March 31, 2003, 09:58
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Settler
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Scenarios under Linux
Hi there. I love Civ 2 scenarios, but I am now a Linux user (Mandrake 9).
Is there any way I can still enjoy Civ2 scenarios without booting Windows?
Wine/Winex cannot run Civ2. VMWare doesn't work w/ Mandrake 9. Win4Lin is expensive and I don't know whether it would do the job either. Bochs won't boot Win98 for me. I don't think Civ2 scenarios are compatible with Freeciv, either.
Is there any way I can play the Civ2 scenarios I love?
Thank you,
vaustein
P.S. I cross-posted to the Civ2 - General Help forum. I hope that's all right.
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March 31, 2003, 10:22
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use windows!
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March 31, 2003, 10:25
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Good to see a linux user. Windows is one of the most evil products ever to be produced by western capitalism.. OOPS... no further political comments here 
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March 31, 2003, 10:30
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I use mac os 
I don't know about about playing on linux though 
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March 31, 2003, 15:45
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Wine/Winex cannot run Civ2.
Really? One would have thought that WinG is much easier to emulate (err, not-emulate) than DirectX. 
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March 31, 2003, 22:36
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King
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Was it just CTP and AC, or was there a Linux version of ToT as well?
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April 4, 2003, 13:07
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Settler
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Excellent question. I looked into a Linux-native Civ: ToT before I posted this thread.
The only reference I could find to a ToT Linux port was this strange message originating from comp.os.linux.announce:
http://search.luky.org/cola.2000/msg00595.html
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April 9, 2003, 10:58
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Settler
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Originally posted by St Leo
Wine/Winex cannot run Civ2.
Really? One would have thought that WinG is much easier to emulate (err, not-emulate) than DirectX.
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Last time when I tried (6 months ago), Civ2 ran on wine. But that's about it: it took ages to move a unit, so it was totally unplayable.
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April 9, 2003, 14:49
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Well, I guess there is no hope until Infogrames(?) deigns to follow in the footsteps of iD and 3DRealms by opensourcing Civ2.
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April 10, 2003, 00:50
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Settler
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OR until Civ2 scenario support is added to Freeciv.
A man can dream...
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