This time around, Transgaming WineX 3.0 has some new tools as well as improvements in the number of games supported and gaming speeds. In this article, LinuxOrbit is going to take a look at the new features of WineX 3.0, with a focus on their new GUI installer called Point2Play.
In the meantime, Lycoris ships the GamePak based on Transgaming’s technology.
Breaking down one of the barrriers to widespread adoption of Desktop/LX as a mainstream operating system, Lycoris and TransGaming unleash the GamePak. A powerful package
of five (5) native Desktop/LX games, the GamePak comes bundled with access to one free month of WineX which allows Desktop/LX users to play over 250 Windows games on their Desktop/LX PC. At the low price of $34.95, the GamePak gives Desktop/LX users value, action and
compatibility in a single, simple to install package.
The launch of the GamePak is the advent of a new gaming platform for PC
hardware. Gamers can leverage their existing game trove and start
migrating to native Desktop/LX games in a single step, explains Joseph
Cheek, Lycoris CTO and Founder. People don’t have to use Windows on
their PC anymore, just to play games. Now they can do it all from
Desktop/LX.
Lycoris has gathered the top Open Source games and added new sounds and
graphics as needed to make them consumer-ready. The GamePak includes
five full titles, TORCS, Possible Worlds, BZFlag, FreeCiv, and Falcon’s
Eye. BZFlag offers first person tank battle action, with networked play
for an intense, online experience. TORCS puts users in the drivers seat
of the hottest cars, with high-definition graphics for realistic racing
action and uses real car physics to provide a true, high-speed feeling.
Smoke, skidmarks, sparks, sun, flares and vertex color-lit tracks
enhance the realism. Possible Worlds offers 3D, underwater action from
the cockpit of a futuristic submersible. Multiple missions and
artificially-intelligent enemies enhance dog fights in the deep. FreeCiv
grants users the ultimate power as rulers of their own civilization
where the goal is to build cultures over thousands of years, defend
borders, conquer neighbors, or win the space race for supreme victory.
For the dungeon gamer, Falcon’s Eye pits users’ wits against the dark
dungeon and it’s denizens as they explore the cavernous mazes that are
randomly generated for unique play every time.
Not only does the GamePak include five native Desktop/LX titles, Lycoris
and TransGaming have partnered to bring the incredible WineX
cross-platform gaming technology to Desktop/LX. The GamePak includes
access to TransGaming’s WineX for one free month. Linux gamers can play
action-packed blockbusters like Warcraft(R) III, Grand Theft Auto 3(TM),
Diablo(R) II and Max Payne(TM) right on their Desktop/LX PC, states
TransGamings Director of Marketing & Communications, Cathy Tanner. And
with the recent release of WineX 3.0, hits like Battlefield 1942(TM),
Sim City(TM)4, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault(TM) and the world’s most
popular Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG), EverQuest
” can now run on Desktop/LX. WineX 3.0 also introduces its new
Point2Play user interface which simplifies the game-playing experience.
It’s about time they released it.
I still think it’s a day late and a dollar short though.
can it run the Desert Combat mod (for battlefield 1942) yet?
has anyone tried?
Sounds like a good idea, now it can be run on Win/OSX/Linux.
PPC is incompatable with programs compiled for x86 (am I right?)
I think he was refering to WC3 (Warcraft 3), not WineX. And yes, you are right, x86 binaries cannot be executed on any other architecture without some form of emulation.
PPC is incompatable with programs compiled for x86 (am I right?)
There is a native OSX version of WC3.
I’ve been thinking of subscribing. Is it really worth it?
Anyone have some advice?
In my experience, no.
I would recommend that you use your $$ to support native Linux games instead. Quake III runs better for me in Linux than it ever did in Windows. We need to support native Linux gaming.
Check out this interesting article for more info:
http://www.linuxhardware.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/18/169209&mode=th…
In my opinion yes, it’s definately worth it. $15 for a 3 month subscription that opens up a 250 title gaming library? Hell yes.
I’m all for supporting native games (and just how much more native a game that sends calls to an SDL layer vs. one that sends calls to a win32 layers is debatable), but Jeebus, I want to play something beside Quake III or a 3 year old FPS port from a company that went belly up 2 years ago. I want to play Everquest, Diablo II and Half-life. I’m not going to do that without Transgaming.
I woulds support them simply because they contribute to the Wine project. They contribute a lot of excellent code from what I hear. Why not pay for something that is going to make the world a better place (by reducing people’s dependency on any one particluar software company).
WineX 3 is a great bridge for Linux gamers not wanting to miss out on the huge number of Windows titles available. However, this does not mean that Linux does not have some fantastic games of its own, Fizzol.
Not mentioning the many free games there are quite a number of goot titles like Unreal Tournament 2003, Never Winter Nights, Medal Of Honor series, Return To Castle Wolfenstein, Heavy Gear 2, Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns,Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2, and many others.
THere is also a good lineup of TBR games for Linux like the anticipated Doom III featuring movie quality graphics.
First: what false claims by who?
I’m not saying there aren’t some good Linux games. But of games that I can buy right now, most are FPSs or 2 year old ports from a company that’s gone belly up.
I’ve got Loki’s Heavy Gear 2 (original store bought in the box – not pirated) sitting next to my desk and store bought copies of Heroes of Might and Magic, and Civilization: Call to Power around somewhere. I won’t say they “suck”, but they were dissapointing and not very enjoyable. Not because of Linux but because I didn’t find them to be entertaining games at all. So far Quake III is the only commercial native Linux game that’s held my attention but you can only play that so much, and it’s getting old.
I’m so aggravated with Bioware over NWN I doubt I’ll even download the Linux client.
And unfortunately I’m pretty sure my now-mediocre 1GHZ P3 isn’t going to have the horses to do Doom 3 justice. On the other hand, EverQuest, Diablo II and Half-life (the only 3 windwos games I currently play) are still lots of fun and run just fine under WineX.
fizzol download enemy territory and try out return to castle wolfenstein they both work on linux too and are very good games ( enemy territory is the follow up to rtcw and is completely stand alone multiplayer only and the final release will be free for everyone. because the ballsed up the single player. so its kind of a gift from id and splash damage.
ftp://gamefiles.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyondergames/enemyterritory/pa…
thats the link to the test ( the full hasnt been released yet but will be shortly).
also has any of you looked here:
http://www.opengl.org/users/apps_hardware/applications/Linux/Games/
theres quite a few games listed there.
all native linux support. some of them are cool.
as to winex theres no question about whether it is good or not. it is a good project just will never beat native support.