DEFCON Linux Beta
March 1st, 2007 by CrusaderIntroversion has announced the release of a DEFCON beta for Linux on their forums:
We’ve made a beta version of Defcon for Linux available and we’d really appreciate your help testing it.
In order to cut down on downloading time (for future Linux betas or those with an install of Windows Defcon), we’re distributing the sounds.dat (60MB) separately. So you need:
- sounds.dat – Extract it from an installation of Defcon for Windows (or download it here).
- The Defcon files – Download it here
Then extract the defcon files with tar xzf defcon-v1.4-beta2.tar.gz and put the sounds.dat file in the defcon-v1.4-beta2/lib directory.
If you come across any bugs, please can you post them in this forum, using [defcon 1.4 beta 2 linux] to prefix the subject line.
DEFCON is a global thermonuclear war sim with multiplayer support; you can order the retail version online from the Introversion Store (as well as Introversion’s previous Linux titles, Uplink and Darwinia).
Screenshots: [ View ] Download: [ introversion.co.uk ]
March 1st, 2007 at 7:43 pm
I hate tried running this under whine and it just didn’t work too well.
In about 45 minutes of play (the tutorial) it held up just fine.
March 1st, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Better late than never! Thanks IV.
March 2nd, 2007 at 12:47 am
is it any fun?
March 2nd, 2007 at 5:01 am
To whoever asked that – hell yes it’s fun!
March 2nd, 2007 at 6:23 am
and to whoever anwers…. are you the developer? ;)
March 2nd, 2007 at 7:57 am
Nice work chaps.
March 7th, 2007 at 5:02 am
Unmitigated Death! Just like the real world!
March 9th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
Looks like it works properly, but the underlying network isn’t compatible yet with it’s other brethren. All I see are incompatible servers. More of the same for a port. Not really a big deal. The single player works very well.