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Loki Goes Postal
xwred1 writes: "Loki has announced a new port today, up to now known as "Secret Project Q": They are going Postal! Press release is here, and the game product page/overview is here. Seems to be a healthy sign of life from Loki, they are obviously still getting good things done despite the chapter 11."
Yea. I couldn't faind any screenshots anywhere...
I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man,
I'm just a mortal with potential of a super man.
It clearly says on Loki's web site that Tribes2 and Deus Ex are in the works. How much more mainstream can you get? I've been playing Heavy Gear II for the past few days and think that it is very impressive under linux.
Do you mean "most Windows users" or "most Windows gamers" ? Most gamers will have a decent 3d card, and most of the "major" cards (Nvidia, ATI, Matrox, 3dfx) will work, at least most of the time. The Kyro chips will probally have support
soon too.
As for a "low-quality" software rendering, what do you mean? Less detail, lower resolution? Its not really possible to have lower detail levels then whats in the game, and you can't run a game in less then the lowest resolution the game supports. Most of what you're looking for could only be done in the game's code itself, and to be honest, mean, cruel, blunt (whatever you want to call it), if you don't have a 3d card, you're pretty far off from the target audience for a 3d game. Games need to constantly be innovative and use new technology, and that needs more 3d power. Basicly, a 3d card thats 2 years old (or more) should be replaced if you want to play the latest 3d games. The good news is that the price of cards goes down as well, so you can get a still decent but 6 month old card for a lot less then what it would have cost new. If 3d is annoying you enough, you could (probally) find a decent 3d card for ~ $50-100, or a pretty good card for ~ $100-125.
I always prefer to start the year off with a bang - or, to be more precise, a series of loud hums, a crackle or two, and
before developing/porting new games, Loki should really do something to help us buy their games.
I live in Paris/France and it's very hard to find loki games at usual linux friendly places.
Of course, you can buy online but then you have to add shipping costs, tax to be paid at custom and the delay.
Last week, I asked for games at the linux stand at Surcouf (the biggest computer store in paris) and they had only one last myth2 box left. they never could order games normally, it took months for games to be delivered to them (I never saw most of loki games on their stands). Somebody told them Loki was not selling anymore so they don't even try to contact Loki.
some other places selling linux are in fact mostly bookstores so I don't think they wan't to sell games.It could also be good to be able to order games online on a French website so shipping cost will be low and delay minimal
If you check the Linux Half-Life page you will find the HOWTO.
Full disclosure: I tried this once and I couldn't get it to work. However, I run a bleeding-edge Debian "unstable" system, and perhaps WINE was unstable that day. I plan to try this again soon.
By the way, Starcraft and other fun games run well under WINE. You can check the WINE app database to see if other people have had success running a particular game.
Good luck and happy gaming!
steveha
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