<spike1@freenet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:konms4-e85.ln1@ridcully.ntlworld.com...
> jon doglegs <null@null.null> did eloquently scribble:
>
>> <collie4roy@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1190680420.331117.159580@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>>> Sorry Linux users, you loooze again.
>>> The best games are written for Windows.
>>>
>>> There are Halo parties happening at the local computer stores, free
>>> food soda etc
>>>
>>> Not a sign of Linux anywhere..........
>>>
>
>> lol, penguins pwned ..
>
> XP can run it, can it?
> Or do you need to downgrade?
> --
From what I can see Vista can't even run it because it appears to have only
been released for the Xbox360 at this time.
Halo 2 works on XP with a few hacks, (an external loader), but it can't be
played online.
I suppose console jockeys get excited about being able to play online, but
since I had been playing online for years before it was ever available on a
console it was all a bit of a yawn to me, and many others I suspect.
AFAIK xbox360 doesn't support DX10, so it's not likely the game will need
DX10 when it's eventually released on Vista, (of course they could recompile
it to use DX10, but they never bothered with H2).
FWIW you can't just rename DX9 files with DX10 names and get your DX10
software working. It doesn't work that way. You need hardware that supports
DX10.
There's not much new in multiplayer, and what there is is usually being done
by PC games first, so not being able to play H2 online isn't much of a loss.
I liked both Halo games for what they are, but it takes a special kind of
idiot to want to line up at a store all night to get a few cents worth of
free food for an overpriced piece of software.
A bored idiot I would guess.
Certainly though if Linux advocates want more users at the desktop level
they will need to get OpenGL back up to speed and as an options in game
titles.
Having said that, it's probably easier for a Linux user to grab a cracked
copy of XP/Vista, dual boot and play games on that, (not advocating it, just
stating a reality).