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Playing games on Linux

Atli
5,058 Expert 4TB
Hi

I've been playing arround with Linux (Fedora) for a while now and I've pretty much found a Linux alternetive to most of the stuff I do on Windows. Infact, I'm almost ready to switch over to the penguin.

Only thing I havent been able to do is play any games. By that I mean, any 'good' games :)

I've been known to play World of Warcraft every now and then, and I understand it can be run in OpenGL mode (for Mac support) so I thought there must be a way to make that work on Linux.

Does anybody have a clue how?
Jul 15 '07 #1
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drhowarddrfine
7,435 Expert 4TB
While my son is a game moderator, I could care less and never pay attention to this stuff, but it's been said most Windows games can be played on Linux, I assume using Wine.
World of Warcraft
I know Doom runs natively, as well as others, but I'm sure you mean some of the latest and greatest. Just Google for "World of Warcraft" Linux or similar and you'll find all kinds of related links.
Jul 15 '07 #2
Atli
5,058 Expert 4TB
Aight, thanks very much.

I've checked out Wine and it looks like it is supposed to run most Windows applications! (Why didn't I know about this! :P)
I'm hoping I can just copy the files from my Windows system over the network and have Wine execute the exe. (What... it could work...)
Jul 15 '07 #3
Motoma
3,237 Expert 2GB
Aight, thanks very much.

I've checked out Wine and it looks like it is supposed to run most Windows applications! (Why didn't I know about this! :P)
I'm hoping I can just copy the files from my Windows system over the network and have Wine execute the exe. (What... it could work...)
Yeah, you could try this, but you will need to set up the registry correctly.
If I remember correctly, the other option is to copy all of the CD contents to a folder and run the installer from that folder. It worked well for me, but the framerate was about half of what I got running it in windows.
There is a WoW for Linux petition out there, you should add your name to the list.
Jul 17 '07 #4
Atli
5,058 Expert 4TB
Yeah, you could try this, but you will need to set up the registry correctly.
If I remember correctly, the other option is to copy all of the CD contents to a folder and run the installer from that folder. It worked well for me, but the framerate was about half of what I got running it in windows.
There is a WoW for Linux petition out there, you should add your name to the list.
I think I'm gona go with the copying of the CD's, as you suggested. It will probbly take hours to copy all the files through that smb thing and it probbly wont work anyways :P

Are you seriouse about the fps loss?! I tried switching to OpenGL in windows and it didn't really change anything. I thought it would be the same on Linux.
Perhaps some driver issues?

I'm need to find that Petition!
I mean how hard can it be to make a Linux version? They already did a Mac version and thats a Unix based system like Linux. Shouldn't be that hard to convert that for Linux.
(Then again, what do I know? :P)
Jul 18 '07 #5
Motoma
3,237 Expert 2GB
I think I'm gona go with the copying of the CD's, as you suggested. It will probbly take hours to copy all the files through that smb thing and it probbly wont work anyways :P

Are you seriouse about the fps loss?! I tried switching to OpenGL in windows and it didn't really change anything. I thought it would be the same on Linux.
Perhaps some driver issues?

I'm need to find that Petition!
I mean how hard can it be to make a Linux version? They already did a Mac version and thats a Unix based system like Linux. Shouldn't be that hard to convert that for Linux.
(Then again, what do I know? :P)
I am serious about the FPS loss. The reason behind is is Wine (as amazing as Wine is) has to "emulate" the Direct X calls.

I would strongly suggest taking a look at the AppDB on the WineHQ site for more information on installing and running WoW with Wine. In fact, here is the link since it helped me so much.
Jul 18 '07 #6
Atli
5,058 Expert 4TB
I am serious about the FPS loss. The reason behind is is Wine (as amazing as Wine is) has to "emulate" the Direct X calls.

I would strongly suggest taking a look at the AppDB on the WineHQ site for more information on installing and running WoW with Wine. In fact, here is the link since it helped me so much.
Thanks for the link! It looks like a big help.

Does Wine have to emulate DirectX calls even when WoW is running in OpenGL mode?
That sounds a bit odd, except perhaps DirectInput calls. But I can't see how that would affect the FPS tho :/
Jul 18 '07 #7
Motoma
3,237 Expert 2GB
Thanks for the link! It looks like a big help.

Does Wine have to emulate DirectX calls even when WoW is running in OpenGL mode?
That sounds a bit odd, except perhaps DirectInput calls. But I can't see how that would affect the FPS tho :/
No, I'm just off my rocker. Let me know how it turns out.
Jul 18 '07 #8

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