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[Baughn]

It's a linux executable. The .exe ending is just to confuse you.

[cbpye]

So, what's the likelihood that d17 will be easier to troubleshoot, should the user have any difficulty getting it to start?

I finally managed to get all the 32-bit libraries DF needs (at least, I think I did) and I'm getting some rather cryptic stuff when attempting to run the game (in the spoiler for those that give a damn).

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

This is on slackware64 13.0, with additional 32-bit compatibility packages compiled and installed)

bash-3.1$ ./df
mv: cannot stat `libs/libSDL*': No such file or directory
./df: line 12:  5592 Segmentation fault      ./dwarfort.exe $*
bash-3.1$ ./df
mkdir: cannot create directory `unused_libs': File exists
mv: cannot stat `libs/libSDL*': No such file or directory
./df: line 12:  5604 Segmentation fault      ./dwarfort.exe $*
bash-3.1$

[Baughn]

Not great. 40d# are basically beta releases, and not really meant to be perfectly user-friendly.

A segfault, even.. not much I can do about that. Distributing binary software on linux is a near-impossible black art, and not one I've ever studied.

However, with the 2D mode, there is a much greater chance that there will be no problems in the first place.

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Additionally, for those of you apparently champing at the bit, the 40d17 now in the git repository is playable. In adventure mode and dwarf mode both, though adventure mode still has a /slight/ input problem (sometimes loses keys if you press them too fast) that you probably won't notice except I just told you about it, so you will.

It also has a 2D mode, which means it should work for those of you with problems running opengl. Though you probably aren't reading this thread, or aren't on linux. Still, thought I'd mention it.

[cbpye]

After re-installing my nvidia drivers, which resulted in finally getting Diablo II and Master of Orion II to work without issue, I gave df a go again.  The "Run in full screen?" window appeared!  Then the game crashed immediately.   I'm so close I can taste it.

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bash-3.1$ ./df                                                                                                                                                                 
mkdir: cannot create directory `unused_libs': File exists                                                                                                                       
mv: cannot stat `libs/libSDL*': No such file or directory                                                                                                                       
Sound devices available:                                                                                                                                                       
ALSA Software                                                                                                                                                                   
OSS Software
Picking ALSA Software. If your desired device was missing, make sure you have the appropriate 32-bit libraries installed. If you wanted a different device, configure ~/.openalrc appropriately.
Perfect OpenAL context attributes GET

(dwarfort.exe:4201): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "qt4engine",

(dwarfort.exe:4201): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "qt4engine",
data/sound/song_title.ogg: 3532781 frames requested, 3532781 frames read. Corrupted file?
data/sound/song_title.ogg: Unexpected number of channels: 2097248
data/sound/song_game.ogg: 10184999 frames requested, 10184999 frames read. Corrupted file?
data/sound/song_game.ogg: Unexpected number of channels: 2097248
Using OpenGL output path with client-side arrays
Room for 0 vertices allocated
Ideal catalog size: 354x354
Asked for 80x25 grid
Setting to 640x300, grid 80x25, zoom 1.000000
Using OpenGL output path with client-side arrays
Room for 12000 vertices allocated
Using OpenGL output path with client-side arrays
Room for 12000 vertices allocated
terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::bad_alloc'
  what():  std::bad_alloc
./df: line 12:  4201 Aborted                 ./dwarfort.exe $*
bash-3.1$

UPDATE -- after mucking about with init.txt, it appears to be working just fine.  Based on the mention of some GTK-stuff in the error output, I'm guessing it has to do with me setting WINDOWED:YES.

LET THERE BE DWARVES

[shadow_slicer]

@cbpye:
That looks like a problem I ran into earlier where the sound thread was crashing the program. Did you compile the graphics library yourself?

I ran into a problem after compiling the graphics lib on my 64 bit system. Apparently the header file for the library (libsndfile?) used to open ogg files gives a different size structure if you compile it on a 32 bit machine than if you compile it with -m32 on a 64 bit machine. This causes the elements in the structure to be shifted by 32 bits, causing DF to think there are a lot of channels in the audio ("Unexpected number of channels: 2097248") instead of a lot of frames or whatever, and eventually causes a segfault. I "fixed" this on my copy by changing the header file for that sound library so that the element in the structure causing the problem would be the same size (uint64_t?). I'm not at that PC at the moment, so I may not have everything exactly right.

[Footkerchief]

Baughn -- have y'all explored any options for making the PRINT_MODE option more user-friendly or at least visible to people who are getting graphics crashes?  Maybe there could be a startup prompt like the windowed/fullscreen one?

[Baughn]

Funny you should ask.

I'm adding a startup prompt to select between 2D and Standard, with the other optimizations as options for the more enthusiastic. Those two should cover 99% of the audience.

[Footkerchief]

Oh awesome, that should help a lot.

[SirPenguin]

Baughn, do you think we'll be getting d17 fairly soon?

[Baughn]

I'll finish my part of the job early tomorrow; after that, it's up to Toady, but I think he's mostly done on his side as well.

[Baughn]

Right, all done. Over to Toady.

[HideousBeing]

It also has a 2D mode, which means it should work for those of you with problems running opengl. Though you probably aren't reading this thread, or aren't on linux. Still, thought I'd mention it.

Thought I might as well mention... I am reading this thread... and on linux...  THANKS!

[dnabios]

Right, all done. Over to Toady.

Thanks Baughn, appreciate your hard work!

[SirPenguin]

Right, all done. Over to Toady.

Thanks Baughn, appreciate your hard work!

Ditto. Glad to see Toady was willing to work with someone on this, which makes you something of a special case

[yarr]

yep, you're quite the celebrity