Playing Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Under Ubuntu Linux

December 5th, 2009 Alex Posted in 3D, games, linux, ubuntu Comments Off

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install wine1.2
wget http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks
sh winetricks vcrun2005
sh winetricks d3dx9
wine regedit
  • under HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/Wine, create key Direct3D if it doesn’t already exist
  • inside Direct3D create the following values:
    • string: DirectDrawRenderer value: opengl
    • string: OffscreenRenderingMode value: fbo
    • string: RenderTargetLockMode value: auto
    • string: UseGLSL value: readtex
    • string: VideoMemorySize value: (video card memory size in MB)
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Sound Problems With Urban Terror, Pulseaudio and Ubuntu Karmic

October 2nd, 2009 Alex Posted in games, ubuntu Comments Off

I fixed it by installing libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio (which replaces libsdl1.2debian-alsa). So it might be worth a try if you get sound problems with any other programs.

Source: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pulseaudio/+bug/372843

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You know Flash is inefficient when ..

November 25th, 2008 Alex Posted in flash, games, web Comments Off

DOOM 1, a 15 year old game converted to flash, is jerky on a fairly recent computer.

It’s still worth a try, play now.

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