AssaultCube doesn render fonts! Please help.

[SandmanXC]

I have the AssaultCube from GetDeb.com . When running it all none of the fonts actually appear. Instead of them, just colored blocks. I installed libsdl-ttf, and still nothing. Any help please?

PS: Everything else seems to run fine, just no fonts what-so-ever.

[SandmanXC]

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[plinydogg]

Same problem here. The website says this:

Linux users: Make sure you have libSDL 1.2, libSDL_image and libSDL_mixer installed.

I've got libSDL 1.2, but there is no option in Synaptic to get libSDL_image or libSDL_mixer...

Any help would be much appreciated!

[plinydogg]

Looks like there's no solution on the official forums either:

http://assault.cubers.net/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=513&page=1

[plinydogg]

It would be great if someone could post some screenshots of the menus...

All I'm trying to do is make it so that I can play a single player game. As it is now, the game is in multiplayer mode by default and there's no one to fight!

[Surreal Killa]

I'm having the same issue. White rectangles instead of text.

[plinydogg]

Is this a graphics card issue? I've got an ATI 200M Express (not the greatest). What do you have?

[Rhubarb]

It's best to download assault cube from assault cube's website (rather than off getdeb)
http://assault.cubers.net/download.html
As the getdeb download introduces problems when getting new maps for the game.

32bit installation guide:
http://gaming.gwos.org/doku.php/guides:32bit:assultcube

64bit installation guide:
http://gaming.gwos.org/doku.php/guides:64bit:assultcube

I have no problems running assault cube here on my system (core2duo, nVidia 7950 512MB, 4GB RAM, Ubuntu 7.10 64bit)

[SandmanXC]

I believe the issue is re;ated to the ATI graphics cards drivers. I've requested some help with this here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=745955).

[Surreal Killa]

I figured out the problem. Instead of having the default ATI driver (xorg-driver-fglrx) you need the official one from ATI. Easy to install using Envy. And if the game 'flickers' you need to turn off extra effects in compiz.

[plinydogg]

Sorry for my total ignorance, but what is Envy?