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Doom3 on Linux Using WineX

Posted by Zonk on from the some-gore-is-better-than-no-gore dept.

Slashdotess writes "If you can't wait for the native Linux client, it seems Doom 3 can now be enjoyed under WineX. This installer is based on a guide by Rob Smith."

29 comments

  1. Note !! by polyp2000 · · Score: 3, Informative

    You dont need to be a transgaming subscriber to run Doom 3 under linux. You need to use the CVS version - which is available free for download from the transgaming website Here

    Still ... would be nice to have a native version sooner!

    Nick ...

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    1. Re:Note !! by mahdi13 · · Score: 1

      I tried this with Cedega a couple weeks after the game was released, compared to Windows it ran terrible...but it did run
      even though the frame rate was very very low 10
      The colors were off
      Sounds were ok

      Since then I've shelved the game and am waiting for the native installer. Wine with this game (at least on my system) is just not worth it.

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    2. Re:Note !! by XO · · Score: 1

      If I'm not mistaken, there were a flurry of patches to WineX in CVS since the release of the game to address some of the color issues..

      I really don't think I'll be able to test this, as all I have is a P3/600, with a Radeon 7500 PCI. *laugh*

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  2. blah blah blah by redog · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How about NATIVE! I don't want a windows binary.

    1. Re:blah blah blah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If you want a native binary for DooM 3 than install windows ... else shut the fuck up and take what you can get!!

    2. Re:blah blah blah by k98sven · · Score: 2, Informative

      How about NATIVE! I don't want a windows binary.

      Wait for it.

      Quoteth the Doom 3 faq:
      id Software has stated that DOOM 3 will be released for Linux and Mac OS X as well.

  3. Excuse me by floydman · · Score: 2, Informative

    but i think this was pulished http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/08/ 1743201&tid=204&tid=10
    here before.

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    1. Re:Excuse me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      This is an installer, not a bunch of manual steps for installing Doom 3.

  4. Why? by Gaima · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You have to wonder why you would want to do this, when the native linux client is right round the corner...

    Unless you have to play it RIGHT NOW!!, of course :)

    1. Re:Why? by superpulpsicle · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Damn right, as if Doom3 forums aren't already flooded with 80,000 technical problems. No wonder John M. wants to retire.

      What's worse than charging $60 to a platform that's problem plagued. Charging more money on more platforms.

    2. Re:Why? by Jahf · · Score: 1

      John M. == John Carmack?

      Either way, if this added that much of a technical nightmare, maybe they should have had "when its done" include "for all platforms we will support".

      I have -no- problem with the distributors getting hit with a bunch of problems from such a configuration as it shows how much their markets want a non-Windows client.

      John Carmack and id are not the ones staffing the support forums. It should have nothing to do with their mindset other than to be able to tell the publishers "I told you so" since most times it seems like it is the publisher, not the developers, who want to rush the Windows version out ASAP at the expense of the other "planned" platforms.

      That $60 wasn't charged to staff the support forums, it was charged because they -can-. In a year it will be $30 and the same questions will be being asked by people who don't want to search for the answers. What changes in that time? Demand.

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  5. Re:First Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Wrong.

  6. Bahh by zerosleep · · Score: 0

    This is old news anyway.

  7. Uh the slashdotess link redirects to goat.cx by redhotchil · · Score: 1, Informative

    The link to the profile redirects to "goat.cx". WTF?

    1. Re:Uh the slashdotess link redirects to goat.cx by redhotchil · · Score: 0

      wtfwtfwtf wtf

  8. Do NOT click the link in the poster's name by Quattro+Vezina · · Score: 1

    The link ``Slashdotess'' points to is a goatse image. Do NOT click it.

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  9. Re:Homophobic? by Leffe · · Score: 1

    Nothing wrong with Goatse, however, other people (your boss) may have a differing opinion.

    Thus the term 'work-safe' was founded, Goatse isn't really work-safe.

  10. Doom 3 DirectLame by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I thought Doom 3 was written in DirectX, so how do they run in in linux?

    1. Re:Doom 3 DirectLame by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You Thought wrong Beeee-yatch

      Open GL

    2. Re:Doom 3 DirectLame by homeobocks · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Actually, both of you are partially wrong. Doom 3 uses DirectX components (like DirectSound, DirectInput), but, instead of using Direct3d and DirectDraw, it uses OpenGL. In short, Doom 3 (win32 client) uses both DirectX and OpenGL. Just not Direct3d or DirectDraw.

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  11. Re:Homophobic? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I wouldn't say it's any form of pornography, just a part of the body shown that I'd prefer not to see. Rotten.com isn't pornographic either, yet really disturbing to see.

  12. Re:Homophobic? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    If you think that image is about gay people, you're an idiot. A shortsighted, one-issue, bona fide idiot.

  13. Re:First Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I have poured hot grits down my pants. Thank you.