lol. Well the demo you downloaded is probably the least-playable. Did you try the one at http://arrakis.dune2k.com ? (version 0.92). Its a lot more playable, but has no intro.
Also, the version (demo) you saw (with intro) is even not the one i am talking about. I am completely rewriting it and its looking very nice so far. And its very nostalgic. No new stuff, just nicer gfx, here and there a bit more fancy gfx and sound (MT32 sound blaster recorded music as MP3) etc. I just want to relive the dune2 experience, but then in a more modern/nicer looking way
ini files are cool. It also makes 'balancing the game' a lot easier
edit:
perhaps mous edoes not work because you use WINE?
eventually i hope to compile it for Linux and Mac as well
Yeah I guess its wine...though its pretty weird
What are you using for graphics/input/sound? DirectX? Or dos interrupts?
If you use something like OpenGL for graphics porting shouldn't be too hard.
It supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codecs
It is available for almost every OS
It needs little CPU power
VLC can also be used as a streaming server
VLC can use a large number of input devices
It features extended streaming features (video on demand, on the fly transcoding, ...)
Note: If you want to try this (especially if you are using Windows), download it quickly as if a (stupid) proposed law (which may put a ban on free software) get passed in France this project will likely to be dead.