PenguinSchreck Posted November 10, 2001 Share Posted November 10, 2001 No this is not a "How do I get it running" thread or even a "Go on Battlefront, port it...". No its about wineX. I have just managed to get Half-Life running using wine and was impressed to say the least. But now I want CM. Hmmm it dont work. Ok search the web... WOW! www.transgaming.com have a product based on wine which will allow CM to run. <Im just downloading it now> Ok, sort of run. They seem to have a voting system running. CM is in there and votes are required for the developers to get stuck in and make the beast work. So you can see what Im after. If you could, pop over to TransGaming and subscribe. Get your vote in for CM and with a bit of luck it'll get moving up the developers list. ======= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtz Posted November 10, 2001 Share Posted November 10, 2001 How large is the performance loss when running a game through wineX? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenguinSchreck Posted November 10, 2001 Author Share Posted November 10, 2001 At the moment I dont know. I can get the game running right up to the point of starting a map. But when the 3D graphics kick in the game halts. I did manage to get the patch installed thou. I can hear the music and sound effects, so its looking good. Anyway, Im just trying the CVS version now. See if that makes any difference. Its a start anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtz Posted November 10, 2001 Share Posted November 10, 2001 I meant the performance loss (if any) when playing Half-Life. It may give some indication on how much resources is used by wineX. Interesting anyway, please let us know if you get it to work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_argie Posted November 11, 2001 Share Posted November 11, 2001 I read an article about CS on Linux via Wine, and my understanding was that the resource loss was minimal. The graphic drivers might not be as good, but that is an other issue. CM on Linux ... like the idea, then I could ditch Windows permanently. M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted November 11, 2001 Share Posted November 11, 2001 I tested the wine patches some time ago, I think that is what is being referred to here. They were crap, IMHO. Never trust an OpenSource project that can't bring its own patches to be accepted by the original maintainers. The current CVS version of Wine is crap as well, it doesn't even run Tacops anymore. I run CMBO in vmware on FreeBSD and Linux, though. But it only has 640x480 software mode. Good for a playtest or quick PBEM answer, not good for imposant battles and presice micromanagement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogadai Posted November 11, 2001 Share Posted November 11, 2001 Have you considered other alternatives to WineX? There is VMWar and Win4Lin, both excellent emulators of Windoze. I know, the present version of Win4Lin does not support DirectX so you'll have to wait for the next before trying it. VMWare should work but I haven't got a machine powerful enough to attempt it yet (working on it though ). Further down the track, Lindows offers some hope but they haven't even released a beta yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenguinSchreck Posted November 11, 2001 Author Share Posted November 11, 2001 Half-Life runs nice and smooth under wine. I have no problems with it at all. Patched it up and installed the Counter Strike MOD. All I could do with now is to have CM running and windows wont get a look in. But I'll keep you all updated. Anyone want a game of PBEM ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapdragon Posted November 11, 2001 Share Posted November 11, 2001 MY bet is that CMII has at least a possibility of working under Linux native. The reason is simple. The next CM engine will be developed for the PC series of OS since that is where 3/4 of BTS sales comes from (according to comments made by Steve here many moons ago). But BTS, like many small game companies (Bungie in its pre MS days comes to mind) develops on the MacOS for both PC and Mac platforms. They will likely be making the final switch to the new MacOS after CM:BB is developed (like many developers). The new MacOS is BSD based, and while not 1-1 compatible with Linus, I have seen some binaries recompile with no extra effort on Linux. We have in fact a few Linux apps working on our OSX 10.1 boxes right now at my work, and our software people said it was not that difficult to migrate between BSD and Linux. So, while CM:BO and CM:BB may never make the trip over, perhaps a BSD based MacOS-X optimized CM-II could make the trip over, assuming that there are enough Linux users to justify the expense of support for that platform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puff the Magic Dragon Posted November 11, 2001 Share Posted November 11, 2001 I purchased SuseLinux 7.3 just yesterday - as answer to the new Windull XP. Can one of you explain me how to install/start CM under Linux? I guess this will be interesting for other Linux Newbies, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted November 11, 2001 Share Posted November 11, 2001 So read my above post... Wine, including the directx extra patches are far from being able to run CMBO. In fact, for my stuff, the current Wine versions get worse, not better. The only way to run CMBO on FreeBSD or Linux right now is vmware. Installation in that case is exactlly the normal Windows installation, since you are actually running a full Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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