[Discuss] Linux and Goo

[R Esdon]

Well since we seem to be sharing our gaming on Linux info I will pass 
along that I have
been playing Dungeons and Dragons online (aka DDO). Yes it's a Windows 
based game
but it works fine under Wine. I found that there is a Linux based 
launcher for it called "pylotro"
within the Synaptic Package Manager of Ubuntu which will launch both 
Lord of the Rings
online and Dungeon and Dragons online (selectable). A link to what it 
looks like can be
found here: http://www.lotrolinux.com/

Recently DDO just changed it's way of doing business in that it's no 
longer a pay per
month MMO style game. They are now an unlimited free play game
(see this link: http://www.ddo.com/playnow/)
Lots of general info about the game here: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_&_Dragons_Online
Good article of the pros and cons of this free play system can be found 
here:
http://www.massively.com/2009/06/10/the-pros-and-cons-of-free-to-play-dungeons-and-dragons-online?icid=sphere_blogsmith_inpage_massively

To get this game working I installed it in a Windows computer and then 
allowed the
program to completely download the 6.2 gig of files to the computer (it 
slowly downloaded
in the background while I started playing). Once it was all down I then 
copied the whole
directory to my Linux computer under the Wine folder system.  I then 
launched pylotro,
selected DDO (second option for this launcher) and I was up and running.
Info to read on how to install can be found here: 
http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=17785
should any one else be interested in playing this game.

Enjoy!

Randy Esdon



Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> On 2009-10-28 16:26-0700 Andrew Willard wrote:
>
>> We don't often talk gaming and Linux in the same breath on the list 
>> but today is different... an article on Kotaku (my fav site) shows 
>> Linux users in a good light... sort of ;-)
>>
>> http://kotaku.com/5391763/world-of-goo-birthday-sale-final-results-america-represent 
>>
>>
>> p.s. For those that have not played the game it is great fun.
>
> Hi Andrew:
>
> Actually Linux gaming is an interesting topic.  Some first-person 
> shooters
> are missing, but I personally don't care much about those, and there is
> certainly a variety of other types of interesting games that are 
> available
> for Linux.
>
> Case in point is I have read a lot of positive reviews of World of 
> Goo.  But
> I currently don't have the time for it because of other Linux games 
> that I
> enjoy. :-(
>
> The problem is Wesnoth already takes a lot of the limited time I can 
> spend
> on gaming.  Each release of that game adds more official campaigns and
> therefore more weeks of fun and frustration. Currently, there are 14 (!)
> official campaigns and I don't have time to finish all of them from one
> release to the next. Also, revisiting old Wesnoth campaigns I have done
> before with new releases is usually quite interesting because new rules
> (e.g., changes in what fraction of gold you can carry from one 
> scenario to
> the next) demand new strategies to win against the AI.  Also, when you 
> replay
> you may learn what you thought was an outstanding strategy the first
> time you played was just luck, and you may have to work quite hard
> to beat the AI for replayed campaigns even without the rules changes.
>
> I hasten to add I am not a very good Wesnoth player (I lose a lot if I 
> try
> medium difficulty against the AI), but I have been able to (slowly) 
> improve
> my gameplay, and I still enjoy it immensely even at the "easy" level.
>
> Other Linux games that I also spend some significant time on are 
> foobillard
> and pysol.  But the principal one I spend my gaming time on is 
> Wesnoth, and
> in the unlikely event I lose interest in that, I am confident there 
> will be
> other outstanding and interesting Linux games to enjoy such as the 
> World of
> Goo.
>
> Alan
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