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February 27th, 2002, 03:30 PM
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| Games run horrible in WineX
Ok I got Age of Empires installed using WineX and used a No-CD crack to get it to work without pestering me about the CD I had in the drive.
Problem is that it runs horrible, I can't play it everything is so choppy. Is this because of the system?
P2 300 MHz
64 Mb Ram
Geforce2 (with the drivers installed as of today)
WineX reccommended a 500  but I figured since these games used to run fine on this machine when it was a windows machine they might work.
Also would more Ram help?
Jkrohn
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February 27th, 2002, 03:43 PM
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Yeah, even the original Age of Empires wouldn't run too smoothly with those system specs. If it's AOE2 you're trying to run on that system, I say it's doomed before you even started.  I'd suggest picking up a copy of WarCraft2 and trying that under WineX. IMO it's more fun than AOE, and it's definitely programmed better and will run smoothly with lower specs. | |
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February 27th, 2002, 03:57 PM
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| | Real gangstas sip on Yacc
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The original AOE was the oldest gme I had laying around other than MechWarrior 2. Might have to give that a try
I'll probably go out and pick up WC2. Should be pretty cheap by now right? Especially with WC3 looming near?
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February 27th, 2002, 04:02 PM
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Hi,
WineX can be a bit of a gamble but works great with some games
I have RTCW running great, the graphics are smooth & the sound is crystal clear. It also works in multi-player with no problems 
Also the more RAM the better IMO. I have 3 128 meg sticks inmy home machine but would really like to go to 1 gig
Regards
Eddy | |
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February 27th, 2002, 10:29 PM
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one lesson i learnt from installing linux without windows, u can't play your games
right now i'm gonna back up my system files, make a small partition for windows and copy the files i need and games,
thats the only way to have fun with games without being annoyed
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February 27th, 2002, 10:41 PM
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| | Anime Otaku
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I recommend atleast a 1 GHz system with plenty of memory for WineX. Be amazed that a P2 300 loaded the game through the Wine binary translation engine, less long actually be able to load the MS DirectX conventions without crashing. Older pre-DX5 games would be best suited for testing your system with Linux.
Good Luck,
Robert Richmond | |
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February 27th, 2002, 10:55 PM
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hmm RTCW played great under WineX on my duron 600 with a GeForce2 mx
Regards
Eddy | |
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February 27th, 2002, 11:00 PM
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phew eddy glad to hear that!!!
was getting a little worried
have tried getting that *@*($ thing installed, but haven't paid enough attention to it... a total pain to get up and running lol | |
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