Is this a Linux game or a DOS/Windows game in Linux?
Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user 183185
----- Original Message -----
From: Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 4:11 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT -- Heroes 3
> Still freezes
>
> On Fri, 01 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> > It is kind of wierd the way that it hangs up after the music or after
the
> > first turn ends in my case. I can then ctrl-alt-backspace and start the
> > game again without sound (apparently the sound device is busy) and it
won't
> > hang up at all. Well, at least for 20 minutes or so. At any rate, I
tried
> > playing with a couple of different settings. Try the following and see
what
> > results you guys get ....
> >
> > at a terminal try
> >
> > esd (this should make a r2d2 like sound)
> > ctrl - c
> > then start the game .... I no longer have the hang up but I'm missing
some
> > of the sound ... or so it seems
> >
> > you might also want to try
> >
> > export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=esd
> >
> > Oddly enough, most games that I've tried have tended to work better on a
> > standard Mandrake install then Caldera. This one is the exception as it
> > seems to work fairly well on my Caldera box.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > Vic wrote:
> >
> > > Same here, I sure as heck hope that the
> > > full version does not act like that too,
> > > I think the programmers when they told me it
> > > was the sound drivers were just making dumb
> > > excuses to sit around picking their noses and
> > > not do anything about it, or goodness knows
> > > maybe they were hopefully getting something
> > > done, I sure hope so.
> > >
> > > On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> > > > Vic wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Speaking of Gaming, has anyone had a problem with
> > > > > Heroes 3 for Linux freezing after the music stops?
> > > > >
> > > > > I downloaded the demo and after the music quit, the game
> > > > > froze and I had to get out the good ol' trusty virtual terminal
> > > > > and kill it.
> > > >
> > > > Hi Vic. I d/l'ed the Might and Magic 3 demo just the other day, and
> > > > unfortunately, I have the same problem. Whenever I exit the game,
end
> > > > turn, etc, etc, the game music stops and the game is locked at that
> > > > point, totally unresponsive.
> > > >
> > > > Hmm. I didn't kill it via terminal though. I just <control> <alt>
> > > > <F-10>, shutting down the Xserver, then relogging back in. Guess
either
> > > > way works though, eh? ;-)
> > > >
> > > > If anybody knows a fix for this, please pass it along. Also, does
> > > > anybody know if this problem is limited to the demo? I'd really like
to
> > > > know as this is one of the games that I'd really like to purchase
the
> > > > full version of.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks! ;-)
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > /\
> > > >
Dark><Lord
> > > > \/
> >
> > --
> > Larry Hignight Descent 3 Beta tester Caldera Linux 2.4
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> > 11:40am up 28 days, 19:48, 5 users, load average: 0.03, 0.03, 0.00
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