ke4nt1
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Posted: Sep. 19 2004,09:54 |
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I was able to repeat my effort with " Myth II - Soulblighter "
Again, another Loki game that runs great under DSL
with my little 933 MHz P3's ..
Both these games install by default to one directory..
The only other file installed is a symlink to the executable in /usr/bin,
which you can skip anyway in place of a /tmp/mydsl.menu/exec command
to run the game from the menu..
After downloading and installing all the latest patches, they work great!
Here's what I did..
I make a " work " directory, and inside it I made an " opt " directory..
I placed the entire RT2 or myth2 directory inside this " opt "
Went back out into the work directory..
then I did a rough tar to get it all into one file " tar -cvf rt2.tar opt/ "
Now I can make a list, untar it, clean it up, add the menu link,
and make it into a .tar.gz , since it only writes to /opt and /tmp..
Even better, I made them into .uci files, which keeps the ramcount down,
and makes them run even better than if I were running them from CD.
The RT2.uci is about 97 MB , and myth2.uci is about 370MB.
Not bad for the full 640MB install from CD.
I've not had any troubles with the programs wanting the CD's in the drives
Just highlight the file in emelfm, click the mydsl button, select the
game from the menu under mydsl, and BOOM, your in the game..
Even the movies and animated clips run nicely.. So schweet..
Strange thing is, I had such troubles with these games under Fedora Core 2 and Suse 9..
Myth2 just wouldn't install, Period... much less take patches.
DSL just breezed thru both installs.......
I'll have to see what Civ II - Call to Power does for DSL game play..
I think I have some other old Loki titles also.. Heretic II ??
73
ke4nt
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