Miscellaneous > The Lounge
New OS??
RudeCat7:
You're right, I have emersed myself, and I forgot what it was like before I knew anything about Linux.
/*bubble gurgles*/ My BAD!/*bubble gurgles*/
I'm trying to be less opinionated /*bubble gurgles*/
Chooco:
quote:Originally posted by Refalm:
Why do you need Windows to do that?
You can emulate Half-Life in Linux via the WineX emulator. WineX costs $ 15, Linux is for free. You can download Linux distributions here...
I recommend Lycoris Desktop/LX, Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux because they are easy to use.
--- End quote ---
actually you can't do that anymore. Valve Anti-Cheat now checks if you are running Half-Life through a program (like wine) and if you are, it considers you to be cheating and it bans you from that server. the mods currently supported by VAC are Counter-Strike and Day Of Defeat. TFC will soon be supported :(
lazygamer:
Is Valve aware of that problem? Are they going to consider figuring out a compromise? Could a compromise be reached that allows Wine to run HL, but prevents cheat programs as falsely identifying themselves as Wine?
Zombie9920:
quote:Originally posted by lazygamer:
Is Valve aware of that problem? Are they going to consider figuring out a compromise? Could a compromise be reached that allows Wine to run HL, but prevents cheat programs as falsely identifying themselves as Wine?
--- End quote ---
The thing is, cheats aren't identifying themselves as Wine..Wine is identifying itself as Wine. The servers are banning the use of Wine. It is understandable, because if the software was intended to run in Linux it would've been ported over to Linux nativley. Those games are designed to be Win32 only...so all I can say is tough shit if they don't allow you to play online without Windows. ;p
lazygamer:
Wine is identifying itself as Wine, but that doesn't mean VAC is desgined to pick up on a Wine signature. Maybe it's just designed to blindly detect Half-life being run by an external program. I highly doubt that Valve would be arrogant enough to actually single out Wine.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version