half life: whether can run without opengl. problems with cs

[Darren Evans]

On Friday 30 November 2001 12:22 pm, you wrote:
> > First of all Windows gaming under Linux is highly specialised.
>
> I do believe
>
> > So I suggest Transgaming's winex, over wine as they have some
> > additions.  See http://www.transgaming.com/ for more info.
>
> Was there. Don't want to pay money. Wine is free, isn't it?
> Hopefully one day we'll get everything in core wine.

Go back there and "read the site carefully", they have a cvs server 
at sourceforge whereby you can download the source code, compile and 
run that.  It's very easy and full instructions are given.  winex has 
enhanced features and support for games.

> > There are issues with the menu in HL at present, I believe
>
> Menu works generally acceptable. My problems happen between menu
> and real action.

yep

> > Transgaming are looking into this as we speak.  If you want
> > online multi-player CS, then use the command options, to connect
> > to a server.
>
> Thanks, I know.
>
> > winex hl.exe -- hl.exe -gl -console -w 1024 -noipx -nojoy
> > -numericping -console -toconsole -game cstrike +connect 1.2.3.4
>
> Yes, I already took all these options from HOWTO. The do not help:(
> BTW, I still would like to have it in non-opengl mode.

http://planethalflife.com/half-life/guide/faq.shtm#Are Half-Life 

I believe -d3d is the option your looking for, experiment! And let us 
know your results.

> Definitely I can play under windows. But rebooting 3 mins for
> playing 10 mins during the lunch (and then rebooting again to
> linux) - it's so boring. I would be happy to buy new graphical card
> for my laptop but hey, do you know any brand of laptop where you
> can change your graphics?

Buy a decent laptop, then you won't get stuck in a rut :-)

Darren