[ubuntu-uk] suck it and see

[Mark Jose]

On Thursday 21 June 2007 17:30, Josh Blacker wrote:

> On the leisure side of things, I've played around with a few games but
> the only one I have really played with is Wormux, mainly for the
> nostalgia of Worms :) I boot into XP to play Unreal Tournament, but
> wouldn't mind being able to play it from Ubuntu...
>

Which version of UT Josh?  UT2004 has a Linux installer on the DVD - it is a 
shell script which will install the game for youand UT2003 also includes a 
Linux installer.
Earlier versions are catered for either by installing via Wine or, better 
still, using the Icculus scripts which are obtained from his web site at 
icculus.org. Those scripts need Wine, but tweak the settings per game for 
you. Very nice and straightforward.
I play the original UT quite often (I find it more fun than the later 
versions) but occasionally play 2004.
Incidentally, Icculus also wrote the installers used on the official UT2003/4 
Linux installs and wrote the installers which the now defunct Loki Games 
used. 

Mark