How to run Maplestory on Ubuntu

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thread starter notlwonk Aug 16 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

So I've recently installed Ubuntu onto my computer, and have no idea how to run maplestory on it. Help please?

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qwan456 08/16/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Either use install a Virtual Machine program with Windows on it or dual-boot into Windows. You can't natively run Maplestory on Ubuntu.

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pifffy + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] qwan456 : Either use install a Virtual Machine program with Windows on it or dual-boot into Windows. You can't natively run Maplestory on Ubuntu. [/quote] this she/he is correct. I initially had ubuntu (still do) and i just installed vista along side it

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MyLuckiDay 08/16/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] qwan456 : Either use install a Virtual Machine program with Windows on it or dual-boot into Windows. You can't natively run Maplestory on Ubuntu. [/quote] Yes it can be run on Ubuntu. Also, using a Virtual Machine would cause him massive lag, asides that his connection might not work properly. You'd needa bridge the connection from Ubuntu to the virtual machine, if using VMWare. I read somewhere on a forum that you need a load of scripts and stuff to run Maple on Ubuntu, but it can be done. There was a video proof in there too. Try google, your best friend for this.

notlwonk 08/16/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Know any good vm's? And I have no way of getting Windows installed cause my pc never came with the disks.

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SCzealot001 08/16/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

have you tried experimenting with wine?

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MyLuckiDay 08/16/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

VMWare is a pretty good software for running virtual machines, but it get's really laggy. I guess it depends on your hardware. Why not install it as a dual operating system so you can select which OS to start when you boot the computer? It'd save you from tons of lag.

SCzealot001 08/16/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

why would you run a virtual machine? experiment with wine first....

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CaptObvious 08/16/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

wine does not work with maple and virtual box did not work when i tried to setup maple last febuary

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DrkCow 08/16/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Made a pole whether I should make a complete guide on how to run virtual machines on ubuntu and macs completely for free :D

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notlwonk 08/16/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

What is wine? My computer is kind of.... bleh. It's almost 3 years old with 1gb of ram, and also i have no way to install Windows again without the disks ._.

My Characters: discobutcher - 29 Broa Thunder Breaker

SCzealot001 08/16/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

if what captain obvious say is true, then don't bother... but basically, wine is a program that allows you to run windows software on other operating systems (mostly linux) why are you using linux anyway? it doesn't look like me that you're going to benefit from what linux has to provide anywway.... just run windows...

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Masinko + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

You can't. EDIT: WINE is incompatible. VMWare doesn't support games that require an accelerated media device.

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nickicksu 08/16/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

don't bother with wine, maple is too complex to configure wine to work with it. otherwise, you probably shouldn't use linux if you're going to play games with it.. it's not very much for gaming.

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notlwonk 08/16/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

At the time that I got Linux, I didn't have internet. Now I do, and I have no way of getting windows again. Any help on getting windows again?

My Characters: discobutcher - 29 Broa Thunder Breaker