Couldn't run Unreal Tournament (ut-bin). Is UT_DATA_PATH set?

Rhatlinux · 10-02-2004, 04:31 PM

This is the error message when I try to run UT. Is there a fix for this. (I am running slackware 10).

zackarya · 10-02-2004, 07:37 PM

Have you checked to see if UT_DATA_PATH is set? I mean I know it's redundant to ask since that is the exact error but..... Try echo $UT_DATA_PATH and if it's not set you need to set it to the /UT/System folder I believe. Hope that helps.

Rhatlinux · 10-02-2004, 08:28 PM

I've tried "export UT_DATA_PATH=/usr/local/games/ut/System" and it works but as soon as I close the terminal, it doesn't work anymore when I try to run "ut". The command above seems to only set the UT_DATA_PATH temporarly.

ravage · 10-05-2004, 04:30 AM

edit your ut script

change this part

Code:

    # Is the awk/ls magic portable?
    if [ -L "$fullpath" ]; then
        fullpath="`ls -l "$fullpath" | awk '{print $11}'`"
    fi

to this

Code:

    # Is the sed/ls magic portable?
    if [ -L "$fullpath" ]; then
        fullpath=`ls -l "$fullpath" |sed -e 's/.* -> //' |sed -e 's/\*//'`
    fi

that should do the trick.

Rhatlinux · 10-05-2004, 06:36 AM

Where do I edit this?

Wondre · 10-15-2004, 03:03 PM

I followed Ravage's directions to edit the ut script file, and I'm up! (Uh, up and running UT on slackware (10) for the first time ever, that is.)

Kudos a-MUNDO, Ravage!!

Rhatlinux,

the ut script you need to edit is located in /usr/local/games/ut, and the file name is ut. (like calculus, it's obvious once you get it)

The other thing I had to do was to run from a Konsole window under KDE, to overcome the dreaded segmentation fault:

startx, then open a Konsole window, then type "ut". It's unreal.

I think the xwindows thing is necessary to get the glx opengl driver visible to the system. There's probably a way to do it from the login console without startx, but I'm too newbie to know.

I did go into the xwindows config file to make sure I had glx invoked, and the nvidia driver appropriate for my video card. Just following directions from nvidia.

Jammin. Now I have something I need that linux does better than winxp. Ut can't hardly run under xp on my laptop (dell M60): it keeps racing and pausing on a 2 second cycle. I'm sure it's some os "service" crap they installed when the IT guy set me up.

Smooth as silk on SlackWare!

Gotta get slackin now. Later

Mr. Swillis · 05-12-2006, 07:10 PM

You should be able to run this from the "ut" executable in the install directory. For example:

cd /wherever/you/installed/ut
./ut

Your path will point to something like /usr/local/bin/ut which is a link to /wherever/you/installed/ut/ut. You could replace it with one of my little band-aid scripts like so:

su -
cd /usr/local/bin
rm ut
vi ut

#Begin ut script
cd /wherever/you/installed/ut
./ut
#End ut script, now save and quit

chmod 777 ut

Bam! Like I said, a "band-aid script", but it works.

Mr. Swillis

DPSellyChan · 11-22-2006, 02:51 AM

I followed the various steps outlined here, but now I'm getting an odd error...

Code:

kelly@sherry12:~/games/unrealtournament> ./ut
Unreal engine initialized
Bound to SDLDrv.so
Joystick [0] : Unknown Joystick
SDLClient initialized.
Bound to Render.so
Lighting subsystem initialized
Rendering initialized
LoadMap: Entry
Bound to Fire.so
Case-insensitive search: Botpack -> ..\System\BotPack.u
Bound to IpDrv.so
Game class is 'UTIntro'
Level is Level Entry.MyLevel
Bringing Level Entry.MyLevel up for play (0)...
InitGame:
Base Mutator is Entry.Mutator0
Browse: CityIntro.unr?Name=Player?Class=Botpack.TMale2?team=255?skin=SoldierSkins.blkt?Face=SoldierSkins.Othello
LoadMap: CityIntro.unr?Name=Player?Class=Botpack.TMale2?team=255?skin=SoldierSkins.blkt?Face=SoldierSkins.Othello
Case-insensitive search: genfluid -> ..\Textures\GenFluid.utx
appError called:
fread failed: BufferCount=-2616169 Error=1
Executing UObject::StaticShutdownAfterError
Executing USDLClient::ShutdownAfterError
Signal: SIGIOT [iot trap]
Aborting.
Exiting.
Name subsystem shut down

DPSellyChan · 11-25-2006, 08:32 AM

Uh, hello? I get an fread error when ROOT is running the program. Why is the buffer count started at -2,000,000 anyway?

jogurnog · 08-01-2008, 10:36 PM

hate to grave dig and all but mine won't save

(I'm running ubuntu 8.04) also i got this one from a torrent, it was an ISO, there was a script with it too. I ran the script and UT installed, not sure which UT(GOTY/Regular)but it's v436 (if that gives any clues :|)