Playing MP games with Linux and Windows...
This is a discussion about Playing MP games with Linux and Windows... in the Linux Games category; I'm a newbie, so don't flame me too much on this I was wondering if it is possible to play a multiplayer game such as alpha centauri or halo on a linux os for one player, and have the other player be playing it on a windows system.
I'm a newbie, so don't flame me too much on this
I was wondering if it is possible to play a multiplayer game such as alpha centauri or halo on a linux os for one player, and have the other player be playing it on a windows system.
You see, I'm probably going to buy a new comp and I'm not sure if I should save $200 by going with Linux over Windows, and I want to be able to play MP games with my friends.
I was wondering if it is possible to play a multiplayer game such as alpha centauri or halo on a linux os for one player, and have the other player be playing it on a windows system.
You see, I'm probably going to buy a new comp and I'm not sure if I should save $200 by going with Linux over Windows, and I want to be able to play MP games with my friends.
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if the game runs OK under winex/cedega, then: yes
the MP game needs network connectivity to be MP and the network
is blind to which OS you're running.
the MP game needs network connectivity to be MP and the network
is blind to which OS you're running.
According to Transgaming.com, Halo doesn't work at all under Cedega/Winex. I don't know about the other. Just because a game works in single-player is no guarantee multi-player will work as well.
I've had success getting Alpha Cenaturi to run on linux with the latest CVS from transgaming of their winex/cedega product. ITs also only 15 dollars to try their full software. I don't know about multi-player, but I don't know why it would not work. Microsoft games that require DirectPlay are a problem, as wine and winex have little or no implementation of this. So multi-player Age of Empires II is a no go (me verrrrry sad).
