Windows Interoperability
Are the Windows and Linux versions save-game compatible? Are my Windows saved games playable on the Linux version, and vice versa?
Save game formats are slightly different between the Windows and Linux
versions, and are not compatible.
Can I play multiplayer under Linux
against users playing Civ:CTP for Windows?
RT2 is not network compatible because the Windows version uses
DirectPlay
for networking. Since DirectPlay is a Microsoft product and uses
proprietary calls which Microsoft has not documented, there is currently
no way for us (or for Mac users) to write a game with compatible calls.
Would it be technically possible
to use the Windows RT2 CD and then download the Linux binaries?
No, the games use slightly different data file layout, and have
some data file differences.
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