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    Stupid and Random Demos

    in ET VIdeos

    Easiest way to run Enemy Territory on Linux!

    in ET Tips

    Posted

    Here is how to get Enemy Territory up and running on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, this mightwork with other linux distros that use Debian/APT as well

    but it's untested, continue at your own risk.

    Prerequisites:

    first you need to install a few things, open your linux terminal and execute the following commands: 

    sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt update
sudo apt install libasound2-plugins:i386 libdrm2:i386 libexpat1:i386 libgl1-mesa-glx:i386 libglu1-mesa:i386

    then once you have installed these, download ET Legacy - (Get the 32bit Linux version, the 64bit version is NOT 2.60b compatible!)

    i recommend getting just the binaries, you can try the installer but i have no experience with it.

    the reason why i tell you to install etlegacy is because in many cases, me included, the vanilla et will have no sound.

    Installation:

    Going the binaries route is simple because you don't have to deal with the poorly-written installation script, but the downside is that it doesn't come with the pak0,pak1,pak2 pk3 files required to launch the game, you'll need to download those or copy and paste them from another ET install.

    next up you extract the contents of the binaries archive and then rename the folder that comes out of the archive to ".etlegacy"

    my example will be: "/home/<user>/.etlegacy"

    next up you will need to create a folder named "bin" and then move the binaries (the stuff that's not inside the etmain or legacy folders) to that folder. this is required or else the game will not run.

    the directory structure with only the essential files, looks like this:

    etldirstruct.png.edb2158acd0beb6ea4cdf4954115d549.png

    once you installed etlegacy as directed, you then enter your terminal and type 

    ./etl

    the game will launch, but it'll default to fullscreen, which may cause the display to freak out.

    DON'T PANIC THOUGH, you just need to turn off fullscreen, which can be done once the display is black.

    even though you can't see the screen, just press the tilde "~" key on you keyboard to bring up the console, then execute: 

    /seta r_mode -1
/seta r_fullscreen 0
/vid_restart

    after doing these, you should finally see the profile creation screen as normal, make your profile and then adjust your settings as you need, BUT DO NOT ENABLE FULLSCREEN, you can use "windowed fullscreen", just make sure your taskbar doesn't block your game's window, you can adjust your game settings as needed to make it look good.

    and you should be good to go.

    if you need a shortcut to etlegacy, you can write an executable bash shell script that'll do it. 

    #!/bin/sh
#
cd ~/.etlegacy/bin
./etl
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    Titanic: Honor and Glory

    in Spam

    Posted

    yeah, and many more could have been saved if they filled the lifeboats.

    but unfortunately at first, many people were too timid to get onto a dark dinky creaky lifeboat in the freezing north-atlantic vs staying aboard the warm well-lit RMS Titanic. it was like that until the sinking accelerated.

    but also think of the brave crewmen who kept the lights on until the very end, they died heroes as the stern imploded seconds after it went under, killing anyone still inside instantly.

    you can hear the stern imploding at the end of the sinking video.

    Exploding Headshot Tuesdays?

    in Ets site

    Posted

    i'll message you how to set it so we can try it out sometime.

    but i also think i should invent a command that allows you to turn it on/off on-the-fly without editing the server config, this should be reserved for the highest levels: ( 8 and 9 )

    like !splatheads [on|off] for example.

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