From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 10 11:00:55 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A78E16A4F5 for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 11:00:55 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kayjay.xs4all.nl (kayjay.xs4all.nl [80.126.33.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FBC743D5A for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 11:00:43 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from karelj@kayjay.xs4all.nl) Received: from kayjay.xs4all.nl (localhost.kayjay.xs4all.nl [127.0.0.1]) by kayjay.xs4all.nl (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id i9AB0dGl055987; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 13:00:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from karelj@kayjay.xs4all.nl) Received: (from karelj@localhost) by kayjay.xs4all.nl (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i9AB0drw055986; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 13:00:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from karelj) Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 13:00:39 +0200 From: "Karel J. Bosschaart" To: Hugo Silva Message-ID: <20041010110038.GA55926@kayjay.xs4all.nl> References: <49461.81.84.174.8.1097270437.squirrel@81.84.174.8> <20041009142512.GA772@alex.lan> <50942.81.84.174.8.1097356526.squirrel@81.84.174.8> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <50942.81.84.174.8.1097356526.squirrel@81.84.174.8> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Age of Empires on FreeBSD --- Possible? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 11:00:55 -0000 On Sat, Oct 09, 2004 at 09:15:26PM -0000, Hugo Silva wrote: > Hi, > > The game isn't on ports and is available for windows only (it's a > Microsoft game, figure) > > Vmware shouldn't run the game, plus I don't have a cdkey for it. I've > tried wine and it kinda sucks on FreeBSD, I couldn't even get mIRC to run, > let alone a game. "Me too" had never any luck with wine on FreeBSD. I didn't try it myself, but here's a link how to setup Warcraft 3 with wine on FreeBSD: http://am-productions.yi.org/docs/warcraft3.php > My only chance seems to be winex but I don't know where to get it for free > (or if it can be downloaded freely for bsd at all), and I'm not sure if it > compiles OK on 5.2.1; I've heard people had some success with some > patches. AFAIK winex (which is now called cedega) is not free; you have to subscribe first (paying some $) before you can download. Check out their website http://www.transgaming.com , they have a database with games and ratings how well it works. I found some instructions on how to compile the CVS version on FreeBSD (in german though, and 3.3.2 is not the most recent): http://www.narusegawa.de/ablage/Tutorials/WineX_3.3.2_CVS_auf_FreeBSD_5.2.1-RELEASE You could also try running a prepackaged Linux version. From reading the mailing lists, I understand that people are doing this successfully. I never tried winex/cedega myself because I don't like the idea of paying for software that might be totally useless for me, as the ratings for games I'm interested in aren't very promising :-(. I therefore keep my Windows partition for those games. Karel.