[plug] Halflife Counterstrike under Wine

[Trevor Phillips]

Russell Keith-Magee wrote:
> 
> > I haven't tested it thorougly though (ie; no network tests), and there's a
> > sound-lag issue I'm hoping to resolve...
> 
> I have a similar problem. I improved the situation slightly by `renice
> -10'ing wine, but there was still a slight lag...

I've fixed the sound delay down to a reasonable amount (ie; you probably
wouldn't notice). There's useful troubleshooting info here:
   http://lhl.linuxgames.com/howto/hammerton-0.2/
(It's a Half-Life under Linux Mini-HOWTO)

> I have a sneaking suspicion it may be a DirectPlay problem. Wine hasn't
> got a working implementation of DirectPlay yet, as is evidenced by the
> fact that you can't play a network game of Starcraft over wine.

Um, LAN StarCraft is DEFINITELY IPX, and if you install Linux IPX, you *CAN*
play LAN StarCraft via WINE. (Although this was with an old WINE, but I assume
the new WINE would work too - I've yet to try it).

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