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gillespie
May 16th, 2007, 02:27 PM
Hi all,

Anyone else miss this game when they switched to linux? I sure did, and theres no real open source alternative, so if you want it back, vote for it in the wine appdb: http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=2633! You know you want it!

:D

tom
Old Pink
May 16th, 2007, 02:54 PM
Email the creators, I know the original Sims came to Linux a while after the Windows release, maybe they have the same planned for The Sims 2?

Personally I don't see the point in emulating life when you can go out and live it...
noerrorsfound
May 16th, 2007, 05:18 PM
Email the creators, I know the original Sims came to Linux a while after the Windows release, maybe they have the same planned for The Sims 2?

Personally I don't see the point in emulating life when you can go out and live it...
Yeah, I'm sure you could emulate GTA in real life but that would be quite stupid. Most people who play GTA wouldn't have fun driving their car down a sidewalk and running over everyone.
hikaricore
May 16th, 2007, 05:26 PM
Most people who play GTA wouldn't have fun driving their car down a sidewalk and running over everyone.

I would. :guitar:
DoktorSeven
May 16th, 2007, 10:14 PM
Email the creators, I know the original Sims came to Linux a while after the Windows release, maybe they have the same planned for The Sims 2?



The original Sims was never really available for Linux. Mandrake (now Mandriva) released a "gaming" version of Linux at one point with a copy of The Sims included that was essentially the Windows version slightly modified to run under WineX (now Cedega). So basically it was Transgaming's doing, not the creators of The Sims.
Old Pink
May 17th, 2007, 01:02 PM
Yeah, I'm sure you could emulate GTA in real life but that would be quite stupid. Most people who play GTA wouldn't have fun driving their car down a sidewalk and running over everyone.

Yes, but the Sims and Grand Theft Auto are entirely different games.

I understand most people would not drive their car down the sidewalk, but most will feel the need to pee, feel the need for food, put the dishwasher on, perform household tasks. I personally don't see the point of doing your chores on a screen.
Jose Catre-Vandis
June 2nd, 2007, 02:51 PM
Be nice if i could get the Sims 2 to run without crashing/hanging under Windows, let alone Linux :D
krazyenglishman
June 28th, 2007, 06:06 PM
i never had any trouble with it under windows to be honest, but you're right it would be nice to have it for linux, or atleast a great open source alternative.