Linux? Open source?

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Original post by _sms I know the advantages of windows programming and i'm not saying for you programming on linux but if you dont have commercial interests with your game why don't show the code?

Because they don't want to. And there's really no response to that.

When you elect to use Linux, you have to accept certain compromises, like inferior gaming options. Hopefully, these are offset by the advantages that Linux presents for you. Sorry, but there's nothing structural that can be done to change that.

Oh, moved to the Lounge. This really isn't an announcement.

They don't want to.

I used to provide the source code to my games and do Linux ports, but eventually people stopped downloading them, so I stopped providing them unless someone asked.

have you tryed wine, i dont use linux much but in the past its worked good for me

ok guys, i understand the reasons... thanks for the answers.
Kaze, for me wine works "well" just in about 50% of the times... always lacks a dll...
=P

can't you just google the dll name and add it to wine?

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Original post by Kaze can't you just google the dll name and add it to wine?

to "add it to wine" i just have to put the dll file in to /home/user/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32 ?
thanks again!

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Original post by _sms Quote: Original post by Kaze can't you just google the dll name and add it to wine? to "add it to wine" i just have to put the dll file in to /home/user/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32 ? thanks again!

i don't know, im pretty sure you can add dll's but i haven't done this before
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if all else fails just add the dll to the directory of the exe, i know that wine can run programs that have required dll's with them

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Original post by Kaze Quote: Original post by _sms Quote: Original post by Kaze can't you just google the dll name and add it to wine? to "add it to wine" i just have to put the dll file in to /home/user/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32 ? thanks again! i don't know, im pretty sure you can add dll's but i haven't done this before

heheh
well, dll lacks is one of several errors i have here.. but your suggest is interesting, i'll try here. thanks!

Try that, if it doesn't work, then do something like regsvr32 thenameofthedll.dll, I think...

hrmm for gaming really the only ones I really play are UT2004, Doom 3, Quake 4, Serious Sam 2 and Savage as well as the open source crack-attack and frozen-bubble. Linux is suffering from the chicken/egg problem right now, and has been for as long as I've used it.

Yeah; if you're good enough, you can get games like Starcraft and Warcraft to work under Wine. (I haven't done it, but I've seen it done on other people's computers.)

Also, take a look at Cedega. It's like Wine (based on an old version of Wine), but it's built to work with games and DirectX. You can download the sourcecode and compile it yourself for free, or you can get a precompiled binary and tech support if you pay them. Take a look at game compatibility ratings here.

Also, there's lots of indie games for Linux. Just going to the Debian games section shows hundreds of games; once, I downloaded over 2 GB of games just from the list included with Debian. There's lots in the Ubuntu Universe/Multiverse repository, too.

Thought I'd add that you don't necessarily have to shell out for Cedega; there are some DX9 patches for Wine that work just as well for most games.

Cedega offers some ways to get around copy-protection, however, so if a game doesn't work with the DX9 patches, well...