Elite - CrossOver and Linux

[shadragon]

I purchased a copy of the CodeWeaver CrossOver client to run Windows programs on Linux. I'm currently working with their technical support to try and get a copy of Elite running on Kubuntu 16.04.

Will keep you apprised in this thread. Honestly, I have no idea if this is possible, but other DX based games are supported by this software which is encouraging. As I did buy the program, I get access to their official technical support. I just sent them my logs from the first unsuccessful attempt. Will see what they say.

CodeWeavers supports the following Linux builds.

 

[Cmdr Dreamer]

Sorry for you but crossover can't run Elite because Elite is a 64 bits application and crossover can only run 32 bits Windows games.

Lack of 64 bit support is the reason that made me switch for playonlinux

 

[IndigoWyrd]

For me, I just went with a far simpler solution - I do my PC gaming in Windows.
This way, I can spend 2000 hours playing the game I want, instead of 2000 hours with technical support, and community forums, and trial and error and recompiling things and get-app mightworkthistime.

Sure, Linux free, but you get what you pay for too.

 

[Darth Ender]

You get what you pay for? Such utter bull. That's such an idiotic statement that it's surprising even on this forum.

Let me know how your windows phone is doing. Since android is free, windows is not, so it must be better?

Cost has nothing to do with anything here. I dont think the OP has any concern over how much work it takes to do what he wants to do. It's not like they dont know that you could run the game on the OS it was designed for more easily than on one it wasn't. Not really the point here.

 

[shadragon]

Cost has nothing to do with anything here. I dont think the OP has any concern over how much work it takes to do what he wants to do. It's not like they dont know that you could run the game on the OS it was designed for more easily than on one it wasn't. Not really the point here.

Indeed. Well said.

 

[IndigoWyrd]

You get what you pay for? Such utter bull. That's such an idiotic statement that it's surprising even on this forum.

Yet it's completely true. Would you like to buy my $200 Rolls Royce?

Let me know how your windows phone is doing. Since android is free, windows is not, so it must be better?

I don't have a Windows phone, so I can't tell you how it's doing. But my iPhone 5s is still going great. It answers all my calls, gets all my e-mail, receives texts, connects to my Avegant Glyph, plays audio and video, and that's far more than I ever needed a phone to do. I don't play games on my phone, I'm not Asian or 12, so I don't want/need games on my phone.

Cost has nothing to do with anything here. I dont think the OP has any concern over how much work it takes to do what he wants to do. It's not like they dont know that you could run the game on the OS it was designed for more easily than on one it wasn't. Not really the point here.

It's not about the cost, at least not to me. I want to play a game means I want to sit down and play a game. I don't want have to play with making a game maybe work, to maybe play, and hope it's stable.

But don't get my wrong - I have nothing against Linux. I've built two PXE servers for OS deployment on Linux. I run a Linux mail filter on my own network (Microsoft Exchange though, Linux mail is meh), and I use a USB bootable Linux distro for debugging and virus cleanup.

So it has it's place - but as a gaming platform... eh. It's more work than anything needs to be. But some people like that sort of thing, and power to them. Some people like rebuilding cars too - which is why there's parts of a Rolls in my other garage where they've been for 15 years.

 

[clinton]

Sorry for you but crossover can't run Elite because Elite is a 64 bits application and crossover can only run 32 bits Windows games.

Lack of 64 bit support is the reason that made me switch for playonlinux

Have you got a source for this? Both crossover and playonlinux are based on wine, so there should be much difference.

The thing holding back Elite Dangerous on wine is DirectX 11 support. That's progressing and indeed a few notionally DirectX 11 games run, but those games likely use few DirecrX 11 function yet I suspect ED uses a lot.

 

[CMDR Heydan Seegil]

Why not use Wine? I've seen someone post that they got it running in POL version 1.7.4 but I know the pain of getting somethings running. Although I love my Arch box I don't recommend it for games or at this point since Windows 10 has integrated single click Linux VMs for whatever flavor you could want coming out much else other than running a server. Cannot wait until the fall patch so I can use wget natively on my work computer. Whois will also be cool to have.

Anyway try Wine?