HowTo Install Grid War 2

[nami]

Hello

I downloaded gridwars_lin.zip but don't know how to install it,

Help...

[MonkeyBoy]

http://www.getdeb.net/release.php?id=883

Try this link. All you need to do is open the deb with the gdebi package installer and it does the rest.

[nami]

tried that, downloaded it, double clicked it, it installed with no errors, but does not load the game.

[barmazal]

pro game im with 650.000 on hard

[nami]

i can't even get it to work...

[jingo811]

Me too is having trouble making this game work.
http://www.getdeb.net/app/GridWars+2
I already setup my ATI with Envy and whenever I launch the game I get kicked out to the GDM. Now what :confused:

[jingo811]

Sooo disappointing I tried the debs in Gutsy and Feisty only a black screen followed X crash. Unpacked the source file then ran this in terminal "./gridwars"
gridwars_0.0.0+20060309.orig.tar.gz
Still only a black screen followed by X crash. :(

[eilu]

I got mine from happypenguin and it runs with no problems (just unzip to your chosen location)... try that one?

[jingo811]

I go here and follow the download link which directs me to the same developer webpage that I visited in the past.
http://www.happypenguin.org/show?Grid%20Wars%202
http://gridwars.marune.de/

Unzipped this file then ran "./gridwars" still a black screen and X crash.
gridwars_lin.zip

On the other site it says this:
http://www.incitti.com/Blitz/
August 8, 2006

Sorry folks... I've had to remove the link to the download.
Email from BizarreCreations:
"We're beginning to feel the effects of
the Geometry Wars clones on our sales via
Microsoft now and are beginning a process to
begin to more robustly protect our copyright
and intellectual property.

Therefore, I'd like to ask you in an amicable
fashion to stop infringing our IP and pull
the game 'Grid Wars' from the internet for download.

I hope you understand and are able to do this
without us having to take further steps."

[piterhansel]

I hope I'm not committing a crime :oops:

I love this game, and I play it since Feisty I think... It works well on Hardy!
Downloaded it from getdeb last year.

Cheers :popcorn:

[mister_k81]

No installation should be necessary for the "gridwars_lin.zip" file, I just tried it out, and it seems to be working fine in Hardy. Just unzip it, and put all the files into one folder, then you probably have to download: "libstdc++5", which you can get by opening up the terminal and typing:

sudo apt-get install libstdc++5

Or by doing a search in the synaptic. Then, open up the folder with the unzipped contents in it and click on the "gridwars" executable file to start. :)

Edit: Whoops, I didn't realize this thread was almost a year old. 8-[

[jingo811]

That old file worked as bad as the new ones from the authors homepage it crashed X again. Guess it's time to upgrade to Hardy soon or it must be something about my hardware that this game doesn't like :(

[mister_k81]

This game worked for me on Gutsy as well. Maybe it is a hardware problem, or even a dependency one? Is there anyway to check for errors by running the game in the terminal before it crashes X?

[piterhansel]

I hope I'm not committing a crime :oops:

I love this game, and I play it since Feisty I think... It works well on Hardy!
Downloaded it from getdeb last year.

Cheers :popcorn:


-> Sorry bout that... If I have it I thought other may have it... :confused:

[jingo811]

This game worked for me on Gutsy as well. Maybe it is a hardware problem, or even a dependency one? Is there anyway to check for errors by running the game in the terminal before it crashes X?

This is the best I can do error wise. I looked into /var/log/dmesg also but didn't know what to look for. Since the programmer was prohibited from further coding on this game making bug reports probably will fall to death ears anyways. So I guess this game is dead from improvements and fixes. :(

bill@gates$ gridwars &> errall

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 419 requests (48 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

[piterhansel]

GridWars 2 is back to GetDeb. Just download and install it. It works for me since feisty till hardy!!

http://www.getdeb.net/app/GridWars+2

:biggrin:

[illu45]

If you are having random crashing, try disabling the game's sound and music (through the config menus). That fixed most of the random crashing for me. As far as installing goes, I would just download the .zip from the official site (http://gridwars.marune.de/) unzip it to a directory, open a terminal and navigate to the gridwars directory, then use ./gridwars to launch the game. That way, if it crashes, you should be able to see the error messages and possibly figure the problem out.

[GavinZac]

http://www.getdeb.net/download/2610/0

[JSuresh]

i played a ton of gridwars on xp and i'm happy to see it ubuntu.

however, when i tried to run it on ubuntu 7.10, it runs horribly horribly slow (can't be hardware because this laptop could handle the game fine under xp)

[cristo-father]

i played a ton of gridwars on xp and i'm happy to see it ubuntu.

however, when i tried to run it on ubuntu 7.10, it runs horribly horribly slow (can't be hardware because this laptop could handle the game fine under xp)

It ran very well with an nvidia, but after i got my ati i got the same problem.

[Shannon_VanWagner]

Here's the link that did it for me on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope:

http://howto.landure.fr/gnu-linux/ubuntu-8-04-hardy-heron/install-grid-wars-on-ubuntu-8-04-hardy-heron

Yes I know the link says "hardy-heron" but it worked for me on Jaunty too!
Cheers!:popcorn: