Cedega On Ubuntu

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IS there any way to test Cedega for games support on my ubuntu box without having to buy it first - I dont mind pirated as well US dollars BLEH - pm me or just drop a post and give me some hints :P

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Its a great idea, with good intentions and all warm fuzzy feelings. But ultimately works as well as our communications minister.

Cedega is strongly against piracy, so you need to have a cd to install. Some cracks for your games might work, but then some games work through the registry and then its a nightmare. Also games dont look as good as in windows.

Take WarCraft 3 for example, the menu's look crap yet the game looks alrightish. You can get games to work but you are going to struggle.

Im not even going to mention the games which are just folders on your hdd. That is near impossible to get working, if any at all.
 
Peon said:
Its a great idea, with good intentions and all warm fuzzy feelings. But ultimately works as well as our communications minister.

Cedega is strongly against piracy, so you need to have a cd to install. Some cracks for your games might work, but then some games work through the registry and then its a nightmare. Also games dont look as good as in windows.

Take WarCraft 3 for example, the menu's look crap yet the game looks alrightish. You can get games to work but you are going to struggle.

Im not even going to mention the games which are just folders on your hdd. That is near impossible to get working, if any at all.
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I've used Cedega, as in the GUI thing, and simply from the command-line with "winex3" and I have managed to run games installed on the Winblowz partition directly and from the GUI by installing from files (as in no CD).

The example you gave, wc3, worked just fine, on my 64 bit distro as well (I don't use Ubuntu).
I think you don't have the faintest clue of what you're talking about.
 
I disagree, im not a rank idiot on using linux for gaming. He is not using Wine, he is planning to use Cedega.

Could you please explain to him how to make EA games work straight off his hard drive, set up for cedega shortcuts and configure the advanced options such when to invoke directx.

Granted Cedega works off wine, but hes not planning to run his games from the command-line.

Also your wiseness, please could you program a w3 loader to work so one is able to connect to un-official bnet servers.

Edit: Oh yes, also remember patching, in Cedega you need to install the patch as if its the program to be listed in the same category of the game you want to patch.
 
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O heck no! I always had the vision in my mind that Linux or Opensource users were this totally compatible, loving bunch! Way to go guys, you just ruined my delusion! :(
 
I'm with Peon on this one. Play the game in the supported operating systems if you dont want to fight to get applications to work. Cedega's devs had good intentions, but at the end of the day the application wasnt designed for the environment you plan to run it in, and you wont get the same/better performance.
 
Obviously im an idiot. I have no idea what Im talking about.

Please note antialiasing and anisotropic in the images on pc, not through browser.

Vietnam, game works but doesnt look good, example

WarCraft advanced cedega settings, difficult for casual gamer, example

Menus under windows are crisper and clearer, unfortunately but true, example

Inspect graphic features again, example

Note, in linux, your fonts dont look good, the image does not give 100% accurate pictureexample

However, game does not look too bad at all, your own opinion, example

Some games need to tinkle with DX options to work, even though sometimes you can choose preconfigured options example


I appreciate being called a dumbass, really. Seeing as I have no idea what im talking about.

Bottom line in my opinion: Its too complex and you dont always get want you want. Games will work and run but depending on game it wont run as nice as in windows. Quake 4 runs very nicely, but thats because they had open source in mind when they developed it.
 
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Peon said:
I disagree, im not a rank idiot on using linux for gaming. He is not using Wine, he is planning to use Cedega.

Could you please explain to him how to make EA games work straight off his hard drive, set up for cedega shortcuts and configure the advanced options such when to invoke directx.

Granted Cedega works off wine, but hes not planning to run his games from the command-line.

Also your wiseness, please could you program a w3 loader to work so one is able to connect to un-official bnet servers.

Edit: Oh yes, also remember patching, in Cedega you need to install the patch as if its the program to be listed in the same category of the game you want to patch.
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You can fuss as much as you like, I never called you any names. I simply called you on your post because it was erroneous and misleading.
 
teraside said:
O heck no! I always had the vision in my mind that Linux or Opensource users were this totally compatible, loving bunch! Way to go guys, you just ruined my delusion! :(
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A quick glance at slashdot would've fixed that for you :p.
 
I am also or rather used to be a Cedega user. Sure some games will run, heck some might even run without any problems. At the end of the day its much easier to rather just use the platform what was intended for the game. Be it Windows or Linux.

Btw Cedega is just an extension of Wine with DirectX support nothing else.
 
I may be the world's biggest Linux zealot. But when it comes to gaming, I pretty much have to use Windows :(

I don't blame Linux for this, oh no, in true zealot fashion, I blame all you Windows plebs for forcing the gaming industry to make games for a horrible OS.

:D
 
Whatever, I'll only start using Ubuntu when WinUbuntu comes, it should be around Ubuntu 11 ;) :D :p or maybe v20? Anyways, when it's a complete carefree situation, then I'll try t.
 
killadoob said:
does cedega not charge you monthly for their service?

also cedega does not work with dx games does it?
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Yeah they charge you $5, but you only have to pay it once. If you want updates for newer games, you need to renew your account.

It works with dx games.
 
w1z4rd said:
Yeah they charge you $5, but you only have to pay it once. If you want updates for newer games, you need to renew your account.

It works with dx games.
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Only up to DX9 though, proper support for DX10 is being developed
 
teraside said:
Whatever, I'll only start using Ubuntu when WinUbuntu comes, it should be around Ubuntu 11 ;) :D :p or maybe v20? Anyways, when it's a complete carefree situation, then I'll try t.
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That's like refusing a free car because it has a manual transmission :D
 
from what i can see its 5 dolla's a month or 55 dolla a year

i thought linux was free

i mean 55 dolla a year soon you will spend more than windows costs
 
At the end of the day it boils down to.. If you want to run Windows Games, use Windows
 
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