[dundee] WINE/Cedega [previously: new member]

[Nistur Effee]

I agree, I have realised that Wine seems to be running better than I thought it would, although I didn't know the reason why. I got a Cedega subscription as I had a couple of games that I wanted to play and (even though I said I didn't have the money to pay for WoW) Cedega's not expensive. I probably won't keep it after the compulsory 3 months. But even then £10...

Anyway, I agree with you. I don't mind at all about copy protection. As far as I'm concerned I've payed for the games (in virtually all circumstances) and it's up to me to get it running, and if that requires a no-cd patch or whatever *Shrug*

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Le Cuirot" <chewi at aura-online.co.uk>
> To: "Tayside Linux User Group" <dundee at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [dundee] new member
> Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 19:45:22 +0100
> 
> 
> I think many Linux users have a Cedega subscription but not so many
> admit it in a hurry. It was controversial to begin with and it's even
> more controversial now. They used to have a strong case with things like
> Steam and World of Warcraft but now regular Wine can run both of those
> just fine. Cedega is based off extremely old Wine code and the
> differences between them are really starting to show. One example is 2D
> graphics. Red Alert 2 runs far better on Wine than it does on Cedega.
> Another example is the registry code. It's been totally rewritten
> but Cedega still uses (and probably always will use) the old code. It
> fails to read the registry settings saved by Black & White, meaning
> that you can't change the details settings and subsequently, I can't
> turn off the effect that's making the game run like a dog every time
> the sun comes into view. Admittedly, Wine doesn't run the game at all
> but it does manage to read the registry when you run the configuration
> program. With so many more games now working in regular Wine, it won't
> be long before I, and probably many others, decide to cancel our
> subscriptions. The copy protection alone won't be enough to justify it
> because a quick visit to megagames.com almost always solves that
> problem. Cracking the games isn't an ideal solution but it's better
> than wasting money on a subscription.
> 
> Okay rant over. Not meaning to spread FUD or anything, this is just my
> opinion on the matter. (-;
> 
> Chewi
> 
> 
> On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:19:53 +0800
> "Nistur Effee" <nistur at karate.com> wrote:
> >
> > Like I said, I will do something if people want, I am by no means an
> > expert at Cedega, or anything Linux related for that matter really.
> > But if people think it will help then I suppose I could. However I
> > think it would be beneficial for someone to have a system with a
> > problem to bring it in as the same problem is unlikely to be fixed in
> > exactly the same way on two computers. Obviously easiest would be a
> > laptop. Also, I am lead to believe WoW works quite happily off wine
> > on it's own, without using WineX/Cedega. I can't say I've tried, nor
> > am likely to as, being the poor student I am, can't be bothered to
> > pay monthly fees. Oh, and all information for installing most games
> > under cedega is linked to in their games database.
> 
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