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Mmorpgs for Linux

KamodoKamodo Member UncommonPosts: 3
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Does this site show any MMorpgs for linux? If so, can someone tell me which ones have a downloadable client for linux?

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  • retrospecticretrospectic Member UncommonPosts: 1,466

    Originally posted by Kamodo


    Does this site show any MMorpgs for linux? If so, can someone tell me which ones have a downloadable client for linux?

    http://linux.strangegamer.com/index.php?title=Category:MMORPG

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  • retrospecticretrospectic Member UncommonPosts: 1,466

    What MMORPGs will run natively on Linux?

    • Runescape (www.runescape.com)
      Runs on any platform that supports Java applets. Accounts can be free, or you can pay a subscription fee for additional abilities and content. The social aspect may leave one wanting.
    • EternalLands (www.eternal-lands.com)
      . "The people are nice, but the game is a pain. Perhaps it just needs to grow."
    • A Tale In The Desert (www.atitd.com)
      ATiTD is interesting that there is no combat. Rather people all pull togeather to pass test and challenges. "I did get the Linux Client to work after I got the Nvidia driver installed. Some of the tests in ATITD are quite complex and require lots of trial and error to puzzle out. Its worth checking out."
    • Puzzle Pirates (www.puzzlepirates.com)
      is another puzzle-based game with a Pirate theme. Fighting is handled by competitive tetris-like games, and sailing a ship requires a team of people each playing a different puzzle game to perform their role as bilge-pumper, navigator, sailskeepers or gunnery. Like RuneScape, you can play a diminished version for free, and it runs as a Java program.
    • I am still hoping World Forge (www.worldforge.org) can get something going!
    • Regnum Online (www.regnumonline.com.ar)
      Is a game under development that has an unofficial Linux client. The engine was built from scratch with multi-platform in mind, that's why it has support for both DirectX and OpenGL. The game is from Argentina but they have already a multi-language version with all content in English (Most of the translations are even better than most already launched MMORPG's). Currently there is no link on their website but there is a thread on the forums. Asking for the Linux binaries on the English forum would do the trick.
    • vendetta-online (www.vendetta-online.com)
      is an MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) in development by Guild Software Inc. In this game, thousands of people will be able to play together, at the same time, in a single, persistent universe. Players take the form of spaceship pilots within this universe, flying to and fro between space stations and other locations in the galaxy. All combat within the game is fully realtime, based entirely on "twitch" skill (no "virtual dice rolling"). Players may fight one another, fight NPCs, participate in groups, or potentially even engage in large-scale Guild combat.

    [edit] Emulation

    Cedega(formerly known as WineX) seems to be working on getting MMORPGs working. City of Heroes runs nigh-flawlessly on my computer through Cedega, World of Warcraft and Anarchy Online is also officially supported. There is also a Full List (transgaming.org) of MMORPGS and their functionality with Cedega.

    Doktar - 70 Troll Priest - Perenolde

  • GresloreGreslore Member Posts: 243

    Is there a big performance hit with Cedega? 

    "...and with that cryptic comment, I'm off to bed!"

  • nomadiannomadian Member Posts: 3,490

    think WoW can be run on Wine or something. Cedanga could be same thing, just when I had Kubuntu(before it vanished!) I was looking at options

  • GresloreGreslore Member Posts: 243

    Originally posted by nomadian


    think WoW can be run on Wine or something. Cedanga could be same thing, just when I had Kubuntu(before it vanished!) I was looking at options

    If you ever install Kubuntu again, here is the info on doing WoW and Wine:

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft

    I have yet to try this out.  Perhaps I'll give it a go (though I dont play WoW any longer.. COH is my main nowadays)

    "...and with that cryptic comment, I'm off to bed!"

  • CleffyIICleffyII Member, Newbie CommonPosts: 3,440

    Run Windows XP/Vista under VMWare.  It actually performs better running it under VMWare because the networking is handled by Linux.  There is always a performance hit when running anything through an emulator.  VMWare will probably give the worst hit to performance because it has to run both OSes and itself.  However, its also a guaruntee to always work unlike Cadega and Wine.

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  • n25phillyn25philly Member Posts: 1,317
    Originally posted by CleffyII


    Run Windows XP/Vista under VMWare.  It actually performs better running it under VMWare because the networking is handled by Linux.  There is always a performance hit when running anything through an emulator.  VMWare will probably give the worst hit to performance because it has to run both OSes and itself.  However, its also a guaruntee to always work unlike Cadega and Wine.

    If you're going to run windows, wouldn't it make more sense to just dual boot?

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  • maveric007maveric007 Member UncommonPosts: 160

    Yes that was nonsense. You dual boot if if you ever plan on playing games on windows. Cedega is crap as far as performance is concerned. Go with wine/native and if that doesn't work go with windows.

  • docminusdocminus Member Posts: 717

    I thought Blizzard is banning (or has?) people playing under Linux? Has that ever been true, and if so, do they still do so?

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  • maveric007maveric007 Member UncommonPosts: 160

    no they do not ban you if your using linux

  • nomadiannomadian Member Posts: 3,490


    If you ever install Kubuntu again, here is the info on doing WoW and Wine:

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WorldofWarcraft

    I have yet to try this out. Perhaps I'll give it a go (though I dont play WoW any longer.. COH is my main nowadays)

    Oh right, thanks. I quite liked Kubuntu so might well install it again, or Ubuntu.
  • ShadowZEROShadowZERO Member Posts: 102

    Linux Mint pwnz all other Debian based distros.  Its based off Ubuntu but it comes with better out of the box support for proprietary codecs, software, and drivers.  Mint 3.0 is based of Ubuntu Feisty 7.04 and if you prefer KDE over GNOME(i do) you can grab the KDE community edition, based off of Kubuntu.  Mint is compatible with all of the Feisty software so there's really no reason to use Ubuntu or Kubuntu instead of Mint.  Give it a try.

     

    linuxmint.com

  • GresloreGreslore Member Posts: 243

    Originally posted by ShadowZERO


    Linux Mint pwnz all other Debian based distros.  Its based off Ubuntu but it comes with better out of the box support for proprietary codecs, software, and drivers.  Mint 3.0 is based of Ubuntu Feisty 7.04 and if you prefer KDE over GNOME(i do) you can grab the KDE community edition, based off of Kubuntu.  Mint is compatible with all of the Feisty software so there's really no reason to use Ubuntu or Kubuntu instead of Mint.  Give it a try.
     
    linuxmint.com
    I'll have to check that out.  Next on my list of distros to install is Ubuntu Satanic!  This distro looks awesome I must say...

    http://ubuntusatanic.org/

    "...and with that cryptic comment, I'm off to bed!"

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