My 37th install problem - otacontent.sdz

[spliffz]

Endless problems trying to install this. Needless to say a lot of work needs to be done on this game for Linux. My latest problem is this:

A popup window comes up when I try to enter single player mode... not sure about multiplayer because I cant connect to any servers.

"Missing Dependency: "cursornorm....

Unable to load default cursor. Check that you have the OTA content package {"otacontent.sdz") installed in your Spring "base/" directory.

So I found a copy of otacontent.sdz on the net and put it in ~/.spring and I'm still getting the error.

Any suggestions how to resolve this so I can move on to the next headache?


Thx in advance!

[BrainDamage]

move it to ~/.spring/base instead

and this question, like many, is answered in the wiki

[clericvash]

Like what BD said, don't bash it if you don't read up how to actually do it. I have installed spring on many system installs easily.

Although that entry needs a little editing if they downloaded by another means tell them where to put it exactly, since that way only tells them to copy that command even though they may already have the file downloaded.

[Auswaschbar]

http://spring.jobjol.nl/show_file.php?id=860
Contains otaconten, tacontent and tatextures.
Oh, and BD already said, but you would not have any problems if you would have read 1 on the wiki howto-install sites.

[spliffz]

The statement remains, I'll even underline it: this game needs a lot of work in the area of Linux installation. It's not like this is my first problem trying to install, it is just the latest in the saga. I'm on a recent Ubuntu and I'm using a pre-made Ubuntu-specific package from this page which was labeled something like "CLICK HERE FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO PLAY".... that may have been the biggest lie I've been told in quite some time.... installing should not such an annoying experience.

With that said, I will keep moving forward because I am hard headed and persistent. But for an average user they'd have quit hours ago, there is no way they would have the patience for this.

I don't mean to be a troll, this is straight-up feedback, take it or leave it. But blaming the user for not reading 70 pages of Wiki is not a valid excuse. They want a video game not a research project.

[MidKnight]

What you say does have truth in it, but keep a few things in mind:

A:

the linux install procedure (at least for debian-based distributions) is quite simple. one adds a line to their repos, and then clicks on the handy link i placed on the wiki (in all caps, no less ) at least 6 months ago to apt-get everything. then the springlobby config wizard runs them through the rest. Literally 3 steps. Could it get any easier?

Oh . just saw your last post. I'm sorry that happened. could you please elaborate on exactly what issues you encountered? what the link does is apt-get the spring metapackage, which is supposed to install all of the others. Of course, as I said, i wrote it over 6 months ago. Things may have changed

B: the average user doesn't tend to use linux. Only the people who are willing to persevere through an unfamiliar install for the possibilities and benefits it creates install linux. see the analogy?

C: Are YOU willing to work on spring for linux?


I hope that you get spring working soon,and have some fun times with it!

[spliffz]

Sorry if I sound a bit cranky, the help is appreciated. ll try to go back and recap all the dead ends I've hit if I get it running.

I tried getting the OTA content from post #2 in this thread... I thought I had it working, it played once in in single player.... looks wicked, I love Total Annhilation..... but then I started a new singleplayer game and got the same OTA error from post #1.... argh.... Took me a while to figure out I am getting the error only if I use certain mods.

Here's what I did to get the ota stuff:

wget http://ipxserver.dyndns.org/games/sprin ... ontent.zip -P ~/spring/base
unzip ~/spring/base/base-ota-content.zip -d ~/.spring/base/

Plus I copied that stuff into various other directories (grasping for straws when I got the error again)... note the 2nd last entry:

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dennis@x2:/$ find | grep otacontent.sdz
./.springlobby/otacontent.sdz
./spring/lobby/SpringLobby/cache/base/otacontent.sdz
./spring/lobby/SpringLobby/cache/otacontent.sdz
./spring/lobby/SpringLobby/otacontent.sdz
./spring/lobby/otacontent.sdz
./spring/base/otacontent.sdz
./spring/otacontent.sdz
find: ./.dbus: Permission denied
./.spring/lobby/SpringLobby/otacontent.sdz
./.spring/maps/otacontent.sdz
./.spring/base/otacontent.sdz
./.spring/otacontent.sdz

This is what is in the base folder:

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dennis@x2:~/.spring$ ls base
otacontent.sdz  tacontent_v2.sdz  tatextures_v062.sdz

I can currently play single mode using certain mods, but for others I still get the
same error message from post #1. An example of one that works is "Balanced Annhilation V6.81". An example of one that does not work is "BA Chicken Defense V1.51 (BA6.5)"

Could anyone point me in the right direction again? Thanks in advance.

[very_bad_soldier]

I can currently play single mode using certain mods, but for others I still get the
same error message from post #1. An example of one that works is "Balanced Annhilation V6.81". An example of one that does not work is "BA Chicken Defense V1.51 (BA6.5)"

I probably cant help you with the linux related stuff but maybe with this: That ChickenDefense is only a mutator for Balanced Annihilation, not a complete mod. So you will need BA6.5 to get "BA Chicken Defense V1.51 (BA6.5)" working.
Maybe try this: http://spring.jobjol.nl/show_file.php?id=1715
Its the latest Chicken Defense for BA intended to work with latest BA version (6.81).

[Otherside]

Ive installed spring without a hitch on first try

on Linux / Windows XP / Windows XP 64 bit/ Vista 32 bit / Vista 64 bit

and without reading up really just common sense O_o (especially when tinkering with settings)

If your running linux im utterly surprised you cant get spring to work

[Caradhras]

Who ever says its complicated to install Spring on Ubuntu and then grumbles that it does not work should be disallowed to use Linux!

Its easy as taking a shit, just add ppa, start synaptic, install a bunch of packages and it fucking works!
Where is the problem??

[clericvash]

@Caradhras he is using the "install everything" option which appeared on the wiki, not even sure if that uses the proper repositories.

@spliffz I have never tried the one click to install everything, didn't even know that was there been a while since i have tried installing.

Can anyone tell me who put that up there and exactly what it is supposed to install saying "EVERYTHING" on the wiki really doesn't help.

Like "very_bad_soldier" said to play chicken defense you need the "BA" mod of OTA, it is simply a mutator of BA. Also if you noticed the chicken defense says it needs BA "6.5" where as you have BA "6.81" from what you posted.

I am in no way a linux guru, i hardly use it, but when i have setup spring i've had no problems with simply using the repositorys.

You don't need to put the otaconent in three folders it only needs to be in ONE place. In the /base folder as the wiki command does it.
The cursor error would usually happen playing a TA based mod without the OTA resources as far as i know.

By the looks of it you have no mods folder wierdly from your output. Like i said before you should have a maps and mods folder, all downloaded mods put them into ".spring/mods" and it should be fine.

Also you say this is your 37th install problem, i looked at 9 pages in the Linux forum dating back to 2007, no topics from you.