patching old loki games (SMAC, Tribes2, etc) broken?

SalsaDoom

Anyone tried to play an old game like SMAC on gentoo? I've tested this is most of my linux game library, and none of them patch successfully on Gentoo.

They all break with the same error when patching:

bash-2.05b$ ./smac-6.0a-x86.run
Verifying archive integrity...OK
Uncompressing Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri 6.0a Update...................
loki_patch: dynamic-link.h:57: elf_get_dynamic_info: Assertion `! "bad dynamic tag"' failed.
./update.sh: line 60: 30555 Aborted loki_patch --verify patch.dat
The program returned an error code (1)

Looks like its looking for an old c library or something.

Anyone know a workaround or solution?

[UK]Superdude · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 2:30 pm Post subject:

I have a feeling the problem most likely lies in the gcc version. I would say the games probably need gcc 2.x and if your system is compiled using gcc 3.x then binaries will not interoperate. Perhaps someone else knows more?

smtanner · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 1:12 am Post subject:

I am using gcc 3.2.2 (or gcc 3.2.3 I can't remember which right now) and the loki updater works fine for me.

floam · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 3:46 am Post subject:

Thats the glibc 3.2.x error with loki-update

Woolmonkey · n00b Joined: 29 Apr 2002 Posts: 62

so is there anyway to get loki update to work with newer versions of glibc? Or anyway to updte the games at all?

kosamae · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 5:51 pm Post subject:

Yeah- you have to download a new version of the loki-update source, and compile it under glibc3.2. I can't remember where I got my source from though... Try icculus.org's LG faq, maybe.

Niek · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 6:10 pm Post subject:

You can get the source from icculus' CVS:

-ravage- · Apprentice Joined: 18 May 2003 Posts: 225

The problem is not with loki_update, but the loki_patch binary bundled with the patches. The LGFAQ has a solution for fixing this problem.

kosamae · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:30 pm Post subject:

That's right, you need the source for the patches, and to recompile them with after you replace the old loki installer with the new one, or something like that.

SalsaDoom · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 3:30 pm Post subject: Synopsis.

Ok, its actually pretty easy.

I downloaded the file at http://icculus.org/~msphil/loki/x86/ and ran the update with --keep , it still errors out but it also unpacks the update into ./patch-name or something similar. cd to bin/Linux/x86 inside the game update directory, and replace the loki_patch with the one you downloaded above. Go down to the base directory of the patch and run update.sh. It magically works.

Thanks for the help fellows!

--SD ;)

blaksaga · Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 9:31 pm Post subject:

zakk · l33t Joined: 16 Jun 2003 Posts: 614 Location: Oakland, CA

export _POSIX... not export_POSIX

edited so not to be confusing.

blaksaga · Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2004 10:36 pm Post subject:

momo123 · n00b Joined: 19 Jun 2004 Posts: 2

blaksaga · Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 3:55 am Post subject:

bastain · Guru Joined: 11 Jul 2003 Posts: 364

UncleOwen · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 10:57 am Post subject:

Maybe you want to try out my ebuild at http://www.uncleowen.de/~uo/portage/games-strategy/smac/
Works for me, but I haven't touched it for a while.

bastain · Guru Joined: 11 Jul 2003 Posts: 364

I got only the game installed, no loki-patch and loki-update. Does the ebuild work in this environment too?

UncleOwen · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 2:28 pm Post subject:

The ebuild will install the game and patch it.

bastain · Guru Joined: 11 Jul 2003 Posts: 364

emerge smac-6.0a
Calculating dependencies

!!! Problem in games-strategy/smac-6.0a dependencies.
!!! "Specific key requires an operator (games-strategy/smac-6.0a) (try adding an '=')" exceptions

UncleOwen · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 3:09 pm Post subject:

Just do emerge smac or emerge =games-strategy/smac-6.0a

bastain · Guru Joined: 11 Jul 2003 Posts: 364

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge =games-strategy/smac-6.0a

worked! Many thanx!!

Two more questions. In the game the version number is 6.0, not 6.0a. Is it patched now?

How can I increase the refresh-rate/resolution of the game. It runs on 1024 and 60Hz....

UncleOwen · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 3:59 pm Post subject:

bastain · Guru Joined: 11 Jul 2003 Posts: 364

UncleOwen · Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2005 8:43 am Post subject: