homeworld-sdl ebuild???

maxmc · Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2003 2:06 pm Post subject: homeworld-sdl ebuild???

The Source for Homeworld is released.

Anyone gotten it to work?
Homeworld-SDL is a port that tries to get Homeworld running under linux. It seems he's succeded.

System requirements is:
A copy of the original Windows version of Homeworld, patched to version 1.05 - 233 MHz Pentium II or better x86-based CPU - OpenGL-compatible 3D accelerator card - GCC 3 or later (currently won't work with 2.95.x) - SDL 1.2.6 or later

(Patched too 1.05 is stupid since then you'd need windows to get the data to be the correct version.)

-ravage- · Apprentice Joined: 18 May 2003 Posts: 225

TheJabberwokk · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 2:16 pm Post subject: Its not done yet

As far as I know the sdl port does not yet have sound!

maxmc · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 2:18 pm Post subject:

There is no sound in space

But that's of no bother, what Im asking for is an x86 ebuild

neighborlee · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 13 Oct 2003 Posts: 80

maxmc · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 9:08 pm Post subject:

Why would I use whine when I have a perfectly good operatingsystem to run stuff natively in.

-ravage- · Apprentice Joined: 18 May 2003 Posts: 225

he didn't say anything about playing homeworld in wine, just that you can install it and update to 1.05 using wine

maxmc · Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2003 12:02 am Post subject:

yeah yeah ok... bite to fast, I can unzip it with unzip too since I already have it zipped from my old win install.. all I said was that it's stupid to require the latest patched version and not provide it in tar.bz2 or other format.

But I really do hope homeworld-sdl moves onward thowards the greatness of Freespace 2 (which I have yet to get working)

Hackeron · Guru Joined: 01 Nov 2002 Posts: 307

Is no body interested in this game?

-- I played it on windows recently and its really a fantastic game and now that its opensource and works on Linux, surely it could be just as great as enemy territory or freeciv, why isnt anyone playing this?

PaulBredbury · Watchman Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 7310

It doesn't look like the Homeworld port is being maintained past its alpha state of 1.5 years ago. We have to jump through silly hoops ("register at the Relic Developers Network") to get the source code, to be able to install the game.

It looks like one might as well play Homeworld 2 under Cedega - it doesn't currently work under Wine.

There are other space games, albeit not quite the same: Descent, Freespace 2, Oolite