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Offline Marohen

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« on: July 08, 2007, 12:31:31 AM »
I have a friend who runs completely on Linux... how do you get OP2 to work with WINE on it? Or is there a ported version?

Thanks, oh, yeah, and I'm new here. (Yey)

Offline Sirbomber

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« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2007, 10:57:51 AM »
You can't. Sorry.
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Offline Arklon

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« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2007, 12:29:31 PM »
It "works", but not very well at all. Just ask op2hacker. I think that's why he ended up switching from Linux back to Winbloze.

Offline Mez

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« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2007, 02:13:50 PM »
OP2's networking code will not work in WINE.

So you will need windows or need to virtualise.

Offline BlackBox

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« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2007, 03:12:32 PM »
I heard that actually in the newest versions of WINE that the network code will work (somewhat), and not hang...

I think if you want to play OP2 on linux right now, you're probably best off just installing something like QEMU or VMware and installing windows onto that.

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« Reply #5 on: July 08, 2007, 03:45:21 PM »
Was Linux even in existence when OP2 was published?
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Offline Mez

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« Reply #6 on: July 08, 2007, 04:26:06 PM »
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Was Linux even in existence when OP2 was published?
Yes, version 0.02 of the Linux kernel was released in 1991.  Version 1.0 in 1994.

Although it was in a very young form.

Offline Nightmare24148

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« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2008, 06:04:06 PM »
If you're talking about the modern form with a GUI...oh boy. :P

Yeah I'd suggest trying OP2 with each new release of WINE (which are pretty frequent) - things can magically work. Over a year/two ago, TA was able to work fine. And I recall OP2 working pretty good.  
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