can ubuntu play games?

[jmcslob]

Originally Posted by i789

you cant be serious to think that games that designed for windows to work in linux with 100% performance. How many games have been designed for linux?? as far as I know, none, perhaps only doom3 and quake 4 have linux native installers. so in that perspective, WINE has done a lot to help people to run their windows applications (yes, that includes all the games and everything else) People should be glad that WINE doesnt work as good as windows itself, or they are getting their butt sued by Bill Gates

Exactly, that's also why i can't be more specific as to what you need to do to get those games running better (it's illegal) and if i remember right those cross platform providers are based out of Russia which is why they can get away with it


from winehq...important info...I edited out the unneeded info tho...
Changing settings in the Applications and Libraries tab will have the most impact on getting an application to run.
If you've configured a specfic application under the Applications tab and have it selected, then any changes made in Libraries or Graphics will affect only that application.
Recently Wine's default Windows version has changed to Windows 2000.
A troublesome application is best configured separately from the Default Settings.
Likewise, some applications require specific libraries in order to run. Wine reproduces the Windows system libraries (so-called native DLL's) with completely custom versions designed to function exactly the same way but without requiring licenses from Microsoft. Wine has many known deficiencies in it's built-in versions, but , Wine has the ability to load native Windows DLL's.
After you've located a native DLL on a Windows system, you'll need to put it in suitable place for Wine to find it and then configure it to be used. Generally the place you need to put it is in the directory you've configured to be c:\windows\system32
You can configure Wine to choose between native and builtin DLL's. Or, you can override the global settings on a per-application level by adding and selecting an application in the Applications tab.create fake DLL files to trick many programs that check for file existence to determine whether a particular feature (such as Winsock and its TCP/IP networking) is available. If this is a problem for you, you can create empty files in the configured c:\windows\system32 directory to make the program think it's there, and Wine's built-in DLL will be loaded when the program actually asks for it. (Unfortunately, tools/wineinstall does not create such empty files itself.)
Applications sometimes also try to inspect the version resources from the DirectX version Empty files will not do in this case, it is rather necessary to install files with complete version resources. This problem is already fixed for many files. For others, you may still need to grab some real DLL files to fool these apps with.

i truly wish i could be more specific, just remember several LIBRARIES are available as redistributable packs, though they require a license to access them, if you do not have a license yu should not continue as that would be illegal cough**hint**cough

[pr0n Inspector]

For me, it's simple really: Why bother switching to a completely different OS if you want to run apps from your old OS so badly?

[Killer_Rubber_Ducky]

Wine works wonderfully for most games if you compile it yourself. Most othe software works fine as well as you can install it straight from the repositories. Linux has thousands of gmaes made for it. don't believe me? look in the repositories, search for games. Google Linux games. Goto Happy Penguin.

[DanTheBanjoman]

As with everything in Linux, it also runs games far better than Windows. You just need to write them yourself first.

[Zedicus]

Originally Posted by devguy

No. It isn't. It is almost two years late, with no news. You know the term "Epic fail"? Well, that term came from Epic's promise of Linux/Mac support for UT3 way back when. Now, they have failed both platforms. There is no sign that it is still being worked on. In fact, Ryan Gordon (the guy who was supposed to do the porting), actually removed the UT3 client from his resume online.

it is still coming, they are still working on it. it is sad that it is 2+ years late though.

gaming on linux is always improving, the more people who start doing this the more developers will notice. if your going to switch do it all the way. if you love your windows, dont bother even trying, your mindset will sabotage you from the get go.

i am a gamer/overclocker, i exclusively run linux.