Re: Counterstrike on Linux
On 19 Apr 2003 05:52:20 -0500
Alex Malinovich <demonbane@the-love-shack.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-04-19 at 05:02, Paul Johnson wrote:
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> > On Sat, Apr 19, 2003 at 03:59:52AM -0500, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> > > Step 5) Download the Linux client binaries for RTCW and install
> > > the game on your system, then proceed to play a multiplayer game
> > > that is BETTER than CS[1], made by a company that actually gives a
> > > damn about Linux users, and running on an engine written by a guy
> > > who has released the vast majority of all of his work under the
> > > GPL (John Carmack).
> >
> > I've already done that. I was hoping for more realistic WWII action
> > than the original Wolfenstein 3-D, but was horribly dissapointed
> > with the less realistic weapons later in the game and the overblown
> > occult demon bullshit.
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>
> If you're looking for realistic WWII action, you have 3 options:
>
> 1) Play multiplayer RTCW. It's absolutely amazing. Just like RTCW
> except with none of the fake weapons and an incredibly team-bases
> system.
>
> 2) A native Linux client of Medal of Honor is apparently in the works
> right now
> (http://www.tuxgames.com/details.cgi?gameref=104&id=454127&nc=1050748
> 589). Though I've never played the game, I know it is a WWII era game
> so it might be worth looking into.
>
> 3) While I've yet to find a way to run this outside of Windows, it is
> the absolute pinnacle of WWII shooters/sims IMO. Hidden and Dangerous.
> I have sunk more hours than I'd care to admit into this game over the
> years. Unfortunately, haven't touched it in over a year since I killed
> off my Windoze partitions altogether.
>
> p.s. If you get the urge to just blow stuff up, Unreal Tournament 2003
> is a blast (pun intended... :) and has a native Linux client. If
> you're into RPG's at all, Neverwinter Nights now has a native Linux
> client in beta that's been working great for me. No word yet on a
> boxed version of NWN with the client, but you can always buy the
> Windows version from tuxgames and then install the client by hand.
>
Did you get unreal tournament 2k3 working? It never worked for me, just
sigsegv and the trace which wasn't really helpfull...
grtz,
Wim
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