Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 11:49:54 +0100 From: David Jenkins <david.jenkins@gmail.com> To: krinklyfig@spymac.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Age of Empires on FreeBSD --- Possible? Message-ID: <9395922d041010034935095fa1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200410092317.50464.krinklyfig@spymac.com> References: <49461.81.84.174.8.1097270437.squirrel@81.84.174.8> <200410092317.50464.krinklyfig@spymac.com>
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On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 23:17:50 -0700, Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@spymac.com> wrote: > On Friday 08 October 2004 02:20 pm, "Hugo Silva" <klr@6s-gaming.com> wrote: > > Hey, > > > > I really need to get Age of Empires II - The Conquerors Expansion working > > on my (only workstation) FreeBSD box. > > > > I don't have windows anymore and I'll not switch back to be able to play, > > but I'd like to know if it is possible at all to run the game on BSD. > > Perhaps winex ? I heard it is compiling OK now with several patches.. > > Well, this probably isn't the answer you wanted to hear, but personally I > still keep a Windows partition for this explicit reason (games and sound > production). There are some games which run fine on some sort of emulator, > but I'd rather not have to deal with a whole bunch of extra stuff to do > something I can achieve more easily and with better results by using the > intended OS. I don't like Windows, but some of the best games will only run > on it. It's sort of a pain to reboot just to play Medieval: Total War, for > instance, but once the game is over I can reboot into fbsd and have my > workstation back, which I sort of like better than having a one-size-fits-all > setup. In fact, I'll probably end up building a separate box with a Win > installation just for gaming and sound, so I can concentrate on the hardware > that will work best for a workstation and some servers using FreeBSD. > > - jt I tend to agree with this view - i.e. use the right tool for the right job. ``Usually'' this means using Windows for games ... Just my $0.02. Hope this helps. David
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