[bf1942] Should i Wine or should i go ?

[bf at vandyke.sytes.net]

When people complain about the problems, I tell them that the next linux
version is ready, but their (DICE) is still working out the bugs on the
Windows version.  Everyone just says, "Oh, Cool!  Let me know when we need
to upgrade."

I'd say, try the Wine version.  If you get it setup sucessfully, then
you'll know more about Wine and the Windows BF server.  I've thought about
it myself, but I admin a lot more games than just BF/DC and don't have the
time, but I'll like to try it eventually.  I want to run other games that
don't have linux dedicated servers like America's Army and some of the Tom
Clancy series.

> I know you are bound to non-disclosure by the dice release manager; and
> I know why the 1.4 isn't out yet (a few last win32 bugs), but another
> friday has passed, another week no patch. My superior has given me a
> deadline concerning our battlefield server section so I'm getting pretty
> desperate.
>
> This mail is not meant to whine or beg or try to double the amount of
> grey hair on your head, but Andreas, can't you even give an order of
> magnitude as to when we can expect it? The reason I ask this is simple :
> if you say for instance : chances are pretty big we won't be able to
> release the 1.4 patch before the summer holiday's (july here ;) ), then
> I would like to know now so I can suggest the alternative Wine/windows
> server combination. If, on the other hand, it is only a matter of at
> most a few weeks, I can still be patient for a little while longer and
> hope and pray :)
>
> Don't get me wrong, you are undoubtedly doing a great job and I
> appreciate the updates which make this list worth while, but I have to
> choose now between keeping on waiting and trying alternatives/giving up
> our servers. So even the vaguest, unofficial, smallest hint, preferrably
> expressed in a real timeframe (not very very very soon ;) ), would mean
> a lot to me, and undoubtedly many others on this list.