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how do I play windows games on open suse?
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Help, I wanna play a windows game (max payne 2 and half life 2) on opensuse, what should I do to get it to work.
I don't know where to start. Do I need wine or crossover linux?
I don't know where to start. Do I need wine or crossover linux?
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Wine would be the place to start. You'll probably need Cedega to be able to run Half Life 2, however.
http://frankscorner.org/index.php?p=maxpayne2
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl.../12/09/1555228
http://frankscorner.org/index.php?p=maxpayne2
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl.../12/09/1555228
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Ok, cedega isn't an option, I don't wanna buy anything.
that max payne link looks kool but it is so vague.
I've installed wine through the yast installer.
When I type in wine and the konsole I get:
when I type in wine - version I get:-
But the link to the cd and setup.exe isn't working.
This is what I typed.
that max payne link looks kool but it is so vague.
I've installed wine through the yast installer.
When I type in wine and the konsole I get:
Usage: wine PROGRAM [ARGUMENTS...] Run the specified program
wine --help Display this help and exit
wine --version Output version information and exit
thwee@linux-25al:~> wine --version
Wine 0.9.24
This is what I typed.
thwee@linux-25al:/> wine /media/hdd/setup.exe
wine: creating configuration directory '/home/thwee/.wine'...
ln: target `/home/thwee/.wine-e9SqqH/dosdevices/d:' is not a directory
wine: wineprefixcreate failed while creating '/home/thwee/.wine'.
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Make sure you get Wine working with something simple before attempting to run the latest and greatest game! It should come with something like Notepad.exe, see if that works first. I also recommend reading Wine's documentation; it's very helpful, and I'd also try out other tools like
winecfg, which is a configuration program for Wine. "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal."
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Ok, notepad.exe is working and so is winecfg.
But how do I get the setup.exe cd to work. Thanx
But how do I get the setup.exe cd to work. Thanx
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OMG joeprogrammer you are a freakin genius.
The game is a bit sluggish but it works and I didn't even have to install directx
The game is a bit sluggish but it works and I didn't even have to install directx
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Hey do ya think I can get Half life 2 working with just wine?
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use Cedega. Costs money but rocks for games - it uses a custom directx wrapper so you get good games performance
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I know I won't be using that. No monie 
And I heard there are still issues with some software, but it is worth buying if only because some of the knowledge accrued goes back into the wine project.
Yay!
And I heard there are still issues with some software, but it is worth buying if only because some of the knowledge accrued goes back into the wine project.
Yay!
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