Soldat for linux (please read before lock/del)

[LORD KILLA]

ok, i have just switched to linux ubuntu (desktop edition 9.04)
and i cant find the game application for linux( i red the "soldat for linux" sticky, didnt help, only werid fonts)
can someone give me it? the exe from static.soldat doesnt work, help!

[jrgp]

Soldat's Linux support has always been terrible and likely always will be. However, making sure you use the latest wine and high specs can help.

(it won't ever be natively ported)

[LORD KILLA]

aww, someone knows any genius that may help me ?

[demoniac93]

jrgp is right, soldat has always been a windows based game at core, so even if you fix this problem, you'll very likely face others in the future, frequently maybe, maybe not. My advice i to switch back to windows.

[jrgp]

Or just dual boot and use Linux for work / important stuff and windowws for games that don't work under wine.

[demoniac93]

Or just dual boot and use Linux for work / important stuff and windowws for games that don't work under wine.

Wouldn't that depend on his computer's specs?
Cause it would be a bad idea to have 2 operating systems on a weak computer but if his PC can handle then I agree to that.

[jrgp]

Or just dual boot and use Linux for work / important stuff and windowws for games that don't work under wine.

Wouldn't that depend on his computer's specs?
Cause it would be a bad idea to have 2 operating systems on a weak computer but if his PC can handle then I agree to that.

You're not running them both at the same time, so what really matters for dual booting is the size of his hard drive.

[Shoozza]

Sadly Linux is not an gaming OS. Just hope that MM will make his next games work on Linux.
If your PC is fast enough maybe emulation could help. I don't know good the emulators are but I can say that it's possible to play with 60fps on Mac OS X with emulation.

So it should be somehow possible on Linux.

If nothing helps maybe these news could make you happy: http://shoozza.blogspot.com/2009/02/soldatported-first-steps.html

[LORD KILLA]

thanks, please do it as fast as you can, else i always need to call friends to test my scripts >_<

[Shoozza]

Will take long till you can actually use it so don't think it's ready this year or next year...
So better try to get work on Linux.

[LORD KILLA]

so the news arent happy then
is it possible to post souce code ?

[edit]
and compiled version for linux?

[jrgp]

so the news arent happy then
is it possible to post souce code ?

[edit]
and compiled version for linux?

Shoozza posting the source code for his soldat ported project is impossible since it contains crucial information that must be kept private (netcode encryption, etc). He obviously can't post a binary since it isn't anywhere near done, so no. You'll have to sit tight or just dual boot / go back to windows.

[LORD KILLA]

jrgp, change back to jpg xD
anyway, thanks for info >_<

can you post it compiled then?

[Shoozza]

Will take long till you can actually use it so don't think it's ready this year or next year...

Yes, when it's done.

[LORD KILLA]

lol
i have found a emulator, but there is one frame every 2 sec XD XD, i can use for other but:
Shoozza, hurri up, would be nice as fast as possible!
(its possible to write 900 lines in 3 days, i did that, btw whats the record?)

[demoniac93]

lol
i have found a emulator, but there is one frame every 2 sec XD XD, i can use for other but:
Shoozza, hurri up, would be nice as fast as possible!
(its possible to write 900 lines in 3 days, i did that, btw whats the record?)

You know they say patience is a virtue, an if you didn't hear it yet shoozza is busy as heck due to his new position in the forums and the huge amounts of code processing he has to do daily, so at least appreciate the effort he's putting into helping you guys out.

And I had a question, why is it that the dev team is having huge difficulty adapting soldat efficiently to Linux? 

[Shoozza]

And I had a question, why is it that the dev team is having huge difficulty adapting soldat efficiently to Linux? 

At first the dev team doesn't adapt it to Linux (and doesn't plan to do this in the future ). I'm not in the dev team.
Second: Soldat has been written in Delphi and uses DirectX. Both aren't available on Linux that's why it's necessary to rewrite the whole game.
And this takes a lot of time...

[LORD KILLA]

I hope not 2 years, btw how long was soldat written ?
Shoozza, break record xD