User: intent

Games and Linux

On: Linux Games Not Selling

I'll buy a linux game when its the only OS i'll be using, until then i'll keep buying games for Windows. I've setup quake1, 2, 3 and UnrealTournament, and i have my GeForceDDR working at full-speed.. but its not that it doesn't work as well as windows...its the simplicity of running it.


In windows.. i double click on an icon...

In linux.. i start X.. make sure nothing else is running taking cpu/vga power.. then start the game ...

Even tho the game runs good in linux.. the controls setup is just a pain.. its taken me quite a while to find out how to get a mouse wheel working in linux.. then trying to get 4+ buttons working is almost impossible and to top all that off ... first few times i ran quake3 trying to set it up in linux.. it crashed (cute) and didn't give any sort of imformative output (this is a linux program right?)

Maybe someone should setup some kind of linux-forum where a set a guidelines are written for games under linux and has a standardised setup (required software, etc etc) and some scripts/bins to help setup the game (if needed)
well thats my 2 cents