18-03-2007, 22:51 | #41 |
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The list of things I need Windoze for is getting shorter and shorter . It basically comes down to:
- Checking old e-mails but the last time I needed to was about 4 months ago. I could convert the Outlook mail to something in Linux but the need isn't to pressing. - A race sim (F1 Challenge 99-02) some of my friends like to play when they are over here. It runs on Ubuntu / Cedega but less nice. As you can see in the pic I'm working on that issue. - Some XP support for family/friends but I've got an XP notebook as well which could do the job. - CDZ get-togethers until I'm 100% sure it is a no-hassle job to put the box in a LAN game no matter what network etc. - Couple of smaller things related to XP stuff that's just easier in XP but can also be done in Linux if I put some time in it. 138.48KB From topleft clockwise some games: - Racer. A free (as in beer) race simulation that runs on Linux, XP and Mac iirc. There is a huge community making tracks and cars. Pic shows a Golf R32 (comes close to my own car) on the legendary Nordschleife in Germany. Good thing to shake of adrenaline. - Wolfenstein 3D. A 3D (what's in a name) fps that put the genre on the map. Hell, I maybe spent as much time playing this game as I did playing Civ I. It runs in Dosbox another sourceforge project. - Civ IV of course, PBEM with krys I play from Linux. - Rogue. The first game ever to use random map generation so imo some of it at least is a predecessor to civ. It still is very difficult to complete a game despite it is 25 years old!
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You have Rogue!! I spent hours playing that!!!!!
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16-04-2007, 14:35 | #44 |
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Because just the thought of having to go into Windoze once a day for the Pitboss game was driving me crazy I spend some effort to get Warlords working in Linux.
Et voila! For those interested: installing Warlords under Cedega is problematic and I couldn't get it to work. Instead I'm running the exe from the Windoze installtion using a directory of the Cedega Civ IV installation. 120.94KB 188.26KB
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16-04-2007, 14:55 | #45 |
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doesn't cedega cost you $50 per year? Any chance you getting CIV to work with WINE?
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Haven't tried it with WINE yet but that's on the wishlist. EDIT: here is why it might stay on the wishlist for quite a while http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?...TestingId=6024
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16-04-2007, 22:02 | #47 |
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Not sure what the problem was and what you did to solve it, but anyway, congrats once again ! One thing I notice is the font used by the game : tis the same as in the Linux desktop.
As for me, I haven't logged in Linux for more than a month now. I guess I won't do it before getting a new PC, and you know what ? It's tempting. Maybe once I have a full job...
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