HowTo: Install ETQW Full on Gutsy [Archive]

mb108

October 20th, 2007, 04:00 PM

Optional steps are (in parentheses).

0. Make sure you have the latest OpenGL-capable drivers installed for your graphics card. If you're not sure, open a terminal or use your deskbar applet to run "glxgears". If you see some nice 3D gears churning away, you're good to go.

(0b.) If you are running Gutsy 64-bit, you'll have to install 32-bit compatibility libraries:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

1. Buy the game (there is no Linux box, just get the Windows one), and then download the Linux client here (http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/etqw/) (scroll down a bit to the "Files" section).

2. Go to the directory where you downloaded the installer, and run it.

chmod +x ETQW-client-1.4-full.x86.run
./ETQW-client-1.4-full.x86.run

Note: if you have problems running the the installer, make sure you are either running 32-bit Gutsy, or have done step 0b.

The installer will prompt you to accept a license, do so if you'd like to proceed.

3. Enter a path you would like to install to, ie. "/home/path/to/ETQW/". It will have to be in your home directory, as it's not recommended that you run a downloaded binary as root. Later you can use sudo to relocate wherever you'd like.

4. Choose whether to install PunkBuster and whether to copy from DVD. Punkbuster is an anti-cheat program. If you choose to install, it will ask you to accept the PB license. If you choose not to install it, you will be unable to play on many servers, and the servers you can play on will not have this anti-cheat protection.

If you choose to copy from DVD, you will need to insert your DVD before continuing.

(4b.) If you have an existing installation (say, on your windows partition), de-toggle the "Copy files from DVD" option. After the install is finished, copy the necessary files over from your existing installation:

cp -v /path/to/installed/files/base/pak* /usr/local/games/etqw/base/
cp -R /path/to/installed/files/base/megatextures /usr/local/games/etqw/base/

5. Play!

/path/to/ETQW/etqw

If you're feeling overwhelmed by this game, don't be frustrated! This is a very complex tactical shooter, and takes a while to learn. Check out this guide (http://4newbies.planetwolfenstein.gamespy.com/ETQW/) for some tips.

(5b.) If you are running Desktop Effects/Compiz (enabled by default in Gutsy)

Open a terminal and do:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

Now go to System->Preferences->Advanced Desktop Effects Settings. Click on "General Options", and un-check "Unredirect Fullscreen Windows". This will fix some bugs with input and snapping to windowed mode. You may have better performance if you disable any GL desktop effects (Compiz) entirely.

(6.) To create a launcher

Right-click on your desktop and select "Create Launcher...", and enter in the following:

Type: Application
Name: ETQW
Command: /path/to/ETQW/etqw
Comment: pwn some nubs (or whatever)

Click on the "No Icon" button, and enter
/path/to/ETQW/etqw_icon.png

The icon provided is kind of big, so feel free to choose/create your own. This launcher can be dragged onto your Gnome panel if you'd like.

Hope this helps some people... figures my first Ubuntu HowTo would be for a game. :)
My ETQW tag is "Madnis".

cogadh

October 20th, 2007, 04:05 PM

One problem, Gutsy shouldn't be using the gnome-compiz-manager package, it should use the compizconfig-settings-manager package. The gnome-compiz-manager app is for old Compiz, not Compiz Fusion.

mb108

October 20th, 2007, 04:27 PM

Edited that section out for now. I wonder why gnome-compiz-manager is in the Gutsy repos?

Is there a better way in Gutsy to get compiz-tray-icon functionality (or similar)?

Naegling23

October 20th, 2007, 06:34 PM

I just wanted to leave a note for those that want to automatically toggle compiz off when launching the game. I have this set up for all my games, not just quake wars. Create a file, call it something like QuakeWars.sh. Make it executable and all that stuff. Inside the file, paste the following (note, im using kde, so I use kwin, for those using gnome, use metacity:

#! /bin/bash

kwin --replace &
# launches kwin to replace beryl
sleep 2
# obvious pause to allow kwin a few seconds
./etqw &&
# application params and location here will hold script until exit
sleep 2
# another obvious pause so beryl isn't launching the exact second you close the game
compiz --replace &
# launch bery to replace kwin after game exit

Save the file in the same directory as etqw. Now, point your launcher to the file you just created. No more manually toggling compiz!

JG53_Jaguar

October 20th, 2007, 07:51 PM

Thank You mb108 for posting this HOWTO! I have Ubuntu 7.10 64bit version and I couldn't get the Linux version of ETQW to install no matter what I tried earlier today, until I red your post. The key problem was for me: sudo apt-get install ia32-libs; I didn't know I needed that. ETQW works great now, thanks!

cogadh

October 20th, 2007, 08:14 PM

Edited that section out for now. I wonder why gnome-compiz-manager is in the Gutsy repos?

Is there a better way in Gutsy to get compiz-tray-icon functionality (or similar)?
The package is still in the repos because you can remove Compiz Fusion and go back to regular old Compiz if you choose to (but why would you?). I don't think CF has the same type of tray icon functionality (not really sure though), but you can easily turn off CF by going into System > Preferences > Appearance, choose the Visual Effects tab and set it to "None". Using something like Naegling23's launch script is probably a little bit easier.

mb108

October 20th, 2007, 09:50 PM

Thanks for the reply cogadh. Backwards compatibility ftw, I guess. :D

Nice script Naegling. I knew there was some way to script it but wasn't sure how to make it "hold" like that. For some reason I had to replace

./etqw &&

with

/usr/local/games/ETQW/etqw &&

Even though the script is in that same ETQW directory.

Curlydave

October 21st, 2007, 12:51 AM

O hay that looks familiar are you Madnis?

mb108

October 22nd, 2007, 03:59 PM

Hey Curly, yeah cross-posting ftw. :)

crane

October 23rd, 2007, 11:50 PM

OK, this may be a strange request but I will have to be satisfied with playing the demo for now. Is there any way someone could send me the ETQW icon? The linux demo does not have an icon and I would like to add a launcher to my desktop.

ezak

October 23rd, 2007, 11:58 PM

http://xs120.xs.to/xs120/07433/etqw_icon.png

Enjoy.

I wanted it from the beta release as well when it first came out ;)

crane

October 24th, 2007, 08:46 AM

Thanks!
I have very little money and there is a whole lot being released so ET|QW may not be the first one I get. There are a couple for the PS3 that I am being pushed to get (Guitar Hero 3).
I played with the ET|QW demo last night and it ran quite smoothly. I was not expecting it to as I heard the game was pretty much built with a Dual Core CPU in mind.
Now, I just need practice....lots of practice.

christopherZA

October 27th, 2007, 04:26 PM

Hi

Bought and installed my Quake Wars today and must say the installation went without any glitches - thanks.

If anybody is still fence siting on buying this game - Just do it. Buy even if it is only out of principal - thats what I did. The gaming industry needs a financial incentive to develop Linux games and we must not bitch about the lack of games if we do not support them.

Remember OpenSauce is not free but freedom.

I'm happy with the performance on Linux. Can't compare it to a Windows install as I nuked my WinOS 2 months ago and seriously have no intention of installing it again.

:lolflag:

...Keep on gaming the Tux/ID way.

jagolis

October 29th, 2007, 09:54 AM

Anyone able to use PulseAudio with Quake Wars?

Runs great FPS wise, it's less then the XP version but oh well.

Darganot

October 29th, 2007, 10:53 PM

Everything worked great until I got into the game and seem to have the resolution wrong. I can set up a username but after that I can't click on the bottom menu and can only see part of the screen. The keyboard also doesnt work at the title screen (what ever happened to esc quitting lol).

If anyone knows of a fix for this id love to play this game.

Codename

October 29th, 2007, 11:18 PM

Optional steps are (in parentheses).

0. Make sure you have the latest OpenGL-capable drivers installed for your graphics card. If you're not sure, open a terminal or use your deskbar applet to run "glxgears". If you see some nice 3D gears churning away, you're good to go.

(0b.) If you are running Gutsy 64-bit, you'll have to install 32-bit compatibility libraries:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

1. Buy the game (there is no Linux box, just get the Windows one), and then download the Linux client from any of these mirrors (http://community.enemyterritory.com/index.php?q=node/185) (the last item on the list is the official .torrent).

2. Go to the directory where you downloaded the installer, and run it.

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

Note: if you have problems running the the installer, make sure you are either running 32-bit Gutsy, or have done step 0b.

The installer will prompt you to accept a license, do so if you'd like to proceed.

3. Enter a path you would like to install to, ie. "/home/path/to/ETQW/". It will have to be in your home directory, as it's not recommended that you run a downloaded binary as root. Later you can use sudo to relocate wherever you'd like.

4. Choose whether to install PunkBuster and whether to copy from DVD. Punkbuster is an anti-cheat program. If you choose to install, it will ask you to accept the PB license. If you choose not to install it, you will be unable to play on many servers, and the servers you can play on will not have this anti-cheat protection.

If you choose to copy from DVD, you will need to insert your DVD before continuing.

(4b.) If you have an existing installation (say, on your windows partition), de-toggle the "Copy files from DVD" option. After the install is finished, copy the necessary files over from your existing installation:

cp -v /path/to/installed/files/base/pak* /usr/local/games/etqw/base/
cp -R /path/to/installed/files/base/megatextures /usr/local/games/etqw/base/

5. Play!

/path/to/ETQW/etqw

If you're feeling overwhelmed by this game, don't be frustrated! This is a very complex tactical shooter, and takes a while to learn. Check out this guide (http://4newbies.planetwolfenstein.gamespy.com/ETQW/) for some tips.

Note: you will have much better performance if you disable any GL desktop effects (Compiz) before running ETQW.

(6.) To create a launcher

Right-click on your desktop and select "Create Launcher...", and enter in the following:

Type: Application
Name: ETQW
Command: /path/to/ETQW/etqw
Comment: pwn some nubs (or whatever)

Click on the "No Icon" button, and enter
/path/to/ETQW/etqw_icon.png

The icon provided is kind of big, so feel free to choose/create your own. This launcher can be dragged onto your Gnome panel if you'd like.

Hope this helps some people... figures my first Ubuntu HowTo would be for a game. :)
My ETQW tag is "Madnis".

Nice tutorial thanks!

Darganot

October 30th, 2007, 04:36 PM

almostlinux

October 30th, 2007, 06:09 PM

ACK!! I can't get online!!!! I got the game to run fine using a CRT monitor instead of my LCD and I had played all last night online. This morning I wake up and can't sign into anything and get an anonymous error message that TELLS ME NOTHING!!!

PLEASE HELP!!!!!! I WANT TO PAY THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They've released a patch(v 1.2) today. The linux version is not out though.
You won't be able to play online till it's out.

EDIT: It will be out tonight/morrow:
http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15197

Darganot

October 30th, 2007, 09:08 PM

They've released a patch(v 1.2) today. The linux version is not out though.
You won't be able to play online till it's out.

EDIT: It will be out tonight/morrow:
http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15197

Thank you! :guitar:

Ek0nomik

October 31st, 2007, 12:28 AM

The 1.2 Patch is out.

http://zerowing.idsoftware.com:6969/

jmur

October 31st, 2007, 03:23 AM

Anyone able to use PulseAudio with Quake Wars?

from /etc/pulse/default.pa
load-module module-alsa-sink device=plug:dmix:0
load-module module-alsa-sink device=plug:dmix:1
from etqwconfig.cfg
seta s_driver "alsa"
seta s_alsa_lib "libasound.so.2"
seta s_alsa_pcm "plug:dmix:1" (or "plug:dmix:0" , i have 2 soundcards)

frodon

October 31st, 2007, 06:27 AM

Note: you will have much better performance if you disable any GL desktop effects (Compiz) before running ETQW.You should suggest this first as for some users it may just be enough and it is in addition really painless :
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3453361&postcount=9

LokeTheDog

October 31st, 2007, 11:05 AM

Will there be a 1.2 patch for the demo too?

migla

October 31st, 2007, 11:32 AM

mb108

October 31st, 2007, 03:09 PM

You should suggest this first as for some users it may just be enough and it is in addition really painless :
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=3453361&postcount=9

Thanks for the heads-up, I will incorporate this as it seems many people are having problems with Compiz.

mb108

October 31st, 2007, 03:18 PM

almostlinux

October 31st, 2007, 05:18 PM

Will there be a 1.2 patch for the demo too?
The demo is still 1.1. This patch doesn't affect the demo.

See here: http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/etqw/

migla

October 31st, 2007, 06:43 PM

migla, please try step 5b.

Done that. Same thing.

However, when I restarted x and logged in with another user, gnome-configuration-manager (or somesuch) (edit - it was GNOME Settings Daemon) failed to load (which it sometimes does), leaving me with ugly (default gnome, I guess) icons, mostly unreadable fonts and the wrong keymap (US, I think), instead of the swedish one I\m supposed to have... But etqw has not messed up since. Now I\ve been playing several rounds without a problem.

I also messed around with my logitech mx518 mouse and changed resolution and other things in etqw, so I don\t know what it was that did the trick. I\ll try to be more methodical tomorrow.

Edit 2 - Tried it with GNOME Settings Daemon working and the problem reappeared... Seems I have to trigger a bug in order not to trigger another bug. So, I can now have a really nice looking desktop and a supercool game, just not at the same time. But that is ok by me, for now. :)

Edit 3 - Hmm... Now the game plays well even though the settings daemon did work. I'm confused.

theovercoat

November 1st, 2007, 07:59 AM

just in case some of you quake wars players don't already know... the game with high to max settings will run 20 fps smoother (timingmethod 0) on average in 32 bit gutsy vs 64 bit gutsy. gl desktop effects disabled in both. i hope this claim can be challenged soon.

theovercoat

November 2nd, 2007, 03:37 AM

r_useFBODestinationBuffer 0 appears to have found those 20 lost frames per second =D

Darganot

November 3rd, 2007, 11:45 PM

r_useFBODestinationBuffer 0 appears to have found those 20 lost frames per second =D

Where does this go? what does it do?

stil

November 4th, 2007, 05:00 AM

Hi

I'm having problems installing the needed files.

I get...

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package ia32-libs

This is Gutsy 7.10 :confused:

mb108

November 4th, 2007, 12:58 PM

Where does this go? what does it do?

r_useFBODestinationBuffer

is found in

~/.etqwcl/base/etqwconfig.cfg

It's already in there, just change the value. Setting it to 0 (zero) fixes a problem where some people were having ridiculously low fps and crashes. If you upgraded to 1.2 and lost ~20fps, you might try this setting.

However, some have reported that they tried this setting (even though their 1.2 was fine), and it caused a ton of cpu load indoors. So for them it was best to leave it at 1.

No real word on what it does or why the strange behavior.

wishyjr

November 4th, 2007, 06:04 PM

hi guys, can i confirm with you all one the correct version of the game? i have 1.0.11247.11247 in my console - is that the only version available for linux users at the moment?

and does anyone know if/when there will be an update for the linux version? i know theres a windows patch coming soon.

...

oh, and does anyone experience a "cancelled" error when trying to log in and play online? i always seem to get it now but didn't the first couple of days i installed it.

cheers

Jazkal

November 4th, 2007, 07:06 PM

wishyjr

November 5th, 2007, 06:20 AM

now that is exactly the sorta answer i like to hear -thanks!

any particular link i should try?

wishyjr

November 5th, 2007, 08:13 AM

ok, so i got the file (ETQW-client-1.2-full.r2.x86.run - is that the right one?). But it seems to be trying to re-install altogether rather than update mty current install - is this correct?

thanks

Vorticon

November 5th, 2007, 09:02 AM

Nice tutorial!

I can't play it though i'm getting a weird error:

It loads the game, switches to fullscreen, loads some more until it says

Loading GUI..
and then it crashes and i see this error:

ERROR: Invalid Number of Parms for Function 'getProfileString' ( expected 1 but received 2 )

Anyone got an idea?

Edit:

I think it might have something to do with the fact that i copied the base contents of my windows install onto my linux etqw base dir, but my windows client is v1.2 and i didn't use the 1.2 client for linux... yet :) (now trying 1.2 client for linux also ^_^)

Edit 2:

That fixed it!

mb108

November 5th, 2007, 11:46 AM

ok, so i got the file (ETQW-client-1.2-full.r2.x86.run - is that the right one?). But it seems to be trying to re-install altogether rather than update mty current install - is this correct?

thanks

It does sort of look like that. I'm not the best person to comment, cause I messed mine up and ended up doing a complete reinstall with the 1.2 script anyway.

But it should work.

rcmn

November 5th, 2007, 02:44 PM

kde-gusty_linux-ati: GDF transparent, texture issue

So i installed ETQW(demo,1.0,1.2) on my fresh Gusty install. Everything is running fine .I'm able to connect to servers ,play with no lag and all.But i'm running into an issue where the texture of the GDF doesn't appear so basically any GDF is a floating gun .I cannot see the body.I have no problem with the strogg. Also there is certain building I cannot see unless I'm almost touching it.

My config : ATI 9800 pro / gusty 7.10(fresh) /driver default proprietary driver 4.37.

>>Do you have the latest drivers installed for your ATI vid?

well i tried to install the last version of the drivers but it's very very messy. I had to reinstall 4 times my system just by trying different way on installing the new driver.And the funny part is that after i remove the new driver that failed to function properly i cannot use the "supported proprietary driver 4.37". So i have to reinstall in a very specific way just by using the "restricted-manager" gui.Because if you try to use the kde control manager it will mess up xorg.conf. I also tried the Envy thing,and that totally ruined my config. Any other howto's or combined howto's just didn't work for me and i ended up with the "Mesa" nightmare.

stil

November 5th, 2007, 08:55 PM

:confused:Hi

I'm having problems installing the needed files.

I get...

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Couldn't find package ia32-libs

This is Gutsy 7.10

Sorry to quote myself, but... :)

I've installed the 32bit libs, run the installation (had to run it with ./ETQW~~?) and have now run into another problem.

"WARNING: SDL_SetVideoMode failed: Couldn't find matching GLX visual"

Further along, under R_InitOpenGL, I get a segmentatrion fault, si_code 1

I don't even know where to begin troubleshooting this :confused:

I'm using nvidia_glx (not _new)

Curlydave

November 9th, 2007, 07:00 PM

Are there any fixes for the mouse lag other than using the aternate kernel? That doesn't fix it for me.

mb108

November 9th, 2007, 08:57 PM

:confused:

Sorry to quote myself, but... :)

I've installed the 32bit libs, run the installation (had to run it with ./ETQW~~?) and have now run into another problem.

"WARNING: SDL_SetVideoMode failed: Couldn't find matching GLX visual"

Further along, under R_InitOpenGL, I get a segmentatrion fault, si_code 1

I don't even know where to begin troubleshooting this :confused:

I'm using nvidia_glx (not _new)

Is there a reason you're not using nvidia_new_glx?
Could you run glxgears and see what happens?

turbo7

November 17th, 2007, 12:35 AM

when i try to install to any location i choose i get a mkdir error... any ideas how to correct this?
tried installing home/james/
and i tried installing into the games folder.... im a noob so help me out

rcmn

November 17th, 2007, 05:29 AM

strange that you can't install it into your own directory .could you post the message somewhere or give a more specific description of the error,

turbo7

November 17th, 2007, 03:52 PM

ugh i figured out my problem... i was dragging the location and dropping it because i was to lazy to type it... works fine now

turbo7

November 17th, 2007, 05:01 PM

well i got quakewars running but i can not install the patch... im really starting to feel stupid

Curlydave

November 18th, 2007, 05:07 PM

Has anyone found a fix for the nasty input lag? It runs great, with performance similar to in Windows, but there is bad input lag. I tried the RT kernel, and it didn't fix it.

mb108

November 18th, 2007, 08:37 PM

Has anyone found a fix for the nasty input lag? It runs great, with performance similar to in Windows, but there is bad input lag. I tried the RT kernel, and it didn't fix it.

I'm not sure what you mean, input's fine on mine. Have you tried the official forums?

Ram0ne

November 19th, 2007, 05:11 PM

ok, so i got the file (ETQW-client-1.2-full.r2.x86.run - is that the right one?). But it seems to be trying to re-install altogether rather than update mty current install - is this correct?

thanks

Not exactly, I resolved the same issue by, when it reports FILE EXISTS and ask what to do I said NO to overwrite. It will still copy over the new files where needed.

Ram

BattleGnome

December 12th, 2007, 08:47 AM

Hi,

I am getting the following error when trying to launch the game, any ideas?

double fault: 'Segmentation fault', bailing out
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Stradius

December 19th, 2007, 05:15 PM

Hi,

I am getting the following error when trying to launch the game, any ideas?

double fault: 'Segmentation fault', bailing out
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

I had a similar problem and it turned out to be a corrupted download file. I'm not sure how it became corrupted by I suspect it was because I copied it to my Windows partition (NTFS) and then copied it back to my Ubuntu partition (EXT3).

I downloaded a fresh copy directly to my Ubuntu directories and it worked okay.

Thanks.

khowe

February 4th, 2008, 09:52 PM

I found a good deal on an nvidia 7600gs 128mb card @ geeks.com for $34

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=GF7600GS-128HDTV-P&cat=VCD

Details on the web site are a little off...

It has ddr3 instead of ddr2.
It has a heatsink and fan instead of giant 2 slot heatsink.

Some other details...

You can use "gottadeal" for a coupon code and get 10% off.
gpu is clocked @ 500mhz
ddr3 is clocked @ 500mhz (1000mhz effective)
gpu is 80nm g73-b1 revision introduced last January 2007.

I got 400+ fps in Quake3 @ 1024x768 with all settings maxed.
Plays Enemy Territory : Quake Wars much smoother than my old ati x1300 pro

lakersforce

February 6th, 2008, 12:27 PM

Im running dual monitor setup with nvidias TwinView.

I have made a script to launch etqw on a separate X server instance.

Problem number 1) When I start the xserver session etqw is running on the wrong preferred screen (i.e. #0 instead of #1). I could try and switch the screens on my gfx card, have not tried it but I doubt it will work. So how do I place the etqw screen on a specific place on my X screen?

Problem number 2) I get the best possible speed in my game when I run at 800x600. But my X server (for screen #1, which is the screen I prefer it to run on) is set at 1280x1024, so the game appears in a too small window. Instead of adjusting the game to the screen, I would prefer to adjust the screen to my game. How do I do that?

Thanks in advance.

(x-posting ftw)

Jinx-Wolf

February 7th, 2008, 01:30 PM

I'm having the same problem as migla, however I have the Retail version of the game.

frodon

February 9th, 2008, 05:54 PM

BTW, is the full game faster than the demo ?

I tried the latest demo today and i find the game a bit laggy (medium quality, 1280x1024). My specs are :
AMD 3700+ 2.2GHz
2Go DDR ram
XFX 7600GT 256Mb
Nvidia drivers from the repo.

Maybe i will buy the game but since i won't change my computer i'mtrying to know if what i have now will be enough to play ET:QW smoothly.

mb108

February 10th, 2008, 12:30 AM

The new demo was released at about the same time as the latest patch (mid-January-ish); I would assume the two are pretty much the same at this point.

Those specs aren't that bad, I've seen lower posted on the ETQW forums and they were claiming smooth gameplay. You might try low quality, or post to their forums asking how you can tweak your cfg files for better performance. Pretty sure there are some tricks out there (I haven't done much cfg stuff, sorry).

frodon

February 10th, 2008, 05:25 AM

Ok thanks, i will play with cfg file then :)

Catalonian

February 18th, 2008, 08:46 PM

Hey!
Been playing QW for a while on my windows partition but since I only get into windows to play QW I thought it would be good to try it on ubuntu.

I chose installing without the dvd (copied all the files from windows partition). When I start the game, when the intro should start ("the strogg...souless etc"), the game crashes and I only see a 800x600 part of my desktop. I can't do anything, not even moving mouse. I've got to ctrl+alt+bkspace and login again.
Any suggestions?

thx!

Velociraptor

February 19th, 2008, 10:34 AM

Did you download the Linux client, or are you trying to install from wine?

It's just weird that you say you get the intro movie; cos I don't get that with the Linux client (only on Windows).

The linux native client is here: http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/etqw/

If you run it in a terminal, do you get any error messages? Have you tried turing off 3D desktop effects?

Catalonian

February 19th, 2008, 06:25 PM

Oh, I didn't know the linux version didnt have an intro. I said game crashed before playing it btw.
I can't access the menu, game crashes before.

And yeh, I followed the instructions on this post, so I'm using the native version, not wine.

I have tried with desktop effects on and off, but I had the same result. I'll try to run it from terminal and see what errors do I get (when I get home that is :))

Catalonian

February 21st, 2008, 07:41 AM

Hmmm, I wonder how can I see the error messages if the game crashes and makes the desktop get stuck. I've tried redirecting it to a file but nothing happened.

mb108

February 21st, 2008, 10:28 AM

Use Ctl+Alt+Backspace to quit out of your desktop/etc, then use Ctl+Alt+F1 to go to another virtual terminal. Login and run from that command line, let us know what it spits out.

Catalonian

February 23rd, 2008, 03:28 PM

Ok, I get a lot of warnings here.

WARNING: unknown string ID '#str_00111205'. I get a lot of them with different str_*.

I also get a lot of:
WARNING: mainmenu: 'mnufriendscontext' has no font set.

These ones seem the problematic since after a lot of them there's a segmentation fault (core dumped).

Does this help?

Envirotech

February 24th, 2008, 04:37 PM

@Naegling

How did you get your script to work. I cannot seem to get it to work from the menu launcher. I can only get it to work if I run it in the terminal from the directory that it is located. I would love to get this to work because then I would use it with all my games including Cedega.

Envirotech

Never mind. Figures as soon as i post this I would find my own answer. I got rid of the .sh at the end of my file name and set it launch as a application it launches as it is sepposed to. Thank you for your script though.

Velociraptor

February 25th, 2008, 10:17 AM

@Catalonian

You said you installed by copying the files from Windows; but did you ever try installing using the data from the DVD instead? I'm just guessing you might have not copied some files, or something. Maybe it's worth trying the DVD.

I saw a forum entry in German, here (http://www.ubuntu-forum.de/artikel/28788/kein-text-schrift-in-etqw-enemy-territory-quake-wars.html), which had similar error messages. And that guy also installed by copying from Windows, solved by (translated):

copy the "etqw/base/video" directory and "zpak_english000.pk4" to etqw/base/

Hope you get this working, ETQW rules on linux!

Catalonian

February 25th, 2008, 05:40 PM

Oooh that made the trick!
Thanks a lot raptor! :D, maybe you want to add this to your guide mb108 :)

Damn, this runs a lot faster on linux :), any way to use anti alias?

Thx again :)

Velociraptor

February 25th, 2008, 06:51 PM

Cool!

Huh, I don't run anti-aliasing cos my 6600gt is too slow. But it sounds like the option is disabled for linux; it should be (in ETQW) Options -> Settings -> Advanced -> Anti-Aliasing.

There's a discussion here, with some suggestions:
http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22434

I think you can also set anti-aliasing in the "nvidia-settings" application.

Edit: I tried running ETQW in a terminal, which gave some anti-aliasing (for nvidia cards), as follows:

__GL_FSAA_MODE=4 /usr/local/games/etqw/etqw

Catalonian

February 25th, 2008, 06:55 PM

Alright thanks! I'll take a look now :)
BTW, I've tried to open the console to load my .cfg but I'm not able to.
I tried cntrl+alt+tilde but it doesn't work, maybe it has to do with my keyboard configuration?

Vadi

February 26th, 2008, 12:55 AM

Does anti-aliasing improve visual performance much?

I've been pretty happy with it myself though so far, not sure if I should try breaking etqw :|

Velociraptor

February 27th, 2008, 03:27 PM

I've got really nice anti-aliasing working using the ETQW console. :) I think it's equivalent in quality to the Windows install I had. Not only are the edges/lines smoother, but you get the semi-transparent rendering around the edges of leaves (esp. in Valley).

In the console I entered:

seta r_multiSamples 4

Getting the console up was a bit tricky, I have a UK keyboard, and Ctrl+Alt+Tilda doesn't work. What worked was *first* pressing Ctrl+Alt, and then (while still holding Ctrl+Alt) press the top-left key (just below Esc.). This is ` for me.

I'm guessing that ETQW doesn't detect what keyboard layout you have, and assumes a US keyboard (http://www.redgrittybrick.org/terminals/win95us.gif).

Edit: I prefer without AA for the faster frame rate.

MrJokester

March 7th, 2008, 01:03 PM

hi if enyone can help
this is the eror msg on my terminal
beni@beni:~$ /home/path/to/ETQW/etqw
ETQW 1.4.12247.12247 linux-x86 Jan 4 2008 13:52:05
found interface lo - loopback
found interface eth0 - 192.168.1.2/255.255.255.0
CPU: AMD CPU with MMX & 3DNow! & SSE & SSE2 & SSE3
ETQW using generic code for SIMD processing
enabled Flush-To-Zero mode
------ Initializing File System ------
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/game000.pk4 with checksum 0x1eefa237
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/game002.pk4 with checksum 0x5f707685
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/pak005.pk4 with checksum 0x5ccc7213
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/pak006.pk4 with checksum 0x9edf1b7d
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/pak007.pk4 with checksum 0x74a1a2f
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_english001.pk4 with checksum 0x6583cd8
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_english002.pk4 with checksum 0x8dc70e3d
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_french001.pk4 with checksum 0x3bd7a062
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_french002.pk4 with checksum 0x79287190
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_german001.pk4 with checksum 0xa694c3f1
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_german002.pk4 with checksum 0x64bee731
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_korean000.pk4 with checksum 0xd42c084
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_korean001.pk4 with checksum 0x4de6a4e7
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_korean002.pk4 with checksum 0x15d2c9af
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_polish001.pk4 with checksum 0x2575ff8e
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_polish002.pk4 with checksum 0x3ab92dd6
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_russian001.pk4 with checksum 0xf3e91581
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_russian002.pk4 with checksum 0x38b1a37c
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_spanish001.pk4 with checksum 0xd609566c
Loaded pk4 /home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_spanish002.pk4 with checksum 0xcf994ada
Current search path:
/home/beni/.etqwcl/base
/home/path/to/ETQW/base
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_spanish002.pk4 (119 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_spanish001.pk4 (13 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_russian002.pk4 (119 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_russian001.pk4 (13 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_polish002.pk4 (119 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_polish001.pk4 (13 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_korean002.pk4 (12 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_korean001.pk4 (12 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_korean000.pk4 (6 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_german002.pk4 (119 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_german001.pk4 (13 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_french002.pk4 (119 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_french001.pk4 (13 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_english002.pk4 (117 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/zpak_english001.pk4 (9 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/pak007.pk4 (1510 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/pak006.pk4 (3 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/pak005.pk4 (2172 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/game002.pk4 (3 files)
/home/path/to/ETQW/base/game000.pk4 (3 files)
game DLL: 0x0 in pak: 0x0
Addon pk4s:
file system initialized.
--------------------------------------
fs_basepath = /home/path/to/ETQW
fs_savepath = /home/beni/.etqwcl
fs_userpath = /home/beni/.etqwcl
fs_cdpath = /home/path/to/ETQW
fs_devpath = /home/beni/.etqwcl
0x0
[0x082e7e71]
[0x0819b5f9]
[0x0819e912]
[0x0819f242]
[0x0819f41e]
[0x083dcd6e]
[0xb7b78050]
[0x0804ca61]
********************
FATAL ERROR: Couldn't load fs.chk
********************
--------------- BSE Shutdown ----------------
---------------------------------------------
Shutting down SDL subsystem
idRenderSystem::Shutdown()
Sys_Error: Couldn't load fs.chk
beni@beni:~$

i dont know what is it
i have cpu amd athlon +3000
1GB kingmax superram
nvidia GF 8500 GT 256MB
ubuntu gutsy 32bit

Vadi

March 7th, 2008, 01:12 PM

It looks like you installed it wrong (from googling "FATAL ERROR: Couldn't load fs.chk"). Try reinstalling it.

Btw, I noticed you have this - /home/path/to/ETQW/etqw. The /path/to/ETQW was just given as an example, I think you were supposed to replace it with whatever the real path is.

grimdeath

March 7th, 2008, 06:29 PM

Sometimes etqw drops out of full screen and then I can't control it. Nor can I control the desktop that has become visible. Sometimes the game does bounce back to fullscreen, but most of the time it doesn't. (Same problem as this guy (http://community.enemyterritory.com/forums/showpost.php?p=186864&postcount=118)has.)

ctrl-alt-F1 and then killing the process of the game (and then alt-F7, ofcourse) gets me in touch with the desktop again.

Anyone else have this problem and/or a solution?

(edit: I run the demo.)

Im having this same problem. Im running 7.10 with the linux demo client. Im am trying to figure out if this is a bug that is only present in the demo or if it will affect the retail game as well. I can play for most of the warm up section of the game and sometimes a little while during the main game but it always seems to bump me into a windowed mode after a while making me lose all mouse and keyboard input to the game, alt tab doesnt work and im left doing a control+alt+backspace. It would be nice to find a fix in the demo though as I figure this issue will more then likely carry over!

I was showing ubuntu to a friend over the weekend and he was pretty impressed till I got this issue mid-game lol

grimdeath

March 10th, 2008, 12:29 PM

decided to edit the above post rather then doing a straight double post or creating a new thread on this subject..any help?

Vadi

March 10th, 2008, 01:14 PM

That'll only happen when Compiz is on, and a pop-up or something comes along. With compiz off, the popup is ignored and the game doesn't go out of fullscreen.

Here's what I do (and recommend to you). Get Compiz Switch from here (click (http://forlong.blogage.de/article/pages/Compiz-Switch)). Install it, and drag it into the top panel so you've got it's little icon. When you click on it, it'll toggle compiz on/off.

So usually I just click on the etqw icon, then on the compiz-switch icon to turn compiz off. After I'm done, I click on the compiz switch icon again to turn on compiz.

grimdeath

March 10th, 2008, 02:14 PM

sounds like a similar problem to what I had way back in the day with windows and windowblinds in one of the splinter cell games :D thank you sir that looks to be exactly what I needed

tj.brewster

June 3rd, 2008, 07:40 PM

Is there any easier way to load this game??? I'm a X microshaft user. new to linux and learning every day. Kinda used to point and click installs.
I really like herron and hope to continue with it just need an easier way to load this game for my son.

Thanks in advance.
TJ

Vadi

June 3rd, 2008, 08:52 PM

It should be quite easy, just double-click on it to start the installer. Let us know if you need any help.

And herron is a fish I think... ubuntu 8.04 codename is "hardy heron" which is a bird

tj.brewster

June 4th, 2008, 12:57 AM

Sorry bout that....is my Linux noobness showing?? Thanks for the reply, but I tried that and this what I got.
:NOTICE: Initial Lua setup failed. Cannot continue.
[hit enter]"
Any information please dumb it down for me. I'm still trying to get a handle on command line. Only been ubuntuing for a week, but I gotta say it's levels above anything M$ has to offer. I only keep Win XP on my computer for "some" games. Just wish I new my way around it better.

Thanks, TJ

Vadi

June 4th, 2008, 08:52 AM

It looks like a corrupted install file. Try re-downloading, and preferably from a torrent (torrents are more reliable than normal downloads).

tj.brewster

June 5th, 2008, 08:35 PM

Sleaka J

June 6th, 2008, 12:58 AM

Re-downloaded the file from Bit Torrent. Install is normal until I get to the step where it asks for path. I put "/usr/local/games/ETQW/".I get an error "Failed to mkdir" When looking at the file system I don't appear to have permissions to write to that location. What have I done wrong and how do I fix it.

Thanks, TJ

You can do either 2 things.

1. Change the install path to your home directory (/home/<username>/etqw)
2. Use the command "chown" on the /usr/local/games directory to give yourself permission to write to it (That's what I did)

I wouldn't recommend using capital letters in the path name either.

Artificial Intelligence

June 6th, 2008, 03:30 AM

Re-downloaded the file from Bit Torrent. Install is normal until I get to the step where it asks for path. I put "/usr/local/games/ETQW/".I get an error "Failed to mkdir" When looking at the file system I don't appear to have permissions to write to that location. What have I done wrong and how do I fix it.

Thanks, TJ

sudo infront if you want to install globally on your system.

Guide: http://gaming.gwos.org/doku.php/guides:64bit:etqw

Just ignore sudo aptitude install ia32-libs if you're using 32-bit

tj.brewster

June 6th, 2008, 10:19 PM

Thanks AI that link explained it all. Got it working and I learned a little about Command line. My first major victory with Linux. Maybe someday I can drop Windows all together. I'm now a believer in Linux, this distro rocks.

TJ

ShmengeTravel

July 14th, 2008, 09:15 PM

Does anybody know what this is about? :

----- Initializing Decls -----
Decompressing the global token cache...3560Kb
------------------------------
couldn't exec 'etqwconfig.cfg'
execing 'localization/english/defaultbinds.cfg'
couldn't exec 'etqwbinds.cfg'
couldn't exec 'autoexec.cfg'
Vendor: Device:
/proc/cpuinfo CPU frequency: 2000 MHz
parse /proc/cpuinfo for CPU information
4 logical, 1 physical CPU(s)
detecting video ram (set sys_videoRam on command line to override) ..
found XNVCtrl extension 1.17
Detected
1 2.00 GHz CPU
3952 MB of System memory
1024 MB of Video memory on an optimal video architecture

This system qualifies for Low quality.
Initializing SDL subsystem
Loading GL driver 'libGL.so.1' through SDL
Segmentation fault

and it ends there. It wont let me fire up the game. This is with the new 1.5 install. I tried turning off compiz, but it gave me the same error. Any ideas?