On Thursday 27 February 2003 02:40 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> Another thing is gaming. WineX has done invaluable and irreplaceable work
> when it comes to bringing Linux into the mainstream gaming world, but there
> is still a ways to go. Baldur's Gate 2 is a good example. In order to
> network a game with my son, (although I can play single player OK under
> LM82) I still can't network to his machine for a multiplayer session.
> Therefore I am forced to boot winblows. Morrowind will not run under WineX,
> AT ALL. Yet. Same for alot of other games; some companies have the
> resources to make the attempt to compile their code for two OS's. Some
> don't. Bioware seems to be willing to make the attempt, but their Linux
> version of Neverwinter Nights seems to be almost a complete YEAR behind
> their windows version. By the time linuxers (or Mandrakians) get their
> copy of the linux NWN client, most of the comraderie and excitement online
> has vanished, and they are treading over old ground. This is the situation
> that's going to be whenever I finally see WineX run Morrowind, because I
> have absolutely refused to run Morrowind under winblows. I never run games
> under win anymore, unless my son wants to net a game, and then I'm forced
> to do so. It's sad, but it's reality.
Ditto here. Well, I refuse to dual-boot (but I'm not bashing anyone for doing
it - I understand). I did dual-boot for quite some time. Once WineX did run
the games we networked with regularity (hmm, started to sound like a fiber ad
here! <grin>) I ditched it.
LX, you probably already know this but Linux games and the Linux Games Tomb
are both reporting an update to the Neverwinter Nights Linux page, seems they
are about to release the public beta. If they are being honest. I hope they
are - this is one of the major releases I'm just dying to get.
> WineX goes a long way to getting us users completely under Linux, and in
> the process saving the developers thousands of dollars of development time.
> It helps bridge the chasm between the win world and us, giving us even
> more opportunities, choice, and strength. But it is still an imperfect
> solution. Till these things and others are worked out, many of us will be
> forced to run with the devil.
>
> LX
Yep, that about sums it all up. :-)
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