:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ronald J. Hall
Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 6:38 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Windows Games
On Friday 05 July 2002 11:38 am, you wrote:
I'm a little confused also, since anyone alive and not living under a
rock has heard about Loki's demise
Both Xine and mplayer came out with versions last week that play
QuickTime movies better than Apple's native player (which also works
better with X-over/fake_windows, than under Billy's Winwoes ;) Video
This intrigues me, as I haven't found quicktime support yet. I went to
the mplayer
On Sunday 07 July 2002 12:25 pm, dfox wrote:
This intrigues me, as I haven't found quicktime support yet. I went
to the mplayer site, downloaded the current tar (20020707) file,
compiled and installed it. All I can get is the audio of a .mov
file, no video. I get diagnostics about an
On Saturday 06 July 2002 12:20 am, you wrote:
As WineX develops, Transgaming will be able to make more deals and
partnerships with other games companies to make their games compatible with
WineX.
That's EXACTLY what I DON'T want. We want NATIVE games.
--
D. Olson
The Mandrake eXPerience
On Saturday 06 July 2002 12:48 am, you wrote:
I know I'm going back on what I said earlier, but I can't help it... :-(
D.Olson, can you tell me what you hardware setup is please? I'm just
curious because I do not get the same performance from WineX that you do...
Sure:
AMD 1.2GHz Tbird 266
On Fri, 2002-07-05 at 17:55, D. Olson wrote:
I'm a little confused also, since anyone alive and not living under a
rock has heard about Loki's demise. Transgaming is the bridge from the
gaming world to the world of linux, and it's working. Nuff said.
It's working? 30% of the Windows
C'mon you guys -
I for one would like this forum to return to normal standards of
courtesy.
Let's stop the tirades - we are all supposed to be on the same -
positive - side!
Let's leave the flames to the Dark Lord and his Empire. (or better still
- the Dark Lord and his Empire to the
On Saturday 06 July 2002 02:36 am, you wrote:
AMD 1.2GHz Tbird 266 bus
EPoX 8KTA3L+
512MB PC133 SDRAM
ASUS V7700 DDR Deluxe (GeForce2 GTS) w/ 32MB
Creative Sound Blaster Live! 5.1
Maxtor 30GB 7200RPM UDMA100 HDD
Thats so odd. Your system is more powerful than mine!
I've got:
AMD Athlon
On Saturday 06 July 2002 06:16 am, you wrote:
Let's leave the flames to the Dark Lord and his Empire. (or better still
- the Dark Lord and his Empire to the flames!)
Eh? I hope that was a reference to Bill and his evil empire!!! grin
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What is *it* ? Which games? What framerates? Come on, out with it! ;)
On Saturday 06 July 2002 10:43 am, you wrote:
On Saturday 06 July 2002 02:36 am, you wrote:
AMD 1.2GHz Tbird 266 bus
EPoX 8KTA3L+
512MB PC133 SDRAM
ASUS V7700 DDR Deluxe (GeForce2 GTS) w/ 32MB
Creative Sound
Okay, here's a summary of my past postings here, since you are too damn lazy
(or stupid, take your pick) to actually read past posts:
Firstly, I tried the whole WineX thing. And let me tell you, it sucks.
I was using the CVS (read: FREE) version, of which you can find a tutorial on
my
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On Friday 05 July 2002 07:57 pm, D. Olson did speak unto the huddled masses,
saying:
How's about some benchmarks then? I'd like to see which games you are
running, as well as the fps, if you can get it (some don't let you).
quake ii and quake
On Saturday 06 July 2002 12:08 pm, you wrote:
What is *it* ? Which games? What framerates? Come on, out with it! ;)
Umm, thats with:
Starcraft
SC: Brood Wars
Diablo 2
D2: Lord of Destruction
Jedi Knight 2: Outcast
I've not figured out how to get frame rates on these just yet, as soon as I
do
On Fri, 2002-07-05 at 21:27, shane wrote:
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On Friday 05 July 2002 02:55 pm, D. Olson did speak unto the huddled masses,
saying:
It's working? 30% of the Windows framerate is not what I call working.
5 out of 70 games is not what I call
On Saturday 06 July 2002 05:30 pm, you wrote:
My experience is the same, shane. Diablo 2 works just fine, and crashes
just don't happen anymore. On the other hand, under Winblows I
continually had problems. Plus from what I've seen, Diablo 2 runs
faster and smoother under Linux.
Is that
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On Saturday 06 July 2002 11:58 am, D. Olson did speak unto the huddled
masses, saying:
Umm... Why the hell are you playing these in Wine(X)? There are native
ports for all the Quake games, and they run better than they ever will in
Wine(X).
umm
Umm... Why the hell are you playing these in Wine(X)? There are native
ports for all the Quake games, and they run better than they ever will in
Wine(X).
umm i the hell did because at one time i didn't know, i the hell don't now.
Okay, well, it's a valid question... Most people do know
On Saturday 06 July 2002 04:22 pm, you wrote:
Of course, spot on!
No offense meant - I hope that none was taken. You must explain *your*
nickname sometime!
Best,
AH.
None taken at all! grin
Ah well...its childish, I know. I used to run an Atari based BBS that was
quite popular in the
On Tue, 2002-07-02 at 12:03, Ronald J. Hall wrote:
On Monday 01 July 2002 05:24 pm, you wrote:
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You can run your mouth about how I should order online like the rest of
you, but it just so happens that I don't own a credit card, nor do I want
one. And really, do
I'm a little confused also, since anyone alive and not living under a
rock has heard about Loki's demise. Transgaming is the bridge from the
gaming world to the world of linux, and it's working. Nuff said.
It's working? 30% of the Windows framerate is not what I call working. 5
out of 70
On Fri, 5 Jul 2002 22:57:49 -0400, D. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Friday 05 July 2002 09:27 pm, you wrote:
On Friday 05 July 2002 02:55 pm, D. Olson did speak unto the huddled
masses,
saying:
It's working? 30% of the Windows framerate is not what I call working.
5 out of 70
On Friday 05 July 2002 11:38 am, you wrote:
I'm a little confused also, since anyone alive and not living under a
rock has heard about Loki's demise. Transgaming is the bridge from the
gaming world to the world of linux, and it's working. Nuff said.
I tell you what...I get involved in a
On Tuesday 02 July 2002 11:59 pm, you wrote:
i have seen a few, but not much. it boils down to the chicken and the egg.
if nobody makes linux games, you buy win games and run them in linux, but
then nobody is buying linux games, so why make linux games?
personally, i support wine because
On Wednesday 03 July 2002 11:40 am, you wrote:
So do I, Shane! I bought just about everything they offered... ;-(
I saw three Loki games today - EUS (I already have it), Myth II, and some
train simulator game.
I would have loved to buy both of the latter two, but I decided on just Myth
II.
Well strap a collar on and call me Lassie... I actually found a Loki game
today... Myth II - $7.99 CAD... I got it. Gonna try it in a few minutes.
On Tuesday 02 July 2002 11:59 pm, you wrote:
On Tuesday 02 July 2002 05:30 pm, D. Olson did speak unto the huddled
masses, saying:
Yes, very
On Tuesday 02 July 2002 09:41 am, you wrote:
On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 09:11:02 -0400, D. Olson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Tuesday 02 July 2002 12:46 am, you wrote:
But why would anyone buy the GNU/Linux version when you
can get the Windows version for the same price (sometimes cheaper) and
Whatever.
Why is it so hard to see that without Linux games, there CAN'T be a Linux
gaming market? How can we prove that we will buy games if there ARE NO GAMES
to buy?
On Tuesday 02 July 2002 12:03 pm, you wrote:
On Monday 01 July 2002 05:24 pm, you wrote:
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You
Hi guys,
If I have Quake 2 for windows.. is there anyway I can get it running on a
linux box??
If I understand correctly, all I really need from the win install is the
.pak files..
the rest of them can be replaced with a free linux variant???
is that true?
If so, where do I get it?
Also, can
On Tuesday 02 July 2002 09:29, D. Olson opened a general hailing frequency
and transmitted to all open stations:
Whatever.
Why is it so hard to see that without Linux games, there CAN'T be a Linux
gaming market? How can we prove that we will buy games if there ARE NO
GAMES to buy?
there
On Tuesday 02 July 2002 04:31 pm, you wrote:
there was a couple of companies making them. they went out of buis. go
figure.
Yes, very strange indeed. Funny how I only ever saw ONE Linux game on a store
shelf... Hmm... Go figure.
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go
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On Tuesday 02 July 2002 05:30 pm, D. Olson did speak unto the huddled
masses, saying:
Yes, very strange indeed. Funny how I only ever saw ONE Linux game on a
store shelf... Hmm... Go figure.
i have seen a few, but not much. it boils down to the
On Sunday 30 June 2002 10:10 am, you wrote:
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Firstly, I tried the whole WineX thing. And let me tell you, it sucks.
I think it rules.
During that time, they released ONE RPM. ONE.
I've been with them some few months and have went thru 3 releases. Another
point to the
July 1, 2002 02:00 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote:
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OTOH, I'd love to see every new game be ported to Linux. What do you think
it would take to make that happen? Transgaming closing up shop? I don't
think so. More presence in the desktop (home) market? Absolutely. I
honestly believe that day
On Monday 01 July 2002 04:43 pm, Charlie wrote:
Not quite sure how I feel about it, but I am a Transgaming
subscriber (annual) even though I don't play games. I believe in
what they're doing even though, in my opinion, it's a
stopgap/transitional solution.
Admirable intention. I do
July 1, 2002 08:38 pm, tom brinkman wrote:
On Monday 01 July 2002 04:43 pm, Charlie wrote:
Not quite sure how I feel about it, but I am a Transgaming
subscriber (annual) even though I don't play games. I believe in
what they're doing even though, in my opinion, it's a
On Monday 01 July 2002 11:06 pm, Charlie wrote:
A NY minute? It would take that long? :-)
In Texas a NY minute is pretty darn short. Sort'a kind'a like
blinking your eyes. I'll be back in 30 minutes, might be tomorrow
tho ;
I forgot about the Crossover Pug-in. I'm with you. Now if
On Mon, 01 Jul 2002 17:13:36 -0400, Randy Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ronald J. Hall wrote:
IIRC, Hyperion Software released Shogo: Mobile Armor Division for Linux,
then after dismal sales, said they would not release any more - but would
still continue to port games to the Amiga -
On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 20:12, D. Olson wrote:
Anyone wanna add to this list of games that work USING THE WINDOWS
CDs?
Doom
Quake
Quake 2
Quake 3 Arena
Unreal
Unreal Tournament
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Oh, only NATIVE games, please.
Of course..I have one or two entries
Firstly, I tried the whole WineX thing. And let me tell you, it sucks.
I was using the CVS (read: FREE) version, of which you can find a tutorial on
my site:
http://mdkxp.by-a.com/htm/tutorials/winex.php
But since CVS was supposed to suck in comparison to the RPMs that they
release, I got
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