How to install a windows game on Ubuntu

[sneddicus]

Howdy!

I'm VERY VERY new to Ubuntu, as in last night. I've read some forums on how to install games that are compatible on Windows, but they're not really clear. I actually installed the game by using WINE, but it won't start up or anything. I was wondering if anyone could tell me a simple way to install the game, or to solve my problem.



Thanks alot!

[Hyper Tails]

just to let you know that some games don't work in ubuntu with wine.

what game are you trying to install anyway?

[sneddicus]

Ragnarok Online, private server, and on the forums I asked the same question and they said it was able to work. I am able to load the launcher for the actual game, but every time I go to log in it fails to connect. I made sure the server wasn't down, so I don't know what could be causing it to not connect.

[scrooge_74]

You should go to winehq (http://winehq.org) and check their app section to see what people say about that game

Remember this is a per game issue and a wine issue not so a Ubuntu or a general linux problem. Some games run somes dont, that depends on a lot of issues.

[tommcd]

Here is the Ubuntu gaming website that has a lot of info on linux gaming for Ubuntu:
http://gwos.org/doku.php
This may not be exactly what you are looking for. But there a lot of good games that run under linux.