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Ubuntu sadness....

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Actually, it's Ubuntu for everything because it's just that goddamn awesome.

If you know what you're doing that is!

Edit: I think I know how he makes maps in wc3 now.

He must be using Jass NewGen Pack for it. It got support for running in OpenGL

Edit2: I'll check it out later if it works

Edit3: I'm gonna reinstall ubuntu just to check :D
 

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You need a windows emulator to run WC3 / WE. You also have to make sure its in OpenGL mode as linux has no DX and WC3 uses DX by default.

Basically, it will not work if you just try to run it. You need to run it via something like wine or another windows emulator.

Thus why I stick with my vista. Honestly people do not understand that vista may not be the ultimate OS, but its the best for what it does for now. Ofcourse later I am upgrading to windows 7 which is the same as vista but even better as far as preformance and stuff when it is released.
 
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You need a windows emulator to run WC3 / WE. You also have to make sure its in OpenGL mode as linux has no DX and WC3 uses DX by default.

Basically, it will not work if you just try to run it. You need to run it via something like wine or another windows emulator.

Thus why I stick with my vista. Honestly people do not understand that vista may not be the ultimate OS, but its the best for what it does for now. Ofcourse later I am upgrading to windows 7 which is the same as vista but even better as far as preformance and stuff when it is released.
WINE isn't an emulator.
 

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Well, techinacly it could be classed as one, as it allows the computer to do stuff it can not normally do (think like another computer or system). In this case it allows a linux computer to act like a windows one as far as running WC3 goes, so that WC3 thinks its on a windows machine.

I do know that it works by acting as wrappers which link windows only libraries to linux equvilents.
 
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You need a windows emulator to run WC3 / WE. You also have to make sure its in OpenGL mode as linux has no DX and WC3 uses DX by default.

Basically, it will not work if you just try to run it. You need to run it via something like wine or another windows emulator.

Thus why I stick with my vista. Honestly people do not understand that vista may not be the ultimate OS, but its the best for what it does for now. Ofcourse later I am upgrading to windows 7 which is the same as vista but even better as far as preformance and stuff when it is released.

Windows 7 is kinda already better.

Back to topic: I was using wine when I tried this. I think that Grimoire (I don't remember how it's spelled but something like that) can run world editor in Open GL. Atleast JNGP can.
 
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Alright I'll bump this, it is possible to get we to work via wine, the only problem you will have a flickering screen while using the terrain editor else it works juuuust fine, you will also have to compile it diffrently with Jasshelper
 
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