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Started by David Hallowell
Tue, 07 Jul 1998 00:00
Linux port of Unreal dead.
Author: David Hallowell
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 00:00
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The petition to get Unreal ported to Linux (the full game not just the server like some people tried to make out) seems to have failed. They used excuses such as they 'didn't rate portability highly so we used DirectX as we're lazy'. For more information read: http://slashdot.org/articles/9807060834249.shtml (note there has been problems accessing the site lately) or email your disapproval to unreal@epicgames.com and tell them why you'd like to see their games running on Linux. -- Join team LinUKs - The UK's RC5 / DES team! <http://wkweb4.cableinet.co.uk/brownale/linuks/>
Re: Linux port of Unreal dead.
Author: Matthew J. Francis
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 00:00
Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 00:00
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David Hallowell wrote: > The petition to get Unreal ported to Linux (the full game not just the > server like some people tried to make out) seems to have failed. They > used excuses such as they 'didn't rate portability highly so we used > DirectX as we're lazy'. > For more information read: > http://slashdot.org/articles/9807060834249.shtml (note there has been > problems accessing the site lately) > or email your disapproval to unreal@epicgames.com and tell them why > you'd like to see their games running on Linux. Or, just cut out the middleman and *make* them run under linux. Hint: Quake II already runs fairly well under Wine. In both windowed and DirectX modes, and even partly in GL mode on a Voodoo, thanks to the newly minted thunking layer to Linux GLIDE. * A number of other interesting games have been seen at least partly working of late, including StarCraft, Tomb Raider II, Myst, MDK, and doubtless several others I've forgotten. So, want your favourite game to work in Linux? Just come over to comp. emulators.ms-windows.wine and help to debug it! It's almost certainly going to be easier than getting companies to port them themselves, an exercise ofter compared to getting blood out of a stone... Cheers, -Matt. * obNewbieSquish (someone *always* asks): Of course I know there's a Linux port of QII. It's just a usefully large example of a game that works under Wine... "The results of this intrusion into your life will be used 'responsibly' in ways you cannot even begin to imagine. Of course, the innocent have nothing to fear from the rapidly expanding data industry." - Radiohead, Airbag/How Am I Driving?
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