AGS Linux 2.62 Binaries Available

[Blues]

Hi,

Ok, so I am having a lot of problems with the linux binary.  It appears that whenever my game puts a character in a new room at specific coordinates, the game crashes saying allgro sent a signal #11 or something like that.  I have not found anything like that problem mentioned here before.  Any idea what causes this?  I am using the lastest version of 2.62 off the site.

Thanks,
Bryan

[Dan2552]

  i've read the FAQs and found out only the engine is ported, not the editor.

i've tried the editor in WINE and the splash screen showed, and then an error came up (cant remember what). Umm, has ANYONE managed to get the editor to work in linux in any way?

i'm gonna check out your port of the engine and see how well it works. i really want to make a game with good linux compatability - as i'm slowly moving away from windows into it.

[strazer]

I run Debian/testing and the editor and even games work with WINE (20050310-1.1).

Edit:

I just haven't managed to get keyboard input working in games (in WINE that is).

Here is my WINE config file if you're interested.

[Dan2552]

I run Debian/testing and the editor and even games work with WINE (20050310-1.1).

Edit:

I just haven't managed to get keyboard input working in games (in WINE that is).

Here is my WINE config file if you're interested.

hmm. how do you find out the version of wine you have? and where exactly do i put this config file (i'm not in linux at the moment so i can't try out stuff yet  i've downloaded your config file to my flash drive ready though 

[strazer]

how do you find out the version of wine you have?

Just open a terminal and type

Code: ags

wine --version

and where exactly do i put this config file

The config file's original filename is just "config" and it resides in the user's home directory under ".wine", so "~/.wine/config". If you have WINE installed, there should already be one there. Remember to back it up first!
And you obviously have to modify my config file to the correct paths and mount points for your system.

[Dan2552]

 :o wine must've screwed up on their newer version, i tried a 2004 version included with my crossover office and AGS editor seems to run fine.

[strazer]

Regarding keyboard input in games, I've found this bug entry in WineHQ's bug tracker: http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2811
Somewhere else I read it could be related to the Allegro library which AGS uses.

[Pumaman]

Interesting -- but still, that's why we have the linux engine, to avoid problems like that