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Catfish

03-09-10 09:26 AM

Hello,
the day they develop games and good sims for Linux, i will instantly and gladly refrain from the Window$ DLL hell, the bloody "registry" and this activation crap.
:rock:
Up to then most games and "sims" will anyway only run on Sony, Nintendo and MS consoles.

Greetings,
Catfish

VipertheSniper

03-09-10 09:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krashkart (Post 1302329)

As for the Ubisoft approach to DRM, I probably won't be buying anything that requires a steady internet connection, simply because I don't like being tied to the internet unless I am actually using it (like right now). It's unfair, though, that the many are paying for the actions of a few rotten eggs. :salute:

In case of SH5 it's probably the case that the many are paying for the actions of a few rotten eggs, but if you look at more popular games it's actually the other way round. Not that I like the scheme Ubisoft implemented, but piracy on the PC is a huge problem, Ubi could've chosen a better way to go about it though.

Deputy

03-09-10 10:48 AM

Hmmm....do these sub sims not work on Linux? I would gladly switch to that OS rather than Win 7.

Fincuan

03-09-10 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deputy (Post 1304466)

Hmmm....do these sub sims not work on Linux? I would gladly switch to that OS rather than Win 7.

The recent commercial ones don't, at least as far as I know none has managed to get SH4 working properly. SH5 doesn't even seem to work properly on Windows so that's probably another no-no.

SH3 should work with Wine if Starforce is taken care of, and then there's Danger from the Deep

Deputy

03-09-10 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Fincuan (Post 1304521)

The commercial ones don't. As far as I know none has managed to get SH3 or 4 working properly. SH5 doesn't even seem to work properly on Windows so that's probably another no-no.

Danger from the Deep is your only choice:
http://dangerdeep.sourceforge.net/

Drat! So we are stuck with Windows as the OS. :x

Fincuan

03-09-10 11:36 AM

I just edited the above post to include new info. In short SH3 and Danger from the Deep should work, the other ones don't.

Deputy

03-09-10 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Fincuan (Post 1304546)

I just edited the above post to include new info. In short SH3 and Danger from the Deep should work, the other ones don't.

Well that's something at least. :up:

krashkart

03-10-10 04:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deputy (Post 1304466)

Hmmm....do these sub sims not work on Linux? I would gladly switch to that OS rather than Win 7.

You could always try running an SH in WINE. It won't run everything Windows, but the project has been in active development for years with steady improvements. Saw a YouTube the other day showing Mirror's Edge in WINE. Looked like it ran pretty smoothly.

Deputy

03-10-10 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by krashkart (Post 1305676)

Do you think SH5 will run in it?

krashkart

03-10-10 06:47 PM

@Deputy

Couldn't hurt to try. The WINE project maintains a list of programs that run. Here's the AppDB:

http://appdb.winehq.org/

And the main project website:

http://www.winehq.org/

My Linux buddy just fired me this link to results for SH5. Someone's trying it already:

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManage...sion&iId=19549

EDIT:

My buddy doesn't seem to think the new DRM scheme would go well with it. *shrug*

Deputy

03-10-10 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krashkart (Post 1307291)

Yeah, that DRM is proving to be a real fly in the ointment :nope:

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