[prey] installing prey

[Cory Jon Hollingsworth]

> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Cory Jon Hollingsworth <
> cory at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
>> > There's no preykey or somesuch file? Guess you'll have to find
>> 'alternate'
>> > means.
>> >
>>
>> Sadly I ended up implementing an 'alternate' means.  Technically I have
>> a
>> key that I paid for, I just cannot figure out how to access it.
>> Hopefully
>> others will be smarter than I and not order their copy from
>> Direct2Drive.com.  For some reason I couldn't get the Steam download to
>> work which is why I tried D2D.  I was too impatient to wait for a DVD
>> via
>> snail mail.
>>
>> On the bright side the game is working well on Ubuntu 8.10 64bit with a
>> NVidia 8600 graphics card and a 2.6 Ghz AMD CPU.  I'm getting some
>> artifacts in the sound, but it doesn't detract too much from the game
>> play.  The game doesn't like resolution above 1024x768 on my system.
>> Looks good at that resolution though.
>>
>> You need to delete the .prey sub-directory in your home directory if you
>> choose a resolution that crashes your game.  At which point you need to
>> retype the CD key.
>>
>> I've smoothly played up to the first boss monster w/o any stability
>> problems.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Just to get you right - did you get it working natively or via Wine?
>

Natively.