Spring RTS Engine

Well once you guys have finished what your doing i can test it and give some feedback :)

would like to try it asap too

Same here

The debian packages are uploaded and can be used (which means "tested" ) now.

More information, hints and warnings can be found here:

http://fbo.no-ip.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Linux/DebSpring

... and this is the deb-line:
Replace [distri] by either "sarge" or "sid" .

Have fun,

fbo

thx but arrrrgggghhhhhh, doesnt work on ubuntu,why dont make a tar gz with the required libraries ?

plzzzzz

I've managed to compile it from source and I'm a n00b, I'ts a great game, definately worth perservering with.

Would be great to have the lobby server working for linux though.

loki.be wrote:thx but arrrrgggghhhhhh, doesnt work on ubuntu,why dont make a tar gz with the required libraries ?

plzzzzz

see http://taspring.clan-sy.com/wiki/SetupGuide

maxol wrote:I've managed to compile it from source and I'm a n00b, I'ts a great game, definately worth perservering with.

Would be great to have the lobby server working for linux though.

Yeah. Plus the sync problems between win and linux must be fixed...

loki.be wrote:thx but arrrrgggghhhhhh, doesnt work on ubuntu,why dont make a tar gz with the required libraries ?

plzzzzz

Because the required libraries usually means creating a very huge inflexible archive. Packages (deb or rpm or whatever) are easier to maintain and easier to install -> winwin.

BTW: As written on the DebSpring homepage: I'm going to create Ubuntu packages. The Phrase as soon as my compile farm is ready wasn't a joke - I'm currently having trouble creating new virtual machines on my Xen server which slows things down a bit.

BTW/2: You know how to recompile a debian package for your distribution, right? (-> apt-get source, dpkg-buildpackage, ...) . If you don't, contact me In private.


Frank

i don't know how to do


i will try the game when it's ready for dapper

thanks :)

loki.be wrote:i don't know how to do

I posted a howto on the Debspring page:

http://fbo.no-ip.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Linux/DebSpring

On behalf of the Linux community i thank you!!

I have posted about all this here - http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread. ... ost1067487

If you wish to see :)

I can't wait for proper Ubuntu support, once i upgrade to dapper i will try your guide for working it on Ubuntu.

Thank you so much!

After following all instructions i get these errors:

root@ubuntu:/opt/spring/spring-0svn# spring
I: workdir is '/home/liam/.springdir/ubuntu:0.0'
I: type spring-setup to configure mods/maps/units
Warning: Incorrect/Missing content:
FT_New_Face failed:cannot open resource
root@ubuntu:/opt/spring/spring-0svn#

Other people on ubuntu forums also got it.

There's something wrong with the data directory apparently...

It has no relation with the debian package but I have the same error than clericvash
Thats strange :
When I go in the Spring/trunk/game directory and lauch the game with ./spring , it work.
But when I launch it with an absolute command ( /home/jerome/Spring/trunk/game/spring ) I've got this error : What's different between both way to lauch spring ? (I'm not an expert user of linux )

The working directory is different. And if there's no data directory to which it can chdir (change dir), it tries to load data from working directory. See this post for more details.

okay that confused me just a little, and i am sure others will be the same.

Could you give me some intstructions on what to change to fix it, i can then post on ubuntu forums for others.

Thanks.

I was on vacation for some days - sorry for the delay...

Currently I'm preparing new packages of the spring binary. There's seems to be some unexplainable problems whenever the svn trunk is in use. I made a package of the 0.71b1 release which seems to work fine.

BTW: Where should I look for "gamedata/explosion_alias.tdf" - one of the files the svn version complains about?

The updated scripts-package contains heavy improvements. There's a main menu now and it's possible to easily create some trace files one could send me to look for bugs (type 'spring -d' and follow the hints).

I uploaded new spring-packages and some more mod-packages.

The primary spring package is now based on spring 0.71b1. If you like to use the svn-version, use package 'spring-svn' .

Good luck,

fbo

Will it fix the errors i got?

I got this again:

I: workdir is '/home/liam/.springdir/ubuntu:0.0'
I: type spring-setup to configure mods/maps/units
ERROR: DotfileHandler
Could not write to config file
Warning: Incorrect/Missing content:
FT_New_Face failed:cannot open resource

I looked in the spring folder in my home, the maps and mods folders have stuff in them the datadir has nothing in it, is it supposed to be empty?

And this screenshot is when i changed resolution in spring-setup: