FYI: Games for Linux
Hello everyone, in the past I tried several times to find good games for Linux, which, although it gets better, is not taht easy. Especially if one is looking for Multiplayer games that work on Linux and Windows. I am not a big fan of Wine, as I could never get it to run reliably, which could be a user problem but anyway. By chance I discovered SuSE packages for a game similar to Command and Conquer, which runs on Linux, as well as Windows and can be played on the net. It's called netPanzer and aims more at the battle than the tactics. Packages can be found at: ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/9.3-i386/RPMS.suser-scorot One can get missing libs from the 9.2 folder. I guess that most people already know the ID Software games like Quake etc. Ther is one game, where one does not even have to copy any level-files from the original CD. The game is an online ego-shooter and one can get it at: ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pc/msdos/games/idgames/idgames/idstuff/et/linux If somebody knows more good games, please post them here, I'll put up an wiki-article to make it easier for people to find those games. Does anybody know by any chance of a game like Siedler (Settler?) or Anno 1503 for Linux? Sven
On Saturday 04 June 2005 14:32, Sven Burmeister wrote:
If somebody knows more good games, please post them here, I'll put up an wiki-article to make it easier for people to find those games. Does anybody know by any chance of a game like Siedler (Settler?) or Anno 1503 for Linux?
It's nothing like those, but don't forget nexuiz (www.nexuiz.com), an all GPL FPS game, similar to quake.
Hi! Am Samstag, 4. Juni 2005 14:53 schrieb Anders Johansson:
It's nothing like those, but don't forget nexuiz (www.nexuiz.com), an all GPL FPS game, similar to quake.
Thanks, I did not know about that one yet. It seems that it just got released in version 1.0. I added it to the wiki. http://www.susewiki.org/index.php?title=Games_for_Linux Sven
You know, I can never get Doom or UT to work on Linux. Or Quake even. It's sad. I can do a Kernel recompile on Morphine, and set up an FTP server, but getting Doom Wuake or Ut to work? Nope. After trying to install multiple times I gave up, I could never get past the screen that spashes for the game. It kind of makes me upset because those are the only games I play, I have the copies I bought and I download the Linux version follow along and nothing. Someone should do a CD with Quake, Doom and the DOS version of Wolfenstein and throw them on a CD that uses .sh scripts instead of .tar.gz or RPMs and has all dependencies for them all right there so someone like me can just type sh *.sh ;)
On Saturday 04 June 2005 22:04, Allen wrote:
Someone should do a CD with Quake, Doom and the DOS version of Wolfenstein and throw them on a CD that uses .sh scripts instead of .tar.gz or RPMs and has all dependencies for them all right there so someone like me can just type sh *.sh ;)
Someone did. They're called Id Software. Well, not the DOS version of wolfenstein perhaps, but if you get quake it is a .sh installer, with absolutely no dependencies beyond a working OpenGL installation
On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 10:08:47PM +0200, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Saturday 04 June 2005 22:04, Allen wrote:
Someone should do a CD with Quake, Doom and the DOS version of Wolfenstein and throw them on a CD that uses .sh scripts instead of .tar.gz or RPMs and has all dependencies for them all right there so someone like me can just type sh *.sh ;)
Someone did. They're called Id Software. Well, not the DOS version of wolfenstein perhaps, but if you get quake it is a .sh installer, with absolutely no dependencies beyond a working OpenGL installation
Where? They don't have it on their web page, and I sure can't find it on Google.
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On Sunday 05 June 2005 12:17 pm, Allen wrote:
On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 10:08:47PM +0200, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Saturday 04 June 2005 22:04, Allen wrote:
Someone should do a CD with Quake, Doom and the DOS version of Wolfenstein and throw them on a CD that uses .sh scripts instead of .tar.gz or RPMs and has all dependencies for them all right there so someone like me can just type sh *.sh ;)
Someone did. They're called Id Software. Well, not the DOS version of wolfenstein perhaps, but if you get quake it is a .sh installer, with absolutely no dependencies beyond a working OpenGL installation
Where? They don't have it on their web page, and I sure can't find it on Google.
Quake, when you purchase the CD, installs with the shell installer. Fred -- "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU!" Brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security and the Patriot Act(s) numerous Presidential Directives, etc.
On Saturday 04 June 2005 23:04, Allen wrote:
Someone should do a CD with Quake, Doom and the DOS version of Wolfenstein and throw them on a CD that uses .sh scripts instead of .tar.gz or RPMs and has all dependencies for them all right there so someone like me can just type sh *.sh ;)
Don't know details about quake, but look here for doom3: http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/doom/ I played it, it installs easily. You need to copy the .pak files from the CD. They might be inside .cab, you can extract from those with linux tools. Or copy the .pak files from a Windows Doom3 installation.
On Friday 10 June 2005 4:11 am, Silviu Marin-Caea wrote:
On Saturday 04 June 2005 23:04, Allen wrote:
Someone should do a CD with Quake, Doom and the DOS version of Wolfenstein and throw them on a CD that uses .sh scripts instead of .tar.gz or RPMs and has all dependencies for them all right there so someone like me can just type sh *.sh ;)
Don't know details about quake, but look here for doom3:
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/doom/
I played it, it installs easily. You need to copy the .pak files from the CD. They might be inside .cab, you can extract from those with linux tools. Or copy the .pak files from a Windows Doom3 installation.
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On Saturday 04 June 2005 8:53 am, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Saturday 04 June 2005 14:32, Sven Burmeister wrote:
If somebody knows more good games, please post them here, I'll put up an wiki-article to make it easier for people to find those games. Does anybody know by any chance of a game like Siedler (Settler?) or Anno 1503 for Linux?
It's nothing like those, but don't forget nexuiz (www.nexuiz.com), an all GPL FPS game, similar to quake.
'Going to try it.....thanks! Fred -- "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU!" Brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security and the Patriot Act(s) numerous Presidential Directives, etc.
On Sat, 2005-06-04 at 12:31 -0400, Fred A. Miller wrote:
On Saturday 04 June 2005 8:53 am, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Saturday 04 June 2005 14:32, Sven Burmeister wrote:
If somebody knows more good games, please post them here, I'll put up an wiki-article to make it easier for people to find those games. Does anybody know by any chance of a game like Siedler (Settler?) or Anno 1503 for Linux?
It's nothing like those, but don't forget nexuiz (www.nexuiz.com), an all GPL FPS game, similar to quake.
I've downloaded nexuiz and extracted all the files, but how do I start it up???
On Saturday 04 June 2005 19:11, Jack Brooks wrote:
On Sat, 2005-06-04 at 12:31 -0400, Fred A. Miller wrote:
On Saturday 04 June 2005 8:53 am, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Saturday 04 June 2005 14:32, Sven Burmeister wrote:
If somebody knows more good games, please post them here, I'll put up an wiki-article to make it easier for people to find those games. Does anybody know by any chance of a game like Siedler (Settler?) or Anno 1503 for Linux?
It's nothing like those, but don't forget nexuiz (www.nexuiz.com), an all GPL FPS game, similar to quake.
I've downloaded nexuiz and extracted all the files, but how do I start it up???
Pick the executable for your platform, for example if you're using a regular ix86 32 bit machine it would be nexuiz-linux-x86-glx (if you're using OpenGL, otherwise -sdl) and do chmod 755 nexuiz-linux-x86-glx and then simply ./nexuiz-linux-x86-glx The installation procedure obviously needs some more work
On Sat, 2005-06-04 at 19:18 +0200, Anders Johansson wrote:
Pick the executable for your platform, for example if you're using a regular ix86 32 bit machine it would be nexuiz-linux-x86-glx (if you're using OpenGL, otherwise -sdl) and do
chmod 755 nexuiz-linux-x86-glx
and then simply
./nexuiz-linux-x86-glx
The installation procedure obviously needs some more work
Thanks! Jack
On Saturday 04 June 2005 1:18 pm, Anders Johansson wrote: [snip]
Pick the executable for your platform, for example if you're using a regular ix86 32 bit machine it would be nexuiz-linux-x86-glx (if you're using OpenGL, otherwise -sdl) and do
chmod 755 nexuiz-linux-x86-glx
and then simply
./nexuiz-linux-x86-glx
The installation procedure obviously needs some more work
I have broadband (RoadRunner) and found it slower than a stump. Maybe it was just the servers I chose. It appears one can't play it locally like Doom. Fred -- "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU!" Brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security and the Patriot Act(s) numerous Presidential Directives, etc.
Fred A. Miller wrote:
On Saturday 04 June 2005 1:18 pm, Anders Johansson wrote:
[snip]
Pick the executable for your platform, for example if you're using a regular ix86 32 bit machine it would be nexuiz-linux-x86-glx (if you're using OpenGL, otherwise -sdl) and do
chmod 755 nexuiz-linux-x86-glx
and then simply
./nexuiz-linux-x86-glx
The installation procedure obviously needs some more work
I have broadband (RoadRunner) and found it slower than a stump. Maybe it was just the servers I chose. It appears one can't play it locally like Doom.
Fred
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Hi! Am Samstag, 4. Juni 2005 19:11 schrieb Jack Brooks:
I've downloaded nexuiz and extracted all the files, but how do I start it up???
I guess you d/l a zip-archive? If so, you might have to d/l the game again, yet not as zip but installer from http://www.liflg.org/?catid=6&gameid=64. Sven
On Saturday 04 June 2005 14:32, Sven Burmeister wrote:
Hello everyone,
in the past I tried several times to find good games for Linux, which, although it gets better, is not taht easy. Especially if one is looking for Multiplayer games that work on Linux and Windows. I am not a big fan of Wine, as I could never get it to run reliably, which could be a user problem but anyway.
By chance I discovered SuSE packages for a game similar to Command and Conquer, which runs on Linux, as well as Windows and can be played on the net. It's called netPanzer and aims more at the battle than the tactics.
Packages can be found at: ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/linux/suse/apt/SuSE/9.3-i386/RPMS.suser-scorot One can get missing libs from the 9.2 folder.
I guess that most people already know the ID Software games like Quake etc. Ther is one game, where one does not even have to copy any level-files from the original CD. The game is an online ego-shooter and one can get it at:
ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/pc/msdos/games/idgames/idgames/idstuff/et/linux
If somebody knows more good games, please post them here, I'll put up an wiki-article to make it easier for people to find those games. Does anybody know by any chance of a game like Siedler (Settler?) or Anno 1503 for Linux?
Sven
well there is always transgaming.com. they've adapted Wine to handle a host of windows games. Civilization III plays quite well. robert
Hi! Am Samstag, 4. Juni 2005 15:31 schrieb rwh:
well there is always transgaming.com. they've adapted Wine to handle a host of windows games. Civilization III plays quite well.
I know, yet native is nicer. :) Somehow I do not like the monthly billing for Cedega. Sven
On Saturday 04 June 2005 9:47 am, Sven Burmeister wrote:
Hi!
Am Samstag, 4. Juni 2005 15:31 schrieb rwh:
well there is always transgaming.com. they've adapted Wine to handle a host of windows games. Civilization III plays quite well.
I know, yet native is nicer. :) Somehow I do not like the monthly billing for Cedega.
Neither do I! If it's not native to Linux, then I don't need it. Fred -- "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU!" Brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security and the Patriot Act(s) numerous Presidential Directives, etc.
On Saturday 04 June 2005 08:32 am, Sven Burmeister wrote:
If somebody knows more good games, please post them here, I'll put up an wiki-article to make it easier for people to find those games. Does anybody know by any chance of a game like Siedler (Settler?) or Anno 1503 for Linux?
Here's the spot you're looking for, Sven. They do a great job of maintaining links to Linux game projects: http://www.happypenguin.org In particular, a quick search reveals that widelands is a Settlers II clone: http://www.happypenguin.org/show?widelands I recently played a demo for Tribal Trouble, a light strategy game written in Java, and found it to be pretty fun. http://www.happypenguin.org/show?Tribal%20trouble If you're looking for FPS multiplayer fun, people seem excited by the recent release of Nexuiz. http://www.happypenguin.org/show?Nexuiz Feel free to e-mail me directly at corvus [dot] elrod -{at}- gmail [dot] com if you want more in depth game related correspondence. It's kind of my focus. -- __________ CorvusE: Linux User #370082 live free. die free. use free software.
Hi! Am Samstag, 4. Juni 2005 15:51 schrieb CorvusE:
Here's the spot you're looking for, Sven. They do a great job of maintaining links to Linux game projects:
I added the link to the wiki.
In particular, a quick search reveals that widelands is a Settlers II clone: http://www.happypenguin.org/show?widelands
Tha latest screenshots look good, I am defintely going to try that one out.
I recently played a demo for Tribal Trouble, a light strategy game written in Java, and found it to be pretty fun. http://www.happypenguin.org/show?Tribal%20trouble
If you're looking for FPS multiplayer fun, people seem excited by the recent release of Nexuiz. http://www.happypenguin.org/show?Nexuiz
I'll have a look at all those.
Feel free to e-mail me directly at corvus [dot] elrod -{at}- gmail [dot] com if you want more in depth game related correspondence. It's kind of my focus.
Thanks for the offer, I'll get back to you, if I have some questions. Meanwhile you can add your knowledge to: http://www.susewiki.org/index.php?title=Games_for_Linux , in order to spread your knowledge. Thanks for the hints! Sven
Sven Burmeister wrote:
Hello everyone,
in the past I tried several times to find good games for Linux, which, although it gets better, is not taht easy. Especially if one is looking for Multiplayer games that work on Linux and Windows. I am not a big fan of Wine, as I could never get it to run reliably, which could be a user problem but anyway.
[...] DROD (Deadly Rooms of Death) are quite good. It works great on Linux. www.drod.net
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You know, I can never get Doom or UT to work on Linux
Doom with attractive OpenGL graphics under linux? Download and install Jaakko Keranen's "doomsday". All sounds and musics play well. Doom, Heretic, Hexen... (and more) www.doomsdayhq.com Bahram Alinezhad, Rudehen, Tehran, Iran. __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html
On Sunday 05 June 2005 5:25 pm, Bahram Alinezhad wrote:
You know, I can never get Doom or UT to work on Linux
Doom with attractive OpenGL graphics under linux? Download and install Jaakko Keranen's "doomsday". All sounds and musics play well. Doom, Heretic, Hexen... (and more)
www.doomsdayhq.com
You have to build it first. ;) You also need the WAD files from an original CD, which some of us don't have. :( Fred -- "BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU!" Brought to you by the US Department of Homeland Security and the Patriot Act(s) numerous Presidential Directives, etc.
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You have to build it first. ;) You also need the WAD files from an original CD, which some of us don't have. :(
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