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Namgyel
October 15th, 2006, 10:10 AM
Hi,

is there anyone who could tell me with what I could play Guild Wars on Linux legitemaly and without paying any fees?

Best regards,

Namgyel
Artificial Intelligence
October 15th, 2006, 10:12 AM
Well, Guild wars works pretty well with Cedega but it cost.

Then your other choice wine which is free, but I don't know if GW works in wine.

So far it havn't any rating: http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=2243 , other than bronze (which isn't good).
Namgyel
October 15th, 2006, 10:18 AM
How does Cedega payment and everything work? Do you pay and receive a copy or do you need to pay monthly?

I read somewhere that wine doesn't have the best working for Guild Wars? Probably was an old article... Anyone tried wine?
Artificial Intelligence
October 15th, 2006, 10:22 AM
Cedega are monthly $5 dollars each month. First time you pay is for 3 months in advance (so $15 is withdrawn).
Namgyel
October 15th, 2006, 10:24 AM
Then the first time it costs 15$ and you have a three month support? What happens if you stop paying?
MrBlond83
October 15th, 2006, 10:24 AM
www.transgaming.com

I think it costs $5 per month.
Namgyel
October 15th, 2006, 10:30 AM
tnx all :)
handy
October 16th, 2006, 12:23 AM
Redundant link removed.
FyreBrand
October 16th, 2006, 01:43 AM
This is a link to the Cedega demo. (http://linux.softpedia.com/get/GAMES-ENTERTAINMENT/Simulation/Cedega-9843.shtml)That demo is no longer supported. I installed it, got my code and fired it up. I immediately got a message saying my trial subscription had already expired.

I emailed Cedega support and they told me they don't support the use of that trial any longer. He also said that trial is a poor test vehicle since it's a fairly old version and was likely not to run games that might now run under the newer version.

OP ~ I would just recommend spending the $15 to try it if it's that immportant. If you don't want to do that and have a Windows license you could always dual-boot. I haven't tried Cedega yet, but I'm thinking about it as I've already nuked Windows the night after the Nightfall preview event was over.
handy
October 16th, 2006, 03:50 AM
Thanks for telling me, I won't recomend that link to the demo anymore.

It did run GW fine though.

Hopefuly you don't have an ATI GPU, if you do you could be in for some trouble...
FyreBrand
October 16th, 2006, 05:07 PM
Thanks for telling me, I won't recomend that link to the demo anymore.

I did run GW fine though.

Hopefuly you don't have an ATI GPU, if you do you could be in for some trouble...
I do have an ATI right now and not a very good one. I have a Radeon X300. When I had Windows installed I could run GW at 25 - 32FPS. So if I take a performance and video hit running it in Cedega then I don't know if it will run good enough.

I'm still undecided. I am thinking of changing out my video card for an nvidia card, but I have to do research and see what is affordable but will still play games.
handy
October 17th, 2006, 04:31 AM
ATI are still a long way behind nVidia as far as Linux drivers go. I think you would find that your ATI card will dissapoint you under Linux.