Linux Version?

Is there a LINUX version of Guild Wars for the betas and will there be a linux version for the full release? I really hope there will be...

no plans yet for anything but windows

At guildwars.com they said they have no plans for a Linux version. But they may make one in the future. I'm guessing that's about a 25% chance.

I wonder if anyone's tried it under wine?

Currently there just isn't a large enough linux market to make it really worth the effort to convert games to linux. It would cost more to make the game into a linux client than it would be recouped in sales.

I'm actually surprised NwN did the linux client thing. I thought it was a nice move. I don't know how much it actually helped or hurt their bottom line though.

I've heard that some people have tried it with Wine unsuccesfully. Thats why I was looking for a full out linux version.

And then there's the Mac market to consider.

(Although it's been my experience that purchasing a non-Windows machine kinda is a forfeiture of gaming on it.)
-- Scaper-X

someday i will be able to play all my games on Linux until then my Linux computer is made from all the parts i swap out of my 'toy' read game machine running windows.

I wish it will be on mac's, then I can use my G5 with 9600 XT ( compared to my Windows 9200 ) and 20 inch/LCD 19 CRT combo.

Macintosh....*shudders* I'm sorry, but buying a Mac seems to be a waste of money. Might be nice for photo editing and similiar subjects, but anything other than that and you might as well just mail them money and not even get your machine.

If you can't tell, I hate Macintosh with a passion

While I, too, have a strong distaste for Macintosh computers, they're positively vital for editing.

Which is a shame considering my desired profession, seeing as they seem to not like me equally.

EDIT: Why not add this classic video on the love of Macs.

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~zachie/mac.wmv

"I like the handle here. That's so you can attach a chain and use it as a BOAT ANCHOR!"
-- Scaper-X

While we're bashing on Macintosh...

http://www.electric-chicken.co.uk/

Not as good as the video, but you get the point.

Just get an emulator. People have been having success with HL2 running on emulators on Linux.

Yeah, Macintosh's just need to die. They pollute the cyber universe with their wannabe elitist marketing but then it becomes apparent that they all crash and burn so really all their exclusiveness just turns into absolute exclusiveness because no one can run the &^@)(&(*$^ MacOS; not even them.

I also feel so terrible for our honorary guild mate Waldemar (you'll have to ask Orange about his forum posts ) because his household is infested with Macware so nothing works! He's freaking obsessed with this game but he has no system to support it. Also, his ipod broke after about six months and that's just freaking ridiculous; there is just no legitimate excuse for that.

Transgaming.com WineX/Cedega have GuildWars listed as supported I believe. But haven't tried it out yet ofcourse Good chance it will run, anyway, but WineX is not free.

The Q&A had this to say.....

There is a CVS version of WineX/Cedega that is free, but a bit more limited and complicated to set up and run. You can, however, turn to warez copies of it. (Yes, they are out there)

Anyway, apparently it does run, as the screenshots on this page show:
http://transgaming.org/gamesdb/games...l?game_id=3370

Both of them were taken on March 18th, 2005. That is, last beta IIRC.

This same page links to this wiki:
http://digital-conquest.ath.cx/wiki/...php/Guild_Wars

There it is reported that it runs with problems. Some quite serious as not updating. It was, however, last updated on February 26th. Thing could have changed. (Actually, the screenshots were under Cedega 4.3 and the wiki page only reports testing with Cedega 4.1.1)

Most of you probably already read all this, but anyway, at least they're direct links for those who haven't searched too deep yet.

We could try it out next beta (or convince an alpha to do it for us), or mail the screenshots' author to see if we get any detailed info on how it worked. I'd love to know, but I'm too lazy to get my linux set up right now.

BTW, loved the Mac movie...

I'll just revive this thread - it's not really that old... :-)

If Guild Wars won't work with Cedega (I doubt it, just checked the official forums - it works with Cedega 4.3.1, but misses textures and stuff), you might want to bribe Oliver Stieber...

He's currently working on Wine (the real, open-source one), and he's really successful with DirectX stuff - he might be able to make Guild Wars work. As soon as his Amazon wishlist is up again, I might buy him a copy of Guild Wars if he's interested in working on it (if I like it, that is - if I don't, I'll post a link for others to bribe Oliver... :-) ). My father intends to buy a copy tomorrow, if we're lucky it'll already work (official Wine tree + Olivers patches).

I'll let you know!

PS: I would still prefer an official client, but I don't hold my breath...!

You know, I am of the belief that I would love GuildWars.. The only thing is that I am running Linux.. Although I can use it with Wine, it didn't run that good because I have to use DirectX emulation..

So, it would be great to have at least OpenGL support or better, a client for Mac OS and Linux available then..

This thread is nearly two years old!

That's as maybe, but with a couple of patches, GW can run on Wine 0.9.28 pretty darn well. It needs the lighting patch and the 32 bit mouse one. All the details can be found on the winehq.com page for GW here: http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=6551