cedega????

[fateisajester]

so i just got a new video card and tux racer is running GREAT!! I had all of the graphics settings turned all the way up and the game didnt chop even once. So now i want to play all kinds of games. i was wondering how cedega worked. do you have to keep paying a monthly fee for the "privilage" of playing your purchased game titles or is the monthly fee only for updates? how well does cedega work? thx in advance.

 

[The General]

Cedega sucks, you will be disappointed. What games do you want to play?

These titles have native Linux versions:

Doom 3
Quake 4
Quake 3
Quake 2
Quake
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
All of the Unreal Tournament games (yes, even UT2k4, and UT2k7 will be out for Linux)
ET:Quake Wars will be out for Linux as well

 

[fateisajester]

well my wife is gunna make me put windows back on the computer if i cant get sims working

 

[The General]

Quick search on Google, and apparently The Sims does work in Cedega.

The Sims moreover works on a GNU/Linux platform using Transgaming's WineX (now known as Cedega) technology

-- Wikipedia

Also - http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/games/view.mhtml?game_id=3149


EDIT: It looks like Cedega has developed a LOT since the last time I used it. It's definitely worth taking a look at, I am signing up as we speak, mostly so I can play Prey.

http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/games/view.mhtml?game_id=4385
Even Battlefield 2 and HL2 run in it.
http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/games/view.mhtml?game_id=3618
http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/games/view.mhtml?game_id=3189

 

[fateisajester]

but do you have to pay monthly in order to use the software?

 

[The General]

$5 a month, yes

But I think you pay $5, and then if you don't want updates you can just kill the subscription and it will still work.

UPDATE: Half-Life 2 works great ... all settings on max, 1680x1050 I get like 120fps. I haven't gotten Prey to work yet, but I think I figured out the problem. I'll have to try it when i get back from work.

 

[fateisajester]

thats awesome. im gunna get it as soon as i get home.

 

[Greg]

In my experience WINE has worked just as well as Cedega, so you might want to try straight WINE first (I will admit that I don't have a whole lot of experience with Cedega, though).