KQ3Redux works in Wine in Ubuntu 10.04
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:28 am
I have a Quad Core computer with a 23" wide-screen monitor. I installed KQ3 in Windows XP and started playing. I used DirectDraw 5, Smooth scaled sprites and Hq3x in a window, which looks great.
However, I use Ubuntu Linux (10.04) most of the time. I installed wine 1.2 in Ubuntu and then installed KQ3Redux. It installed and ran without any problems. I copied my saved games from the Windows XP installation into the wine installation and can continue playing.
Performance in wine was slow using the Hq2x or Hq3x setting (even when Game Speed was set to the maximum). The 3x nearest-neighbour filter with DirectDraw 5 was also quite slow. The Direct3D 9 setting with 3x or 4x filters gave much better game performance. The anti-aliasing filters gave better-looking graphics than the nearest-neighbor filters.
Anyway, it's really great to be able to play in Ubuntu and to have so many graphics settings so that the graphical look can be optimized. Music and speech worked perfectly in wine.
However, I use Ubuntu Linux (10.04) most of the time. I installed wine 1.2 in Ubuntu and then installed KQ3Redux. It installed and ran without any problems. I copied my saved games from the Windows XP installation into the wine installation and can continue playing.
Performance in wine was slow using the Hq2x or Hq3x setting (even when Game Speed was set to the maximum). The 3x nearest-neighbour filter with DirectDraw 5 was also quite slow. The Direct3D 9 setting with 3x or 4x filters gave much better game performance. The anti-aliasing filters gave better-looking graphics than the nearest-neighbor filters.
Anyway, it's really great to be able to play in Ubuntu and to have so many graphics settings so that the graphical look can be optimized. Music and speech worked perfectly in wine.