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Portability - Monk - 09-14-2007
Ok so does anyone know if FL with Disco will run on Virtual Windows in a Linux setup. I drop off of Windows for weeks at a time and don't want to stop playing FL (I know it is simple to just make a boot menu and switch to Windows, I just like not seeing it take forever to boot up). I've gotten a couple of other high end games to work, i.e. Oblivion, with minor issues. I am planning to abandon Windows altogether as I want new OS goodies but don't want Vista. I guess it is also important in FAM works....oh gosh I am already seeing problems....:wacko:
Portability - Unseelie - 09-14-2007
ok....get linux....
get beryl...
create a virtual hdd....and run windows on one side of your cube....
will work...unless you have microsoft bugs....
which seem to be common on non emulated systems as well.
the theory is sound...anyway.
Portability - Monk - 09-14-2007
' Wrote:ok....get linux....
get beryl...
create a virtual hdd....and run windows on one side of your cube....
will work...unless you have microsoft bugs....
which seem to be common on non emulated systems as well.
the theory is sound...anyway.
Yeah..that is what I'm doing now running PCLinuxOS but what I've come to realize is Linux is not going to use my Windows registry for FL, is it? Without windows registry no online Disco
Portability - Unseelie - 09-14-2007
if you have a virtual hdd...it should....but...i could be an idiot here.
i run ubuntu...but, i just use my vista laptop for games....which may change...as i cant actually play games on it right now.
Portability - Korrd - 09-14-2007
What about entering the key when you go MP? If the program can go further than the "no registry error", you should be able to play, as the key would be stored onto main memory. The underside would be that you will have to enter the key every time you play..
Portability - Unseelie - 09-14-2007
or get a program to do it for you when you start the game....
no one said you had to do it...just that it has to be done.
Portability - Igiss - 09-14-2007
I think that the key prompt window in FL doesn't support copy-paste. So it will involve printing the key and entering it manually every time.
And I don't know anything about Linux...
Portability - Monk - 09-16-2007
Thanks for the responses!! I am going to give it a try when I duck away from windows again. I'll let you know how it works out. :D