On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 09:27:46AM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > Hi, > At $14.95 for Quake Platinum Edition at Fry's today, I was thinking about > getting a copy for my son to keep him busy for the summer. (Or part of it > anyway.) What is the status of playing any Windows games under Gentoo Linux? > Is there a good site for finding out about this sort of stuff?
Pretty much any id game (q1, q2, q3) work fine, just download the update from ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quake3/linux (I think) and install that, then copy the pak0.pk3 off of the windows CD into the /usr/local/games/quake3/baseq3 directory on your hard drive (default install location). Similar setups exist for return to castle wolfenstein, enemey territory (RTCW spin off just released).... If there isn't a linux port or update, you can try it under wine. I play Half life and it's expansion packs (opposing force and blue shift) under winex-cvs just perfectly. At http://winehq.com you can find other windows apps and how well they work. WineX is from transgaming, and you can find a list of games that work with their wine fork here: http://www.transgaming.com/dogamesearch.php?keywords=&search=Search&working=0&order=working Most of the gaming under linux requires a decent video card (nvidia or ATI... I've had no problems with my nvidias, no idea how ATIs are) though. Other websites for linux gaming are: http://happypenguin.org http://www.linuxgames.com/ and more found via google.... -- Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://arcterex.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- "There are only 3 real sports: bull-fighting, car racing and mountain climbing. All the others are mere games." -- Hemingway -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
