Has anybody installed UT2004 demo?

Thaidog · 02-17-2004, 08:06 PM

I just downloaded the demo, but I see no instructions on how to install.... Anybody know how to install this game?

epoo · 02-17-2004, 08:27 PM

isnt it a .run.bz2 file ?
extract the bz2 - it'll create the .run file
chmod a+x ut2k4*.run
./ut2k4*.run

Inexactitude · 02-17-2004, 09:49 PM

It's exactly as epoo said, except I had to do sh ut2004demo.run for it run.

Thaidog · 02-18-2004, 11:21 AM

I can't get this thng to extract... is there a certain app that I have to use?

Hammett · 02-18-2004, 11:43 AM

I cannot extract the bz2 file... after putting "tar jxvf ut2004-lnx-demo-3120.run.bz2" i get this output:
tar: This does not look like a tar archive
tar: Skipping to next header
tar: Archive contains obsolescent base-64 headers

Any idea of why happens this and how to solve it??

epoo · 02-18-2004, 11:51 AM

bunzip2 --help

mcleodnine · 02-18-2004, 12:05 PM

...moved to the Linux Software -> Games forum

hanzerik · 02-18-2004, 12:28 PM

bunzip2 ut2004-lnx-demo-3120.run.bz2
chmod 755 ut2004-lnx-demo-3120.run
sh ut2004-lnx-demo-3120.run

worked fine for me.

Thaidog · 02-18-2004, 12:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by hanzerik
bunzip2 ut2004-lnx-demo-3120.run.bz2
chmod 755 ut2004-lnx-demo-3120.run
sh ut2004-lnx-demo-3120.run

worked fine for me.

This got it extracted... but when I go to play the game the splash screen comes up and then the monitor truns off asecond like it's going to play then it crashes on me! What a bitch!

Ryknow215 · 02-18-2004, 01:30 PM

This is how i did it and it worked fine:

I extracted the run.bz2 to my desktop and it made something like ut2004demo-install.run
in the terminal, "# bash ut2004demo-install.run"

It checks the integrity of the file, extracts and runs the installer. Afterwards go to the folder where it's installed (ex: /home/ryan/Games/ut2004demo) and in the terminal type # bash ut2004demo. that's about it, runs a hell of alot better in linux than it does in XP

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Good Luck!

Thaidog · 02-18-2004, 01:36 PM

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Originally posted by Ryknow215
that's about it, runs a hell of alot better in linux than it does in XP .

I was hoping somebody would say it runs better on Linux! I still can't get it to work though... I'm about to go to my OS X box and download it there and run it... why does everything have to be so damned hard with Linux?

Inexactitude · 02-18-2004, 01:53 PM

Do you have the drivers for your video card installed? That's probably why the game crashes onstartup. Download the drivers from your video card's manufacturer and make sure you have the kernel source installed.

Thaidog · 02-18-2004, 02:04 PM

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Originally posted by Inexactitude
Do you have the drivers for your video card installed? That's probably why the game crashes onstartup. Download the drivers from your video card's manufacturer and make sure you have the kernel source installed.

Yeah I just upgraded mt ATI 9000 Pro's drivers before I installed it. 3D acceration is enabled.

Nukem · 02-18-2004, 05:25 PM

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Originally posted by Thaidog
Yeah I just upgraded mt ATI 9000 Pro's drivers before I installed it. 3D acceration is enabled.

Are you sure you have minimum system requirments??
of course you might think this is a stupid question. but most people make this mistake.