Guest Furynator Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 Hello I'm new to MDV How could I play World of warcraft on Mandriva? Heard it runs wow faster etc :) Greetings Fury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artificial Intelligence Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 (edited) You need wine(free) or Cedega(pay $5 each month) for that. Make sure you have the latest wine: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.p...ackage_id=80066 You might want to read more about wine: http://gaming.gwos.org/doku.php/wine:winestuff Then run winecfg via konsole/terminal to set up stuff. You could also give winedoors a spin. Cedega: http://www.transgaming.com/ Edited January 21, 2008 by Artificial Intelligence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomuser83 Posted June 26, 2008 Report Share Posted June 26, 2008 Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angst Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Just want to add a note that I have been running WoW on Mandriva 2008.1 with Wine 1.0 RC5 (I know there is a newer version) for a little over a month a month now and it has been rock solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 I have run WoW (2 accounts at the same time on multiple monitors, no less) for about a year on Linux using regular Wine (not Cedega) and I can confirm that it is rock solid, and a noticeable performance increase over Vista. I even got Ventrilo working perfectly last night, and the PTT key works when WoW has focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 (edited) and a noticeable performance increase over Vista.There are a few reasons for that (don't get me started on Vista!), but one thing is that in Linux - no matter what you use - you don't get a lot of the extra graphics stuff (shaders, basically). At least, the last time I set it up I couldn't turn on some of the eye candy. That helps improve performance a good bit. Edited July 11, 2008 by tyme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 There are a few reasons for that (don't get me started on Vista!), but one thing is that in Linux - no matter what you use - you don't get a lot of the extra graphics stuff (shaders, basically). At least, the last time I set it up I couldn't turn on some of the eye candy. That helps improve performance a good bit. I know, and I also have some choice things to say about Vista, but the computer I bought won't install XP, even a Slipstreamed SP3, due to the sata drivers on the mobo (I assume, anyway). Graphically, I really don't notice that much of a difference. I'm not sure what all is included in the extras for eye candy, I do know that I have most of the sliders all the way up on both accounts. I will check, though, and report back my findings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted July 11, 2008 Report Share Posted July 11, 2008 (edited) It's mostly stuff like bloom and other things that smooth the edges of objects, IIRC. I'll have to load up WoW when I get home and see. Edited July 11, 2008 by tyme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javaguy Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 I even got Ventrilo working perfectly last night, and the PTT key works when WoW has focus. How did you get Ventrilo working? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now