oponek on 21/7/2007 at 08:19
I managed to run System Shock 2 on my Ubuntu Linux under WINE but the performance was poor and there was few errors which have to be resolved. I must admit, that there are other people who have no problems with SS2 under WINE.
Applications which have lots of fans have better WINE support. More popular apps are on the top of the list and developers are working on them more intensively.
To get SYSTEM SHOCK WORKING ON YOUR LINUX AND MACOS VOTE! :thumb: If you are interested, I suggest you to visit (
http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=2270) System Shock site on (
http://winehq.com/) WINE HQ and vote for the game. You have to register and on the left panel you will see voting options. Good luck.
If System Shock 2 would run perfectly under WINE it will mean that you could play System Shock on every Linux system, MacOS, and others supported by WINE. :idea: I enjoy Fallout 2, DeusEX on my Linux - work great! What about getting SS2 working?
PS. Sorry for my poor English. I'm not native ;-)
Ultraviolet on 21/7/2007 at 18:14
I think most folks either go the dual-boot route or just have a dedicated legacy gaming box.
I tried this a couple months ago. Yeah, my machine's performance of SS2 on WINE was pretty horrible, and the graphics seemed to be scaled down depth-wise, at least until I installed the ATI proprietary driver. I've heard that nVidia driver support on Linux is better, so nVidia cards of equal performance to whatever ATI card might be in question may do better on Linux running SS2 through WINE. Hard to say. I don't have the time or equipment to test. Though, just reading all that must be done to get an ATI proprietary driver working in Ubuntu, I may have missed a step at some point and may not even have it properly set up. I think I do, though, because various 3d Linux games DID start to work better afterward.
Ideally, we'd just have a Linux port of the game...
My opinion: WINE for SS2 = waste of time
Hemebond on 22/7/2007 at 01:14
It's unplayable. Performance is bad and there are graphics glitches that will hinder the player a lot.
I'll keep trying. I could boot into Windows but I'll be getting rid of that soon enough.
Martin Karne on 22/7/2007 at 07:05
There goes out of the window that Linux is faster than Windows motto.
Hemebond on 22/7/2007 at 07:16
Quote Posted by Martin Karne
There goes out of the window that Linux is faster than Windows motto.
Linux
is faster, lighter and more stable than Windows. Running Windows-only software through a compatibility layer is not a good indicator. In fact, performance is ten times better than running SS1 through Dosbox, so they're doing pretty damn well.
Actually, saying "it's unplayable" is incorrect, since I was just now running around blasting shit with Psi powers to get some screenshots. In fact, the biggest problems are the mouse cursor being visible (and stuck to the centre of the screen) and container/corpse items not being visible until moved to your inventory.
padawan on 22/7/2007 at 12:58
Well i've never even installed SS2 on a windows box, still i finished it 3 times in wine.
Linux sucks.. :D
Firefreak on 22/7/2007 at 20:04
No one has brought it up, so I don't know if this is known to anyone:
(
www.cedega.com)
(
http://games.cedega.com/gamesdb/games/view.mhtml?game_id=2334)
They use wine as a basis and specialize in (DirectX) games.
Cedega has pros and cons; I still got my membership although I don't use it currently. UT3 will have its native linux binary and if Bioshock wont make it through Cedega, I still have a Windows installed for 'incompatible' games on the other partition...
It is recommendable for linux-enthusiasts, but quite often, brand new games aren't supported immediately.
Ultraviolet on 23/7/2007 at 19:55
I couldn't seem to figure this out just browsing around, but: Does Cedega REQUIRE some sort of "membership?"
Martin Karne on 23/7/2007 at 20:39
Well since is not free, you have to buy it, and then you have the right to get updates if I recall correctly.
Firefreak on 24/7/2007 at 05:46
Correct; Only with the membership you get the download and updates as long as you stay a member. If my memory serves correct, monthly payment is at 5 USD (or was it EUR?). (Plus you get a vote on what the company should focus on for their next build in terms of not/badly supported games and technology)
As I said, it's primarily for technology enthusiasts. DirectX 10 is at our doorstep and, although I'm not up to date about their current work, they managed to support Shader 2.0 only since about two months ago. (Before that, Oblivion was only to be played via hacks and poor graphics - mind you, that's about a year after its release...)
I don't want to make it sound bad - I just tell you the truth; Look at the forums and the games database what games are supported and how well...
On the other hand, World of Warcraft seems to be their number one priority; If a WoW patch makes the game unplayable, the people at transgaming have a corresponding patch for Cedega out the next day...
