[Game] Savage

GCN · 2006-09-06 22:46:11

Anyone who wants to package Savage released as freeware recently ?

[url=http://www.evolvedclan.com/forums/index.php/topic,259.0.html[/url]Post with links to the Linux binaries[/url].

Lone_Wolf · 2006-09-24 12:47:45

I'm looking into it, unfortunately the main package is hosted on a slow server, so it will take some time before it's downloaded.

iphitus · 2006-09-25 01:54:30

it's mirrored at all the other big games sites out there, i got it off ausgamers.com.au

Lone_Wolf · 2006-09-25 20:57:21

Looks like this package is too complicated for me.

The source consists of 3 files :
savage_linux.sh (full package for savage version 2.00) is a shell-script with binary data , made with an older version of makeself that doesn't support noexec and uses a gui-based binary installer.
To stop the installer from running the shell script would have to be modified, but we would also need to figure out what the installer does exactly, so it can be done outside of the gui-installer.

savage_2.00c-english.update.run is a similar shell-script, uses a more recent version of makeself, but a gui-updater. same problem as above.

The 3rd file is a mod for playing online in tar.gz that is the easiest since it just replaces a number of the installed files.

An additional problem is that the game is written for processors with SSE-support , and there are a lot of i686 procs (older athlon , PII ) that don't have that. To make it run on those procs a patch is needed. Some kind of processor detection would be needed to determine whether this patch is needed.

I don't have the skills to make this package.

barebones · 2006-10-03 23:41:52

Is there anyone that can make this package? By the sounds of it, its above my head aswell, but I'd really like to see this package for Arch.

Slash · 2006-10-06 22:38:13

I am/was going to make a package for it (already started it, but forgot about it recently ), however the biggest problem is complete lack of per-user support. A lot of stuff is downloaded from the server when you start the game and configs and other things are all saved to the installation directory. It makes for a messy package. There is nothing like ~/.savage/ where things are saved.

Slash · 2006-10-07 01:42:54

Ok, here is a Savage PKGBUILD:

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=7061

Here are some other games I contributed on the AUR you may want to check out:

Second Life (MMO-type game- Free Registration Needed):
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=6804

Tremulous (Free RTS/FPS Hybrid)
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=4056

Legends (Free Tribes-like game)
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=1163

FreeCiv (Free Civilization clone- Sexy SVN version):
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=3366

Warsow (Free Competitive DM FPS)
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=2679

True Combat: Elite (Free Tactical Team-based online FPS- Be sure to use my enemy-territory package linked to in the comments. Somewhere between Rainbow 6 and Counter-Strike. Based on the quake3 engine)
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=2661

ezQuake Engine, High Res Skins/Textures (You have to own Quake 1):
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=7062
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=7068
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=7069

ioquake3 Engine (You have to own Quake 3):
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … =1&ID=6864

barebones · 2006-10-07 16:31:12

Thanks Slash!

shadowhand · 2006-10-09 07:31:38

I had issues with my mouse spinning, and came across this solution (in xorg.conf):

Subsection "extmod"
          Option "xfree86-dga"
        EndSubSection

However, it didn't work for me. If anyone figures anything out, let me know.

Also, I was rather unimpressed with physics/gameplay, but maybe my frustration with the constant spin had something to do with it (I got it not to spin maybe three or four games out of ten or so).

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#1 2006-09-06 22:46:11

[Game] Savage

#2 2006-09-24 12:47:45

Re: [Game] Savage

#3 2006-09-25 01:54:30

Re: [Game] Savage

#4 2006-09-25 20:57:21

Re: [Game] Savage

#5 2006-10-03 23:41:52

Re: [Game] Savage

#6 2006-10-06 22:38:13

Re: [Game] Savage

#7 2006-10-07 01:42:54

Re: [Game] Savage

#8 2006-10-07 16:31:12

Re: [Game] Savage

#9 2006-10-09 07:31:38

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