Newbie having FPS withdraws

[aliasQ]

Since I have banned MS from my house I need to get gaming in Linux.
Now I have MS disks for Q3,UT, and HL.
All of which I played on my MS box.
Are these compatable with Linux?
I know they are, how do I fire them up.
I have a V3 which Mandrake identified and installed drivers for.
I'd like to start with HL.
But I'd settle for the easiest one to configure, since I haven't done anything in Linux yet except surf.
And I see tar files on fileplanet for these games, so I know somebody is playing them.
And...Do these games run noticable slower on Linux?
My Win98/500Cel/LX/V3 emachine was slow enough.
Now shes on Linux...
Permanantly, I might add. :eek:

[X_Entity]

Quake3 you'll need a linux copy which can be purchased from your friendly neighborhood stockist or direct from www.lokigames.com (http://www.lokigames.com) you should search around their site for a while and see what else is available in the linux gaming arena. as for the speed I can't say I've noted any real difference between windows and Linux. have fun. Well done on banning the evil from your house.

[jgrimard]

Unreal tournament will work in linux. You just need to download the linux installer off of the internet.

[ph34r]

You can get Q3 and UT working by downloading and installing the latest binaries for Linux and using your win version cd's.

Half Life will require wine ot work, which may or may not work, and may or may not be easy to get going in Linux.

[aliasQ]

OK now I need help on this.
I downloaded UT-Linux-400A from fileplanet
I untarred it into its directory.
I cd to the UT-Linux-400A dir sucessfully.
Now I am stuck
./configure does not work
make does not work
make install does not work

What must I do?
Please help. :(

[jbstew32]

./configure?? I didnt think that the UT installer meant compiling?? Anywho, do you have a specific error message??

Another thing, make sure that you arent using the Game of the Year CD (GOTY). If you are u need to get the special installer from www.lokigames.com (http://www.lokigames.com) go under the UT section and click updates (i think)

With Q3, you can use your win CD. Just download the linux point release. It only require the core files from the CD that are non platform specific.

Also, you say you are using a voodoo3 in mandrake? Mandrake installs drivers for it, but they may not be the best. You should probably install the newest drivers for you card (if you are so inclined)

If you dont want to do that, you can still improve performance by tweaking your XF86Config file, like this:

open /etc/XF86Config (sometimes /etc/X11/XF86Config) with an editor.

go to the device section and change your entry to be similar to this (this is my setup":

Section "Device"
Identifier "something" (DONT CHANGE)
Boardname "3dfx voodoo3 3000" (or 2000 or 3500)
Chipset voodoo3
VideoRam 16384
Option "Accel"
Option "FastVRam"
EndSection

That will dramatically improve performance (or it should)

Also, make sure your default color depth is 16....

that should help you out a little :)