Did you ask in the comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine group? They might know. Whatever you do use the most current version of Wine or Winex.
> If you get some time, that would be great. If TransGaming says it doesn't > work very well, I don't think I'd ask you to spend much time on it. > > As for whether it's an acquired taste, I own it, I like it... but I let it > go a while back because I had too much to do to play in-depth games much. > Although seeing MechIV has caused me to rethink that. I think I need to > try Mech3 Mercs or just get MechIV (although I don't feel like sending > Microsoft any more money). What I've seen of MechIV looks like it's > indeed better than Mech2. I like the Mercenary idea. > > Thanks, > Matt > > > On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 18:39:25 -0800 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> It doesn't say that the game doesn't work, it just says that it trips >> some sort of cd detection code. I just ran a quick google search and >> there is a no-cd hack for the game so you may be able to get it working. >> >> >> Is Mechwarrior a bit of an acquired taste? I got an oem copy of >> Mechwarrior 2 that came included with something a few years back... I >> played maybe 5 minutes of so of the game before the thing hit the junk >> pile. >> >> I do have a Transgaming subscription though and I may have that cd >> kicking around somewhere yet so I might just try and see if I can get >> the game running if you're curious about it. >> >> David Aikema >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: James Conner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Monday, December 16, 2002 11:28 am >> Subject: Re: MechWarrior 2 >> >> > Well, a quick check on www.transgaming.com shows mech warrior 2 >> > doesn't work >> > well with winex. Winex is the version of wine that has directx8 >> > and other >> > features that make games play easier. I haven't messed with it >> > much, but >> > it's probably your best bet for windows games on linux. >> > >> > Jim >> > >> > On Monday December 16, 2002 10:08 pm, Matthew Carpenter wrote: >> > > I did check Google first but haven't been able to find a whole >> > lot of >> > > recent information. I skimmed that listing but will read it >> > closer to >> > > glean what I can. It problem is still Mech2 thinking I'm using >> > 16 colors >> > > only... >> > > >> > > Thanks, >> > > Matt >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 11:56:26 -0500 (EST) >> > > >> > > Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > > Google is your friend: >> > > > http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF- >> > 8&oe=UTF-8&thread >> > > >> > >m=35C259D0.DB414633%40ucsd.edu&rnum=1&prev=/groups%3Fas_q%3DMechWarr >> > >ior%25> >> > >>20wine%26safe%3Dimages%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26as_ugroup%3D*win >> > >e*%252C >> > > >%2520*linux*%26lr%3Dlang_en%26num%3D50%26hl%3Den >> > > > >> > > > Also make sure that you have the latest release of wine, it >> > will always >> > > > help. >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > Linux-users mailing list >> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> >> > > http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >> > >> > -- >> > >> > 7:01pm up 22 days, 4:12, 5 users, load average: 0.02, 0.02, 0.00 >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > ----- >> > Running Mandrake 9.0 - Linux - because life is too short for >> > reboots... >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Linux-users mailing list >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux- >> > sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-users mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> >> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] AKA Grunt <>< Registered Linux User #188143 Remove R777 to email _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
