nice info. vikram, specially for [FPS gaming] + [linux] addicts like me..!! i have never seen any posts related to 'gaming on linux' in ilugd before, so this one's a welcome surprise.
is there some port of counter-strike source available for linux. i know some guys who play CS regulary with a dedicated server thru a freeware VPN software --> Hamachi (also available for linux). i'll definitely try the games u have pointed out, and let u know if more guys are interested..!! On 10/8/07, Vikram Ranade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear All, > I had the chance to explore the world of opensource first Pe#rson > Shooter (FPS) > games this weekend and i was amazed to experience the quality of games > out there! > > Back in my windows days I was an avid Counterstrike player.So much so > that i went through > the pain of playing Counterstrike and its variants under wine when i > switched to Linux completely. This was a far from ideal solution and > half the games had annoying issues with sound or mouse control. > The Steam Engine is pretty temperamental with Wine and Linux and I have > wasted many weekends struggling to get decent gaming with > Counter-strike- Source. > > Anyhow ,I installed some amazing games > - Urban Terror http://www.urbanterror.net/ > - Open Arena http://www.openarena.ws/ > - Tremulous http://www.tremulous.net/ > > These are based on the ioquake3 project http://ioquake3.org/ > that is built upon id Software's Quake 3 source code release. > The source code was released on August 20, 2005 under the GPL. > Since then, they have been amazing things with it. > > They all have Decent game play,graphics and good AI. > I have earlier bought Counter-strike and half life for 50$ and now these > amazing > quake mods are offering the same performance and gaming experience. > > Anyhow,if anyone is into FPS gaming or is already playing these games, > is there a server > list in india where the pings would be a better? > > If not,I have been toying with the idea of hosting a Urban Terror server > for some weekend fun.Will post the IP when it is up and running. > > Happy shooting! > Vikram > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 > Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi > http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/ > -- Sahil MCA(SE) USIT _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Next Event: http://freed.in - September 28-29, 2007 Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
