re-install problem

[John Boland]

greg,
thanks for the note on cedega, i had forgotten about them.
however, it doesn't support multiplayer games of civ4 which is what we want
to do.
thanks again, i have to keep looking.

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Gregory Boyce <gboyce-qL0WqcyiFk9Wk0Htik3J/w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> one of my kids wants to play a game that i am unable to get to work with
>> wine (civ 4 warlords, if you're interested).  vmware server won't handle
>> the
>> directx9 3d graphics.
>>
>
>
>> my ultimate goal is to be able to play a windows based directx9 3d game on
>> this machine, preferably keeping linux.  i have purchased a second copy of
>> civ4 for this purpose.  i might not like restrictive licensing but that
>> doesn't mean i have to run afoul of the terms.
>>
>
> Cedega from Transgaming is a commercial variant of Wine that specializes in
> gaming.  According to their game database, Civ 4: Warlords should work fine
> on it.
>
> http://www.cedega.com/gamesdb/games/view.html?game_id=5125
>
> Its not free, but it might work for you.
>
> --
> Greg
>



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