Everything works fine on Ubuntu accept gaming!

[klemens]

Yesterday, i made my first ubuntu install!
I must say that i'm pleased to see how good it works. Certain it takes some times to get everything like you want, but ok.

Now the gaming part is what i don't understand.
I have only 1 game for the moment that i'm playing and that is Black & White 2.
I read things about wine and cedega, cedega is for me no go. I'm not a die hard gamer and if i spend $5 every month that would make it very expensive to me. (game 50 euros + 12 months of cedega = too much for 1 game).

Can someone help me running this game pls?

[Zeroedout]

Yesterday, i made my first ubuntu install!
I must say that i'm pleased to see how good it works. Certain it takes some times to get everything like you want, but ok.

Now the gaming part is what i don't understand.
I have only 1 game for the moment that i'm playing and that is Black & White 2.
I read things about wine and cedega, cedega is for me no go. I'm not a die hard gamer and if i spend $5 every month that would make it very expensive to me. (game 50 euros + 12 months of cedega = too much for 1 game).

Can someone help me running this game pls?

You can try it with regular wine, though i don't know if it will work. Look here though http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=793 dx9wine, seems to be integrated with winecvs now, but try that

[lateo]

you're talking about cedega v5.0 aren't you?

edit: ok to avoid missunderstanding think it's better i delete this all.

[lateo]

hhmmm... i must say i don't know if this will work since i only play native games (or win32 games for which there's a linux installer).

[Artificial Intelligence]

Perhaps you should considering dual booting. Then only use win as a game platform.

[lateo]

Perhaps you should considering dual booting. Then only use win as a game platform.

doh. what a strange advice.

[madjo]

doh. what a strange advice.
for Windows only games it might be the best solution.

For one thing a lot of Win-games aren't natively supported under Linux.. and you said yourself that Cedega is a no-go for you. which by the way it doesn't support all games, because it is hard decyphering closed source, closed formats.

[lateo]

for Windows only games it might be the best solution.

For one thing a lot of Win-games aren't natively supported under Linux.. and you said yourself that Cedega is a no-go for you. which by the way it doesn't support all games, because it is hard decyphering closed source, closed formats.

i know you're right, but i feel so uncomfortable when i read "use winslows" on a linux board.
advices like "hey linux is such a good choice... but if something doesn't work, use winslows" sound like "you should buy a copy of redmond's leading software even if you don't want it ; let me explain you why it is stupid to choose linux, since you still have to run winslows and so learn 2 operating systems" for newbies.

just my opinion. hey, i'm not a GNU integrist or so, understand me well plz :) (well i hope my english is good enough for u to understand want i mean ;))


btw klemens, u can automate the use of cedega 4.4.x in gnome (no cmd line). right-clic on *.exe and choose 'run with...', then select cedega.
next time you right-clic an exe, you should see 'open with cedega' in context menu.
hope this helps.

[lateo]

you should also consider contacting the game company and explain them that you can't (or had difficulties to) enjoy the game you bought since they do not provide a linux version/installer : costs 10 minutes of your time and may help to change their mind.

if you let us know, other people may ask too.
i've created a topic for that purpose here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=89553).

[Artificial Intelligence]

doh. what a strange advice.

Nothing strange for that solutions. Many newbies do that so they still can play their favored game.


i know you're right, but i feel so uncomfortable when i read "use winslows" on a linux board.


Not all of us are über linux extremist, though I won't use windows ever more. But he said Cedega was a no go and for my concern is to give the best solution out of the circumstances which are best for him.

[dmn_clown]

v4.4.3-1 doesn't require monthly fee, but it's command line only.
to dl it, ask Mr Google, or torrentreactor.

I seriously hope that you were suggesting the free CVS version of Cedega (which does not include many of the copy protect enhancements included in Cedega) and not a warez copy that is illegal.

[lateo]

I seriously hope that you were suggesting the free CVS version of Cedega (which does not include many of the copy protect enhancements included in Cedega) and not a warez copy that is illegal.

of course! i do not want to use warez and stuff like that, sorry if i wrongly explained myself and let you think this.

edit:
old post modified to avoid continuing this useless discussion.
to fully explain the thing, i was giving an info i found while surfing. once more i do not use cedega so i don't know it well, and what i read made me think that only point2play was $$ (sorry can't find the word) and cedega could be used freely for registered members. to your reactions, seems that this was a mistake. so i'm sorry. turn the troll mode off.

[madjo]

just to be sure we are on the same page here...
Cedega has always had a monthly fee for the full product including the copy-protection schemes so that copy-protected games could also be installed.
But they also provided a version of it for free from their CVS, which only lacked this copy-protection scheme, for obvious reasons. Transgaming needs to get funded somehow. :)

[Juzz]

you should also consider contacting the game company and explain them that you can't (or had difficulties to) enjoy the game you bought since they do not provide a linux version/installer : costs 10 minutes of your time and may help to change their mind.

if you let us know, other people may ask too.
i've created a topic for that purpose here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=89553).
As someone explained in another forum regarding this issue - do not use e-mail to contact the company with this issue, as they'll prolly hit delete faster than you can say "linux?".
Write a real paper letter and use the snail mail - this way they have to take it into consideration as someone obviously spent more than 5 mins writing them about this issue.
An ordinary letter will have more "weight" in more than the obvious sense ;)