[ut3] Unreal Tournament 3 and Gears of War Linux Status

[[Apoc]Death]

> On Dec 3, 2007, at 6:13 PM, Matthew Thompson wrote:
>> This is getting a little offtopic, but I use Linux as a gaming OS.  
>> I had a subscription to Cedega but I recently let it expire for  
>> one reason: all the games I play work very well under plain Wine  
>> (Steam games like the Orange Box and other things like Guild  
>> Wars). Not only is Wine free but it's got an easier to handle  
>> registry and drive symlink system.

I am the same, though I confess never having tried Cedega.  Free Wine  
has largely been great for me, and I just don't bother playing the  
games that don't work.  Typically I avoid buying a game unless it  
already partially runs under Wine, though, so this is not a big  
deal.  Honestly, I find many games are better under Wine because of  
the abstraction Wine provides...  I can do things with these games in  
Wine/linux that I could never have dreamed of on Windows.  It's been  
very fun to play with.


On Dec 3, 2007, at 6:17 PM, Chris van Es wrote:
> we dont want linux as a gaming os ffs. we need linux to host some  
> quality servers thats the prior ! Fucking crappy servers are out  
> there with shitty pings. we need some good  shit ffs. i aint even  
> playin ut3 cause of the lak of good servers.


While I agree with your analysis on the servers 100%, I want linux as  
a gaming OS too, and I use it as such.   I feel like a real jackass  
for putting together a WinXP dual boot just to play UT3, and without  
Ryan's port, I will likely not play the game for very long.  It's a  
stopgap so that I can get some of my UT2kX mods ported relatively  
quickly to UT3, as I promised a fan or two.  After that, I'll go back  
to waiting on the linux port.  I'm just way too lazy to reboot all  
the time.


On Dec 3, 2007, at 6:20 PM, Matthew Thompson wrote:
> I've briefly used the Windows client to play, but the online server  
> population right now is almost depressing. I'll be playing UT04 for  
> the time being (better dedicated servers, better client ;) ).

Agreed.  Most of my clan are not even buying the game for the time  
being, due to lack of my server (most) and due to lack of the linux/ 
mac client (some).  I'm not going to put up a server until Ryan gives  
me a tasty linux one.  It just isn't worth it to me, and besides,  
he's the friggin man (Would you like some ketchup with your ass- 
kissing, sir?  ;) ).

-Rob