A thought...

Radi

This thread got me thinking.

Since I'm recently playing with Virtual PC, maybe there is a way to play Jumpgate on other systems than Windows.

VMWare got this free program called VMware Player. You could run a VMware player on other systems with virtual Microsoft Os.

Problems:dunno how good (or bad) would Jumpgate perform, you need precreated virual machine for VMware Players (VM Player doesn't allow you to create virtual machines) and we would need some kind of Windows OS.

Possible solution: Someone could create and host pre-created virtual machine so that ppl could download it. But that might have some legal issues.

Radi

Nope, scratch that idea.

VMware installs their own display driver and that will not run Jumpgate.

Radi

Ok I did some research.

VM Player doesn't have the option to install VMware Tools which in needed to enable 3d3 support for virtual OS and 3D3 is needed for Jumpgate. I did find a possible way to enable 3d3 support for VMware Workstation.

Since VM Player is only beta, maybe that option will be aviable in the future.

fluid

As far as I knew, historical attempts to make Jumpgate run under wine met with failure. wine, or one of its many incarnations, may be able to run it now but I don't have a 32bit system to try it on any more.

If VMware works any differently compared to wine, it may give different results.

Radi · 11:46 PM

After doing more research, I was kinda able to run it. Kinda. However, screen was black and it was stalling my CPU. (umm stalling was fixed a little bit by adding more memory to the virtual video card)

I hear the game, I can alt tab back to windows but I cannot see anything while being in the game besides a black screen.

So I guess most likely, a very powerfull computer might be able to run it. Mine is only AMD 1.8 GHz and 512 DDR.

*edited for updates

Wild_Bill

Why would you want to go to all that trouble when even the cheapest of the Windows PC machines out there will run Jumpgate just fine? Is it just the challenge of making bricks without straw?

fluid

Quote:

Originally Posted by Radi

I hear the game, I can alt tab back to windows but I cannot see anything while being in the game besides a black screen.

So I guess most likely, a very powerfull computer might be able to run it. Mine is only AMD 1.8 GHz and 512 DDR.

I expect that a black screen is a result of either Jumpgate or the virtual video driver not understanding each other. If it worked, it would probably just be slow and stuttering. Since it's just a black screen, I don't think that a faster computer will produce anything other than a more expensive black screen.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wild_Bill

Why would you want to go to all that trouble when even the cheapest of the Windows PC machines out there will run Jumpgate just fine? Is it just the challenge of making bricks without straw?

Because cheapest != free. And, in my case, because I do not like using Windows. It's a personal preference, like choosing a make/model of car or selecting what to eat for dinner.

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	Radi Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 647 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0	A thought... This thread got me thinking. Since I'm recently playing with Virtual PC, maybe there is a way to play Jumpgate on other systems than Windows. VMWare got this free program called VMware Player. You could run a VMware player on other systems with virtual Microsoft Os. Problems:dunno how good (or bad) would Jumpgate perform, you need precreated virual machine for VMware Players (VM Player doesn't allow you to create virtual machines) and we would need some kind of Windows OS. Possible solution: Someone could create and host pre-created virtual machine so that ppl could download it. But that might have some legal issues.


	fluid ********* Pilot Name: Fluid Joystick: X52 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: NEPA Posts: 287 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0	As far as I knew, historical attempts to make Jumpgate run under wine met with failure. wine, or one of its many incarnations, may be able to run it now but I don't have a 32bit system to try it on any more. If VMware works any differently compared to wine, it may give different results.


	Radi Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 647 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0	After doing more research, I was kinda able to run it. Kinda. However, screen was black and it was stalling my CPU. (umm stalling was fixed a little bit by adding more memory to the virtual video card) I hear the game, I can alt tab back to windows but I cannot see anything while being in the game besides a black screen. So I guess most likely, a very powerfull computer might be able to run it. Mine is only AMD 1.8 GHz and 512 DDR. *edited for updates
		Last edited by Radi; 11-06-2005 at 11:46 PM..


	Wild_Bill Member Pilot Name: Wild_Bill Faction: Octavius Joystick: MS Sidewinder Precision Plus Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Abilene Texas Posts: 811 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0	Why would you want to go to all that trouble when even the cheapest of the Windows PC machines out there will run Jumpgate just fine? Is it just the challenge of making bricks without straw?


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