Linux Gamers: WineX 4.0 "Cedega" is released

http://www.transgaming.com/news.php?newsid=119

TransGaming Unveils WineX 4.0 And Announces New Product Name: Cedega

Issued on Tuesday June 22, 2004

Toronto/Ottawa -- June 22, 2004 -- TransGaming today unveils the milestone
release of version 4.0 of its flagship product, WineX, which has been
renamed to Cedega. Cedega allows Windows ® games to seamlessly and
transparently run under Linux, out-of-the-box, with outstanding performance
and equivalent game-play. Cedega 4.0 includes support for Microsoft ®
DirectX ® 9.0, significantly broadening the scope and availability of the
latest triple "A" titles for avid Linux gamers. The landmark release of
Cedega 4.0 adds support for new blockbuster DirectX 9.0 titles such as
EA's? Battlefield Vietnam?, Eidos'? Hitman: Contracts ©, and LucasArts' ©
Star Wars?Galaxies?, bringing the total number of games supported under
Cedega to well over 300. Furthermore, Cedega features unprecedented support
for NCSoft's ® recently released massive multiplayer online game, City of
Heroes ® and Blizzard Entertainment's ® unreleased but highly anticipated
World of WarCraft ®.

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From a technical standpoint, this release sets a new benchmark for the
support of games on Linux. "The Cedega 4.0 release contains more
technological innovation than any previous TransGaming release and truly
represents a milestone in game software portability. Cedega 4.0 supports
titles that make use of the DirectX 9.0 API as well as advanced Pixel and
Vertex shaders. Cedega 4.0 also includes a new advanced inter-process
communication architecture that can double the speed of games which make
heavy use of Win32 kernel synchronization primitives," remarks Gavriel
State, CTO & Co-CEO of TransGaming Technologies.

To keep pace with the growth of Linux worldwide and to more effectively meet
consumer demands internationally, TransGaming is also pleased to announce
the European launch of Cedega 4.0. European customers and subscribers can
now pay in Euros, a feature that has been much anticipated and will cater
specifically to the rapidly growing Linux community in European countries.
Cedega 4.0 includes an updated version of its user friendly interface,
Point2Play, with multiple language support for English, Dutch, Danish,
Portuguese and German.

.....rest is on the web site......

 

All good news there. Thanks for posting that article.


Divine

 

Can either of you post the link to their game support DB?
I had a look, but can't find it.
I just want to check a few games against it... might be worth using

 

LOL linux still trying to emulate windows. Wont they ever do something new?
Linux should stick to the server market, they're never gonna make it as a
desktop OS, not with Windows still around. Sad that they're still trying to
copy the king.

Jackson.

 

A quick google found it...
http://www.transgaming.com/gamepage.php?gameid=1060

but umm... from the page Im trying to get to.

Slashdotted
Looks like we're being slashdotted. We apologise for the inconvenience;
please come back later.
-- The TransGaming web team.

 

How many trolls does it take to upset nz.comp?

 

Ummm... three? No, five! Wait.. I give up...



Cheers
Anton

 

Yawn yawn yawn yawn yawn - heard it all before - don't believe a word of
it.


Divine

 

Not many
If any

 

Except that some people can actually see the 'king's' new clothes for
what they are.
http://www.angelfire.com/film/dannykaye/KingsClothes.htm

 

The only desktop workstations I use both run Linux. And the amount of things
you can do in Linux that you can't in Windows is one of the reasons why I
make this choice.

Linux has made it as a desktop OS.

Allistar.

 

Here at my home we have 2 computers, one running Windoze XP and one running
Debian Sarge. There are two reasons why we don't switch the Windoze box over
to Linux:
a) Half of the games don't work (my favourite being Flight Sim 2004)
b) the other people in the house who barely know how to operate Windoze
would be lost when it comes to Linux, and they don't even want to
learn.

Unfortunately, until both these conditions change, us poor Linux souls will
have to suffer with Redmond's worst for a while.

 

You fix this by changin over an not telling em. They'll learn


Bruce


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It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to
think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone´s fault.
If it was Us, what did that make Me ? After all, I´m one of Us. I must be.
I´ve certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No-one ever thinks
of themselves as one of Them. We´re always one of Us. It´s Them that do
the bad things. <=> Terry Pratchett. Jingo.

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LOL - nice!


Divine

 

Hi there,

Hey perhaps it would interest you to know that Wine (the non-gaming
oriented one) runs latest winzip around 5% faster emulated than it
runs natively under Windows...

We don't get upset anymore....this kind of troll needs to grow some
'smarts' if he is to upset us...

--
Kind regards,

Chris Wilkinson, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Canterbury Horse Taxis. http://www.horsetaxis.co.nz/
Remove spamblocker to send replies direct to my email...

 

Bah, nothing.

Why using my Amiga, I can run multiple virtual Macs using Amax, each
running multiple PeeCee emulator copies running Winzip under
Looooonghorn - and they're all 97% faster than Linux running WinZip
under emulation.

In fact, each emulated system, running within each emulated system
running within each emulated system, running.. you get the idea - is
faster than the parent. It's the ultimate emulation loop, and will knock
that pesky NEC earth thingy of the list after I add a little more fast
ram. How? it's simply a stock Amiga, an Emplant board, and BLAZEMONGER.
ONLY AMIGA MAKES IT POSSIBLE!!!

Linux doesn't stand a chance until it gets BLAZEMONGER - but we all know
that can't happen 'cos you don't have a Fat Angus. Nyah.

No chance, Trolls use crappy Atari STs.

 

Have I missed something, Am I in a time warp thats gone back ~12 years
to when amiga was supreme? or is Amiga back and no-one told me.

 

It's just a satirical jab at the Linux and Windows trolls, comparing them
to the old Amiga vs Atari trolls.

It seems Divines counterproductive Linux efforts have bred a new batch of
idiotic pro Windows trolls.

BTW - the Amiga kicked the STs ass!!!

Cheers
Anton

 

Yeah but Atari STs with Steinberg and C-Lab ruled the music business.
OTOH Porn would not be the same without that Amiga genlock titling and
DIY music videos would not be the same without DPaint.
And EA would not be the monster game company it is today.

 

Granted.

The Amiga kicked the STs ass in everything except musician stuff!!!!



Cheers
Anton