ID:137445
 Nov 19 2001, 8:13 am
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Will the Linux port of BYOND be updated again?
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FIREking wrote:
Surely. I think the very first version they always update is the Windows Version. Dan and Tom(i think tom does) mostly use the Linux OS. So you can probably expect it soon. Dan is the avid Linux user, so typically the Linux version is our most updated. He usually just makes it available to the public as requested. We don't get many requests since it doesn't have a GUI yet and thus is mainly useful only as a server. For that purpose, however, it is quite solid. | |
Dragon Warrior Online requires 306 or better....Linux version is at 303. :-(
CableMonkey requests a release. Thanks. | |
FIREking wrote:
so what is the dream seeker like on linux? lol I don't know about linux, but this is what Dung-Man looks like on FreeBSD:  | |
First I would like to note that I have not tried the following program and don't know how to work it. I only know what it generally does.
What this program might be used for, (i don't know if it's possible but...) is to run the Windows version of BYOND on Intel compatible systems. This means linux/unix users should be able to run the Windows version of BYOND on their systems with a bit of configuration. If it's possible this mean that Linux/Unix users can have GUI instead of that text-based thing. WINE - http://www.winehq.com/ The following was taken from the WINE FAQ What is Wine, and what is it supposed to do? -Wine is a program which allows the operation of DOS and MS Windows programs (Windows 3.x and Win32 executables) on UNIX. It consists of a program loader, which loads and executes a Windows binary, and a library that implements Windows API calls using their UNIX or X11 equivalents. The library may also be used for porting Win32 code into native UNIX executables. Wine is free software, and its license (contained in the file LICENSE in each distribution) is X11 style. Basically, this means that you can do anything with Wine except claim that you wrote it. | |
FIREking wrote:
thank god for windows.... Au contraire, I say curse god for windows! Without it, the unix gui client would not have suffered its untimely death years ago and the world would be a better place... | |
Theodis wrote:
Long live text mode! Nothing better than a game that uses ASCII characters :). Rogue-a-licious.. -- Tarmas. | |
I am completely and utterly baffled at what happened to my post. I posted something very similar to this last night and before I left I KNOW it said that I was the last to post. Anyways...
If you want to run BYOND with a GUI on Linux/Unix (as long as it is a Intel Compatible system) try this program: WINE http://winehq.com/ I have never used this program and only know a limited amount about it, but you can at least check it out. It supposedly runs windows programs and system commands using existing (hopefully) files. You can at least check it out, I have NO idea if it actually works, but it's in it's beta stage... i think. | |
Theodis wrote:
Long live text mode! Nothing better than a game that uses ASCII characters :). ...Except TWO games that use ASCII characters! | |
Evilkevkev wrote:
I am completely and utterly baffled at what happened to my post. I posted something very similar to this last night and before I left I KNOW it said that I was the last to post. Anyways... [link] Looks like it's still there, at least for me. If you want to run BYOND with a GUI on Linux/Unix (as long as it is a Intel Compatible system) try this program: This is an interesting option. Like you, I haven't tried running BYOND under WINE, but I'm curious to see if it does run. I do run it under VMWare for Linux running on FreeBSD (2 levels of emulation, cool!) and it works like a charm. I've said a few things about this stuff before: [link] [link] | |
FIREking