Windows Games in Linux
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enitrely depends on thew game, put it this way crysis isnt going to work 
valve games run really well.
Ultimately its easier & produces better results if u simply dual boot.
valve games run really well.
Ultimately its easier & produces better results if u simply dual boot.
was hopeing id never really have to use Windows again. Oh well i suppose that its not to bad if all i see of it is the boot screen and games folder
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i dual boot as i still play tf2, lf4 bf 2142 et5c etc.... i tried doing what your doing, but all the wasted hours just aint worth the effort. IMO anyway.
by all means try it, wine-hq i think is the site
by all means try it, wine-hq i think is the site
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a lot depends on the games, css runs well on linux, then theres games like quake wars which has a native linux installer.
what game do you play?
what game do you play?
anything and everything really but epically cod4, cod5, fallout3 and farcry2 . Just installed Linux recently and really missing my gameing but I no realize how bad Windows was and was wondering whether it was possible to install the games and then wipe my windows hard drive.
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your defo best dual booting with that games line up. I'm in the same boat, I still like my games, although not as much as I used too
Same here, dual boot required for games.. You can still get some to work under wine but you never get a very good fps..
A list of working games can be found here http://appdb.winehq.org/.
A list of working games can be found here http://appdb.winehq.org/.
I dual boot on my main PC, even the older games like Quake 4 seem to just run better under XP than Linux even after installing the Linux variant. It is infinately easier this way.
I am on a triple boot at the moment though since Fallout 3 seems to need a clean install of XP to not crash.
I am on a triple boot at the moment though since Fallout 3 seems to need a clean install of XP to not crash.
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Personally I hate dual booting. It works well, but I prefer to keep my O/S seperate. I have my O/S drives in removable caddies and just switch them around depending on what I want to do.
I understand though that Wine is vastly improved over older versions. Indeed the web site details some very good, modern games which run flawlessly under Wine.
I am planning on using playonlinux it uses wine as its backend but allows for a graphical interface for installing and uninstalling. Currently supports quite a lot of games already and on their website there are guides on how to install other games.
My ultimate plan is to try and get fallout 3 working on my ubuntu.
My ultimate plan is to try and get fallout 3 working on my ubuntu.
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I am planning on using playonlinux it uses wine as its backend but allows for a graphical interface for installing and uninstalling. Currently supports quite a lot of games already and on their website there are guides on how to install other games.
My ultimate plan is to try and get fallout 3 working on my ubuntu.
lol good luck, let us know how you get on!
They did actually get crysis to run but not as well as windows.
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=5880
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=5880
I only use Windows for WoW these days. Everythign else is on Ubuntu. Im happy with it that way to be honest 
I got it working under Wine, but it went wierd once and my UI got screwed somehow, resulting in me having to create it from scratch.
I got it working under Wine, but it went wierd once and my UI got screwed somehow, resulting in me having to create it from scratch.
