Running Windows Games with WineX

GonzoJohn writes "Linux Orbit takes a look at TransGaming Technologies' WineX and puts it through its paces with eight different Windows games. In addition to reviewing: Diablo 2, Starcraft, LinksLS 1998 (Golf Simulation), Dungeon Keeper 2, Populous the Beginning, Black and White, Fallout 2 and Might and Magic 6 under WineX 2.1, we also give you some helpful tips to make your WineX gaming experience as pleasant as possible."

Comments

Re:try vmware et al.

[Neon Spiral Injector]

Well you have to buy VMWare, and a copy of Windows. Plus from what I last heard, VMWare doesn't support 3D acceloration.

Wine on the other hand has most of Windows' DLLs reimplimented internally so you don't need a copy of Windows. (But if you have one installed it can use the DLLs that it finds there to help itself along.)

Re:I don't know about anyone else's experience...

[JEDi_ERiAN]

You're doing something wrong, I had no problems getting WC3 to install or to play it (w/ their release or the latest cvs). Try the WC3 forum on transgaming's site to get some help:

http://www.transgaming.com/postlist.php?forum=56 0

E.

Re:WINE and other PC virtual machines

[Covener]

Virtual PC and VMWARE are virtual machines, WINE isn't.

It's a partial re-implementation of win32 and related API's. The approach of the former requires a licensed copy of Windows, the latter does not.

The reason some things do not work is that you have to implement more than just the documented externals.

Re:WineX is nVidia only?

[Perl-Pusher]

How much did you pay for that game? You can get an old TNT2 , 32 Meg card for less than $50. I paid twenty dollars for mine. The Matrox G400 can only be used with open source drivers. The reason you need NVIDIA is they have released drivers for linux. Even a GForce 4 won't play Heavy Gear, Quake III or many of the other loki titles without the commercial drivers. Make it known to other companies that you will only use NVIDIA hardware until the situation changes. I'm eventually going to buy a GForce card but haven't had a reason since all the games I currently play work great. I can run run Grand Theft Auto 3 in linux under winex, but it is unplayable under windows. The game lists a GForce card as the minimum. But that's really only true in direct x 8 on windows.

PEOPLE PLEASE...

[xanadu-xtroot.com]

Read the page over at Transgaming for your favorite game before speculating on what works and what doesn't.

I am a Transgaming subscriber and I play several games with WineX (however I still have yet to get HL/CS working worth a damn on my machine, but I don't play it much anyway, so I haven't put much effort into it).