Help running the game

vger · Post by **vger** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 11:11 pm

Hello all !

I just downloaded the 2.8, followed the readme and got all the requiered dependencies and successfully compiled the game. But when I want to run it I only get this:

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tehpr0be@karmic:~$ egoboo-2.x
Initializing filesystem services...
Game directories are:
	Binaries: /usr/games/
	Data: /usr/share/games/egoboo-2.x/
	User Data: /home/tehpr0be/.egoboo-2.x/
	Config Files: /usr/etc/egoboo-2.x/
tehpr0be@karmic:~$

I must be missing something.. with previous 2.7 releases I could build and play them with no problems

EDIT my debug/log.txt shows
FATAL ERROR: Could not load setup settings: "setup.txt"

Many thanks.

Post by **penguinflyer5234** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 11:43 pm

check /home/tehpr0be/.egoboo-2.x/debug/log.txt

vger · Post by **vger** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 11:47 pm

thx for fast answer

here's the full log:

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Starting Egoboo 2.8.0 ...
INFO: PhysFS file system version 2.0.0 has been initialized...
INFO: Initializing Linux file system...
INFO: Initializing clock services...
FATAL ERROR: Could not load setup settings: "setup.txt"

Post by **penguinflyer5234** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 11:56 pm

did you by any chance not install it with 'make install'?

vger · Post by **vger** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 11:58 pm

nope, I installed with make install :s
btw my issue is exactly like this person's: http://egoboo.sourceforge.net/forum/vie ... php?t=1046

and I do have a "setup.txt" in /usr/etc/egoboo-2.x/

Post by **Zefz** » Thu Aug 12, 2010 12:04 am

I see. Can you confirm this bug with the latest revision penguinflyer? Could be some change causes this problem in Linux. I remember doing something with the loading of setup.txt to fix a problem in windows.

Post by **penguinflyer5234** » Thu Aug 12, 2010 12:22 am

Boop COMPILING WOOT

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WHAT IS THIS MADNESS

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neptunium@mpc:~/egoboo-2.6.x$ game/egoboo-2.x
Initializing filesystem services...
Game directories are:
        Binaries: /home/neptunium/.local/games/
        Data: /home/neptunium/.local/share/games/egoboo-2.x/
        User Data: /home/neptunium/.egoboo-2.x/
        Config Files: /home/neptunium/.local/etc/egoboo-2.x/
SDL WARN: Unable to set SDL video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual
SDL WARN: Unable to set SDL video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual

Did someone remove that #ifdef __UNIX__ somewhere?

...and since when is egoboo 15 megabytes in size

I think I give up on Egoboo's code, I dunno where anything is anymore :/

Post by **Zefz** » Thu Aug 12, 2010 12:54 am

Same happened to me mate... Some revision ago my binaries suddenly bumped up to 15 mb from 1.3 or so.

I just fixed a linux bug where controls weren't properly saved, but that isn't the big issue right now. I also fixed some windows related bugs but this one might be trickier.

SDL WARN: Unable to set SDL video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual

sounds like SDL doesnt like your video settings? This is the error you might get if your Color Depth is incorrect. Try setting it to 24? I remember Linux disliking anything higher.

More info from the Ubuntu forums: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861422

Post by **penguinflyer5234** » Thu Aug 12, 2010 1:12 am

It worked before until like now :/

(desktop is at 1600x1200x32x85Hz

Post by **Zefz** » Thu Aug 12, 2010 4:47 am

Try 1600x1200x24x85Hz?

Do you have any other OpenGL games you could try to see if they have the same issue?

Post by **penguinflyer5234** » Thu Aug 12, 2010 5:57 am

hmm it seems that this desktop IS in 24-bit mode, sorry

SuperTux svn r6641 works (800x600)
SuperTuxKart svn r4641 works with Irrlicht 1.6.1 (1024x768)
Blob Wars : Blob and Conquer v1.06 works (kinda, 1024x768)
SoulFu v1.5 works (1024x768, 16bit colors, 16bit z-buffer)
T-Engine (ToME) 4 v1.0.0beta7b works (1024x768)
Crack Attack! v1.1.14 (1100x1100)
Armagetron Advanced v0.2.8.2.1 (1024x768)
Extreme Tux Racer v0.4/0.5 beta (forgot which one) (800x600)
Wormux v0.8.1 (1152x864)
JoGL v1.1.0 (my game uses this) (600x400)
Model Viewer.exe (Wine!) (640x480)
World of Goo Demo (I dunno, but it works in fullscreen)
Frogatto v1.0 (800x600)
Google Earth v5.0.11337.1968 (976x814 - toolbars)
Neverball v1.5.4 (1024x768)
hmm... am I done yet?

Post by **Zefz** » Thu Aug 12, 2010 11:36 am

Ok we can rule out any driver issues

What else could be affecting this? Maybe setup.txt is being loaded incorrectly and Egoboo tries to start in 32 bit? (while linux supports 24 at most)

penguinflyer2222 · Post by **penguinflyer2222** » Thu Aug 12, 2010 2:42 pm

lol nice list there.

vger · Post by **vger** » Thu Aug 12, 2010 4:29 pm

I might sound silly but, what exactly has changed between 2.7 and 2.8 which could have affected the way the game loads setup.txt??

Post by **Zefz** » Thu Aug 12, 2010 6:48 pm

Setup.txt is loaded from the private egoboo folder instead of the local egoboo folder.