Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 21:15:26 -0000 (GMT) From: "Hugo Silva" <klr@6s-gaming.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Age of Empires on FreeBSD --- Possible? Message-ID: <50942.81.84.174.8.1097356526.squirrel@81.84.174.8> In-Reply-To: <20041009142512.GA772@alex.lan> References: <49461.81.84.174.8.1097270437.squirrel@81.84.174.8> <20041009142512.GA772@alex.lan>
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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. 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. > On Fri, Oct 08, 2004 at 09:20:37PM -0000, Hugo Silva wrote: >> I really need to get Age of Empires II - The Conquerors Expansion >> working >> on my (only workstation) FreeBSD box. >> >> I don't have windows anymore and I'll not switch back to be able to >> play, >> but I'd like to know if it is possible at all to run the game on BSD. >> Perhaps winex ? I heard it is compiling OK now with several patches.. >> >> Also read people could run Diablo II and WarCraft III, so perhaps it's >> possible to play AoE with winex. >> >> Where can I get a working winex version for FreeBSD? (5.2.1-RELEASE) >> >> If any of you could make this game run on FreeBSD, I'd love to know how >> it >> was achieved. > > Hi Hugo, > > I'm guessing your new to FreeBSD. FreeBSD works with a port system. This > can be compaired with the Debian apt-get. You can find more information > about this in the handbook that you can find at www.freebsd.org/handbook. > > As to you're question. I didn't find these games in the ports. If these > games exist for linux then you can rum them on FreeBSD by enable the > linux support. You could also install wine (although you may need a > windows partion for this) or vmware (you _don't_ need a windows partion > for this). These are in the ports. > > You can install these by: > cd /usr/ports/emulators/wine; make install && make clean > cd /usr/ports/emulators/vmware3; make install && make clean > > -- > Alex > > Please copy the original recipients, otherwise I may not read your reply. > WWW: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/FreeBSD/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- www.6s-gaming.com
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