Linux Gaming

[evilbix]

I'm looking to completely dump XP as my secondary OS. I have fc5 now, and I was wondering how good the Cedega software actually works.

I play a lot of C&C generals, CS ,CS:S , and every once in a while I'll load up Oblivion. I know they give the games ratings and so on, but I would like to hear from someone who actually uses it. I don't want to suscribe to their service if it isn't that great. I don't mind booting into windows to game, it'd just be nice to have one OS do everything for me.

 

[sourceninja]

I use Cedega

1) Oblivion - works if you use the oldblivion patch.
2) CS and CS:S, HL2, etc - all work perfectly for me
3) I dont play C&C generals
4) Baulders gate 2, icewind dale, icewind dale 2 all work.
5) Wow works (varys from patch to patch)
6) Guild wars works
7) you can search transgaming.org 's forums and get feedback from users on games.
8) Some games will run better in free wine with dx9 patch.
10) I think its worth the money, but if you want the latest and greatest games right when they come out, you should stay with windows.
11) I no longer use windows. I usually have to wait 3-6 months to play new games.
12) some games have linux support, ut2004, doom 3, nwn, etc.

 

[SleepWalkerX]

GTA: San Andreas works, but its kinda laggy and some of the models don't show correctly..

I just play linux native games like Warsow, Alien Arena 2006, Tremulous, and Nexuiz.

 

[drag]

I play GTA on my Debian box for a while. It worked fine and the models shown fine.. You have to disable certain features in Cedega to get it to work though otherwise you get odd things happenning. (like some models are completely white with no texture and no movement). It's pretty simple to get working well though.

You can find the game database at http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/

Games that rate a 4 or a 5 star compatability are worth playing. Sometimes 3 stars are fine, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Nowadays there are enough native games for Linux that I don't realy bother with cedega, although for a few specific titles (like GTA or Sid Meirs Pirates) I'll put up with the inconvience.

 

[unmerited]

I use Cedega for:

1. Warcraft III
2. Frozen Throne
3. Dungeon Siege II
4. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
5. Farcry
6. Morrowind
7. Baldur's Gate II

They all run just fine, although Farcry can be a little buggy.


unmerited

 

[keldog7]

I know what you mean about not wanting to pay BEFORE you know it will work for you...they need a three day trial or something... Anyway, I ponied up the measly $5/month ages ago, and think its good value for now. Cedega keeps getting better, and is obviously well-maintained by a caring development team.
I've used it for BG2, HL2, Morrowind, Icewind Dale, Planescape:Torment. Ive got Oblivion, but haven't yet got it working - less than 1 hour trying so far... I expect to have it running in a day or so.

I wonder if anyone has tried running Oblvion on linux remotely with a VNCclient... (via an XP VNC server) WIth moderate graphics setup, it might work? Anyone who's tried, please PM me.
-A

 

[keldog7]

Got Oblivion running under Cedega - previous problem was my own fault...not terribly familiar with Cedega, in spite of my subscription. Anyway, using Oldblivion. Basic order to get it working (which is a bit tough to find on the web, incidentally) under linux:
1. Install Cedega 5.2
2. Install Oblivion from DVD
3. "Add icon" by R button click on Oblivion - set the target as the Oblivion 1.1 patch, name it whatever (you'll only run it once)
4. Play that file, and Update your Oblivion install.
5. Again Add Icon, this time point target at OblivionLauncher in the appropriate directory
6. Play that file, setting you graphics - low to be conservative
7. Grab the Oldblivion zip file, and unzip it somewhere under the Oblivion directory (you can leave the OLDBLIVION files in their own directory)
8. Again from Cedega, add another icon, with target set as "Config.exe" from the just-placed oldblivion fileset
9. Set the basic settings - again, conservative pays first... Then exit the config
10. Add the Final Icon - maybe give it a special name and icon (this will be the one you play the game from). Set the target as the OLDBLIVION.EXE file.
11. Press PLAY and enjoy the pixel shader 1.3 goodness.

After a few minutes and a bit of tweaking, I'm now running max settings, with 1280x720 resolution under Cedega. Compared with the Windows version (which Ive played for HOURS and HOURS), the Cedega method with oldblivion is a bit buggy compared with other games. A few sound and visual anomolies. Mild stuttering with certain actions. The game\Cedega crashed after about 1 hour of play when I jumped into a sewer. Haven't re-launched to see if this will recur (I'm tired...)

Now if I could just bypass the crappy intro/tutorial section...
Cheers,
Adrian

 

[drag]

This doesn't have much to do with Cedega, but lately I've been having fun with racing games in Linux.

So far my favorite is Torcs. It's the most mature and I like racing against the bots. Torcs is a bit weird in the sence that it wasn't originally designed for human racers, it's a racing simulation were people will have online tourneyments pitting AI vs AI. But to me this just means that the bots are a challenge to beat.

When you start the game it will take some setting up to do. Set up the controls calibrate the joystick and such. Then when you start the actual race hit F1 to see the keys and then exit out of that and hit F2 to cycle thru the views.

ASR is set so you don't spin out all the time, and ABS is anti lock system.. They can be turned off... I turn of ASR since I have a analog control for that and you can go faster without the computer assist.

http://torcs.sourceforge.net/

The next one is Vdrift... It's a car racing simulator that is designed to accurately replicate physics to allow for 'drifting'. Torcs is more about actual racing and uses only race cars so drifting is difficult.. generally since racers don't 'drift' since it slows you down so much. But it's fun non-the-less and the physics probably are more accurate then torcs. I just can't get into just racing against the clock since there are no bots or such. It's much prettier though.
http://vdrift.net/

Those two I could install via apt-get.

Unfortunately you realy need to have analog joystick controls to have fun with them. I tried them before with keyboard and I didn't like it so much. I use a Logitech 'Dual Shock' playstation2-style controller. Use one control for stearing and the other for gas. Logitech has a 'percision' one that is older and cheaper, but I've heard bad things about it.

This one doesn't require a joystick though for fun.. It's strictly a video game and not a simulator and plays great on the keyboard. Has a neat punk rock sound track even.
http://maniadrive.raydium.org/

You have to beat the clock on completing a stunt track to advanced to the next level.. The clock is tight and it's quite a challenge, but it's very beatable once you get slick at it. Also downloadable user contributed tracks have no restrictions on what you can play so that is fun if you get tired of the main game.

 

[sourceninja]

Originally posted by: keldog7
Got Oblivion running under Cedega - previous problem was my own fault...not terribly familiar with Cedega, in spite of my subscription. Anyway, using Oldblivion. Basic order to get it working (which is a bit tough to find on the web, incidentally) under linux:
1. Install Cedega 5.2
2. Install Oblivion from DVD
3. "Add icon" by R button click on Oblivion - set the target as the Oblivion 1.1 patch, name it whatever (you'll only run it once)
4. Play that file, and Update your Oblivion install.
5. Again Add Icon, this time point target at OblivionLauncher in the appropriate directory
6. Play that file, setting you graphics - low to be conservative
7. Grab the Oldblivion zip file, and unzip it somewhere under the Oblivion directory (you can leave the OLDBLIVION files in their own directory)
8. Again from Cedega, add another icon, with target set as "Config.exe" from the just-placed oldblivion fileset
9. Set the basic settings - again, conservative pays first... Then exit the config
10. Add the Final Icon - maybe give it a special name and icon (this will be the one you play the game from). Set the target as the OLDBLIVION.EXE file.
11. Press PLAY and enjoy the pixel shader 1.3 goodness.

After a few minutes and a bit of tweaking, I'm now running max settings, with 1280x720 resolution under Cedega. Compared with the Windows version (which Ive played for HOURS and HOURS), the Cedega method with oldblivion is a bit buggy compared with other games. A few sound and visual anomolies. Mild stuttering with certain actions. The game\Cedega crashed after about 1 hour of play when I jumped into a sewer. Haven't re-launched to see if this will recur (I'm tired...)

Now if I could just bypass the crappy intro/tutorial section...
Cheers,
Adrian

I have to admit the graphics that oldblivion gets you just didn't cut it for me. I ended up putting a small windows partition on my box so I could pay oblivion in its full glory.

 

[keldog7]

to be 100% honest... I did the same with a Win2K install. Now that Oldblivion is running though, I'll be re-evaulating that need. Curiously, when Cedega switches to 1280x720 for the "fullscreen" presentation of the game, it fits the screen better (with less overscan) than with my own custom modeline in the xorg.conf file (oh, and I've spent 20-30 hours trying to tune that file to perfection...). In short, if I can get satisfactory eye candy and FPS under oldblivion, it fits the screen better under linux!

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Originally posted by: keldog7
Got Oblivion running under Cedega - previous problem was my own fault...not terribly familiar with Cedega, in spite of my subscription. Anyway, using Oldblivion. Basic order to get it working (which is a bit tough to find on the web, incidentally) under linux:
1. Install Cedega 5.2
2. Install Oblivion from DVD
3. "Add icon" by R button click on Oblivion - set the target as the Oblivion 1.1 patch, name it whatever (you'll only run it once)
4. Play that file, and Update your Oblivion install.
5. Again Add Icon, this time point target at OblivionLauncher in the appropriate directory
6. Play that file, setting you graphics - low to be conservative
7. Grab the Oldblivion zip file, and unzip it somewhere under the Oblivion directory (you can leave the OLDBLIVION files in their own directory)
8. Again from Cedega, add another icon, with target set as "Config.exe" from the just-placed oldblivion fileset
9. Set the basic settings - again, conservative pays first... Then exit the config
10. Add the Final Icon - maybe give it a special name and icon (this will be the one you play the game from). Set the target as the OLDBLIVION.EXE file.
11. Press PLAY and enjoy the pixel shader 1.3 goodness.

After a few minutes and a bit of tweaking, I'm now running max settings, with 1280x720 resolution under Cedega. Compared with the Windows version (which Ive played for HOURS and HOURS), the Cedega method with oldblivion is a bit buggy compared with other games. A few sound and visual anomolies. Mild stuttering with certain actions. The game\Cedega crashed after about 1 hour of play when I jumped into a sewer. Haven't re-launched to see if this will recur (I'm tired...)

Now if I could just bypass the crappy intro/tutorial section...
Cheers,
Adrian

You're going through too much trouble to install a patch (steps 3 + 4). Just choose "Install" and choose the game title the patch is for from the dropdown list. Point the installer to the patch and continue.

 

[magomago]

It depends...it is slower for sure. When I play DOTA with my room mate when the action gets VERY heavy I slow down whereas he doesn't (he has a 2500+ and I'm overclocked to a 2600+. We both have Ti4200s and a gig of ram) and the only difference was that he used windows. Beyond that I'm VERY smooth...but when the particle effects fly I am the one that chugs. On my laptop, which has the GMA900 graphics processor WC3 and other similar games run perfectly fine (ie: <2 years old should be fine) but on Cedega it chugs around 10FPS making it unplayable even at low detail settings.

So there is a penalty hit for sure...if your system is strong enough to stand it it won't matter~

 

[amunimanghi]

Cedega used to be great. When I had 5.0.1 and the old GUI, my Jedi Academy ran perfect. Single player or Mulitplayer. Now with any version, it won't work. Single player works, but Mulitplayer doesnt start. A reinstallation didnt help it either. Cedegas good in some cases but not in others.

 

[drag]

With the gui you get from their website it's very easy to have multiple versions of cedega installed and configured to use a paticular version with a paticular game.

 

[amunimanghi]

Yeah, I know, but after I upgrade to Dapper Drake, everything wasn't really going my way. I'll try the loki installer.