Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 08:17:18 -0400 From: "Brent" <misterb@cybertours.com> To: "Mark Sergeant" <msergeant@snsonline.net>, <joeo@cracktown.com>, "markemmanuel" <lists@markemmanuel.org> Cc: "Questions freebsd.org" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Gaming on FreeBSD... Message-ID: <001d01c0cbef$57b250a0$3ab4a8c0@kronos> References: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0104210003290.20462-100000@asmodean.nks.net> <200104231046.f3NAkg103268@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net>
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I was wondering ?? is there a write up on how to get games like Quake quake2 quake 3 to run on BSD?? id be VERY interrested in trying it out myself ...and finally ridding myself of MICROSOFT for good. TIA Brent ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Sergeant <msergeant@snsonline.net> To: <joeo@cracktown.com>; markemmanuel <lists@markemmanuel.org> Cc: Questions freebsd.org <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 6:46 AM Subject: Re: Gaming on FreeBSD... Quake 1 & 2 also work fine, tought when I tried to install Unreal Tournament last night on one of my boxes it would refuse to recognise the cd-rom to install it from so I have no idea on UT. Quake 3 also runs relatively well, to think my boss thinks I don't play games because I only have FreeBSD on my laptop. Cheers, Mark On Sat, 21 Apr 2001 00:31:33 -0400 (EDT), <joeo@cracktown.com> said: > The linux emulation layer isn't really an emualtor in the *BSD's. They > are a minimal set of shims that allow syscalls made by a running linux > binary to work. They are an alternate set of syscalls, which are wrappers > arround the native freebsd ones. When a linux binary is executed the > binary image "activator" recognizes it as a linux binary and sets up the > process table/syscall table entries for this new process telling the > kernel that for this process these shims are the entry points for any > syscalls that happen, instead of the native bsd ones. > > There is really no overhead for using these shims. > > The main difference in gaming on a freebsd box instead of a linux box is > that their are some differences in the way the schedulers on FreeBSD and > Linux boxes behave, especially for multithreaded applications. > > Myth2 runs, as does Unreal Tournament and Quake3. The latter two may > require a bit of work to get a 3d accelerator card running. > > On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, markemmanuel wrote: > > > I'm slowly pulling myself off of Microsoft's control over my computing > > needs. I'm really interested in the state of gaming on FreeBSD. I'm aware > > of binary compatibility on for Linux but how much is the performance > > affected FreeBSD? I'm interested in games like SimCity 3000, Myth ii, and > > Unreal Tournament. How does it stack up? Thanks. > > > > markemmanuel > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- The Sixth Commandment of Frisbee: The greatest single aid to distance is for the disc to be going in a direction you did not want. (Goes the wrong way = Goes a long way.) -- Dan Roddick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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