On Friday 23 November 2001 08:58, Robert MacLean wrote: > i'm not sure. where do i check what directory it's installing to? do i > have to specify it?
Well No. The makefile will automatically determine what directories it goes in. The point I was trying to make (inarticulately) was that if you compile in a windows partions the permissions and ownership bits of the files created are not available to the system, which *might* be an issue. It's one less thing to worry about if you do your compiling in a regular linux partition. > how did you get counter-strike working? could you send me your wine > config file? > thats what i am trying to actually get running. thanx Well it took a while. There is a good site at http://lhl.linuxgames.com/ There is a good HOWTO there. The secret for me was to not use the wine supplied by Mandrake, nor to use ANY of the packaged versions you see around including source tar.gz's (I tried 3 none of them worked) Go to the CVS and compile from there. Instructions on how to do that are in the howto and on the winehq site. They (strongly) recommend installing Half-Life/Counterstrike in a Linux partion and doing the game install under wine. But I actually managed to persuade it to use the existing windows installation. Finally working out how to invoke Counterstrike was a challenge. I have to cd to the Half life directory and then issue a command wine -- hl.exe -console -game=cstrike The game window starts in 640x480 and when you have selected a game it switches to whatever resolution you have defined. You then have to change the resolution of your X display with Ctl and 'plus' key Another 'funny' is the game will not start until you have clicked out of the window with the mouse, and the server dialogue will not start until you click on the 'done' key in the setup window which still lingers in the corner of the screen. Once the game is running, it is great. The only issue I had was lag on the sound, but there is a fix for that in the HOWTO. I'll send my config to you separately. If Transgaming have made all this easier, then trust me. It is worth $5 (I'm not sure I'd pay $5 every month though) Derek > > ___________________________________________ > Robert MacLean > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 10:56 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] transgaming wine install > > > You are not trying to install the transgaming application into a > > windows > > > partition are you? > > I have not tried it, but I would expect the lack of permission bits > > in a FAT > > > partition could well screw up the operation. > > I know for example the Codeweavers crossover plugin (which is also a > > wine > > > implementation) absolutely insists on being installed in a user home > > directory. > > Much safer to just move it into your home directory. > > > > (It's also safer to do your browsing in Linux ;-) > > > > When you get it working I'd be interested in hearing your > > impressions. > > > I am already able to run Counterstrike under wine, so I wonder how > > much > > > better running it under Transgaming would be. > > > > Derek > >
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