Transcendence 0.99c works on Ubuntu Linux (under Wine!!)

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Well, my computer IS rather top of the line, so I don't know anything about speed problems. And, all I did was start a game, blow up some Centauri, and gate to the next system...but it worked. Without any configuring.

(Ubuntu 8.04 with OpenGL, Wine installed.)
(ATI HD2400 video card)

Now I can start playing my favorite space game again! :D :D :D :D

If you want to try, you can download and burn a LiveCD of Ubuntu and boot your computer from it...though, if you have less than 512MB memory and a 750mhz processor, you might want to use Xubuntu. Ask me if you need help!
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A native port of Transcendence is in the works, but it's good to hear that Wine works well with it :)
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GambitDash wrote:A native port of Transcendence is in the works
Are you a developer? Does George have a small team now?
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GambitDash is most definitely a developer. He has graciously offered to port Transcendence to Linux and based on his experience and talents, I believe he will be able to pull it off.

I am definitely looking forward to the results!
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Hi all,


Wow ! That will be fine ! Thanks GambitDash !
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No problems :)

In case curious minds want to know, it currently gets about 3/4 of the way through the loading process. That means it displays the splash screen and animates the stargate, which is pretty significant :)

Future updates as events warrant.
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Umm... While we're speaking of development, may I please please please PLEASE have the source to transcendence?
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heh, why?
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GambitDash wrote:No problems :)

In case curious minds want to know, it currently gets about 3/4 of the way through the loading process. That means it displays the splash screen and animates the stargate, which is pretty significant :)

Future updates as events warrant.
NICE! Now I can run pretty much all my games in linux again. Thanks GambitDash!


Looking at your previous forum posts, It seems that you haven't been given a proper welcome to this forum. So in that case,

Welcome to the forum, you are *very appricated*. I look forward to hearing more of you.
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GambitDash wrote:A native port of Transcendence is in the works, but it's good to hear that Wine works well with it :)
Wow, didn't hear about that. Awesome. If you need alpha and beta testers, you have a volunteer.

Update on the WINE: Don't know if this IS a Wine issue, but the gunfire sound only plays for about half the shots. Other than that, still no problems.
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Transcendence has been known to run on Wine for quite a while. :) However, Gambit is making a native Linux version which will totally rock, and be much faster.
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Ttech wrote:Transcendence has been known to run on Wine for quite a while. :) However, Gambit is making a native Linux version which will totally rock, and be much faster.
Speaking of, here's a bit of a teaser:

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Yes, that's actually running. The glitches off to the side are likely a problem with the text rendering. And yeah, if the colors look off to you, it's because I still haven't bothered fixing the red-blue inversion -- I think it looks sorta retro, and keeps you from confusing these screenshots with any other port :)

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Hell, while I'm showing things off, I might as well show something decent:
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Much better.
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Dosgamer3 wrote:Update on the WINE: Don't know if this IS a Wine issue, but the gunfire sound only plays for about half the shots. Other than that, still no problems.
It seemed like only the second instance of a sound effect would play, and only if it were immediately repeated. Using the native dsound library fixed that problem for me, although sound still isn't quite right on my setup.
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GambitDash wrote:Hell, while I'm showing things off, I might as well show something decent:

http://wiki.neurohack.com/transcendence ... 9.21.2.jpg

Much better.
Awesome work! You've made an amazing amount of progress in a short time! Can't wait to try it out.
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george moromisato wrote:
GambitDash wrote:Hell, while I'm showing things off, I might as well show something decent:

http://wiki.neurohack.com/transcendence ... 9.21.2.jpg

Much better.
Awesome work! You've made an amazing amount of progress in a short time! Can't wait to try it out.
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