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LAGMAN

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Linux is great for windows games!
« on: 12 November 2002, 13:39 »
I Don't know if everyone knows this, but Wine runs Quake 3 faster then windows 98SE does (with the latest drivers and fresh install)

windows: 70-90FPS
slackware 8: 100-110

basicly any quake 3 based game is gonna run faster in linux, and I think openGL looks better too.

Sad on window's part? I think so.

Gimmie a "Shit YEAH!" if you think Linux is ready for gaming.

FYI: I am new to the fourms, this is my first post. HI EVERYONE!
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« Reply #1 on: 12 November 2002, 13:49 »
Fascinating.  Do you know how it compares to the naitive Linux version?
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« Reply #2 on: 13 November 2002, 05:13 »
Ready for gaming? Hell yeah
Ready for Win gaming? HELL NO.

Win games usually use directx. Directx needs to be *emulated*. This is imperfect (can cause crashes, may not work at all sometimes - well, often) and slow as hell.

OpenGL and usual window API's can be 'translated' so they run faster than directx. Faster than windows itself is odd, but possible (and a clear example that linux is superior on this).

But even that can fail sometimes. Running Win games on Linux is generally a bad thing and shouldn't be done unless no alternative is available (which is - sadly - usually the case in games).

Native Linux games work great - see Quake 3. Sadly there aren't many.
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« Reply #3 on: 13 November 2002, 10:16 »
The only possible complain i have about linux..
that it cant run Windows games...

However, we could change this to "Games arent being made for Linux.."
this is what i want, more Linux games.
just so i can kill off my boredom at those moments of IRC lulling.

*sigh*
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« Reply #4 on: 13 November 2002, 16:52 »
I agree that WINE should be used as a last resort however I have hade some success running Half-Life and its Mod's. They even work for online gaming which I was really happy about.
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« Reply #5 on: 16 November 2002, 06:58 »


[ November 16, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

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« Reply #6 on: 17 November 2002, 03:35 »
well I was just passing through, and the following link pretty much sums it up for Linux games.

http://forum.team17.com/showthread.php?s=ed0de9975de6b9057edbcfaf42d8b93e&threadid=4290&perpage=30&highligh t=linux&pagenumber=2
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