OK,
First, thanks for the free game. I'm a recent linux convert and it is nice to have a FPS to play.

Now, I downloaded the file from sourceforge, and then I followed the directions I saw in the forum, which I think had me redownload the files from command line.

Anyways, I got the game to launch using the 686.sdl version ( I had to specify the -basedir directory location)

However, when I try and do a local game with the instant action button, it seems to tell me that the either the server or the client software it too old to join, and it directs me to the Nexuiz site to update, but I cant find where to update.

Any help in this matter would be appreciated.

Sounds strange.. Did you have an older version installed first? You can try to delete the directory ~/.nexuiz as maybe the config file in there still has some old values, including the version.
Also do you really have version 1.5? And why did you need to redownload the thing? Do you now have two version installed?
The -basedir should not be neccessary if you start ./nexuiz-linux-686-sdl from the directory its in..

Did you have an older version installed first? You can try to delete the directory

I just downloaded it today, from sourceforge, but since I'm a linux newbie I didnt know how to start the program. If I delete the directory, do I need to redownload it?

Also do you really have version 1.5? I think so
And why did you need to redownload the thing? Because I couldnt start it, so I followed the directions in a different thread
Do you now have two version installed? I had two directories, but merged them together.

Maybe I should delete, and redownload following the thread directions.

he -basedir should not be neccessary... I used it because I was getting the game launching with just a blank screen and I saw directions on doing that in a thread.

Splixx wrote:I had two directories, but merged them together.

Maybe I should delete, and redownload following the thread directions.

That might very well explain your problem. If your first download didnt work, some of it might still be clutteriong your installation. I dont think you ahve to redownload it. If you still have the fdistribution file you downloaded the last time, that should be enough. Delete your previous installs and try to unpack the dist again.

Let us know how it works. Looking forward to see you in game

Splixx wrote:I just downloaded it today, from sourceforge, but since I'm a linux newbie I didnt know how to start the program. If I delete the directory, do I need to redownload it?

No, the directory ~/.nexuiz/ just holds generated files like the config file and maybe log file. My idea was that maybe the config file still has some old values. (As you are new to linux notice that ~/.nexuiz means its the directory .nexuiz in your home directory. Files with a . as first character get hidden by quiet a few applications but there are ways to make them visible. Or you open a shell and enter rm -rf ~/.nexuiz that will delete it too)
The game it self should be installed somewhere else. I can't tell you where that is.. its where you extracted the nexuiz-15.zip file. I think most of the posts in the forum suggest to use /usr/games or something like this.

Splixx wrote:I had two directories, but merged them together.

Hmm how did you do that?

Splixx wrote:Maybe I should delete, and redownload following the thread directions.

Actually it should be very easy, just download the file nexuiz-15.zip from sourceforge (http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/nexu ... p?download) copy it to /usr/games (this is no MUST BE.. its just a very common place for games. You can in fact extract it whereever you want and can. In case you do not own the computer you might be unable to create files outside your homedirectory) and do unzip nexuiz-15.zip there. Then make the binaries executable with chmod 0755 Nexuiz/nexuiz-linux*. Now you can create a link on you Desktop to /usr/games/Nexuiz/nexuiz-linux.sh. That is a little shell script that should make sure it starts fine and not give those problems like the gray dots. That problem does arise because the engine uses the current directory to fetch the game data. This is actually quite good and clever as its flexible but often Desktop systems give problems Thats why we added this shell script.

Hmm how did you do that?

By copy and pasting one onto the other, and saying yes to "replace all"

I deleted all nexuiz directories, including the hidden ones, then redownloaded the .zip file.
Then I unzipped the file to my usr/games folder and created a launcher on my desktop to the shell script, however it loaded the game with grey dots.
Then I tried to make the launcher the old way, right to the 686-sdl, and added the -basedir location too.
Still grey dots.

I saw that if I launched the game from a terminal while as Root it worked. That means some permissions are still wrong? I changed the ones you told me....

Wicg linux distro do you use? This sounds like a typical thing for paranoid distros. If you use debian or one of its derivatives (like ubuntu) you might have to add your user to the "video" group.

tChr wrote:Wicg linux distro do you use? This sounds like a typical thing for paranoid distros. If you use debian or one of its derivatives (like ubuntu) you might have to add your user to the "video" group.

That won't help. When he's sees gray squares, he already has permissions to all needed devices.

Splixx wrote:I saw that if I launched the game from a terminal while as Root it worked. That means some permissions are still wrong? I changed the ones you told me....

Yes, i guess you don't have the necessary permissions to access the data folder or the pk3 file. Try

Code: Select all

chmod -R a+rX /usr/games/Nexuiz

as root, that should fix it.

That fixed it. Maybe there should be a sticky thread with the installation directions, for noobs like me.

And to a previous question, I am running the Fedora Core 5 distro.

Thanks for the help, and I will look for you in game.

Hehe better prepare yourself in case you do
Good luck and have fun.

Oh but i think its strange that extracting gave permissions only to root.
Well what instructions should we give?
unzip nexuiz-15.zip
find Nexuiz -type d -exec chmod 0755 "{}" \;
find Nexuiz -type f -exec chmod 0644 "{}" \;
chmod 0755 Nexuiz/nexuiz-linux*
That should make sure all permissions are set to allow all people to read the files, enter directires and start the binaries. And only root (or the person) that extracted the files can edit them..
Simpler ideas?

esteel wrote:Simpler ideas?

Yes.

Code: Select all

unzip nexuiz-15.zip
chmod -R a+rX Nexuiz

Hmm after reading the man page i think it should be

Code: Select all

unzip nexuiz-15.zip
chmod 0755 Nexuiz/nexuiz-linux*
chmod -R a+rX Nexuiz

as X does not recognize binaries by itself?

esteel wrote:Hmm after reading the man page i think it should be

Code: Select all

unzip nexuiz-15.zip
chmod 0755 Nexuiz/nexuiz-linux*
chmod -R a+rX Nexuiz

as X does not recognize binaries by itself?

The binaries already are executeable in the zip, so that's no problem

Yes you are right though there are some strange permissions too.. I 'misuse' this thread now as a reminder

Nexuiz/Docs is only drwx------ and its files are -rw-------
Nexuiz/data is only drwx------ and its files are -rw-------
gamesource15.zip is -rw-------
libpng12.dll is -rwxr-xr-x
Nexuiz/navnode and subdirs is only drwx------ and its files are -rw-------
nexuiz-dedicated.exe, nexuiz-sdl.exe, nexuiz.exe is -rwxr-xr-x
all but one of the mac dynlibs are -rw-r--r-- the other one is -rwxr-xr-x

think this should be fixed for 1.6.. or those permissions somehow stored in svn too?