Vega Strike

[NiksaVel]

Hey all,

does anyone have any experience with the game Vega Strike, available from the repos?

When I install it I have no sound, only music.

On the other hand, when I install it from a package from their homepage, I have sound, but it doesn't detect my joystick...


here's a thread where I already posted couple of logs:
http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=80059


thanks in advance if any1 can help...

[compiledkernel]

eh, A.I. wanna jump in here?

[Artificial Intelligence]

Well, it aren't the first to report that Vega Strike in the repo is broke, I'll see what I can do with a howto on the CVS (no promises).

[NiksaVel]

thank you for any assistance.... I really really like this game so far, but a) I need sound b) I need joystick too :confused:


There are also other differences I've noticed from the repos version and the original package available from the Vega strike homepage...


this is a terminal log from the repos version:
OpenGL::GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array unsupported
OpenGL::Accurate Fog Distance unsupported
OpenGL::Generic Texture Compression unsupported
OpenGL::S3TC Texture Compression unsupported
OpenGL::Multitexture unsupported
OpenGL::TextureCubeMapExt unsupported
OpenGL::EXTColorTable unsupported
1 joysticks were found.

The names of the joysticks are:
Microsoft Microsoft SideWinder Precision Pro (USB)
axes: 6 buttons: 9 hats: 0
FactionXML:LoadXML factions.xml



and here is the same part from the package available on this page:
OpenGL::GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array supported
OpenGL::Accurate Fog Distance supported
OpenGL::Generic Texture Compression supported
OpenGL::S3TC Texture Compression supported
OpenGL::Multitexture supported
OpenGL::TextureCubeMapExt supported
OpenGL::EXTColorTable unsupported
0 joysticks were found.

The names of the joysticks are:
FactionXML:LoadXML factions.xml


seems to be much more compatibility in the original package, but no joystick support...

[Artificial Intelligence]

It's properly because it have been compiled without joystick support.

[NiksaVel]

what should I do? I would really like to play this game with joystick and sound :)

[Artificial Intelligence]

Go for the lastest development versions (heard alot have improved since the last stable release 2 years ago) I can't remember if they use subversion or CVS but you can check it on their site. While compiling make sure you have the libs that enable joystick.

[v1nsai]

When I tried to run vega strike, the screen would black out, a few errors similar to the OP's errors would show up in terminal, and I would lose the ability to use my mouse until I restarted gdm. I ran 'vssetup' and turned down my graphics and disabled the joystick and fixed it. Try that maybe?