Wouldn't it be cool to get the Linux community involved in developing the Dark Mod?

[kakarotto]

I've been thinking a bit, it would be a good idea to involve the Linux community in the development of this game to improve it's compatibility with Linux. I'm a relatively new Ubuntu user and am just starting to get familiar with Linux and all of it's quirks.

 

The Linux community supports open source software and getting them involved in developing and testing the Dark Mod on various distros will do a lot of good. I installed The Dark Mod on windows and it works just fine, I've seen a lot of people say that there's issues with getting it to run on most distros of Linux.

 

Would be cool if it were possible to get the Dark Mod to show up on the Ubuntu software center, most of the open source games you see there are crap. This would be the first fully featured 3d game that runs on a good graphics engine there and many people would probably download it just to check it out. They might help with continuing the development of the campaign.

 

Just an idea that I'm throwing out there, I might inspire someone to do something or it might require me to take initiative and post on an Ubuntu/Linux forum or something...

[Araneidae]

I think there are two "out of the box" issues with TDM on Linux: sound and initial graphics resolution. Sound seems to be quite tricky to get right across all platforms, I still have to run TDM under pasuspend and with a cryptic device setting.

[freyk]

Would be cool if it were possible to get the Dark Mod to show up on the Ubuntu software center, most of the open source games you see there are crap. This would be the first fully featured 3d game that runs on a good graphics engine there and many people would probably download it just to check it out. They might help with continuing the development of the campaign.

There are people, including myself, are working on the distribution of TDM to several linux-distro's.

I have seen TDM-softwware packages/installers for arch linux, opensuse, etc.

(it runs also a bit on android,..)

 

As a project for my own, i scripted some installerpackages for TDM. (topicpost / personal site)

People are allowed to improve my deb-package and publisch it on ubuntu software center.

 

I have seen linux-users on this forum who have difficulties to run TDM. (problems like mentioned above).

I.m.h.o a software-installer solves many of this.

Edited May 20, 2015 by freyk

[Bikerdude]

I.m.h.o a software-installer solves many of this.

I assume the installer will incorporate tdm_update or use its scripts..?

[freyk]

It is a combination of an installer frontend (a linux packagemanager), the tdm updater and some scripts.

Like some other linux games. (and my mac and windows-installers)

 

For example:

If you select TDM in YAST (the package manager of opensuse). Yast register TDM in his packagemanagement registery, prepares the gamefolder, set shortcuts and installs system dependencies (if needed) for the game.

After this part of the installation, the TDM-updater must be executed.

How the updater will be executed is different on some packagemanagers.

TDM-updater starts "embedded" in the packagemanager or execute the updater.

or it creates a first-run shortcut, when executed the updater will run and replaces the shortcut,

or the updater must be executed manualy.

Edited May 20, 2015 by freyk

[freyk]

If the native executable doesnt run, you can play the game using wine.

Get a frontend for it, like playonlinux.

 

Today i have uploaded a new version of a script, to install tdm on playonlinux/playonmac.

Edited May 30, 2015 by freyk