Postal 2: Share the Pain Free Multiplayer

[cor2y]

Yes In Honor of the Release of the Uwe Boll directed movie based on the game, that Most Offensive , Politically incorrect and Funny game Postal 2, is now available for free ,the multiplayer version only not the stand alone single player campaign.

Linux/Mac OS ports
http://icculus.org/news/news.php?id=4419

[spadewarrior]

All the mirrors are hammered. Is there a torrent for this available anywhere?

[XVII]

Thanks for the heads up. I'm downloading it right now.

[MaximB]

Thanks.
I heard about that but never got to see were they hidden the Linux version ;)

[dudeofthedead]

I see a window opening and a girl with a gun but then nothing happens, just this output:

Postal 2
Copyright 2003 Running With Scissors, Inc.
Unreal Engine
Copyright 2001 Epic Games, Inc.

Any idea what's wrong?

Edit: I was wrong, there's more to it when you wait

Couldn't set video mode: Couldn't find matching GLX visual


History:

Exiting due to error

I don't get it, I have the latest driver installed for my 8800GT (169.12). Then why is it complaining about not being able to find any GLX visuals?

My xorg.conf

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder26) Thu Feb 14 18:13:41 PST 2008

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

[Artificial Intelligence]

Try reinstall the nvidia driver. I had too from the last ubuntu update. Restart X.

[dudeofthedead]

I couldn't kill X with 'init 3' under Debian Sid/Lenny, so I had to resort to '/etc/init.d/gdm stop', then I used 'nvidia-installer --update', which automatically updated the driver for me.

I didn't know the latest update (173.14.05) also worked for my video card, it's weird as www.nvidia.com doesn't list my card as being compatible with this particular update.

Postal 2 now works for me, except I can't get my native resolution (1680*1050).

[techstop]

Postal 2 now works for me, except I can't get my native resolution (1680*1050).

Same here. I tried to edit the .ini files in the System folder, but there were no obvious settings in there to edit.

There's also a severe lack of servers to play on. None in Australia that I can see, the best one I could find had a ping of 350ms. :(

[dudeofthedead]

Yeah, it seems as though editing Postal2.ini* located in ~/.lgp/postal2/System is no use. Postal 2 now actually says the game is displayed at 1680 by 1050 but it still looks damn ugly. I guess there's just no wide screen support.

Regardless, the fool freezes on me whenever I try to join a game server and I'm required to restart X.

* Look out for the following lines, under either [WinDrv.WindowsClient] or [SDLDrv.SDLClient]:

FullscreenViewportX=1680 // provided you have...
FullscreenViewportY=1050 // the same resolution

But then, bear in mind it didn't work out for me!

<snip>

[Rhubarb]

To change the resolution of Postal 2 for wide-screens, you have to do it in-game.
So start up Postal 2, once in the main menu, press ` to bring down the console, then if you have a 1680x1050 monitor, you'd type in:
setres 1680x1050x32
So it's: setres WIDTHxHEIGHTxCOLOUR(BPP)

It is quite a silly game, good to play with your mates in a LAN party :D

Thanks to the Gentoo wiki for this information, found it here:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Widescreen_Resolutions_(WSXGA)

[Rytron]

Postal 2: Share the Pain Free Multiplayer is also available via DJL (http://en.djl-linux.org/). In earlier Ubuntu versions, I had sound but not any longer. How do I get the sound back for this game? Thanks.

[the_eternal_dark]

Postal 2: Share the Pain Free Multiplayer is also available via DJL (http://en.djl-linux.org/). In earlier Ubuntu versions, I had sound but not any longer. How do I get the sound back for this game? Thanks.

I'm having the same issue with audio. I recently found this in an old backup from Ubuntu 9.x and remember having tons of fun. I'll dig a little bit more to see if I can fix it. :twisted:

*Edit* Found a fix!

In a terminal, type:

padsp (path to Postal2MP launcher)

I now have audio.