Ofp clients on linux

[Skunk Monkey 0]

Well I know that some of you out there have had ofp running on Linux but I've always heard there was a performance drop.

A friend of mine seems to have managed it and with no loss in performance.

He posted this in his squads forum, and asked me to post here while his account for this forum is activated.

http://drans.com/vetserver/viewthread.php?tid=709

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Except for some texture bugs and the not working sound, it runs perfect!

And the speed is the same as you would run it in "pure" Windows! I played through some of the single missions and didnt expect any crashes or problems except the sometimes messed up graphics as in screenshot #3.

This is OFP 1.00 tough, because I didnt install the Updates & Resistance yet...<span id='postcolor'>

[bazik_ 0]

Looks like I can post here now

Here are the #3 screenshots of OFP running on my Linux box:

http://0x1337.net/pub/ofp1.png

http://0x1337.net/pub/ofp2.png

http://0x1337.net/pub/ofp3.png

I am looking forward to the upcoming releases of WineX and that might fix the remaining problems I currently have with running Flashpoint

If you already tried to run Flashpoint via WineX earlier, grab the newest Version off CVS and try again! You will be very impressed by the speed! (I personally have the feeling its a bit faster than under Windows, but that might be because I play it in Window mode on Linux).

[HellToupee 0]

woa cool, im using cvs winx to, but i havnt been impressed with it aces high an old game with bad gfx ran slow, but ill have to see how fast ofp is.

[benu 1]

From what i have read the cvs version of winex does not support copyprotected games (due to patents in the copyprotection mechanisms). And the 2.x version was lacking some dx functions which are needed for ofp. On their site ofp has a bad winex support rating for the same reasons.

So, maybe they improved the dx support for ofp, but how do you install ofp with cvs winex? Afaik cvs winex has no support for safedisc cd protection... Or did you install it with windows and use the windows installation with linux?

I guess i will try this myself too, but before i waste time i could save by asking here...

[HellToupee 0]

il say install in windows and make a few "changes" and then try and run in linux

[bazik_ 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (benu @ Mar. 24 2003,23:31)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">So, maybe they improved the dx support for ofp, but how do you install ofp with cvs winex? Afaik cvs winex has no support for safedisc cd protection... Or did you install it with windows and use the windows installation with linux?<span id='postcolor'>

Yes, they improved the DirectX support. From the Transgaming Homepage:

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WineX 3.0 includes vastly improved DirectX 8 compatibility, and now has hardware vertex shader support for some of today's hottest titles.

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And as you can see from the above screenshots, it works fine except for three problems:

- no sound (might be a setting issue)

- some texture bugs (as seen on screenshot #2 and #3)

- you need the commercial WineX or need to use a nocd thingy because of Safedisk2. The problem is not the CD, but that Safedisk detects WineX as "debugger" and refuses to run the game :/ In the commercial WineX, Safedisk gets tricked so you can run copy protected games without problems.

And yes, I installed Flashpoint right off the CD. No files where copied from Windows.