the gaming version of mandrake has transgaming wine installed. and they say it can run counter strike out the box ;) maybe it's worth it? then again$89 is a lot in good old South Africa where the currency is worth nothing
___________________________________________ Robert MacLean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Robert MacLean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] transgaming wine install > 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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