Transgaming to Support Half Life 2 Under Linux 477
rpdillon writes "According to Half-Life Fallout, Transgaming Technologies has announced that they will be releasing version 4.2 of Cedega, their Wine based software allowing some DirectX games to be played under Linux. The new version will be released Dec 7th with official support included for Valve Software's Half-Life 2 and Steam, Valve's online software store and distribution system, and a required component of Half-Life 2."
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Re:Or better yet... (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Or better yet... (Score:5, Insightful)
You know what? (Score:3, Insightful)
And yet, everyones head is so far up Valve's ass, that noone seems to be bothered with how odious this steam thing really is.
I mean, you can't play single player without a 'net connection. You cant drag your disk over to your friends house and just play.
It stinks worse than ANYTHING I've ever seen. This is the absolute worst ass-reaming any pointy haired manager ever decided to give the consumers.
You all are just grabbing your ankles and grinning.
I won't buy, leech, crack, play, or even talk about Half Life 2 anymore until they reissue it in a format which I can just install and start playing the single player game without phone-home activation, or being bundled with your ad delivery service.
Fuck you Valve. I will never purchase games via Steam. Luckily I have Halo 2, Metroid Prime 2, Doom 3, and a pile of other titles to keep me entertained.
Re:wow (Score:4, Insightful)
If anything this will make people not port the products to run in linux because they'll tell you to just use a WINE product to run them.
Bi-directional support (Score:5, Insightful)
This isn't as good as having an actual native port for Linux, but at least it indicates that there is an awareness that Linux and cross-compatability are a consideration.
Re:Or better yet... (Score:3, Insightful)
However, seeing what can be archived with OpenGL, I really wonder why many developers don't consider it an option. Developing games in OpenGL and distributing (unsupported) linux binaries can't be much more expensive.
Re:Or better yet... (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:wow (Score:1, Insightful)
I still don't want it (Score:3, Insightful)
Boycott Steam!
Re:Or just badger Valve (Score:3, Insightful)
do what i do. refuse to support companies who do not use open standards for game development. it's the only way we'll get native linux and mac ports in a timely fashion, if ever.
Re:Bi-directional support (Score:5, Insightful)
Linux's market share will have to be muuuch larger before games manufacturers base too many decisions on it.
I didn't meant to sound like a dick, but lots of people seem to forget the sheer economics of this.
Why I won't Support this. (Score:4, Insightful)
I simply refuse to buy games that do not have Linux Binaries. Yes I know I'm missing out on some decent games, but it's the principle. Id, Epic, and Bioware can all look at their logs and see how many linux binaries were downloaded, and I am represented in there. They can say, we sold X copies, but Y% of them were Linux Users.
If I buy Warcraft III, or Half Life 2, to Blizzard or Valve, I am a Windows user. They look and say "Look at all the Windows versions we sold. Why spend any time on making a binary for our next game when we know how many Windows copy will sell?"
problems with the client already.. (Score:3, Insightful)
Normally, I wouldn't bitch about speed when it comes to linux ports. Typically the games run a little bit faster, (I have no idea how this works, kudos to the WINE monkeys that have engineered it) but we're talking about serious lag in HL2 on uber fast GF6800U / AMD64 systems.
I believe ValVe still needs to PATCH the game, before transgaming starts porting it. Who wants to port a broken piece of sofwtare? I have HL2, pre-loaded for two months, and I'm telling you now that it's still riddled with bugs. Mine runs okay on XP2100 / GF4 ti4200 / 512mb PC2100 DDR.
When I say "okay", I mean it's playable, but that's about it. I'm down for linux gaming, but I don't think you guys want to touch this game until it's fixed.
Re:Or just badger Valve (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Why I won't Support this. (Score:3, Insightful)
An argument which might hold a little water if there were some way to measure/record such a 'vote'. Whether $linux_binary_purchases == 0 because the market is insignificant or there is simply no supply is immaterial the end result is the same - you don't play. If you really wanted to say something worth saying you'd take the time to put it down on paper, in the form of a politely worded request for future platform support, and send it to someone able to improve the situation.
Perfect compromise (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:What is real "halflife" ? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Why I won't Support this. (Score:2, Insightful)