Fourth'd! (W0kk3L was first, Guy second, MelonBrew third.) Wine on Linux
is like Rosetta on Mac OS X: an awesome piece of programming, but it
just can't beat native. Ever.
As for Garry's Mod: I think one of the reasons why Garry isn't speeding
on the Linux side is a testament to the downsides of democracy. A while
back, he posted a poll asking his "customers" (gives me a weird feeling,
referring to Garry's Mod players like that) what they'd like to see in
the future, and the Linux binary ranked rather low. I guess we've found
out the hard way that people just can't tell what's good for them. (They
wanted some new features, AFAIK... I guess "more servers to play on to
make avoiding mingebags easier" is too poor, huh?)
(The poll was here: http://www.garry.tv/?p=196. Sadly, Garry didn't
re-add his poll hack while updating WordPress, so I guess we'll never know.)
To further defend him... the 23rd of April brought me this info:
"Heya, I've already made a start on the Linux binaries. The initial
couple of compiles don't work, this sis something I'm going to talk with
Valve about. There's no timeframe for any of this though.
garry"
Sounds a bit like shifting blame... but at least we have another entity
to scream at. For starters, I'll append the obligatory lolcat and coder
jokes.
garrry & teh valvez: im in ur mailling listz, requesting tehz lunix
biaenereriez!
pthread_create(&threadspace->hyperbol, 0, create_linux_binary, (void*)
tframe_asap);
€ 0.02, for what it's worth.
~~ Ondra
On 10.07.07 15:40 Uhr, MelonBrew Support wrote:
And once more!
Currently, Garry's Mod doesn't offer linux binaries (Down to garry being
particularly lazy) and believe me, performance under WINE for that is
horrendous.
Guy Watkins wrote:
I second that!
} -----Original Message-----
} From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hlds_linux-
} [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of M. Kraaij
} Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 2:44 AM
} To: [email protected]
} Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] ThreadSpace: Hyperbol Dedicated Server Available
}
} Jason, jason...
}
} Native linux GOOD... wine BAD ;)
}
} -W0kk3L-
}
} ----- Original Message -----
} From: "Jason Ruymen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
} To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>
} Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 8:14 PM
} Subject: [hlds_linux] ThreadSpace: Hyperbol Dedicated Server Available
}
}
} > The demo for ThreadSpace: Hyperbol, a new multiplayer game from IOCain
} > Studios is now available on Steam. The full version will be released
} > July 12. Their dedicated server is available via the hldsupdatetool.
} > If you'd like to run a server, you can download it using the following
} > command:
} >
} > hldsupdatetool -command update -game tshb -dir c:\tshb_server
} >
} > Although there is no native Linux version, it has been tested to run
} > under Wine. For more information about running a server, click here:
} >
} > http://wiki.hyperbol.com/moin.cgi/DedicatedServerGuide
} >
} > http://wiki.hyperbol.com/moin.cgi/DedicatedWINEGuide
} >
} > Jason
} >
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