Gaming

IXSH0CKW4VEIX · Post by **IXSH0CKW4VEIX** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:09 am

I was considering using Linux, but i'm a gamer, is linux alright for gaming, like when battlefield 3, Elder scrolls V or MW3 or Rage come out will I be able to play the games at the same settings as on windows, I don't know much about linux.

Cloudef · Post by **Cloudef** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 6:48 am

stay with windows.

kffeine · Post by **kffeine** » Mon Jun 27, 2011 7:25 am

Well, this will be kind of difficult... Wine doesn't emulate all games perfectly (only a handful of games), so if you are a hardcore gamer, like said before, stick with Windows. Although you may still give a shot on Crossover, which is a user-friendly interface which is quite easy to use. Voilà:
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/

PROTIP: They have a list of which games they successfully emulate on any OS other than Shitdows.

jjmckenzie · Post by **jjmckenzie** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 9:09 am

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 4:09 AM, IXSH0CKW4VEIX
<[email protected]> wrote:

I was considering using Linux, but i'm a gamer, is linux alright for gaming, like when
battlefield 3, Elder scrolls V or MW3 or Rage come out will I be able to play the games at the
same settings as on windows, I don't know much about linux.

You will not be able to 'stay at the same settings' as Windows with
Wine/Linux. The reason is that every video call has to be translated
from a DirectX call to an OpenGL call. Games that natively support
OpenGL actually run better on Wine/Linux in most cases because this
translation does not occur and an OpenGL to DirectX call does not.

You are always welcome to persue reading ratings in the Applications
Database for your favorite games/programs to discover what does or
does not work and what settings users had to use to get the game to
function and run well.

For now, if you want Windows performance, then you are forced to use Windows.

hash · Post by **hash** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:00 am

This might be necro-posting but this is practically only place which show-up if one tries to search in Wine AppDB for "Battlefield 3" so it is worth to mention that at current state of Wine-1.3.31 any game/application using:
1. .NET Framework higher then 2.0.
2. PunkBuster
3. StarForce protection.

Is not going to work, also needed to note is that not working ".NET Framework" higher then version 2.0 leads to inability to run any game/application that requires "Games For Windows Live" login.

blaiseg07 · Post by **blaiseg07** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 8:52 pm

'battlefield 3'
battlefield 2 seems to have been a mixed bag.
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... n&iId=3438

'Elder scrolls V'
Oblivion and Fallout 3 games played decently with little nibbles here and there

'MW3'
Never had any problems with Call of Duty games or Modern warfare 1 & 2

Rage
Played excellently!
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... &iId=13542

blaiseg07 · Post by **blaiseg07** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:01 pm

hash wrote:3. StarForce protection.

That's why there's noCD/DVD cracks.

Is not going to work, also needed to note is that not working ".NET Framework" higher then version 2.0 leads to inability to run any game/application that requires "Games For Windows Live" login.

The xliveless dll works wonders for GTA IV and Bioshock 2.

jjmckenzie · Post by **jjmckenzie** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:29 pm

On 10/22/11 7:01 PM, blaiseg07 wrote:

hash wrote:
3. StarForce (http://www.star-force.com/) protection.
That's why there's noCD/DVD cracks.

We don't support programs run with them. There are many reasons for
this stance. We would like to get StarForce working with Wine or vice
versa.

Is not going to work, also needed to note is that not working ".NET Framework" higher then version 2.0 leads to inability to run any game/application that requires "Games For Windows Live" login.
The xliveless dll works wonders for GTA IV and Bioshock 2.

I don't like the "You must use 'insert service here'" so that a game can
be played. Competition is a good thing and our friends at Microsoft do
not like it.

James

hash · Post by **hash** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:42 am

blaiseg07 wrote:'battlefield 3'
battlefield 2 seems to have been a mixed bag.
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... n&iId=3438

'Elder scrolls V'
Oblivion and Fallout 3 games played decently with little nibbles here and there

'MW3'
Never had any problems with Call of Duty games or Modern warfare 1 & 2

Rage
Played excellently!
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.p ... &iId=13542

1. Nor "Call of Duty" nor "Elder scrolls" nor "Rage"series are using anything I mentioned.
2. The noCD/noDVD, supported or not, some time simple doesn't exists because StarFORCE have different level of protection and if game have almost highest level, that means all it's data is cyphered and usually there is no noCD/noDVD for such games.
3. I'd like to see you play "Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War 2" with "xliveless.dll".