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mantis
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 Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 6:04 am Post subject: Old game, good fun. |
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So I've decided to pull out Renegade from hiding and since i no longer have Windows i dont know what todo. 
Has anyone been able to get Renegade working with Linux, either Wine or WineX. |
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neenee
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 7:56 am Post subject: |
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| renegade.. hm.. do you mean command and conquer: renegade? |
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mantis
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 8:30 am Post subject: |
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Yeh.
WineX i tried, but its just whack so i decided to try WINE, but it keeps on asking for the Game CD to be in the CD-ROM, but it is. :\ |
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charlieg
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Command and Conquer... HAH!
Don't get me started... 
Crap game for which the engine basically did not change since the original release: Dune 2.
How Westwood got away with releasing so many games without changing anything other than the graphics, I'll never know. It's sickening really. They've made a fortune off of being unoriginal, uninnovative, and unchanging.
I couldn't believe it when even the 3D version used the same underlying game engine with some of the same bugs since Dune 2 - such as if you accidently attacked the floor, your units would shoot at that whilst the enemy picks them off.
Bollocks. Now I'm in a bad mood. Cheap bastards.
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ormi
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 9:32 am Post subject: |
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| If you managed to install the game, try a no-cd crack to avoid the copy protection (your problem sounds like that). |
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neenee
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 9:48 am Post subject: |
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games should be about gameplay first, then graphics 
i quite enjoyed c&c: renegade on windows across lan. |
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Boris27
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 10:16 am Post subject: |
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| charlieg wrote: | Command and Conquer... HAH!
Don't get me started...
Crap game for which the engine basically did not change since the original release: Dune 2.
How Westwood got away with releasing so many games without changing anything other than the graphics, I'll never know. It's sickening really. They've made a fortune off of being unoriginal, uninnovative, and unchanging.
I couldn't believe it when even the 3D version used the same underlying game engine with some of the same bugs since Dune 2 - such as if you accidently attacked the floor, your units would shoot at that whilst the enemy picks them off.
Bollocks. Now I'm in a bad mood. Cheap bastards. |
No wonder. If you force attack (thats what Ctrl + click does) your units to shoot the ground, they will shoot the ground till something stops them. Things that can stop them are either: You order them to stop (s button), you force them to move (click), you force them to shoot something else (click) or they die.
C&C, C&C:RA, C&C:TS and C&C:RA2 were good games. They lost the ball abit on Emperor and Generals.
If you cant handle their interface, go play Warcraft. Personally, I don't like Warcrafts interface, so I don't play it. |
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hook
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i have to agree with CharlieG ...Dune2 was fuuuuun, C&C was fun, C&C:RA was a bit boring, i expected a lot more ...after that i just tried to play "newer" C&C games for some times, but i just couldn't ...call me spoilt, call me posh ...but C&C ain't all that.
...pretty much the same applies to WarCraft in my opinion. wc1 was nice, wc2 was a bit cartoonish, but had more possibilites, starcraft bites, wc3 ...well, i swear if "lord antrax" didn't die, i'd kill him personally (actually i did quite a few times - he REALLY got on my nerves!!!), also the story was pretty weak and way too predictable.
i agree, gameplay way before graphics ...but in all (most) latest (win*) games i don't see very much gameplay anymore ...don't even anyone mention Halo - don't get me started!!
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mantis
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 1:36 pm Post subject: |
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| OK OK, this is no flame thread, please take that elsewhere. I just want some help getting this game running. |
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ormi
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| ormi wrote: | | If you managed to install the game, try a no-cd crack to avoid the copy protection (your problem sounds like that). |
Did you manage to install the game? |
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mantis
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| Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2003 11:09 pm Post subject: |
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No, as I said when i run it with Wine it keeps on asking for the CD. And it doesnt even run with WineX.  |
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theyneverknew2
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 12:02 am Post subject: |
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| do you have your cd rom drive set up in ur wine.conf? |
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mantis
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| Posted: Fri Dec 05, 2003 5:35 am Post subject: |
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| Yeh I mounted a network CDrom to /mnt/cdrom and have that setup in my config file in ~/.wine/ |
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Jamon
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I actually have been able to get the game to run. But, it's really slow, like around 1 FPS for me, which is unusual. And before anyone asks, Yes I have 3D working fine (ATI 9800).
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SnowDeath
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| Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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| mantis, what kernel are you running? How are you mounting the CD, manually or through supermount or automount? |
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mantis
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| Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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| 2.6.0-test4/6 or something. Im manually mounting with the command. Beause i dont have a CD drive in this computer i have to go over the network. |
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Clete2
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| charlieg wrote: | Command and Conquer... HAH!
Don't get me started...
Crap game for which the engine basically did not change since the original release: Dune 2.
How Westwood got away with releasing so many games without changing anything other than the graphics, I'll never know. It's sickening really. They've made a fortune off of being unoriginal, uninnovative, and unchanging.
I couldn't believe it when even the 3D version used the same underlying game engine with some of the same bugs since Dune 2 - such as if you accidently attacked the floor, your units would shoot at that whilst the enemy picks them off.
Bollocks. Now I'm in a bad mood. Cheap bastards. |
I agree, bad engine. Good game, though. I have Generals + Zero Hour and I love it...
So far, the Quake engine (MOHAA, ET, etc. etc.) is the best. In my opinion. I think it yields the best quality graphics at the highest framerates.
Worst engines are Battlefield 1942 and Command and Conquer (though they are some of the best games out there if your machine can handle them).
Excuse my english. I'm American but I'm tired right now. |
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