E.T Linux

[dangman]

After a HDD crash I have to rebuild my new computer, and I am considering go Linux, but my biggest problem is to find out if I can get ET to run the FA servers on a Linux ? Has anone here done it ?

 

Im starting to miss gaming :/

[Drizzt DoUrden]

if you google after "enemy territory linux" you will get several hits. yes, you can play with linux on fa servers

[dangman]

Thanks Ill get right on it.

[parrot]

My daughter plays on my laptop running linux mint 11. Make sure you get a 32 bit distro, I had no end of trouble trying to get ET running on 64 bit ubuntu. (I hated unity anyway)

 

Other than that, I had no issues.

[SunLight]

Never tried it on a 64 bit distro, but on 32bit it runs fine and as fast as on windows, if not smoother

 

the only problems I can mention are:

1. you can't play on servers with tzac

2. there is no minimizer, actually there is one but it doesn't work if you use in_dgamouse 2

[dangman]

Thanks for the heads up on the 32/64bit issue.

Im currently waiting for the postal to deliver my new computer !

[dangman]

Still no computer, but im waiting !

[Ghostwind]

Never tried it on a 64 bit distro, but on 32bit it runs fine and as fast as on windows, if not smoother

 

the only problems I can mention are:

1. you can't play on servers with tzac

2. there is no minimizer, actually there is one but it doesn't work if you use in_dgamouse 2

 

you can alt + enter, and then open the console to get out of the application.

[parrot]

^^this works fine

 

I did manage to get ET running fine on 64 bit mint, I posted a tutorial if you need to know how.

[SunLight]

you can alt + enter, and then open the console to get out of the application.

I know, but it takes time, it's like a /vid_Restart, if compared to Windows et minimizer it's rather annoying.

 

I tried etswitch, but it doesn't work with /in_dgamouse 2

 

I tried to open et in a new X server and it's ok, but if I switch to my main X server ET goes 999. So if I stay in the other X server for too long I get kicked for 999 ping.

Weird, because for instance if I listen to some music, and then I switch to ET, the music keeps playing. I thought the game should run in the background even in another X server I'm probably too noob to figure out why

[Ghostwind]

I know, but it takes time, it's like a /vid_Restart, if compared to Windows et minimizer it's rather annoying.

 

I tried etswitch, but it doesn't work with /in_dgamouse 2

 

I tried to open et in a new X server and it's ok, but if I switch to my main X server ET goes 999. So if I stay in the other X server for too long I get kicked for 999 ping.

Weird, because for instance if I listen to some music, and then I switch to ET, the music keeps playing. I thought the game should run in the background even in another X server I'm probably too noob to figure out why

 

yes, that is right... it is bloody slow if you are doing this all the time... but I dont like to play with full screen. I usually play with it windowed. My laptop monitor is big enough that I am not missing much with a smaller game window.

[dangman]

Finaly I have gotten a new computer and installed Ubuntu 10.10 on it Now i want to gameeeee

 

Where would you reccomend to download ET from. Im realy new to this so I have to learn a bit !

[Job779]

http://www.planetwol...les/files.shtml

Download all the Linux files in order. It also has other systems.

 

 

http://www.fileplane...es/et-2.60b.zip

Then for the server patchy thingy.

 

http://www.gametracker.com/search/et/

And finally the servers.

 

 

Oh ya and also ETKey

http://fearless-assassins.com/tutorials/article/200-how-to-get-a-new-etkey-guid-since-pb-dropped-et-support/

Edited June 16, 2012 by Job779

[asp]

My daughter plays on my laptop running linux mint 11. Make sure you get a 32 bit distro, I had no end of trouble trying to get ET running on 64 bit ubuntu. (I hated unity anyway)

 

Other than that, I had no issues.

 

Just to mention, but you can remove unity (hated it too, removed it)

 

And, you can play ET on a 64bit distro just fine, on Ubuntu anyhow.

[dangman]

Im somewhat lost about what to do with the .run file ! Bare with me, only been using Linux for half a day