Linux

[Gray Beard]

Can this game work on a Linux OS?

[R'as al Ghul]

No, because directx only runs under Windows. :no:

[caravel]

He's right. TW games won't work on Cedega either so you're out of luck. This is what comes of the OS company being the same as the Graphics API company. :thumbsdown:

[grinningman]

Is there an open source version of DirectX?

[caravel]

Is there an open source version of DirectX?
:no:

[R'as al Ghul]

Yes, there this. It's called openGL.
That won't help you to run Medieval2, though.

[grinningman]

Yes, there this. It's called openGL.
That won't help you to run Medieval2, though.

Why don't developers code games using openGL instead of DirectX? That way it would be easy to port to Macs and Linux. It seems in their interest to use openGL over DirectX if they both do essentially the same thing.

It's annoying that I still have to use Windows for games. I use Linux Ubuntu for everything else.

[raduga]

Can this game work on a Linux OS?

Yes!

If you install Cedega and an nVidia graphics card.

Apparently I can't put links in my first post, so see below.

[raduga]

Cedega;

http://www.cedega.com

I personally play Rome Totalwar on an Ubuntu box and according to the Cedega website Medieval2 Totalwar will run as well;

http://games.cedega.com/gamesdb/games/view.mhtml?game_id=4670

[Gray Beard]

Does it matter what company produces the Nvidia card? My Nvidia 8500 cards are made by Gigabyte.