Counter Strike on Linux?

[Chris H]

Just realised transgaming have revamped their site.

Go here for the cvs version

http://www.transgaming.org/

[tzevux]

So ... i can`t play counter strike on linux free ? ( ... i have KDE version 3.3.2 ... does somebody knows where can i find cs free ?

[themonandman]

So ... i can`t play counter strike on linux free ? ( ... i have KDE version 3.3.2 ... does somebody knows where can i find cs free ?

Yes you can. Like the post above free options are Wine, WineX or CedegaCVS. You need to pay to get the binaries for cedega, and they are different to the cvs version. Unless you reject the idea of cedega out of principals, its not that expensive ($15).

[kenbert]

I have Counter Strike Source running at 120fps under wine. If you don't want to use wine, then grab the winex cvs.

If you're running wine write a shell script to launch it.
Here's mine(bash):

#! /bin/bash
cd .wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/
WINEDEBUG="-all" wine Steam.exe -login yourlogin yourpassword -applaunch 240 -dxlevel 90 -heapsize 512000 -width 800 -height 600

the dxlevel is the DirectX level. I use openGl though which can be set in the launch options of the game with the -gl switch.

heapsize is ram in KB so that's 512mb ram(plenty)

width and height are your window dimensions

fps without -gl switch: 15-20
fps with -gl switch 110-120

Hope this helps
For Counter Strike:Source