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Medal of Honor Linux Beta Released
DF5JT writes "Icculus has finally released a preview of his current work on the Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault Linux port, in the form of a Beta executable. He says 'It's playable, but the sound is wonky and has other issues.' You'll need an installed Windows version of the game to start the binary."
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btshowmetainfo 20021207 - decode BitTorrent
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metainfo file.:
mohaa-lnxclient-beta1.tar.bz2.torrent
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file name.....: mohaa-lnxclient-beta1.tar.bz2
file size.....: 7142911 (27 * 262144 + 65023)
announce url..: http://prologic.no-ip.com:6969/announce
I wonder if games sales/use for Linux would be greater if the Linux port were released at the same time as the Winodws version. It seems to me many people do not bother with the Linux version or patches because by the time it comes out for Linux they have been playing it in Windows for months and don't feel like moving it over. This was the case for me with NWN.
If the major games were released for Windows and Linux at the same time though there would never be a need to install on Windows.
I'm sorry, but it needs to be said: RTFA.
Why can't they have a normal beta?
"They" don't have any linux version at all. This is a third-party piece of software unsupported by EA for making MoH:AA work in linux.
The problem seems to be that developers take multi-platform code as an afterthought. "We'll write the windows version and then we'll put some junior dev on porting it".
Few seem to realize that developing multi-platform from day one is a) not harder, b) shows professionalism and c) is one of the greatest ways to accomplish good bug free code.
I'm sure Carmack agrees. :-P
Belief is the currency of delusion.
One of the reasons I boot to Linux is to force myself to stop playing MOHAA and get some real work done. I guess this trick won't work anymore. My existence is doomed.