor "Monitor0"

SubSection "Display"

Viewport 0 0

Depth 1

Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"

Viewport 0 0

Depth 4

Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"

Viewport 0 0

Depth 8

Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"

Viewport 0 0

Depth 16

Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubSection

SubSection "Display"

Viewport 0 0

Depth 24

Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

EndSubSection

EndSection</pre>

[Any chance for a Linux version?]

Originally posted by Bunyip:

The Dropteam guys seem to have no problem supporting then all.

Guess it's just a matter of the devs picking/knowing cross-platform toolchains and libraries.

I'm sick of being treated like a second-class customer just because I have a sense of quality. :mad:

Oh well, I'll just have to keep pirating MS's ****e, they sure aren't worth the cash.

Don't feed the troll.

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That braindead video test that CM does at the beginning is just some magic that the Wine people don't bother with

Please file a bugreport in wine bugzilla and the results of your testing in the appdb. Otherwise the devs don't know there is a bug to squash

[How many players / servers are out there?]

Originally posted by poesel71:

The bots have a '*' at the end of their names.

Thanks!

[How many players / servers are out there?]

Originally posted by Chilibird:

I'm off to my graduation tonight, so I won't be there

Priorities... I know, I know

:)Ok np, btw, how can I determine who is human and who is A.I.?

[How many players / servers are out there?]

Originally posted by Toby Haynes:

There are usually between five and eight players around at 2000GMT, sometimes as many as ten.

Friday nights (around midnight GMT) are also popular - I've had a number of good games with four to six players at that time.

So, where is everybody?

[How many players / servers are out there?]

Originally posted by Phonan:

There's a campaign, though it's not really even close to as fun as multiplayer. It does exist, and you can create new ones, as well. There's a lot of modding going on too.

Sorry to be such a nuisance but is this real single player experience? Or more something you get to supplement the multiplayer features? Such as the single player modes in Battlefield 2, Joint Operations, Star Wars Battlefront etc.

[How many players / servers are out there?]

Thanks for the additional info. I wonder though if dropteam has a full fledged offline campaign (with a storyline, interconnected missions etc.) or is the offline mode the same as an online game but then with bots? (just like in the demo level)

[How many players / servers are out there?]

Originally posted by poesel71:

We usually meet on Sunday, 2000 GMT although numbers there have been dwindling lately.

AFAIK DT will go on retail so I hope for more new players soon.

IMHO most of the target group did not like the SF setting. Whenever the WWII mod comes it will bring them in.

Its such a fun game especially in multi-player it would be a shame if it fails.

Ok that sounds interesting , how many people are there on Sunday? How many servers?

[ June 02, 2007, 04:36 AM: Message edited by: Aniruddha ]

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Originally posted by Chilibird:

Unfortunatly, DT never got a huge following, A La BF1942/BF2/MOH/COD, so there is only those 3 servers around. I thought there was a demo version server too?

Ouch, that means there is no chance to play it online? What about the single player mode? I is this

multiplayer with bots? Just like in the demo?

[Any chance for a Linux version?]

Originally posted by gibsonm:

No, all the previous CMx1 games came out in a Mac OS9 format (not the Unix based OS X format).

Thanks for explaining! Will this also be the case for the latest CM?

[Any chance for a Linux version?]

Here you can find information if a game runs or what it takes to get it running: http://appdb.winehq.org/

What I really don't understand is that all Combat Missions are also released for MacOSX. That is the same platform as Linux. That means it would only take a small effort to make it run in Linux right?

[How many players / servers are out there?]

No one has an idea?

[How many players / servers are out there?]

I was shocked to find out that the three empty servers were not only intended for the demo version. How many servers are there for dropteam? How many players on average can one expect at any given time?

[ June 01, 2007, 12:46 AM: Message edited by: Aniruddha ]

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Originally posted by Phonan:

Well, it turns out I was completely wrong about macros- these are just for chat. However, you can "lock" yourself in first-person view. When you chat, the game automatically "holds" the keys you've been holding for you so that you can type. So hold "e" or whatever key you've assigned to first-person view, then hit "enter" and let go of your first-person key. The view will look rather strange, but then hit enter or escape and you will remain in first person- without holding any keys. Unfortunately, this only works until you either hit "e" again, hit "tab," are killed, or go to the tacmap. You must then repeat the process, summarized by "e, enter, release e, enter again."

...

. I hope this works out for you, and perhaps they'll work a first-person mode into the game. Good luck.

Hey thank you very much! The 1st person 'hack' works perfect Tomorrow I'll try deleting these wav files.

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Originally posted by Phonan:

Could one not create a macro that, on the push of a button, "held down" e for you? If you wanted to get rid of annoying breathing altogether, find the sound file and delete it. Otherwise, I'm unfortunately not too experienced in this, sorry.

That sounds like a good workaround . How should I proceed?

[Any chance for a Linux version?]

Originally posted by Kineas:

Well, if someone paid that little coding personally to BFC (plus the compensation for the changes in their business plan) then we (or he) can have a Linux version. Everything negotiable.

No problem! Just give me the source .

[Any chance for a Linux version?]

Great to hear its uses OpenGL and no DirectX! Well if a MacOSX port planned it shouldn't be too much of an effort to run it in Linux?

[1st person view instead of 3rd]

Or is there maybe a workaround of some kind? I really like this game!