View Full Version : Mafia 2 and linux ?
XaTriX
04-19-2008, 05:20 PM
Question is in the title :)
XaT
spark
04-19-2008, 05:51 PM
i think no :)
sosaited
04-19-2008, 05:51 PM
If you know a little bit about Linux, then you know very well that natively, Linux can't run Windows Programs. But there are two ways Mafia II can run on Linux:
- Run Windows through VMWare inside linux.
- Run Mafia II through Wine in Linux. (Mafia I runs pretty good on Wine, but the same can't be said for Mafia II until it is released.)
Tetref
04-20-2008, 04:26 AM
what is Linux?
paci182
04-20-2008, 04:52 AM
what is Linux?
loooool :D operační system
Mr Crazy
04-20-2008, 06:15 AM
loooool :D operační system
This is English forum, guy :D
It´s operating system, right. :)
XaTriX
04-20-2008, 07:06 AM
what is Linux?
Linux is an alternative OS ;)
If you know a little bit about Linux, then you know very well that natively, Linux can't run Windows Programs. But there are two ways Mafia II can run on Linux:
- Run Windows through VMWare inside linux.
- Run Mafia II through Wine in Linux. (Mafia I runs pretty good on Wine, but the same can't be said for Mafia II until it is released.)
Run Windows in a virtual machine doesnt allow to use 3D acceleration !!
I'm currently playing a little on wine on Mafia 1. You've too CEDEGA for emulation (winex).
Natively, it can be cool. But i think it'll not be supported :(.
But dev can see how the game run trough wine, and maybe help us with configuration auto (like a wine standalone with mafia2) ;)
Again sorry for my english,
XaT
Dark-Wolf
04-20-2008, 07:11 AM
Linux is an open source operating system (OS). What means it's free to download.
It's like Windows, but Windows is not open source and you have to buy it.
Linux has different versions:
- Ubuntu (at the moment the best of all)
- Debian Etch
- SUSE
And more..
It's like Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Proffesional, Windows Vista.
You can find more information on the Internet.
XaTriX
04-20-2008, 07:52 AM
Linux is an open source operating system (OS). What means it's free to download.
It's like Windows, but Windows is not open source and you have to buy it.
Linux has different versions:
- Ubuntu (at the moment the best of all)
- Debian Etch
- SUSE
And more..
It's like Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Proffesional, Windows Vista.
You can find more information on the Internet.
I'm sorry but it's not like your windows list ;)
There's many many GNU/Linux distribution but you are right for the beginner Ubuntu is the good way (you've new version on 24 april, i'm currently testing it)
XaT
Although Linux is a very good and stable Unix based operating system and
Ubuntu is a Debian based flavor of Linux and it is getting popular day by day ... but
games are usually utilize Microsoft's DirectX API which is not available in Linux
so games usually not run on Linux ...
Although there are many flavors of Linux but the major ones are RedHat, SUSE,
DEBIAN / UBUNTU ...
i would love if in future Linux also support games with some cooperation with game developers ... :)
Styvesant
04-26-2008, 09:34 AM
Yeah. stable OS for sure, just the whole fact that it's something I'm not used to I don't really want to use it, or even try to adapt to it, DirectX all the way for me. :P
maandverband
04-27-2008, 09:22 AM
I would really like to see a Linux-version of Mafia 2. In my opinion it's the right time to release a game for Linux and Mafia 2 is the right game to release for Linux.
Why?
More and more people are switching from Windows to Linux. Microsoft latest operating system for home users, Windows Vista, just sucks. Not only my opinion, the opinion of many people. In my opinion Windows 2000 was Microsofts best operating system and I used it for years without any problems. It was fast and it was stable. After Windows 2000 Microsofts operating systems became worse and worse. In the opinion of many people Windows Vista is a piece of rubbish and people are looking for alternative operating systems.
I switched from Windows to Linux six months ago and I really like it. For every program I used in Windows Linux has an alternative, so why should I pay for Windows and software for Windows if I can use Linux and software for Linux for free?
In my neighborhoud I see a lot of people complaining about Windows Vista and I see a lot of people switching to Linux. People from my school switched to Linux, some of my friends switched to Linux, even my parents switched to Linux.
The only problem is: Games. Most of them natively don't run under Linux and you have to use Wine, Transgaming or Crossover to get them to work or you have to have a Windows-system.
This doesn't mean there are no games for Linux. Take a look at the website of Linux Game Publishing. They release games for Linux. Runesoft is another publisher that releases game for Linux.
There are also developers who make there games compatible with Linux, although they don't have a real release for Linux. For example id Software. All of their games are compatible with Linux. You still have to buy the game for Windows, but you can install the games under Linux with the free linux-installer.
I really like to see games being released for Linux. Why don't PC Gamers get a choice? They are forced to use Windows. If you play a game on a console, you can mostly choose on which console you want to play the game. You get the choice to choose your own platform. PC-Gamers don't have a choice. We have to use Windows. So, make games compatible with Linux, so we can choose on which operating system we want to play.
Why is Mafia 2 the right game for a Linux release? Because Mafia was a great game and many people are looking forward to Mafia 2. Mafia 2 certainly is going to sell a lot. There are many people who want to buy this game and there will also be a lot of Linux-users who want to buy this game. If Mafia 2 will be released for Linux, it will certainly be the best sold game for Linux ever made and a Linux-release will certainly be profitable.
If Mafia 2 is being released for Linux, I will certainly buy the Linux-version. There are a lot of people who only use Windows, because of the games and many people are willing to buy games for Linux. The problem is: People don't get the opportunity to buy games for Linux, because almost all games are only being released for Windows. Microsoft has a monopoly and a monopoly always is a bad thing. Give the people freedom. Give them the freedom to choose the operating system they want to play games on and don't force them to use one particular operating system. Forcing people to use one particular operating system only gives them more power and developers and publisher who develop and publish exclusively for Windows are helping in making Microsofts monopoly only bigger and bigger.
Styvesant
04-27-2008, 09:47 AM
Sure there's alot of Linux users, but there is also a lot of dual-booting going on too, I do not see Linux becoming anything like Windows any time soon, hence the reason Windows is the common users OS, simple as that.
Sure there's alot of Linux users, but there is also a lot of dual-booting going on too, I do not see Linux becoming anything like Windows any time soon, hence the reason Windows is the common users OS, simple as that.
I agree with u there but i can only hope that Microsoft keeps upto it in future
i m not an admirer of Vista actually i dislike the OS and currently using
Windows XP with Ubuntu ... :)
Styvesant
04-29-2008, 03:06 PM
I agree with u there but i can only hope that Microsoft keeps upto it in future
i m not an admirer of Vista actually i dislike the OS and currently using
Windows XP with Ubuntu ... :)
yeah a lot of people are, some just for the fact that they have to pay for an OS, some because they can't run crap on it, I personally love it, and have had absolutely no issues with vista, and I am using 64bit.
yeah a lot of people are, some just for the fact that they have to pay for an OS, some because they can't run crap on it, I personally love it, and have had absolutely no issues with vista, and I am using 64bit.
Well i bough a SONY VAIO C2D laptop with 2 GB RAM and excellent other specs
with VISTA Business .... and its performance was way too slow than my expectations ... actually i bought this laptop for my boss and even he disliked the performance, User friendliness so he replaced it with Win XP ...
BTW u have to pay for XP as well i think ...
what do u mean by this ... :confused:
some because they can't run crap on it,
Styvesant
05-01-2008, 02:25 AM
Well i bough a SONY VAIO C2D laptop with 2 GB RAM and excellent other specs
with VISTA Business .... and its performance was way too slow than my expectations ... actually i bought this laptop for my boss and even he disliked the performance, User friendliness so he replaced it with Win XP ...
BTW u have to pay for XP as well i think ...
what do u mean by this ... :confused:
what I meant by saying "people can't run crap on it" I was referring to programs, and old games, and all that not being able to play on Vista, so I was talking about compatibility.