https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ReactOS-Battlefield Phoronix * Articles & Reviews * News Archive * Forums * Premium * Categories * Computers * Display Drivers * GPUs / Graphics Cards * Linux Gaming * Memory * Motherboards * CPUs / Processors * Software * Storage * Operating Systems * Peripherals * Close * * Articles & Reviews * News Archive * Forums * Premium * Categories Computers GPUs / Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards CPUs / Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals * [ ] [Search] ReactOS "Open-Source Windows" Manages To Run Some Battlefield Games Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 2 April 2022 at 06:38 AM EDT. 8 Comments OPERATING SYSTEMS -- ReactOS as the open-source operating system project striving for binary compatibility with Windows applications/games/drivers has made much progress over the past two decades but in some areas still lacking like still working on SMP/multi-core support and other functionality. To some surprise, some of the older Battlefield games are at least now in a playable state on ReactOS. ReactOS continues hacking on its code in striving for software compatibility with Windows Server 2003 and later. While more Windows software is beginning to run on this "open-source Windows" effort, it came as a surprise this week that some Battlefield games even are running on ReactOS. Battlefield 1942 working on #ReactOS! Sound does not work, performance is good with 3D accerelation and VirtualBox OGL driver. Test: MayTheChicken#gamedev #GamingNews #SoftwareDeveloper # SoftwareTesting #Developer #opensource pic.twitter.com/4tvLE7dZKq -- ReactOS (@reactos) March 29, 2022 Battlefield 1942, the once popular game from 2002, managed to run on the latest ReactOS code... The performance was "good" using the VirtualBox OpenGL driver but as a notable caveat was sound not currently working. Battlefield 2142 works on #ReactOS! Mouse cursor is invisible. Sometimes it stutters on VirtualBox even on high graphics preset, sound works (choose Software option for that). Test: MayTheChicken#gamedev #GamingNews #SoftwareDeveloper # SoftwareTesting #Developer #opensource pic.twitter.com/tJINjPzJfN -- ReactOS (@reactos) March 31, 2022 Battlefield 2142 as the newer installment of this game franchise from 2006 also can run on ReactOS. Battlefield 2142 reportedly ran on ReactOS but with no visible mouse cursor and stuttering at times when running with the VirtualBox graphics driver. But at least with Battlefield 2142, sound was working. More details on the current state of this open-source project at ReactOS.org and in particular their Wiki. 8 Comments Tweet [INS::INS] Related News Sailfish OS 4.4 "Vanha Rauma" Released With Camera App Improvements, Updated Gecko ReactOS "Open-Source Windows" Making Progress On SMP/Multi-Core Support AmigaOS-Like MorphOS 3.16 Released With Better Performance Genode OS 22.02 Improves Ability To Use Linux Device Drivers, Adds VirtualBox 3D Guests Linux Mint Debian Edition 5 Reaches Beta FreeDOS 1.3 Released To Advance This Open-Source MS-DOS Replacement About The Author Author picture Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. 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