UFO: Alien Invasion 2.1 Released

[hikaricore]

UFO: Alien Invasion 2.1 Released

I'm not going to ramble like I have in my other posts today, just sharing the news.

Homepage: http://www.ufoai.net/
Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ufoai

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Linux Library Requirements (stolen from sourceforge):

You need the following package versions to run the game:
glibc >= 2.4
SDL >= 1.2.7
SDL_ttf >= 2.0.7
ogg >= 1.1
vorbis >= 1.1
libjpeg >= 6.2
zlib >= 1.2.3
libpng

If you encounter problems, please try to run the game with:
./ufo +set vid_ref sdl

You can even try to disable sound by typing:
./ufo +set snd_init 0

[Hortinstein]

hmmm looks interesting...is it any good?

[charlieg]

It is very, very good.

[jazzgossen]

I downloaded it from getdeb, but many of the text strings seem to be missing. Is that normal? For example, when choosing to start a new campaign, the settings for the campaign are listed at the right of the screen, and then there's a line saying "txt_standard_campaign", where I assume there should be a longer description.

[TDogg310]

I would really like to play this game, so I followed the instructions for installing on Debian-based distributions on http://ufoai.ninex.info/wiki/index.php/Debian. When I run ./configure in ~/ufoai/trunk, I get the following error message:

checking for SDL_ttf.h... no
checking for SDL_ttf/SDL_ttf.h... no
configure: error: You must have the SDL_ttf development headers

Synaptic indicates that I have libsdl-ttf2.0-dev installed, including /usr/include/SDL/SDL_ttf.h. What should I do?

[jazzgossen]

TDogg310: If you just want to play the game, you shouldn't have to compile it. Try downloading the "hotfix" file from the sourceforge project page instead: here (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=157793).

I solved my problem by installing with that file instead of using the deb files from getdeb.

[TDogg310]

That worked, but now I have another problem. Ubuntu just updated the restricted drives in addition to the kernel, so when I restarted, I received an Nvidia API mismatch error message and had to disable the Nvidia drivers. I tried using Envy, but when I restarted I ran into the exact same problem. I have no idea what to do next. Before the update, the Nvidia drivers were working just fine.

Update

I went back to the previous kernel version and the game works just fine

[Tuna-Fish]

The newest kernel just doesn't yet have a nvidia module. I've got no idea why.

[hikaricore]

You have to reinstall the binary video drivers with a kernel update..

[searayman]

i installed via the .run file thingy but i can not get it to start when i try to start it from termianl i get this:

mike@mike-desktop:~$ ufoai
Killed
mike@mike-desktop:~$

any ideas?

[hikaricore]

Do not post the same question in multiple threads.

[neilb]

For some reason the hotfix install left me without text content

I tried the solution from the game wiki

$ LANG=en; ./ufoai

but it didn't help.

I looked in base/i18n/en/LC_MESSAGES and found no files.

I went to sourceforge and downloaded the internationalisation files and unpacked base/i18n/en/LC_MESSAGES/ufoai.mo into place.

Then tried again

$ LANG=en; ./ufoai

and it worked fine

[Smitje]

Hi nielb

I'm having trouble with the ufo messages as well
I do have the mo file bu no others, and I keep seeing bolter_fifle_txt and stuf like that in game
did you find a bunch of txt files or just the one .mo?
(and where did you find them)

Cheers
Smitje

[shaft350x]

I downloaded it from getdeb, but many of the text strings seem to be missing. Is that normal? For example, when choosing to start a new campaign, the settings for the campaign are listed at the right of the screen, and then there's a line saying "txt_standard_campaign", where I assume there should be a longer description.

I'm getting the same "errors" everything that looks like it should have some sort of text block simply says "txt_something"