Comments on: HowTo: Alpha Centauri on Linux http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13 A blackhole of technology, hacks, and caffeine. Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:46:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Leon http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13&cpage=1#comment-305 Leon Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:58:59 +0000 http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13#comment-305 Installing this on Xubuntu 9.04, I couldn't get it to work when I installed it to /usr/local. Finally I installed it to Games under my home folder, and that did it. Here are the instructions I wrote up for myself for future reference, in case someone else finds them helpful (remember, my user name is leon--you'll want to substitute your own of course): Install the game to somewhere in your home directory (don't let it install to the default, /usr/local/games/smac). I installed it to /home/leon/Games/smac. Install the whole game, of course. Exit when setup is complete. Patch the program by running smac-6.0b-x86.run. Open loki_compat_libs-1.1.tar.bz2 and unzip the Loki_Compat to the Alpha Centauri folder. You'll have to give the system extra information. (Replace /home/leon/Games/smac with the path to the Alpha Centauri folder). Use the following to open: ALPHA CENTAURI LD_PRELOAD=/home/leon/Games/smac/Loki_Compat/libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so:/usr/lib/libX11.so /home/leon/Games/smac/smac.dynamic ALIEN CROSSFIRE LD_PRELOAD=/home/leon/Games/smac/Loki_Compat/libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so:/usr/lib/libX11.so /home/leon/Games/smac/smacx.dynamic TO CREATE ICONS Create script files, e.g. runsmac and runsmacx, in the Alpha Centauri directory, containing (respectively) just the code above. Make them executable (open a terminal window there and enter "chmod +x runsmac" and then "chmod +x runsmacx"). Create Launchers that point to those scripts. Installing this on Xubuntu 9.04, I couldn’t get it to work when I installed it to /usr/local. Finally I installed it to Games under my home folder, and that did it. Here are the instructions I wrote up for myself for future reference, in case someone else finds them helpful (remember, my user name is leon–you’ll want to substitute your own of course):

Install the game to somewhere in your home directory (don’t let it install to the default, /usr/local/games/smac). I installed it to /home/leon/Games/smac. Install the whole game, of course.

Exit when setup is complete.

Patch the program by running smac-6.0b-x86.run.

Open loki_compat_libs-1.1.tar.bz2 and unzip the Loki_Compat to the Alpha Centauri folder.

You’ll have to give the system extra information. (Replace /home/leon/Games/smac with the path to the Alpha Centauri folder). Use the following to open:

ALPHA CENTAURI
LD_PRELOAD=/home/leon/Games/smac/Loki_Compat/libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so:/usr/lib/libX11.so /home/leon/Games/smac/smac.dynamic

ALIEN CROSSFIRE
LD_PRELOAD=/home/leon/Games/smac/Loki_Compat/libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so:/usr/lib/libX11.so /home/leon/Games/smac/smacx.dynamic

TO CREATE ICONS

Create script files, e.g. runsmac and runsmacx, in the Alpha Centauri directory, containing (respectively) just the code above.

Make them executable (open a terminal window there and enter “chmod +x runsmac” and then “chmod +x runsmacx”).

Create Launchers that point to those scripts.

]]> By: HokieTux http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13&cpage=1#comment-294 HokieTux Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:05:51 +0000 http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13#comment-294 Sustuso - Can you give me more details about your setup? Xorg.conf, etc? Take a look at these two threads and see if anything suggested helps: http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-298679.html http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-311521.html Sustuso -

Can you give me more details about your setup? Xorg.conf, etc?

Take a look at these two threads and see if anything suggested helps:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-298679.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-311521.html

]]> By: Sustuso http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13&cpage=1#comment-289 Sustuso Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:44:57 +0000 http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13#comment-289 I can't play, after the "landing on the planet the game crash with message X Error: BadMatch Request Major code 66 () Error Serial #1014 Current Serial #1017 Can you help me? I can’t play, after the “landing on the planet the game crash with message

X Error: BadMatch
Request Major code 66 ()
Error Serial #1014
Current Serial #1017

Can you help me?

]]> By: HokieTux http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13&cpage=1#comment-269 HokieTux Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:32:32 +0000 http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13#comment-269 @Jared - Hmmm... you are right. It looks to me like the script at the top might actually invoke a binary contained in the rest of the file (i.e. a non-open source patch). Although, whether it is normal or not, it works! @Jared – Hmmm… you are right. It looks to me like the script at the top might actually invoke a binary contained in the rest of the file (i.e. a non-open source patch).

Although, whether it is normal or not, it works!

]]> By: Jared Spurbeck http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13&cpage=1#comment-266 Jared Spurbeck Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:16:47 +0000 http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13#comment-266 The patch seems to disintegrate into all these weird symbols after a few screens, even though it looks like a script towards the top. Is that normal? The patch seems to disintegrate into all these weird symbols after a few screens, even though it looks like a script towards the top. Is that normal?

]]> By: HokieTux http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13&cpage=1#comment-254 HokieTux Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:00:26 +0000 http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13#comment-254 No problem. I updated the post with the new patch location - hopefully it helps everyone else who was having trouble as well! No problem. I updated the post with the new patch location – hopefully it helps everyone else who was having trouble as well!

]]> By: Obs http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13&cpage=1#comment-245 Obs Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:58:17 +0000 http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13#comment-245 Yes, got it working, thanks! Yes, got it working, thanks!

]]> By: HokieTux http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13&cpage=1#comment-244 HokieTux Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:13:57 +0000 http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13#comment-244 Hey all - Okay, I've thrown up the patch. You can find it here: http://filebox.vt.edu/users/bhilburn/Public/smac-6.0b-x86.run Hope it helps, and I'm sorry that it took me so long to get it out there! Cheers Hey all -

Okay, I’ve thrown up the patch. You can find it here:
http://filebox.vt.edu/users/bhilburn/Public/smac-6.0b-x86.run

Hope it helps, and I’m sorry that it took me so long to get it out there!

Cheers

]]> By: Obs http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13&cpage=1#comment-243 Obs Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:58:28 +0000 http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13#comment-243 I can find the 6.0a patch at https://babelize.org/download/lokigames/ but not the 6.0b one. And I get an error with the 6.0a patch. # sh smac-6.0a-x86.run Verifying archive integrity...tail: cannot open `+6' for reading: No such file or directory Error in check sums 377969084 2291058509 I can find the 6.0a patch at https://babelize.org/download/lokigames/ but not the 6.0b one.

And I get an error with the 6.0a patch.

# sh smac-6.0a-x86.run
Verifying archive integrity…tail: cannot open `+6′ for reading: No such file or directory
Error in check sums 377969084 2291058509

]]> By: Slammer64 http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13&cpage=1#comment-242 Slammer64 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:26:09 +0000 http://hokietux.net/blog/?p=13#comment-242 You can find the patch @ https://babelize.org/download/lokigames/ You can find the patch @ https://babelize.org/download/lokigames/

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