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TransGaming Releases Cedega 4.1

Posted by Zonk on from the cool-now-you-can-get-a-leet-under-linux dept.

gavriels writes "Today, TransGaming released Cedega 4.1, a new update to our software that lets Windows games run on Linux systems. The new update adds support for Far Cry and Anarchy Online, and implements a completely new 3D pipeline which executes the traditional Direct3D Fixed Function rendering path using dynamically generated OpenGL vertex programs, providing great performance improvements on cards with sufficient vertex program capabilities. We also added MMX accelerated sound mixing, fixed copy protection issues in several games, and improved Pixel Shader support, among other things."

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  1. Interesting to see how Far Cry runs by Red+Moose · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Interesting to see how Far Cry runs seeing as it is a resource hog on XP (I run it with a GB of RAM to get it smooth - it's not a gfx issue even on my 9700 Pro). The Doom 3 comparison isn't really a realistic comparison as legit executables are made with both linux and win32 in mind.

    So Far Cry is a good game to test - it chews RAM but is prob comparable on video cards. If only I could remember how to run lilo with initrd thing I could reboot into linux and check.....ah happy days....

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    Acting stupid isn't much fun when there's someone around who knows better

  2. Cedega questions by Tyrdium · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Since at least one person representative of Transgaming appears to be reading this thread, I'd like to ask a few questions. First, what of the plan to open-source WineX/Cedega? Is it safe to assume this is still in the works? If so, when is it estimated to happen?

    Now, for a support question... Is addition of support for FF XI currently in progress? Will it ever be in the near future? As it is, that's probably the only thing keeping me from switching to Linux (and buying a Cedega subscription, of course). Also, does the Steam version of Half-Life and its various mods (e.g., The Specialists) work under Cedega currently?

    Anywho, 4.1 looks great. Performance boosts are always a good thing. ;)

    Also, are there any benchmarks comparing between Cedega 4.0, Cedega 4.1, and native Windows performance? I'd like to see if Cedega causes a sizable framerate hit (i.e., 20% or more).

    1. Re:Cedega questions by gavriels · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Cedega is not Open Source software. We make no bones about this. Some of the code is available under the AFPL, and we release other portions under the X11 and LGPL licenses to share with the ReWind and Wine community occasionally, but our core technology will not be released. You can read more about some of the related issues in my column here.

      As far as Final Fantasy XI goes, we have not done any work on it, and I have no idea whether or not it works. We do our work based on our users' votes, so if you're interested, subscribe and vote for it!

      Steam and Half Life both work. Half Life 2 has been consistently voted #1 on our lists for several months, but as it's not released yet, we can't really talk about support for it at this time.

      Finally, benchmarks can vary significantly depending on the application and the system. Some titles run as fast as they do in Windows, others are slower (some significantly so), and we sometimes get reports of a title running faster under Linux for some users. You can check out our forums for more info on what works well.

      Take care,

      -Gav