Game_boy

Actually, they can't. MD5 checksums check essentially every line of the API files. If the code isn't exactly like Windows code to the last bit, the games kick me. If Wine made it exactly like Windows, it would be piracy.

Punkbuster / Evenblance could do something about it by making Windows-bundled versions of PB more sympathetic to Wine.*edit* :BigB: <--- admin abuse for illiteracy. Another proof its an outdated prejudgment only windows lusers are tards and linux guys always had to be "smart"

I am an Ubuntu 7.10 (Linux) user, wishing to run legitimately bought games using Punkbuster. I use Wine to run these Windows-monopoly-tied-in games on Linux, which works perfectly with graphics and everything at native speed. The only thing preventing me from using the games is that I am repeatedly kicked from servers because Punkbuster performs MD5 checksums on my API files and kernel checks, which fail because Wine's code is nothing like Windows. Though I have no intention of cheating, it is Punkbuster alone that is preventing me from enjoying the games. Punkbuster discriminates against those who wish to avoid Windows as a personal preference. There appears to be no intention from the developers of resolving this, and thus they are missing out on a small but significant market segment.