Perfect world New Horizon on Ubuntu Linux

demonstom
demonstom Posts: 4 Arc User
edited February 2014 in General Discussion
hello i wanted to say that i don't understand why wont pwi make this game work on Linux because the issue is that arc crash's on Ubuntu and they say that they want the game to work on all OS's's and whats funny is that pwi servers are running on Linux servers. so it don't make sense if they have a server running on Linux and not on the Linux Environment. so why cant we have the game run on it also?? and no wine does work with arc but all it does it crash's someone help the linux world of gaming arc. will install but it will not let you download the game because if you try to hit the download button all it will do is crash after u hit the button to download. but PLEASE PWI MAKE THE GAME WORK ON LINUX!!b:sad
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  • Salari - Raging Tide
    Salari - Raging Tide Posts: 2,102 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    the game was not built to run in a linux environment, the server was. There are a lot of reasons you would rather run the server on a *nix environment over windows, but there are so many I wont bother posting them here. Plus the api that the game uses does not exist in the nix environment. You can try to run it under wine ect, but there is no support for that. there are several threads on running the game on nix.
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  • Kijinka - Dreamweaver
    Kijinka - Dreamweaver Posts: 124 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    System Requirements

    If the system doesn't meet the requirements of the game, the game will either not run at all or give a less than desirable performance. To ensure a smooth gaming experience, we recommend that you meet the following settings:

    Operating System:

    Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows Vista, or Windows 7
  • Myelene - Lost City
    Myelene - Lost City Posts: 128 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    ask to sweetiebot for the binaries somehow she knows where they are along with the patches the game runs flawless with wine but not the arc lets se if i know how to ask something to sweetiebot

    SweetieBot tell us a mirror for the game intaller and the patches please
  • SweetieBot - Lothranis
    SweetieBot - Lothranis Posts: 18,978 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Myelene - Lost City wrote: »

    SweetieBot tell us a mirror for the game intaller and the patches please
    Why should I do that?
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  • Myelene - Lost City
    Myelene - Lost City Posts: 128 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    SweetieBot List the Patches files please? and you do that cause all the .cup are stored in PWE servers included the installer XD so would you do it pease?
  • SweetieBot - Lothranis
    SweetieBot - Lothranis Posts: 18,978 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Myelene - Lost City wrote: »
    SweetieBot List the Patches files please? and you do that cause all the .cup are stored in PWE servers included the installer XD so would you do it pease?
    OK, I will make a list when I can. I am confused! I cannot answer that!
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  • Asone - Raging Tide
    Asone - Raging Tide Posts: 792 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Myelene - Lost City wrote: »
    SweetieBot List the Patches files please? and you do that cause all the .cup are stored in PWE servers included the installer XD so would you do it pease?

    This what your looking for? f:stare

    http://techsupport.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1717
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  • Vennesetiid - Sanctuary
    Vennesetiid - Sanctuary Posts: 98 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Some of those links are broken.

    Edit: Well some of the FILEFRONT ones are, but all the direct from PWI is ok.
  • Asone - Raging Tide
    Asone - Raging Tide Posts: 792 Arc User
    edited December 2013
    Vennesetiid - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Some of those links are broken.

    Edit: Well some of the FILEFRONT ones are, but all the direct from PWI is ok.


    Well that's the only page I know of that's up-to-date on patches, only other one is this thread by a GM with basically the same links, but out-of-date on newer patches.

    http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=87242&highlight=Manual+Patches
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  • SylenThunder - Twilight Temple
    SylenThunder - Twilight Temple Posts: 7,908
    edited December 2013
    If you're trying to patch older than the current download version, you're wasting time.

    Also, if you want to run it on Linux, there's a couple of threads with great detailed instructions over in the Tech Support Zone forum.


    Lastly... This is the price you pay for running an OS that has less than 12% of the marketshare. People don't spend hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars developing a game for a niche market. Especially converting a game that is already 10 years old.

    I'm not beating on Linux, I love it. Just know the price you're going to pay when you use it as your primary OS before you switch.
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  • demonstom
    demonstom Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited February 2014
    yes Linux is a good os but I have talked to a gm on her before they he said that they want the game to work on all the os's out their that most people use now days the more updated ones but like steam is working on Linux and I can understand they cant support the files for Linux for sure because it would take sometime a lot of time to do but think about it Linux is free and perfect world is free to play. so but all I can say is it is what it is.
  • SylenThunder - Twilight Temple
    SylenThunder - Twilight Temple Posts: 7,908
    edited February 2014
    demonstom wrote: »
    yes Linux is a good os but I have talked to a gm on her before they he said that they want the game to work on all the os's out their that most people use now days the more updated ones but like steam is working on Linux and I can understand they cant support the files for Linux for sure because it would take sometime a lot of time to do but think about it Linux is free and perfect world is free to play. so but all I can say is it is what it is.

    1. Necro

    2. Punctuation. Learn to use it.

    3. It's expensive to completely re-write the code so that it will work on Linux, or on a Mac. They aren't going to pony up for that. Even now, Mac and Linux are an extremely small percentage of the systems out there. Most current game manufacturers don't waste the money coding games to run on them. This was written 10 years ago when they were even less popular.

    In conclusion, know what you're getting yourself into when you decide to run an OS that's an extreme minority. Sure I'd like to see more things on Linux because it's a wonderful OS. But I'm also familiar with reality and have set my expectations as such when I'm using it.
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  • opkossy
    opkossy Posts: 11,177 Community Moderator
    edited February 2014
    Oh yay. More necros.

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