| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
_SkeLeToN_
Guru
Joined: 12 Sep 2002
Posts: 506
Location: Montreal,Canada
|
 Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 12:05 pm Post subject: RTCW: Enemy Territory Test Released |
 |
|
| Quote: |
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Test is released for Linux and Windows! It doesn't require the original game." See the news blurb and player guide.
|
Nice they have linux version  |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
kerikb
n00b
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Posts: 37
Location: Norway
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 1:42 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I seem to have tremendous problems getting this to work. The game hangs after 5-10 minutes, and I have to switch to console and kill off the process. Anyone else have this problem?
I'm using:
Pentium 3 800 Mhz.
Geforce 3 Ti something
256 meg RAM
nvidia glx/kernel 1.0.4349
alsa 0.92
XFree 4.3.0-r1
Gentoo Sources 2.4.20-r2 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
_SkeLeToN_
Guru
Joined: 12 Sep 2002
Posts: 506
Location: Montreal,Canada
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 2:22 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Well it seems to have alot of known issue already.
| Quote: |
- Video Restart Crash
When the end of round screen is being displayed (debriefing), the game will crash if video settings are changed that require a vid_restart (anything that needs to be applied). The gray startup console reappears with the error VM_Call with NULL vm.
|
You can find more information on this link :
http://games.activision.com/games/wolfenstein/enemyterritory/ettest_readme.html
I'm still waiting to get the file so we will see |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
kerikb
n00b
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Posts: 37
Location: Norway
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 2:40 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Thanks for the link. I will have to change to 32 bit graphics, 16 bit is apparently not supported, and see how that works.
For the record, I'm using a sb live sound card, and when the game hangs, the sound loops every 0.5 seconds.
RTCW and other games work fine.
Edit: Oops, how did that signature get there? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
space_monkey
n00b
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
Posts: 22
Location: Somewhere
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 3:43 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Im having a bit of a problem myself. I think I may be missing some library or other but I dont know what the RTCW works fine.
Anyway there is quite a lot of stuff so I will just post the end of the message where the error occurs.
| Code: | ------- sound initialization -------
------------------------------------
----- Sound Info -----
sound system is muted
1 stereo
32768 samples
16 samplebits
1 submission_chunk
22050 speed
0x4f4e6000 dma buffer
No background file.
----------------------
Sound memory manager started
----- CL_Shutdown -----
RE_Shutdown( 1 )
-----------------------
----- CL_Shutdown -----
-----------------------
Sys_Error: Sys_LoadDll(ui) failed, no corresponding .so file found in fs_homepath or fs_basepath
|
I apologise if this is something stupid but I dont see why it isnt working myself. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Niek
Apprentice
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 236
Location: Houten, The Netherlands
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 4:08 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Hmm, I've some problems with ET. The first time I run ET after the install, everything is OK. But if I want to join a game or host a server, it crashes :/
-snip-
[edit]
Nevermind, I got it working. A reboot seems to fixed the problem. ET is running great now.
_________________
Bezoek ook eens de Nederlandstalige Gentoo IRC channel op irc.freenode.net - #gentoo-nl |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Damasz
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 24 Apr 2002
Posts: 91
Location: Groningen, the Netherlands
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 6:56 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I had to set the texture quality to 16 bit, but after that the game runs smoothly on my radeon.
I like it!  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
DuF
Advocate
Joined: 09 Dec 2002
Posts: 2687
Location: Paris
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 10:05 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| no problem to play rtcw ennemy territory, but for the moment I played alone, I will test with other players ! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
dob
Apprentice
Joined: 04 Oct 2002
Posts: 199
Location: S.L.P.
|
| Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 11:05 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| space_monkey wrote: | -----------------------
Sys_Error: Sys_LoadDll(ui) failed, no corresponding .so file found in fs_homepath or fs_basepath |
Same here    |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
dob
Apprentice
Joined: 04 Oct 2002
Posts: 199
Location: S.L.P.
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 12:33 am Post subject: |
|
|
| I had it installed in /opt, I redid the install with the default of /usr/local/games and it worked this time |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
deurk
Apprentice
Joined: 11 Mar 2003
Posts: 190
Location: Earth 1.3
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 5:08 am Post subject: |
|
|
| space_monkey wrote: | Sys_Error: Sys_LoadDll(ui) failed, no corresponding .so file found in fs_homepath or fs_basepath
|
Must be that it can't find the ui.mp.xxxxx.so in the path you launch it from... Try to set fs_homepatch or fs_basepath by launching the game with
+set fs_homepath /path/to/enemy/territory +set fs_basepath /path/to/enemy/territory
[edited: hmm... we were several to answer at the same time!] |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
lurid
Guru
Joined: 12 Mar 2003
Posts: 595
Location: Florida
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 5:29 am Post subject: |
|
|
| The game works and plays great. Except that I don't have sound. With other games (quake3) I used 'artsdsp -m <program>' but this doesn't seem to work with ET. Playing it without arts (killall artsd) doesn't work either. Any ideas? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Obz
Retired Dev
Joined: 11 Jun 2002
Posts: 274
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 9:46 am Post subject: |
|
|
| is anyone else experiencing odd 'lag-outs' after about 2- 3 minutes of fine connection? i get the lovely 'connection interrupted' message after about 2 - 3 minutes, but before that it all plays perfectly. very odd. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Uranus
Guru
Joined: 07 May 2002
Posts: 438
Location: Portugal, Braga
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 11:06 am Post subject: |
|
|
| I was playing for over an hour yesterday and had no problems... worked out-of-the-box for me... installed to /opt and just played |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
mlybarger
Guru
Joined: 04 Sep 2002
Posts: 475
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 12:58 pm Post subject: |
|
|
[quote="lurid"]The game works and plays great. Except that I don't have sound. With other games (quake3) I used 'artsdsp -m <program>' but this doesn't seem to work with ET. Playing it without arts (killall artsd) doesn't work either. Any ideas?[/quote]
sure, try another window manager that doesn't manage sound (fluxbox). |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
lurid
Guru
Joined: 12 Mar 2003
Posts: 595
Location: Florida
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 4:56 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| lurid wrote: | | Playing it without arts (killall artsd) doesn't work either. |
Arts allows my sound to use MMap, without that, games don't work. This is why I used artsdsp -m with all games previously. And to tell you the truth, because I only have 128 megs of ram, I don't even use a WM when playing games. I have a 'games' setting that loads X with an xterm and thats it. Arts was being loaded manually (artsd -a alsa &) from the xterm before the game was launched. Once I get a game working well, I make a little bash script that does it all for me with one command.
Now as I said, artsd doesn't work like it does with all my other games and playing *without* artsd doesn't work because sound is not memory mapped. Esd is pretty much garbage so I haven't bothered to try esddsp, but it almost never works anyway. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
sessionID
Apprentice
Joined: 11 Nov 2002
Posts: 266
Location: hungary
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 8:42 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| lurid wrote: | | artsd -a alsa |
I have an integrated soundcard (intel8x0 driver), and I use:
1. artsd
2. artsdsp -m /opt/et
Maybe the "-a alsa" is the problem?
(just an idea...)
Do You use intel8x0?
Make it work, 'cuz it's a very good game
Or buy a cheap SB card  (That's what I'm planning for a year now, hehe) |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
kerikb
n00b
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Posts: 37
Location: Norway
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 8:56 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Hmmm... I suspected that my problem could have something to do with alsa. Then I tried running the game using:
And I got a two-three second delay in the sound. It didn't seem to crash instantly, though. Might have been coincidental.
Then I tried switching to the kernel module emu10k1, and it still crashes, whether I use artsdsp or not. Switching from KDE to Gnome didn't work either. (Yeah, I know, I'm getting desperate ) Punkbuster seems to be ok, it's not some update freaking out at the sight of my firewall. Anyone at all having the same problem as I, or someone with a similar hardware setup getting it to work? Of course, I'm playing it through some compatibility layer at the moment, but I would prefer the native version |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
lurid
Guru
Joined: 12 Mar 2003
Posts: 595
Location: Florida
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 9:14 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| sessionID wrote: | Maybe the "-a alsa" is the problem?
(just an idea...)
Do You use intel8x0? |
Yeah, I use intel8x0 and ac97. I know its crappy and I know I should get a Soundblaster, but I just keep managing to find better things to spend money on. ;) I just tried 'artsd' and still nothing. If I run it without arts at all, it just crashes. Strange that the game would be so dependant on sound to function. Quake I can run, even if /dev/dsp is busy.. I just get no sound, not a crash. The game runs perfectly though (even faster than Q3 I suspect) it'd just be nice to have sound.
| kerikb wrote: | | I got a two-three second delay in the sound. It didn't seem to crash instantly, though. Might have been coincidental. |
Arts lagging the sound a few seconds is pretty normal. I've seen tons of reports of it doing that with Quake 3.. it does it occasionally for me as well when I first start Quake, but once I start actually playing it it seems to work fine. Preferably you'd want a card that could handle memory mapping without the use of Arts (SBLive!/OSS drivers). |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
kerikb
n00b
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Posts: 37
Location: Norway
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 9:28 pm Post subject: |
|
|
| lurid wrote: |
Arts lagging the sound a few seconds is pretty normal. I've seen tons of reports of it doing that with Quake 3.. it does it occasionally for me as well when I first start Quake, but once I start actually playing it it seems to work fine. Preferably you'd want a card that could handle memory mapping without the use of Arts (SBLive!/OSS drivers). |
I probably don't understand what you're saying here, but I do use sb live. Or do you mean that I should try the OSS drivers instead of ALSA or emu10k1? Never tried OSS, to be honest. Without the -m flag, I got no sound at all. But I should emphasize, et crashes whether I use ALSA, emu10k1 or artsdsp together with emu10k1. Probably with ALSA too, I just couldn't stand being ambushed without noticing untill I was dead
Anyway, should I try OSS drivers?
Oh yeah, just to have said so explicitly, the sound lags during the game too if I use artsdsp with Alsa. Not just In the menu. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
lurid
Guru
Joined: 12 Mar 2003
Posts: 595
Location: Florida
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 10:06 pm Post subject: |
|
|
AFAIK the OSS/kernel drivers for SBLive! cards are superior to Alsa's. Using OSS means that sound will work without the use of arts or esd. Alsa has an OSS wrapper so that it'll (sometimes) work if you just call OSS rather than Alsa. This doesn't seem to work well with games though. So for games using alsa, artsdsp -m does the trick. The only problem is that (as far as I can tell) arts the program is doing the memory work, rather than the card itself, which results in the few second lag. My gf has a SBLive! and her sound, even in games, Just Works (tm). All I had to do for her was build emu10k1 into the kernel.
Last edited by lurid on Fri Apr 25, 2003 11:26 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
kerikb
n00b
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Posts: 37
Location: Norway
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 11:16 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I'm starting to feel quite stupid here, I can't find any oss modules made specifically for sb live, except for that soundblaster 100 % compatibles. That's probably what you mean, but nevermind, I'll just use that layer (tm), in the mean time  . (My friends would beat me up if I used its name ).
But thanks for the help , I appreciate it
If I really feel motivated tomorrow, I'll try the Soundblaster Compatibles. Give me a sign if these modules are not what you meant |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
lurid
Guru
Joined: 12 Mar 2003
Posts: 595
Location: Florida
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 11:37 pm Post subject: |
|
|
The very first page of sound drivers should look like this
| Code: | <M> Sound card support
< > ALi5455 audio support
< > BT878 audio dma
< > C-Media PCI (CMI8338/8738)
<M> Creative SBLive! (EMU10K1)
< > Crystal SoundFusion (CS4280/461x)
< > Crystal Sound CS4281
< > Ensoniq AudioPCI (ES1370)
< > Creative Ensoniq AudioPCI 97 (ES1371)
< > ESS Technology Solo1 |
That will compile the emu10k1 module, which you can insert later (I've heard its best to do sound stuff as modules for some reason, and I always have, but I suppose you could build it in if you wanted to). The "100% Soundblaster Compatables" option makes the module sb, which isn't what you want. Be sure ALSA isn't runing (or unmerge it entirely) before trying to use it. There was something else I was going to say too, but I can't remember now.. got distracted with posting that stupid code above, heh. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
kerikb
n00b
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Posts: 37
Location: Norway
|
| Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 11:52 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I'm feeling stupider for every post here, lurid
Wouldn't the code above just compile emu10k1 as a module? Just proves my ignorance regarding oss, I guess. This code together with the oss-module option, perhaps? Or do you mean just using emu10k1? Sorry, I'm too tired and exhausted right now. Perhaps I'll make sense tomorrow |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
azote
Guru
Joined: 17 Sep 2002
Posts: 415
|
| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2003 12:05 am Post subject: |
|
|
| sessionID wrote: | | lurid wrote: | | artsd -a alsa |
I have an integrated soundcard (intel8x0 driver), and I use:
1. artsd
2. artsdsp -m /opt/et
Maybe the "-a alsa" is the problem?
(just an idea...)
Do You use intel8x0?
Make it work, 'cuz it's a very good game
Or buy a cheap SB card (That's what I'm planning for a year now, hehe) |
im having the same problem on my laptop with the intel8x0 driver
but this made it work .. a little crapy but .. ok ..
_________________
contact me -> azote@mail.i2p
What do you want to emerge today?
if you think that a person is normal, it is because you do not know them well |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
Gamers & Players
