Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 13:00:39 +0200 From: "Karel J. Bosschaart" <karelj@kayjay.nl> To: Hugo Silva <klr@6s-gaming.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Age of Empires on FreeBSD --- Possible? Message-ID: <20041010110038.GA55926@kayjay.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <50942.81.84.174.8.1097356526.squirrel@81.84.174.8> References: <49461.81.84.174.8.1097270437.squirrel@81.84.174.8> <20041009142512.GA772@alex.lan> <50942.81.84.174.8.1097356526.squirrel@81.84.174.8>
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On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 09:15:26PM -0000, Hugo Silva wrote: > Hi, > > The game isn't on ports and is available for windows only (it's a > Microsoft game, figure) > > Vmware shouldn't run the game, plus I don't have a cdkey for it. I've > tried wine and it kinda sucks on FreeBSD, I couldn't even get mIRC to run, > let alone a game. "Me too" had never any luck with wine on FreeBSD. I didn't try it myself, but here's a link how to setup Warcraft 3 with wine on FreeBSD: http://am-productions.yi.org/docs/warcraft3.php > My only chance seems to be winex but I don't know where to get it for free > (or if it can be downloaded freely for bsd at all), and I'm not sure if it > compiles OK on 5.2.1; I've heard people had some success with some > patches. AFAIK winex (which is now called cedega) is not free; you have to subscribe first (paying some $) before you can download. Check out their website http://www.transgaming.com , they have a database with games and ratings how well it works. I found some instructions on how to compile the CVS version on FreeBSD (in german though, and 3.3.2 is not the most recent): http://www.narusegawa.de/ablage/Tutorials/WineX_3.3.2_CVS_auf_FreeBSD_5.2.1-RELEASE You could also try running a prepackaged Linux version. From reading the mailing lists, I understand that people are doing this successfully. I never tried winex/cedega myself because I don't like the idea of paying for software that might be totally useless for me, as the ratings for games I'm interested in aren't very promising :-(. I therefore keep my Windows partition for those games. Karel.
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