ETQW: Linux full client is out

[almostlinux]

http://community.enemyterritory.com/?q=node/185


The linux version doesn't have (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showpost.php?p=162260&postcount=24) in-game ads!! :)

[Sockerdrickan]

Cool :D:D

[Wiebelhaus]

Hella sweet!

[BoardDWorld]

This news has been in the Forums for the last 3 days:lolflag:

[almostlinux]

This news has been in the Forums for the last 3 days:lolflag:

Really? The full client was released just an hour ago.

[Artificial Intelligence]

almostlinux is right. The 3 day old news was for the demo.
(news posted on UGA).

[BoardDWorld]

almostlinux is right. The 3 day old news was for the demo.
(news posted on UGA).

Yes, my bad. It's nearly 4am, better go to bed so I can read!

[Ek0nomik]

Only 17.9MB?

[Artificial Intelligence]

You need to buy the CDs as well, which contains the data files.

[Ek0nomik]

Only 17.9MB?

Ah. Nevermind. Copies it from the purchased DVD. :)

[Naegling23]

sweet, now I wonder what everyone will be doing all weekend....hmmm

and on a side note, now the ubuntu gaming forums can resume the normal threads, that is, 57 different topics on why someones WoW wont play.

[Sockerdrickan]

hahaha right!

[Ek0nomik]

Where does the Linux version store your profile config files? My sdnet folder is empty, but yet it is remembering my resolution settings, account name, etc.

[almostlinux]

Where does the Linux version store your profile config files? My sdnet folder is empty, but yet it is remembering my resolution settings, account name, etc.

It's a hidden folder in your home directory.
~/.etqw

[Ek0nomik]

It's a hidden folder in your home directory.
~/.etqw

Ah. It's actually .etqwcl, but thanks. :)

[Sparckus]

Nice :D

All i need now are the new ATI drivers (when they get round to releasing them :() and for my net connection to stop dropping every 2 minutes #-o

[GooglieS]

Does anybody have any problems with in-game performance? It feels that FPS is about 50% lower than in windows version... I have a c2d e6750 CPU, 2gb ram and 8600GTS video card and new ubuntu 7.10

[aidanr]

Works great! Seems to be on a par with windows performance but I haven't done any proper tests. The Makron is pleased :)

[Megatog615]

Mine segfaults :(.
$ ./etqw
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

[daimaru]

mine runs better than under windows (fps wise) but i dont have sound. using sennheiser USB headset with alsa, works fine with normal gnome apps, but not with etqw. i found something in the etqwconfig.cfg file where one might maybe change the driver, but i dont know enough to start tampering with the cfg. seta s_driver "alsa"
seta s_dsp "/dev/dsp"
seta s_alsa_lib "libasound.so.2"

anyone know how to get sound to work?
thx

oh just found this in console during game start.
Initializing class hierarchy
...166 classes, 441320 bytes for event callbacks
WARNING: Couldn't load sound 'video/intro_1024x512.theora', defaulting
WARNING: idDeclLocal::ParseLocal Failed to Parse decl 'video/intro' in file 'sounds/cinematics.sndshd' line 0
game initialized.

[shad0w_walker]

Runs lovely and fast for me (Turned everything upto high and still no performance issues) and now i have a use for it I have even setup SLI again, not seeing any lesser performance than I did on Windows, possibly a little higher but I am not a great benchmark.

[JG53_Jaguar]

Hi All,

Sorry for a silly question but how do I install/run the linux client ?

Once I unzipped the file I get ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run file. I noticed that this file doesn't have execute attribute so I did chmod +x on it. I then typed:

sudo ./ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run

the terminal prompts me for my account password but then I get the following error message:

"sudo: unable to execute ./ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run: No such file or directory"


if I don't do chmod+x and just do the sudo command I get the following error message "sudo: ./ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run: command not found"

Please help, thanks!

[daimaru]

Hi All,

Sorry for a silly question but how do I install/run the linux client ?

Thanks!

download then

chmod +x ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run
./ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run

[JG53_Jaguar]

download then

chmod +x ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run
./ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run

I did that and I get this error:

"bash: ./ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run: No such file or directory"

the file is there, and it does have execute attribute

[daimaru]

sorry didnt see your post i'd recommend redownloading, just tried it again on my machine and it works np..
md5sum:
89210dadaf7b55842fe1472dafac7cf8 ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run

oh just remembered in case redownloading does not work. i turned off apparmor because it messed with my antivir install so maybe that is messing with your install. dunno though dont really know anything about apparmor

[JG53_Jaguar]

sorry didnt see your post i'd recommend redownloading, just tried it again on my machine and it works np..
md5sum:
89210dadaf7b55842fe1472dafac7cf8 ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run

oh just remembered in case redownloading does not work. i turned off apparmor because it messed with my antivir install so maybe that is messing with your install. dunno though dont really know anything about apparmor

I have deleted the file; downloaded it again from here

http://www.sciboy.com/files/ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run

I did the chmod +x on it and then I run it as you suggested...no go
I still get "bash: ./ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run: No such file or directory"

I installed 7.10 yesterday, clean install. I have OpenGL driver installed as well...

[JG53_Jaguar]

oh just remembered in case redownloading does not work. i turned off apparmor because it messed with my antivir install so maybe that is messing with your install. dunno though dont really know anything about apparmor

I didn't install that on my own...is it part of the default install ? How do I turn the thing ???

Thanks!

[daimaru]

ok i have no idea if this will work cause me noob too, but i'd like to know if it does.
Disable AppArmor framework

sudo /etc/init.d/apparmor kill
sudo update-rc.d -f apparmor remove


got this form the apparmor page here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AppArmor#head-ae986cdc853786be814f277c654a7e4c609d6583

your supposed to be able to enable it afterwards again, which did not work for me yet , havent restarted or anything + plus i installed the dazuko module maybe thats conflicting with apparmor module.

[daimaru]

@JG53_Jaguar
if u get ur game to run and if your sound works (mine sadly does not) could you post your ~/.etqwcl/base/etqwconfig.cfg file contents plz cause thats about the only file where i found sound driver stuff so maybe it helps me.

[JG53_Jaguar]

@JG53_Jaguar
if u get ur game to run and if your sound works (mine sadly does not) could you post your ~/.etqwcl/base/etqwconfig.cfg file contents plz cause thats about the only file where i found sound driver stuff so maybe it helps me.

I did remove the apparmor as you suggested. I downloaded the file again, then did the chmod +x on it and then ./xxx.run and still no go.

I get the error message "bash: ./ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run: No such file or directory"

It shouldn't be a rocket science to run a file on linux!

I have Dell Mobile Precision Workstation M90, Core 2 Duo (T7200, 2Ghz), 2GB of ram and nVidia FX2500M video card 512MB ram (basically 7900GTX configured for 3D professional graphics)

once I get the damn thing running I will post the sound config, no problem :)

[Curlydave]

I'm getting the error

""ETQW-demo-client-1.1-full.r5.x86.run" cannot be opened. No application suitable for automatic installation is available for handling this kind of file." If I sudo sh it in the terminal, I get the error "/home/david/Desktop/ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected"


I downloaded the demo client last night, and the had the same problem as with the full upgrade client. Any ideas?


I did remove the apparmor as you suggested. I downloaded the file again, then did the chmod +x on it and then ./xxx.run and still no go.

I get the error message "bash: ./ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run: No such file or directory"

It shouldn't be a rocket science to run a file on linux!

I have Dell Mobile Precision Workstation M90, Core 2 Duo (T7200, 2Ghz), 2GB of ram and nVidia FX2500M video card 512MB ram (basically 7900GTX configured for 3D professional graphics)

once I get the damn thing running I will post the sound config, no problem :)

Same error here if I run it using ".". I'm also from a fresh install I just put on yesterday. Eagerly waiting a solution.

[Curlydave]

I have a fix. Don't use ".", or double click, just enter the directory/filename in the console with sudo, without the dot.



The game run's great, except for some nasty mouse lag. Any ideas?

[JG53_Jaguar]

I have a fix. Don't use ".", or double click, just enter the directory/filename in the console with sudo, without the dot.



The game run's great, except for some nasty mouse lag. Any ideas?

Well that doesn't work either... I have downloaded it again and run as you suggested and I get "sudo: ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run: command not found"

I just don't understand if I just have a simple clean ubuntu 7.10 installed why it works for others and why it doesn't work for me....this is crazy!

What version of Ubuntu are you using ? did you make any changes to the OS ?

OK Here is another question: I have the ETQW in the DVDROM drive and as well as the linux client...is the linux client the first thing that needs to run on linux ?

[Curlydave]

Yes, you run it, then it will copy files from the DVD.

To clarify, here's what you should be running, if its on your desktop

sudo /home/YOURLOGINNAME/Desktop/ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run

[marquarc]

I'm having the exact same problem. Fresh install, using amd64 desktop 7.10.


plasticus@tarrasque:~/Desktop/download$ sudo sh /home/plasticus/Desktop/download/ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run
/home/plasticus/Desktop/download/ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected


have tried use ./ETQW... in the current directory, have tried with and without sudo, and have tried modifying the permissions on the file. nothing's working, yet.

SOLVED FOR ME:
Scratch that, I got mine figured out. I guess after I changed the permissions to allow it to be executed as a program, then typing the "sudo ./ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run" worked out alright for me. Of course, I was using a terminal and was already working from the directory containing said file.

[JG53_Jaguar]

Ok Guys, I have solved my problem based on this thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=583762

The key was this: "sudo apt-get install ia32-libs"

I have 64bit CPUs (Intel Core 2 Duo) so I installed 64bit verion of Ubunu 7.10. And the reason why I couldn't get the ETQW linux client installed was because the client is in 32bit!!!

So after I installed the 32bit libraries all my problems went away!!!

Holly smokes this game rocks on Linux :) I maxed out all the graphics using 1900x1280 resolution, with 5.1 sound and it is very fast !!! My system:

Dell Precision Mobile Workstation M90
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 CPU - 2Ghz
2GB DDR2 667Mhz RAM
1900 x 1280 Widescreen LCD
nVidia Quadro FX 2500M - 512MB of ram (basically 7900 GTX tweaked for professional graphics)
SIGMATEL STAC 92XX C-Major HD Audio System

My sound is very clean and I don't have quality problem with the sound even in the thick of the action, I'm very impressed with Ubuntu 7.10 and ETQW!!! :)

[Naegling23]

Is there any thought of having an ubuntu/linux gamer server/clan?

Judging by the activity here, I think there is interest if someone wants to "run" it

[mb108]

I'd be interested, for sure. I don't have a lot of time to run things, but in about a month I'll be happy to be more involved.

For now we could just agree upon a clan tag and wear it? Ubuntu only or all-Linux inclusive?

[KhaaL]

.Ubuntu as a clantag on the end of the name, perhaps? Make sure to color it brown/orange, and I'll see ya ingame :p

(My ingame nick is BlackEyez)

[KhaaL]

Okay, created a ubuntu clan, name is "Ubuntu". Post your screenname so I can send you guys invites

[Naegling23]

Okay, created a ubuntu clan, name is "Ubuntu". Post your screenname so I can send you guys invites

count me in

im naegling23 in game as well.

[mb108]

We're going to setup a game to celebrate the Linux release, I am gathering up some players. We'll play tonight (Sunday 10/21 8pm CDT) .. likely on the id servers, I'm still working out the details, I'll post more later.

http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14032&page=6

:D


My ETQW tag is Madnis.

[balleklorin]

Found a solution to my previous Core dump: Reinstalled Nvidia drivers after ia32-libs took care of the problem!

Core dump.... ;(

--------------------------------------------------------
This system qualifies for Normal quality.
Initializing SDL subsystem
Loading GL driver 'libGL.so.1' through SDL
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
--------------------------------------------------------

Gutsy 7.10 x64

[KhaaL]

Whee, the clan is now at the magic number 3! :D

(btw, i'd love to have some europeans join so I don't feel like a hermit)

[go_beep_yourself]

I did that and I get this error:

"bash: ./ETQW-client-1.1.r8.x86.run: No such file or directory"

the file is there, and it does have execute attribute

find ~/ -iname 'etqw*run' -exec bash -c "sudo chmod a+x {} && sudo ./{}" \;

[go_beep_yourself]

Is anyone playing this game with hamachi? PM me if you are.

[Ripfox]

Is this playable as a one person game or is there no story line and just another mmo fps?

[KhaaL]

Is this playable as a one person game or is there no story line and just another mmo fps?

No real storyline no. And I haven't tried the bots AI offline, so I can't say either if it's on par with Unreals bots.

[Ripfox]

Man I wish someone would release a fps action adventure with a beginning and end for linux...

[aidanr]

Is this playable as a one person game or is there no story line and just another mmo fps?

It's a multiplayer game but you can play with bots offline and the bots are very good.

Man I wish someone would release a fps action adventure with a beginning and end for linux...

You mean like Doom3 or Quake4 or Penumbra Overture...

[silentrhythm]

Thank you! I was thinking it was an issue with 64-bit, due to the x86 in the file name. Had no idea what to do to fix it though. Installed the 32-bit libraries you mentioned and it worked perfectly.

I just upgraded my system with similar specs, X2 4400+, 2gb ram, nvidia 8500gt, 22" 1680x1050 monitor.

the game is crazy! lots going on, but very cool.

Ok Guys, I have solved my problem based on this thread:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=583762

The key was this: "sudo apt-get install ia32-libs"

I have 64bit CPUs (Intel Core 2 Duo) so I installed 64bit verion of Ubunu 7.10. And the reason why I couldn't get the ETQW linux client installed was because the client is in 32bit!!!

So after I installed the 32bit libraries all my problems went away!!!

Holly smokes this game rocks on Linux :) I maxed out all the graphics using 1900x1280 resolution, with 5.1 sound and it is very fast !!! My system:

Dell Precision Mobile Workstation M90
Intel Core 2 Duo T7200 CPU - 2Ghz
2GB DDR2 667Mhz RAM
1900 x 1280 Widescreen LCD
nVidia Quadro FX 2500M - 512MB of ram (basically 7900 GTX tweaked for professional graphics)
SIGMATEL STAC 92XX C-Major HD Audio System

My sound is very clean and I don't have quality problem with the sound even in the thick of the action, I'm very impressed with Ubuntu 7.10 and ETQW!!! :)

[Ripfox]

It's a multiplayer game but you can play with bots offline and the bots are very good.



You mean like Doom3 or Quake4 or Penumbra Overture...

Too bad none of those work with my intel graphics under Ubuntu. I see a very wide open market for this sort of game, hopefully more to come.

[NJN]

Does anybody have any problems with in-game performance? It feels that FPS is about 50% lower than in windows version...

I was seeing noticeably lower FPS under Gutsy compared to Windows. After a bit of searching, I found a thread on the ETQW forums that suggested using nice to start it at -15. That looks to do the trick for my system.

[Naegling23]

Whee, the clan is now at the magic number 3! :D

(btw, i'd love to have some europeans join so I don't feel like a hermit)

I know there are a bunch more ETQW players, what about posting the clan recruitment in its own thread? There is also a guild/clan thread somewhere in these forums. Phoronix is another place to look for some linux users. It would be awesome if we got enough linux users and were able to have our own server (running teamspeak of course!). I would love to see this work out, lets give it a better chance.

[Tzuikka]

Okay, created a ubuntu clan, name is "Ubuntu". Post your screenname so I can send you guys invites

I want to join too [-o<. I have the same name in game.

[KhaaL]

Invitation sent!

I'm thinking of arranging a common game for all of us... I just need to find someone who has a server avaible for us (or a suitable pub!).

Whatch the in-game broadcasts in the clan tab for updates! (or this thread :p)

[wishyjr]

ace, my in game name is just 'Wishy'.

[SamsLembas]

Okay, created a ubuntu clan, name is "Ubuntu". Post your screenname so I can send you guys invites

Finally got my full copy of the game. Could you send an invite my way too? My ingame name samslembas.

No one has ever said anything too me in multiplayer. Am I playing against bots that look exactly like humans, or is everyone using voip (not supported on the Linux client) and being too lazy to even inform me of it? Hopefully being in the clan will help me feel less lonely, especially if some more people join.

[ketzerei]

Isnt there a demo version out somewhere? Or does the demo work under wine?

[samjh]

Yes and yes.

[SamsLembas]

Here's the link for you:
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/etqw/ETQWFrontPage#head-6ea18003d0437234c8184c6daeceffece2f1e5f6

Figured out how to tell the difference between bots and humans (it was quite obvious). That makes the game a lot more fun. There goes my productivity.

[mb108]

Here's the link for you:
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/etqw/ETQWFrontPage#head-6ea18003d0437234c8184c6daeceffece2f1e5f6

Figured out how to tell the difference between bots and humans (it was quite obvious). That makes the game a lot more fun. There goes my productivity.

http://stats.enemyterritory.com/

Sorry, can't find "productivity" anywhere. Is it in a mod or something? Maybe you mean Battlesense...

*shrug*

[KhaaL]

Finally got my full copy of the game. Could you send an invite my way too? My ingame name samslembas.

No one has ever said anything too me in multiplayer. Am I playing against bots that look exactly like humans, or is everyone using voip (not supported on the Linux client) and being too lazy to even inform me of it? Hopefully being in the clan will help me feel less lonely, especially if some more people join.

Invitation will be sent as soon as I get to my desktop. Unfortunatly we haven't had a lot of clan events yet (maybe due to a lack of clan server & not all located in the same timezone)... But yeah, being in the clan will hopefully redeem your lonliness =)

[Darganot]

Okay, created a ubuntu clan, name is "Ubuntu". Post your screenname so I can send you guys invites

If you're still recruiting, I might be interested. My name ingame is Darganot.

[anthonyJC]

uncomfortable playing because the sensitivity of the mouse bug

[go_beep_yourself]

I'm using the nomedia installer. The instructions in the README say this.

-nomedia installers:
--------------------

The installer will copy the files from the DVD for you. For some 'no media' installers you maye have to copy
some files under the base/ folder yourself.

Here is the current file list with MD5 checksums:
For the server:
40730e1648f2c1005ccbb7aa9097fe1c pak000.pk4
c396c40653e75de7bd99e026282beb14 pak001.pk4
11f4d1242615b6616d21ffd47b331c02 pak002.pk4
4fc16bd357e5481f4bdc05338dab7f1b pak003.pk4
b041cf0dce2035e10894c472ba4f1bec pak004.pk4
d6e5e67eb87700a6c1fa3dab9beec75e pak005.pk4

For the client:
1e19cdbd2d5d3c928239908f31e7080c pak000.pk4
a1efbe9fe0926b05ca9ff8c44345a5a0 pak001.pk4
b224ae88778651573786171663af071d pak002.pk4
2415424906714b4c423d08eeefd82415 pak003.pk4
7c2a3a3feead0a3abfe4b3bac0554f18 pak004.pk4
8bcfcf420c655f8db1f4ebef51ed77fe pak005.pk4
25c6a65e90ece71209812ab05f2d08ba zpak_english000.pk4
7fbbf94c4341ebd2ed27d27595a177d9 zpak_english001.pk4
0e2f8e4f3bed9f56c70e3522a4c07c29 megatextures/area22_lit.mega
da961d539c81a95b31aa2ea91d4b8547 megatextures/ark_lit.mega
2596971cf05eb16b04cc20d8e6bcee91 megatextures/canyon_lit.mega
362c7c75fdc1be377df119f59dc6f7f8 megatextures/island_lit.mega
4583ceb9575394c523d700bbf2e5c03b megatextures/outskirts_lit.mega
ab039fcd0cadb5f64007b69a1fa2aa95 megatextures/quarry_lit.mega
8743080ede4244e7811879429977dc3a megatextures/refinery_lit.mega
0975c9dd236b6773e55c1887607d8462 megatextures/salvage_lit.mega
3a82787e9f3b9d548598941fb02515a0 megatextures/sewer_lit.mega
5bce54224875f3c60680c4c1280f1e5b megatextures/slipgate_lit.mega
2f7428ba0bc34265e2770eeb86f7dfb2 megatextures/valley_lit.mega
839b23d5dccdb0cb763a662a68625cae megatextures/volcano_lit.mega

These files are missing from the dvd. I even looked on my computer with the windows xp installation of the game, and those 2 files are not there. :confused:
pak005.pk4
zpak_english001.pk4

[SamsLembas]

Why not just use the regular installer?

[go_beep_yourself]

I don't have a dual layer dvd drive.

[mb108]

I'm using the nomedia installer. The instructions in the README say this.



These files are missing from the dvd. I even looked on my computer with the windows xp installation of the game, and those 2 files are not there. :confused:
pak005.pk4
zpak_english001.pk4

These files are part of the -full installer. Whether you use -nomedia or -full has nothing to do with DVD access, as it is an option you can disable on both.

The only difference is that the -nomedia installer does not contain those files (you'll notice that the -full is like 250mb larger).

[cancertoast]

I am definitely going to try QW with linux now that I fixed that annoying issue whereupon grub refused to let my OS' (I dual boot) see my dvd/cd drive. My only question is will my Sennheiser pc-166 USB headset work correctly? As it is I do not believe it will. I randomly get a weird sound on my desktop. It reminds me of when you unplug/plugin a usb device in windows.
Any linux/Sennheiser gamers care to chip in their 2c ?

[SamsLembas]

Any audio device that works in Ekiga should work in ET:OW.

[satissh srinivasan]

Hey If your still recruiting, my screen name is Satissh

Thanks,
satissh