[PLUG] age of empires for linux

Fedor G. Pikus fedorp at wv.mentorg.com
Thu Jan 16 09:02:01 UTC 2003


Kohan was ported, but the expansion was not. Also, Linux version of Kohan
is not supported, which means no more patches, while the Winex version
is up to date.

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Rogan Creswick wrote:

> Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 23:05:19 -0800
> From: Rogan Creswick <creswick at cs.orst.edu>
> Reply-To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
> To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] age of empires for linux
>
>
> Really? Kohan & the addon , iirc, were some on the last titles ported
> by Loki.. (it is in the loki_demos package).
>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 10:20:58PM -0800, Fedor G. Pikus wrote:
> > Transgaming has a version of Kohan (both Immortal Sovereigns and Ahriman's
> > Gift) modified for WineX. You buy them instead of regular Windows versions
> > but you don't have to become subscriber of Transgaming to do it.
> > I have them both, they work as well as under Windows, perhaps even better.
> >
> > On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Rogan Creswick wrote:
> > > tuxgames.com has almost every game that has been ported to Linux, many
> > > (most?) with demos you can download. Kohan is pretty good in the
> > > strategy / rts type thing ( I have not played AoE[2]).
> > >
> > > Counterstrike / HL runs quite well under wine, find info at:
> > >
> > > http://lhl.linuxgames.com/
> > >
> > > framerates will be somewhat lower than on windows. (it was playable on
> > > my dual celeron 366, with a G400, about 15-20fps).
> > >
> > > www.happypenguin.org is a good place to keep up with the state of
> > > linux gaming. Linux Game Publishing is also doing a good job at
> > > porting games, they haven't made a big splash because they are a bit
> > > more conservative than Loki. (probably a good idea, considering :( ).
> > >
> > > Find them at www.lgp.org
> > > http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com/
> > >
> > > Starcraft also runs under wine pretty well, search on
> > > www.linuxgames.com for help.
> > >
> > > -Rogan
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 02:40:04PM -0800, AthlonRob wrote:
> > > > On Wed, 2003-01-15 at 12:59, Mike De La Mater wrote:
> > > > > My son introduced me to Age of Empires, and it's really fun.
> > > > > I've played for 5 hours in the last 12.
> > > > >
> > > > > Anybody know if there's a clone for Linux? I'm sure there's no
> > > > > direct port planned, since it's owned by the Evil Empire.
> > > >
> > > > You think Age of Empires is good... try AoE2  :-)
> > > >
> > > > Of course, then you need to get the Age of Conquerors expansion for it.
> > > >
> > > > I don't think there is an AoE clone for Linux.  I'm currently stuck
> > > > using Windoze on the laptop simply for AoE2, CounterStrike, and
> > > > Battlefield 1942.  Add Master of Orion III to that list when it is
> > > > released in February.
> > > >
> > > > Game options in Linux are really weak, unfortunately.  The one RTS game
> > > > I tried simply didn't work (it was a clone of Warcraft, IIRC) very well
> > > > - it was slow and there was nothing to do in it.
> > > >
> > > > Transgaming's WineX allowed some folks to play AoE and AoE2, with no-CD
> > > > hacks.  Many had to install the games in Windows then copy them over to
> > > > Linux because the installer didn't like WineX.  AoE2 is rated a 0 out of
> > > > 5 for workability (although just recnetly folks got it working) while
> > > > AoE has a 3 of 5.
> > > >
> > > > Unfortunately, Loki has gone out of business - I think they got more
> > > > games ported than anybody else.  What we really need is for game makers
> > > > to realize us Linux folks like to play games!  ID software is about the
> > > > only maker that regularly releases Linux versions of their games and
> > > > they aren't really big RTS or strategy makers......
> > > >
> > > > Rob
> > > >
> > > >
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