Re: Windows 3d Games On Linux

From: dbd (dbd_at__NOSPAM_myrealbox.com)
Date: 02/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 14:31:46 +0000

Nick wrote:

> On Mon, 05 Jan 2004 01:16:57 +0000, Gillian Hobley wrote:
>
>> I am thinking of buying some games for my computer.
>>
>> Unfortunately they are all written for Windows.
>>
>> Will Windows 3d games run successfully on Linux, using either Wine, or
>> some sort of virtual machine ?
>>
>> What additional software will I need to make these run ?
>>
>> Will I need a commercial emulator, or will the open source stuff work?
>>
>> Will I need any no-cd patches or other software patches to make these
>> operate under Linux ?
>>
>> I specifically am interested in hearing from anyone who has any of the
>> following games running successfully under Linux.
>>
>> Battlefield 1942
>> Medal of Honour
>> Call of Duty
>> Sim City 4
>> The Sims
>> Medieval Total War
>>
>> Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.
>
> look into WineX, I know that at least some of those will run under Linux
> with WineX (BF 1942 for ex.). Also depends heavily on the quality of your
> video card manufactures Linux drivers.
>
> see here:
> http://www.transgaming.com/

WineX is really good. For some games it works perfectly, but for others it
is almost as good on windows and some just plain don't work. If you go to
their site it will say which games work. But you also need good drivers for
your graphics card, I have an nvidia card and their linux support is really
good.

If you want to try WineX without paying anything then you can use the cvs,
apparently it's not quite as good, but it works fine for Steam and Call of
Duty (all I've tried). You can get an install script from here:
http://ting.homeunix.org/cvs_wine/GetCVSWineX
which comes from this site which has a howto for Steam in Linux:
http://samhob.com/sam/steamlin/howto.htm

dbd

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