From jeremy at infinitycomputer.com.au Mon Dec 1 07:05:07 2008 From: jeremy at infinitycomputer.com.au (jeremy) Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 23:05:07 +1100 Subject: [prey] Monitor out of range In-Reply-To: <20081130202927.GD20493@kwaak.net> References: <200811301912.17673.jeremy@infinitycomputer.com.au> <20081130202927.GD20493@kwaak.net> Message-ID: <200812012305.07616.jeremy@infinitycomputer.com.au> Thanks for the response. If I run xrandr I get: Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024 default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm 1280x1024 50.0* 51.0 1280x960 52.0 1152x864 53.0 54.0 55.0 56.0 1024x768 57.0 58.0 59.0 960x600 60.0 960x540 61.0 896x672 62.0 840x525 63.0 64.0 65.0 66.0 832x624 67.0 800x600 68.0 69.0 70.0 71.0 72.0 73.0 800x512 74.0 720x450 75.0 680x384 76.0 77.0 640x512 78.0 79.0 640x480 80.0 81.0 82.0 83.0 576x432 84.0 85.0 86.0 87.0 512x384 88.0 89.0 90.0 416x312 91.0 400x300 92.0 93.0 94.0 95.0 320x240 96.0 97.0 98.0 The game defaulted to 1024x768 which my monitor has no trouble with, but when full screen I get the out of range message. I've been looking at my preyconfig.cfg but I'm not sure there is anything there to change. On Monday 01 December 2008 7:29:27 am ard wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 07:12:17PM +1100, jeremy wrote: > > Hello, I am able to play Prey windowed but if I set it to full screen my > > monitor can't display as its out of range. Anyone know what I can do > > about this ? > > If it's not a driver problem, the driver might be badly > configured. > What output do you get if you run xrandr, and are the available > resolutions and refresh frequencies also supported by your monitor? From lists at dusted.dk Fri Dec 5 11:13:43 2008 From: lists at dusted.dk (DusteD) Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:13:43 +0100 Subject: What is the status on the retail version In-Reply-To: <20081126211924.GL20493@kwaak.net> References: <20081126211924.GL20493@kwaak.net> Message-ID: <49395337.4040409@dusted.dk> Just asking, since I ordered pray today, and won't be able to play it before the retail status comes out? Also, it's not like it will be impossible to release a bugfix version later on if it proves necessary. On a lighter note, I'm able to mirror the retail installer (30 mbit), and translate relevant pages to danish. Best Regards Jimmy. From cory at users.sourceforge.net Mon Dec 8 20:10:19 2008 From: cory at users.sourceforge.net (Cory Jon Hollingsworth) Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 18:10:19 -0700 (MST) Subject: Linux Prey released 12/07/08 Message-ID: <60559.172.20.0.3.1228785019.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> Woohoo! http://icculus.org/prey/ From cory at users.sourceforge.net Mon Dec 8 20:37:49 2008 From: cory at users.sourceforge.net (Cory Jon Hollingsworth) Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 18:37:49 -0700 (MST) Subject: CD Key problem Message-ID: <60892.172.20.0.3.1228786669.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> I was one of the people who after playing the Linux Prey demo eagerly purchase the Windows version of Prey before the commercial Linux version was released. I had thought that as long as I could install the Windows version of Prey with Wine I could then use the Windows installation to install the Linux version of Prey. I've done this before with old ID games. It worked alright except I now have a problem that I lack a CD key. I think this is a side effect of me purchasing the Windows version of Prey from Direct2Drive.com who must have the CD Key hard coded into the installation file. Now I have the Linux version of Prey installed but I cannot get past the CD key window. I'd hate to buy Prey a second time. Is there a way to extract the CD key from a Windows installation? Just a warning to those who are planning on purchasing Prey from a download store. Make certain you have the CD key! From gmureddu at prodigy.net.mx Mon Dec 8 22:25:04 2008 From: gmureddu at prodigy.net.mx (Gian Paolo Mureddu) Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:25:04 -0600 Subject: [prey] CD Key problem In-Reply-To: <60892.172.20.0.3.1228786669.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> References: <60892.172.20.0.3.1228786669.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> Message-ID: <493DE510.2030403@prodigy.net.mx> Cory Jon Hollingsworth escribi?: > I was one of the people who after playing the Linux Prey demo eagerly > purchase the Windows version of Prey before the commercial Linux version > was released. > > I had thought that as long as I could install the Windows version of Prey > with Wine I could then use the Windows installation to install the Linux > version of Prey. I've done this before with old ID games. It worked > alright except I now have a problem that I lack a CD key. I think this is > a side effect of me purchasing the Windows version of Prey from > Direct2Drive.com who must have the CD Key hard coded into the installation > file. Now I have the Linux version of Prey installed but I cannot get > past the CD key window. I'd hate to buy Prey a second time. Is there a > way to extract the CD key from a Windows installation? > > Just a warning to those who are planning on purchasing Prey from a > download store. Make certain you have the CD key! > > I was this [ ] close to buy it off Steam, and would probably run into the same problem. I actually pre-ordered my copy off TuxGames on Nov. 03. I don't care they'll have it in stock until January (sucks, but at least they'll have it) and then a bit longer to get it on my door. I hope you find a way to see/check the CD Key of that Windows install (I might suggest you to check the Windows' [wine] registry, but most likely they coded it there in hex if not to avoid, make it harder to extract). Good luck. From vperetokin at gmail.com Mon Dec 8 22:47:16 2008 From: vperetokin at gmail.com (Vadim Peretokin) Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 22:47:16 -0500 Subject: installing prey Message-ID: <6995ca080812081947w6deaa02p160f1c89536086d7@mail.gmail.com> Hi, I obtained Prey from Direct2Drive website - got a Prey_Setup_v1.3.exe file that's 1.6gb big for a download. However, the linux prey installer wants a disk inserted. Any idea how can I point it to get the stuff from the .exe? I don't have a window partition about. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mgavl69 at juno.com Mon Dec 8 23:14:54 2008 From: mgavl69 at juno.com (Michael) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 04:14:54 GMT Subject: [prey] installing prey Message-ID: <20081208.231454.24408.0@webmail20.vgs.untd.com> I'd say play/install it through Wine , it's just as good. It's not like the Doom3 linux client where you can copy files over which is a problem it looks like. I'm not technical support. :] ____________________________________________________________ Save $15 on Flowers and Gifts from FTD! Shop now at http://offers.juno.com/TGL1131/?u=http://www.ftd.com/17007 From gmureddu at prodigy.net.mx Mon Dec 8 23:36:25 2008 From: gmureddu at prodigy.net.mx (Gian Paolo Mureddu) Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:36:25 -0600 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <6995ca080812081947w6deaa02p160f1c89536086d7@mail.gmail.com> References: <6995ca080812081947w6deaa02p160f1c89536086d7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <493DF5C9.1040300@prodigy.net.mx> Vadim Peretokin escribi?: > Hi, > > I obtained Prey from Direct2Drive website - got a Prey_Setup_v1.3.exe > file that's 1.6gb big for a download. However, the linux prey > installer wants a disk inserted. > > Any idea how can I point it to get the stuff from the .exe? I don't > have a window partition about. There is another thread with the very same problem. While you can use the installed files once you install it using Wine, the problem is then the CDKey, as this "install file" does not seem to have it in plain form. I'd assume is the same deal with the Steam version of Prey? From mgavl69 at juno.com Mon Dec 8 23:47:32 2008 From: mgavl69 at juno.com (Michael) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 04:47:32 GMT Subject: [prey] installing prey Message-ID: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> There's no preykey or somesuch file? Guess you'll have to find 'alternate' means. ____________________________________________________________ Domain Registration - Click Here http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/fc/PnY6rbuwwbkWAMuMi3GtILYSJoIDQxtNZBtEfMXIVArpAeBI2FmzJ/ From cory at users.sourceforge.net Tue Dec 9 00:31:19 2008 From: cory at users.sourceforge.net (Cory Jon Hollingsworth) Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 22:31:19 -0700 (MST) Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> Message-ID: <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> > There's no preykey or somesuch file? Guess you'll have to find 'alternate' > means. > Sadly I ended up implementing an 'alternate' means. Technically I have a key that I paid for, I just cannot figure out how to access it. Hopefully others will be smarter than I and not order their copy from Direct2Drive.com. For some reason I couldn't get the Steam download to work which is why I tried D2D. I was too impatient to wait for a DVD via snail mail. On the bright side the game is working well on Ubuntu 8.10 64bit with a NVidia 8600 graphics card and a 2.6 Ghz AMD CPU. I'm getting some artifacts in the sound, but it doesn't detract too much from the game play. The game doesn't like resolution above 1024x768 on my system. Looks good at that resolution though. You need to delete the .prey sub-directory in your home directory if you choose a resolution that crashes your game. At which point you need to retype the CD key. I've smoothly played up to the first boss monster w/o any stability problems. From mgavl69 at juno.com Tue Dec 9 00:40:32 2008 From: mgavl69 at juno.com (Michael) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 05:40:32 GMT Subject: [prey] installing prey Message-ID: <20081209.004032.9778.0@webmail14.vgs.untd.com> To install the Linux version using datafiles downloaded through Steam, run the installer like this (assuming the Windows partition is mounted at "/mnt/ntfsdisk"): ./prey-installer-12072008.bin --from-install --media '/mnt/ntfsdisk/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common/prey/base' taken from http://icculus.org/prey/ ____________________________________________________________ Click to find high quality stock photos and images. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/fc/PnY6rbtzji7ydYdt6MoXiEBHICJfyuSn7jomdgInhTdBVPuva8KBt/ From lists at dusted.dk Tue Dec 9 05:05:58 2008 From: lists at dusted.dk (DusteD) Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 11:05:58 +0100 Subject: [prey] CD Key problem In-Reply-To: <60892.172.20.0.3.1228786669.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> References: <60892.172.20.0.3.1228786669.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> Message-ID: <493E4306.3070909@dusted.dk> Cory Jon Hollingsworth skrev: > I was one of the people who after playing the Linux Prey demo eagerly > purchase the Windows version of Prey before the commercial Linux version > was released. > > I had thought that as long as I could install the Windows version of Prey > with Wine I could then use the Windows installation to install the Linux > version of Prey. I've done this before with old ID games. It worked > alright except I now have a problem that I lack a CD key. I think this is > a side effect of me purchasing the Windows version of Prey from > Direct2Drive.com who must have the CD Key hard coded into the installation > file. Now I have the Linux version of Prey installed but I cannot get > past the CD key window. I'd hate to buy Prey a second time. Is there a > way to extract the CD key from a Windows installation? > > Just a warning to those who are planning on purchasing Prey from a > download store. Make certain you have the CD key! > Thanks for the warning. Now, I'm by no means tech support, since I don't even have the CD version installed (still waiting for discs) but did you specify |--from-install --media '/path/to/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common/prey/base' as instructed by the installer page? Also, is direct2drive.com the same as steam or something else? because the installer page does not mention it being supported. Best Regards Jimmy | From cory at users.sourceforge.net Tue Dec 9 07:52:32 2008 From: cory at users.sourceforge.net (Cory Jon Hollingsworth) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 05:52:32 -0700 (MST) Subject: [prey] CD Key problem In-Reply-To: <493E4306.3070909@dusted.dk> References: <60892.172.20.0.3.1228786669.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E4306.3070909@dusted.dk> Message-ID: <62510.172.20.0.3.1228827152.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> > Cory Jon Hollingsworth skrev: >> I was one of the people who after playing the Linux Prey demo eagerly >> purchase the Windows version of Prey before the commercial Linux version >> was released. >> >> I had thought that as long as I could install the Windows version of >> Prey >> with Wine I could then use the Windows installation to install the Linux >> version of Prey. I've done this before with old ID games. It worked >> alright except I now have a problem that I lack a CD key. I think this >> is >> a side effect of me purchasing the Windows version of Prey from >> Direct2Drive.com who must have the CD Key hard coded into the >> installation >> file. Now I have the Linux version of Prey installed but I cannot get >> past the CD key window. I'd hate to buy Prey a second time. Is there a >> way to extract the CD key from a Windows installation? >> >> Just a warning to those who are planning on purchasing Prey from a >> download store. Make certain you have the CD key! >> > Thanks for the warning. > > Now, I'm by no means tech support, since I don't even have the CD > version installed (still waiting for discs) > but did you specify |--from-install --media > '/path/to/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Steam/steamapps/common/prey/base' > as instructed by the installer page? > Also, is direct2drive.com the same as steam or something else? because > the installer page does not mention it being supported. > Yep. That's exactly the way I did the install. I highlighted and pasted the install text from the web page and replaced it with my wine install path. Although it did prompt me again for the installation directory during the installation process which I thought was strange. It looked like the installation worked fine until I ran the "prey" binary and the key popped up. I tried running the install a second time to see if Prey would still ask for a key but I ended up with the same results. I still have the command in my bash recall history. My path is a little different because my copy was from D2D and not Steam: ./prey-installer-12072008.bin --from-install --media '/home/dalek/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base' I wonder if a Steam install is different in some way than a D2D install. Maybe the installer parses the path and looks for the word Steam. D2D has an account page which shows what games I have purchased and has the "activation code" next to the game which looks like a CD key, but mine is too long for the 18 character limit that the binary gives me. D2D has my Prey activation code listed as "0B904692-D4CD-4FE3-BE13-7DEC045ECCC4" which is 32 characters instead of the 18. The first 18 and last 18 chars do not work as a CD key. Makes me wonder if D2D is supposed to have the true CD key there but due to a bug mine was scrambled. I'm not going to worry about it further. I bought a legit copy of Prey so 2K received my monetary support for allowing the game to be ported. That was my intent. I had some problems getting it to work with the "copy protection" CD key mechanism and ended up using a pirate key to get it working. Frankly this is better luck than half of the Linux games I've purchase in the last 10 years. Yes I was one of the few who purchased all the Loki games back in the late '90's early '00's with the idealistic notion that you vote with your dollar. Sad Loki's business model didn't fair better. Hopefully if someone has a D2D copy their "activation code" will work as a CD key for them. From vperetokin at gmail.com Tue Dec 9 08:41:34 2008 From: vperetokin at gmail.com (Vadim Peretokin) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 08:41:34 -0500 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> Message-ID: <6995ca080812090541k16ac1eb5j4e7b654016e6aa03@mail.gmail.com> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Cory Jon Hollingsworth < cory at users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > There's no preykey or somesuch file? Guess you'll have to find > 'alternate' > > means. > > > > Sadly I ended up implementing an 'alternate' means. Technically I have a > key that I paid for, I just cannot figure out how to access it. Hopefully > others will be smarter than I and not order their copy from > Direct2Drive.com. For some reason I couldn't get the Steam download to > work which is why I tried D2D. I was too impatient to wait for a DVD via > snail mail. > > On the bright side the game is working well on Ubuntu 8.10 64bit with a > NVidia 8600 graphics card and a 2.6 Ghz AMD CPU. I'm getting some > artifacts in the sound, but it doesn't detract too much from the game > play. The game doesn't like resolution above 1024x768 on my system. > Looks good at that resolution though. > > You need to delete the .prey sub-directory in your home directory if you > choose a resolution that crashes your game. At which point you need to > retype the CD key. > > I've smoothly played up to the first boss monster w/o any stability > problems. > > > Just to get you right - did you get it working natively or via Wine? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From cory at users.sourceforge.net Tue Dec 9 09:29:23 2008 From: cory at users.sourceforge.net (Cory Jon Hollingsworth) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 07:29:23 -0700 (MST) Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <6995ca080812090541k16ac1eb5j4e7b654016e6aa03@mail.gmail.com> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <6995ca080812090541k16ac1eb5j4e7b654016e6aa03@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <37411.144.90.130.253.1228832963.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Cory Jon Hollingsworth < > cory at users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> > There's no preykey or somesuch file? Guess you'll have to find >> 'alternate' >> > means. >> > >> >> Sadly I ended up implementing an 'alternate' means. Technically I have >> a >> key that I paid for, I just cannot figure out how to access it. >> Hopefully >> others will be smarter than I and not order their copy from >> Direct2Drive.com. For some reason I couldn't get the Steam download to >> work which is why I tried D2D. I was too impatient to wait for a DVD >> via >> snail mail. >> >> On the bright side the game is working well on Ubuntu 8.10 64bit with a >> NVidia 8600 graphics card and a 2.6 Ghz AMD CPU. I'm getting some >> artifacts in the sound, but it doesn't detract too much from the game >> play. The game doesn't like resolution above 1024x768 on my system. >> Looks good at that resolution though. >> >> You need to delete the .prey sub-directory in your home directory if you >> choose a resolution that crashes your game. At which point you need to >> retype the CD key. >> >> I've smoothly played up to the first boss monster w/o any stability >> problems. >> >> >> > > > Just to get you right - did you get it working natively or via Wine? > Natively. From vperetokin at gmail.com Tue Dec 9 09:31:07 2008 From: vperetokin at gmail.com (Vadim Peretokin) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 09:31:07 -0500 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <37411.144.90.130.253.1228832963.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <6995ca080812090541k16ac1eb5j4e7b654016e6aa03@mail.gmail.com> <37411.144.90.130.253.1228832963.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> Message-ID: <6995ca080812090631o86f3737gb474c150a6f9e23f@mail.gmail.com> Hmm ok. I'm ona n 8600m gt, but 1440x900 rez... we'll see how it goes. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lists at dusted.dk Tue Dec 9 09:36:57 2008 From: lists at dusted.dk (DusteD) Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:36:57 +0100 Subject: [prey] CD Key problem In-Reply-To: <62510.172.20.0.3.1228827152.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> References: <60892.172.20.0.3.1228786669.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E4306.3070909@dusted.dk> <62510.172.20.0.3.1228827152.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> Message-ID: <493E8289.3010900@dusted.dk> Cory Jon Hollingsworth skrev: > > Yep. That's exactly the way I did the install. > > I highlighted and pasted the install text from the web page and replaced > it with my wine install path. Although it did prompt me again for the > installation directory during the installation process which I thought was > strange. It looked like the installation worked fine until I ran the > "prey" binary and the key popped up. I tried running the install a second > time to see if Prey would still ask for a key but I ended up with the same > results. > > I still have the command in my bash recall history. My path is a little > different because my copy was from D2D and not Steam: > > ./prey-installer-12072008.bin --from-install --media > '/home/dalek/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base' > > I think you should search for a file called "preykey", it might be in some prey config dir. In the linux version the file is in ~/.prey/base/preykey This might be something like C:\documents and settings\username\Local Settings\something You can do a search like: cd ~/.wine/drive_c/ find -name preykey Assuming that the install from D2D was completed and functioning (I heard the win version of prey runs in wine). From ubuntu at dpb.org.uk Tue Dec 9 09:52:43 2008 From: ubuntu at dpb.org.uk (Paul Bell) Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:52:43 +0000 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> Message-ID: <493E863B.6060005@dpb.org.uk> Cory Jon Hollingsworth wrote: [snip] > On the bright side the game is working well on Ubuntu 8.10 64bit with a > NVidia 8600 graphics card and a 2.6 Ghz AMD CPU. I'm getting some > artifacts in the sound, but it doesn't detract too much from the game > play. The game doesn't like resolution above 1024x768 on my system. > Looks good at that resolution though. [snip] I'm also getting stuttering/crackly sound whereas the demo worked perfectly. I'm also running Ubuntu 8.10 64bit with an NVidia 8600 GPU. Anyone else having this problem? From cory at users.sourceforge.net Tue Dec 9 10:13:39 2008 From: cory at users.sourceforge.net (Cory Jon Hollingsworth) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 08:13:39 -0700 (MST) Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <493E863B.6060005@dpb.org.uk> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E863B.6060005@dpb.org.uk> Message-ID: <56997.144.90.130.253.1228835619.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> > Cory Jon Hollingsworth wrote: > [snip] >> On the bright side the game is working well on Ubuntu 8.10 64bit with a >> NVidia 8600 graphics card and a 2.6 Ghz AMD CPU. I'm getting some >> artifacts in the sound, but it doesn't detract too much from the game >> play. The game doesn't like resolution above 1024x768 on my system. >> Looks good at that resolution though. > [snip] > > I'm also getting stuttering/crackly sound whereas the demo worked > perfectly. I'm > also running Ubuntu 8.10 64bit with an NVidia 8600 GPU. Anyone else having > this > problem? > Yeah. It is sort of like a statically skip. When I tried the demo I had perfect sound as well. I'm using a Sound Blaster card. Don't remember the exact model. It shows up like this is an lspci: "Creative Labs SB Audigy LS" and it uses the snd_ca0106 driver. Does your card use the same driver? From johnnyspacecowboy at googlemail.com Tue Dec 9 10:15:14 2008 From: johnnyspacecowboy at googlemail.com (William J. Coleman) Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:15:14 +0100 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <493E863B.6060005@dpb.org.uk> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E863B.6060005@dpb.org.uk> Message-ID: <1228835714.14747.1.camel@william-desktop> Yeah. I'm getting the same crappy sound, which I didn't get on the demo. Any ideas on a fix would be well appreciated. Though, it is playable. Roach On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 14:52 +0000, Paul Bell wrote: > Cory Jon Hollingsworth wrote: > [snip] > > On the bright side the game is working well on Ubuntu 8.10 64bit with a > > NVidia 8600 graphics card and a 2.6 Ghz AMD CPU. I'm getting some > > artifacts in the sound, but it doesn't detract too much from the game > > play. The game doesn't like resolution above 1024x768 on my system. > > Looks good at that resolution though. > [snip] > > I'm also getting stuttering/crackly sound whereas the demo worked perfectly. I'm > also running Ubuntu 8.10 64bit with an NVidia 8600 GPU. Anyone else having this > problem? > > > --- > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to prey-unsubscribe at icculus.org > Mailing list archives: http://icculus.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm/ezmlm-cgi?68 > From cory at users.sourceforge.net Tue Dec 9 10:20:16 2008 From: cory at users.sourceforge.net (Cory Jon Hollingsworth) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 08:20:16 -0700 (MST) Subject: [prey] CD Key problem In-Reply-To: <493E8289.3010900@dusted.dk> References: <60892.172.20.0.3.1228786669.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E4306.3070909@dusted.dk> <62510.172.20.0.3.1228827152.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E8289.3010900@dusted.dk> Message-ID: <33473.144.90.130.253.1228836016.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> > Cory Jon Hollingsworth skrev: >> Yep. That's exactly the way I did the install. >> I highlighted and pasted the install text from the web page and replaced >> it with my wine install path. Although it did prompt me again for the installation directory during the installation process which I thought was >> strange. It looked like the installation worked fine until I ran the "prey" binary and the key popped up. I tried running the install a second >> time to see if Prey would still ask for a key but I ended up with the same >> results. >> I still have the command in my bash recall history. My path is a little >> different because my copy was from D2D and not Steam: >> ./prey-installer-12072008.bin --from-install --media >> '/home/dalek/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base' > > I think you should search for a file called "preykey", it might be in some prey config dir. > In the linux version the file is in ~/.prey/base/preykey > This might be something like C:\documents and settings\username\Local Settings\something > You can do a search like: > cd ~/.wine/drive_c/ > find -name preykey > > Assuming that the install from D2D was completed and functioning (I heard the win version of prey runs in wine). No such file in my Wine installation. I only know that the Windows version installed the binaries and pak files through Wine. I don't know if it was a good install beyond the fact that the Linux Prey installer didn't have trouble using the base directory. When I tried running the Windows Prey in Wine it crashed at the command prompt. It may not work because I skipped the Direct X 9.0 install since I intended to run Prey natively. It is possible that the problem is really with D2D. Maybe they were supposed to display my CD key on the web site under activation code and I would have been in the same boat if I was a Windows user. It is sort of tough to go to a vendor after purchasing a Windows program and complain that it does not work in Linux. I would have far preferred a native Linux DVD/download that didn't require the purchase of Windows software, but I don't see that happening unless Linux gets more than 5% of the home computer share. After all no one wants to repeat Loki's mistakes. One thing I don't like about this approach is it sort of defeats the idea of voting with your dollar. Since I purchased a Windows copy of a game, a bean counter won't know I purchased it to run on Linux. From julroy67 at gmail.com Tue Dec 9 10:28:16 2008 From: julroy67 at gmail.com (Julien) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 16:28:16 +0100 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <1228835714.14747.1.camel@william-desktop> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E863B.6060005@dpb.org.uk> <1228835714.14747.1.camel@william-desktop> Message-ID: <703378ad0812090728q24770c42medce940d47ee9743@mail.gmail.com> 2008/12/9 William J. Coleman > Yeah. I'm getting the same crappy sound, which I didn't get on the demo. > Any ideas on a fix would be well appreciated. Though, it is playable. > > Roach > > On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 14:52 +0000, Paul Bell wrote: > > Cory Jon Hollingsworth wrote: > > [snip] > > > On the bright side the game is working well on Ubuntu 8.10 64bit with a > > > NVidia 8600 graphics card and a 2.6 Ghz AMD CPU. I'm getting some > > > artifacts in the sound, but it doesn't detract too much from the game > > > play. The game doesn't like resolution above 1024x768 on my system. > > > Looks good at that resolution though. > > [snip] > > > > I'm also getting stuttering/crackly sound whereas the demo worked > perfectly. I'm > > also running Ubuntu 8.10 64bit with an NVidia 8600 GPU. Anyone else > having this > > problem? > > > > > > --- > > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to prey-unsubscribe at icculus.org > > Mailing list archives: http://icculus.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm/ezmlm-cgi?68 > > > > > --- > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to prey-unsubscribe at icculus.org > Mailing list archives: http://icculus.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm/ezmlm-cgi?68 > > Same as all of above, the sound has a problem, I'm using OSSv4 and OSS backenf for Prey. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From johnnyspacecowboy at googlemail.com Tue Dec 9 10:29:03 2008 From: johnnyspacecowboy at googlemail.com (William J. Coleman) Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:29:03 +0100 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <56997.144.90.130.253.1228835619.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E863B.6060005@dpb.org.uk> <56997.144.90.130.253.1228835619.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> Message-ID: <1228836543.14747.3.camel@william-desktop> I'm using an old-but-true Sound Blaster with the 101k chip. This is the first game to have sound issues. VivaLaRoach On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 08:13 -0700, Cory Jon Hollingsworth wrote: > > Cory Jon Hollingsworth wrote: > > [snip] > >> On the bright side the game is working well on Ubuntu 8.10 64bit with a > >> NVidia 8600 graphics card and a 2.6 Ghz AMD CPU. I'm getting some > >> artifacts in the sound, but it doesn't detract too much from the game > >> play. The game doesn't like resolution above 1024x768 on my system. > >> Looks good at that resolution though. > > [snip] > > > > I'm also getting stuttering/crackly sound whereas the demo worked > > perfectly. I'm > > also running Ubuntu 8.10 64bit with an NVidia 8600 GPU. Anyone else having > > this > > problem? > > > > Yeah. It is sort of like a statically skip. When I tried the demo I had > perfect sound as well. > > I'm using a Sound Blaster card. Don't remember the exact model. It shows > up like this is an lspci: "Creative Labs SB Audigy LS" and it uses the > snd_ca0106 driver. > > Does your card use the same driver? > > > --- > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to prey-unsubscribe at icculus.org > Mailing list archives: http://icculus.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm/ezmlm-cgi?68 > From ard at kwaak.net Tue Dec 9 10:36:39 2008 From: ard at kwaak.net (ard) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 16:36:39 +0100 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <56997.144.90.130.253.1228835619.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E863B.6060005@dpb.org.uk> <56997.144.90.130.253.1228835619.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> Message-ID: <20081209153639.GC20493@kwaak.net> On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 08:13:39AM -0700, Cory Jon Hollingsworth wrote: > Yeah. It is sort of like a statically skip. When I tried the demo I had > perfect sound as well. The first demo used whatever SDL used, and that defaulted to OSS. The *second* demo uses alsa as default, which made it crackle. Hmmm, maybe that's what I forgot to report :-(. Saying to SDL that it should use oss should make it uncrackle. -- .signature not found From vperetokin at gmail.com Tue Dec 9 10:55:11 2008 From: vperetokin at gmail.com (Vadim Peretokin) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 10:55:11 -0500 Subject: [prey] CD Key problem In-Reply-To: <33473.144.90.130.253.1228836016.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> References: <60892.172.20.0.3.1228786669.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E4306.3070909@dusted.dk> <62510.172.20.0.3.1228827152.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E8289.3010900@dusted.dk> <33473.144.90.130.253.1228836016.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> Message-ID: <6995ca080812090755p117dab97n281ededf51d973e8@mail.gmail.com> Yep, totally agree with you. Oh well, there's still a ton of linux games coming about. I'm still on Savage 2, http://www.playgreenhouse.com/games;jsessionid=C1537F24C48DF97F47309DA148751341lists some cross-platform ones, Overgrowth and World of Goo will be available natively soon. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From piborg at gmail.com Tue Dec 9 13:40:57 2008 From: piborg at gmail.com (Peter Borgmann) Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:40:57 +0100 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <20081209153639.GC20493@kwaak.net> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E863B.6060005@dpb.org.uk> <56997.144.90.130.253.1228835619.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <20081209153639.GC20493@kwaak.net> Message-ID: <493EBBB9.9030706@gmail.com> ard schrieb: > On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 08:13:39AM -0700, Cory Jon Hollingsworth wrote: > >> Yeah. It is sort of like a statically skip. When I tried the demo I had >> perfect sound as well. >> > > The first demo used whatever SDL used, and that defaulted to OSS. > The *second* demo uses alsa as default, which made it crackle. > Hmmm, maybe that's what I forgot to report :-(. > Saying to SDL that it should use oss should make it uncrackle. > > I ran into the same problem, but my solution was quite the opposite. Some people reported this crackling sound issue with the demo and so I've found bug 3833. Then I just used its solution with the binary (the demo already seems to be fixed now). So here is what I did: cd ~/prey SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa ./prey The game runs perfectly now for me on AMD Sempron 3000+ (1.8 Ghz), 2 Gig RAM and a GeForce 7600 GT with 1280x1024 and high Texture Quality. Awesome! From ard at kwaak.net Tue Dec 9 14:34:19 2008 From: ard at kwaak.net (ard) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 20:34:19 +0100 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <493EBBB9.9030706@gmail.com> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E863B.6060005@dpb.org.uk> <56997.144.90.130.253.1228835619.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <20081209153639.GC20493@kwaak.net> <493EBBB9.9030706@gmail.com> Message-ID: <20081209193419.GD20493@kwaak.net> On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 07:40:57PM +0100, Peter Borgmann wrote: > The game runs perfectly now for me on AMD Sempron 3000+ (1.8 Ghz), 2 Gig > RAM and a GeForce 7600 GT > with 1280x1024 and high Texture Quality. Awesome! Heheh... I have even lower specs I guess: AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2600+, 1.5Gig, and an ati X800 pro, and a soundblaster live of course. There is a thread about alsa-lib: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-lib/+bug/66483 especially: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-lib/+bug/66483/comments/35 from some guy name ryan ;-). Anyway, to me it sounds like a buffer underrun, and since I have a lot (also on intel-hda) combined with mplayer I didn't worry about it. But yes, it is annoying. /me will read on in that thread -- .signature not found From piborg at gmail.com Tue Dec 9 14:42:37 2008 From: piborg at gmail.com (Peter Borgmann) Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:42:37 +0100 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <6995ca080812090541k16ac1eb5j4e7b654016e6aa03@mail.gmail.com> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <6995ca080812090541k16ac1eb5j4e7b654016e6aa03@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <493ECA2D.8070203@gmail.com> Vadim Peretokin schrieb: > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:31 AM, Cory Jon Hollingsworth < > cory at users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > > Just to get you right - did you get it working natively or via Wine? > Good question. About an hour ago I posted my "fix" with the sound cluttering issue, but now I found when I start prey this way (not via menu entry but directly from the ~/prey folder), the 'open with' properties default to 'Wine Windows-Programstarter'. Now I'm somewhat confused. Is there actually a 'nativ' version (and if so, where is the binary after installation?) or is the prey-installer nothing more than a wine using fake? From ard at kwaak.net Tue Dec 9 15:26:13 2008 From: ard at kwaak.net (ard) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 21:26:13 +0100 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <20081209193419.GD20493@kwaak.net> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E863B.6060005@dpb.org.uk> <56997.144.90.130.253.1228835619.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <20081209153639.GC20493@kwaak.net> <493EBBB9.9030706@gmail.com> <20081209193419.GD20493@kwaak.net> Message-ID: <20081209202613.GE20493@kwaak.net> On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 08:34:19PM +0100, ard wrote: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-lib/+bug/66483/comments/35 > from some guy name ryan ;-). Setting SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dsp fixes it for me. As an alternative I edited ~/.prey/base/: ard at asus1:~/.prey$ grep openal base/preyconfig.cfg seta s_libOpenAL "/usr/lib/libopenal.so.1" Then I started prey, and just switched the sound driver to openal, and switched the openal audio device to alsa-hardware-sb-live . This gives me the same crackle free audio as dsp. BTW: RESPECT! on the fly switching of audiodrivers, and not even considering crashing or have "device is busy" things. Ryan: as a side note: Dsp does not crackle but it does occasionally have a hickup. The crackle I hear with SDL_Mixer+alsa is actually the same I have with mplayer. With mplayer I have a problem that when mplayer cannot read the network drive fast enough, it will start with a continuos crackle. Pausing and unpausing is the only way to fix that. As far as I know I do not use SDL audio with mplayer. The openal solution seems to have no hickups. BTW: this system als does: http://projects.kwaak.net/twiki/bin/view/Misc/EnergyReadingUsingANetcam which takes about 10s/1m of cpu time. (The result: http://stats.kwaak.net/munin/dc0/asus1.dc0-stroom.html ) -- .signature not found From piborg at gmail.com Tue Dec 9 15:47:57 2008 From: piborg at gmail.com (Peter Borgmann) Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:47:57 +0100 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <20081209202613.GE20493@kwaak.net> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E863B.6060005@dpb.org.uk> <56997.144.90.130.253.1228835619.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <20081209153639.GC20493@kwaak.net> <493EBBB9.9030706@gmail.com> <20081209193419.GD20493@kwaak.net> <20081209202613.GE20493@kwaak.net> Message-ID: <493ED97D.1070205@gmail.com> Lucky you, I tried the same and the program crashed. On next restart though the sound worked w/o crackling, but when entering options the program crashed again. So no solution for me. Btw, sry for suspecting the "wine-fake". I checked this and proved myself wrong: no active wine process while prey is running. ard schrieb: > On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 08:34:19PM +0100, ard wrote: > >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-lib/+bug/66483/comments/35 >> from some guy name ryan ;-). >> > > Setting SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dsp fixes it for me. > As an alternative I edited ~/.prey/base/: > ard at asus1:~/.prey$ grep openal base/preyconfig.cfg > seta s_libOpenAL "/usr/lib/libopenal.so.1" > > Then I started prey, and just switched the sound driver to > openal, and switched the openal audio device to > alsa-hardware-sb-live . > This gives me the same crackle free audio as dsp. > BTW: RESPECT! on the fly switching of audiodrivers, and not even > considering crashing or have "device is busy" things. > From srlinuxx at gmail.com Tue Dec 9 16:17:35 2008 From: srlinuxx at gmail.com (s) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 15:17:35 -0600 Subject: Sys_Error: _default material not found Message-ID: <200812091517.35745.srlinuxx@gmail.com> Anyone run into the error Sys_Error: _default material not found when trying to run Prey and know what's wrong? more of the error: file system initialized. -------------------------------------- ----- Initializing Decls ----- ------------------------------ ------- Initializing renderSystem -------- idRenderSystem::Shutdown() Sys_Error: _default material not found I figured either the download or copied files are bad, but I've redownloaded both and it didn't help. Anyone have the md5sum of the Prey binaries download? Thanks in advance. From kld at lavabit.com Tue Dec 9 21:32:26 2008 From: kld at lavabit.com (Kevin Dupree) Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:32:26 -0600 Subject: [prey] CD Key problem In-Reply-To: <62510.172.20.0.3.1228827152.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> (from cory@users.sourceforge.net on Tue Dec 9 06:52:32 2008) References: <60892.172.20.0.3.1228786669.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E4306.3070909@dusted.dk> <62510.172.20.0.3.1228827152.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> Message-ID: <1228876346.6891.0@gto> From icculus at icculus.org Wed Dec 10 00:52:44 2008 From: icculus at icculus.org (Ryan C. Gordon) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:52:44 -0500 Subject: [prey] Sys_Error: _default material not found In-Reply-To: <200812091517.35745.srlinuxx@gmail.com> References: <200812091517.35745.srlinuxx@gmail.com> Message-ID: <493F592C.9020803@icculus.org> > Anyone run into the error Sys_Error: _default material not found when trying > to run Prey and know what's wrong? Is this the retail version, installed with --from-install? The installer will incorrectly report success but not copy any of the data files if you gave --media a bogus path. This is an installer bug. Uninstall and try again with the right path (it's prey/base, not prey!) --ryan. From icculus at icculus.org Wed Dec 10 00:56:05 2008 From: icculus at icculus.org (Ryan C. Gordon) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:56:05 -0500 Subject: [prey] CD Key problem In-Reply-To: <1228876346.6891.0@gto> References: <60892.172.20.0.3.1228786669.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E4306.3070909@dusted.dk> <62510.172.20.0.3.1228827152.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <1228876346.6891.0@gto> Message-ID: <493F59F5.6080703@icculus.org> Btw, I've been collecting known issues and workarounds: http://icculus.org/cgi-bin/finger/finger.pl?user=icculus&date=2008-12-08&time=23-47-09 --ryan. From srlinuxx at gmail.com Wed Dec 10 01:25:51 2008 From: srlinuxx at gmail.com (s) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:25:51 -0600 Subject: [prey] Sys_Error: _default material not found In-Reply-To: <493F592C.9020803@icculus.org> References: <200812091517.35745.srlinuxx@gmail.com> <493F592C.9020803@icculus.org> Message-ID: <200812100025.51293.srlinuxx@gmail.com> On Tuesday 09 December 2008, Ryan C. Gordon wrote: > > Anyone run into the error Sys_Error: _default material not found when > > trying to run Prey and know what's wrong? > > Is this the retail version, installed with --from-install? > > The installer will incorrectly report success but not copy any of the > data files if you gave --media a bogus path. This is an installer bug. > > Uninstall and try again with the right path (it's prey/base, not prey!) yes, retail version. I used prey/base. thanks again. From gmureddu at prodigy.net.mx Wed Dec 10 01:39:19 2008 From: gmureddu at prodigy.net.mx (Gian Paolo Mureddu) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:39:19 -0600 Subject: Crackling Sound issue work-around (for PA) Message-ID: <493F6417.5090109@prodigy.net.mx> If you are running a recent distribution (Ubuntu 8.10, Feodra 10, or any other distribution using PulseAudio by default), you will have to either change the prey launcher script or append an environment variable to your launch command (e.g. Desktop launcher). This variable is SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulseaudio, which should make things much better. Also this problem seems to be an issue within SDL 1.2.13 and thus far I've seen it affect only Emu10K1 Creative Labs-based hardware... However from the other thread it would appear as if it also other cards not based around this driver do have issues (Audigy LS, Live 24-bit). If you dare, you can modify the launcher script in $PREY_INSTALL_PATH/ prey, and somwehere at the top of the file (bellow the first comments, for example) append: export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulseaudio Alternatively, you may alter your session so that this variable is exported whenever you log into your session and as such any program using SDL 1.2.13 would use the correct SDL_AUDIODRIVER (in orther to achieve this, you can simply copy paste the following): ---- script ---- #!/bin/bash # # Set the default SDL_AUDIODRIVER variable to pulseaudio. export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulseaudio --- /script --- Change the perms on the file to executable, place it somwhere in your PATH (i.e $HOME/bin; though most distros do not have such a directory, but do export the path in the PATH environment variable, so if yo do not have it, create it). If in GNOME, go to System -> Preferences -> Sessions* or System -> Preferences -> Personal -> Sessions**, add a new program, and simply write the name of the script you created. KDE users should be able to modify this from within the KDE Control Center (IIRC) *On Debian/Ubuntu ** On Fedora and other distributions. From ubuntu at dpb.org.uk Wed Dec 10 06:32:20 2008 From: ubuntu at dpb.org.uk (Paul Bell) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:32:20 +0000 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <56997.144.90.130.253.1228835619.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E863B.6060005@dpb.org.uk> <56997.144.90.130.253.1228835619.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> Message-ID: <493FA8C4.4000809@dpb.org.uk> Cory Jon Hollingsworth wrote: > I'm using a Sound Blaster card. Don't remember the exact model. It shows > up like this is an lspci: "Creative Labs SB Audigy LS" and it uses the > snd_ca0106 driver. > > Does your card use the same driver? I'm using an Audigy2. Peter Borgmann wrote: > So here is what I did: > cd ~/prey > SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa ./prey Using SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa works almost perfectly with the very occasional crackle but using SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dsp works flawlessly for me. I'm using alsa system wide so SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulseaudio just disables audio in the game. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions and to Ryan for all the hard work :) From piborg at gmail.com Wed Dec 10 09:26:37 2008 From: piborg at gmail.com (Peter Borgmann) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:26:37 +0100 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <493FA8C4.4000809@dpb.org.uk> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E863B.6060005@dpb.org.uk> <56997.144.90.130.253.1228835619.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493FA8C4.4000809@dpb.org.uk> Message-ID: <493FD19D.1090401@gmail.com> Paul Bell schrieb: > Cory Jon Hollingsworth wrote: >> I'm using a Sound Blaster card. Don't remember the exact model. It >> shows >> up like this is an lspci: "Creative Labs SB Audigy LS" and it uses the >> snd_ca0106 driver. >> >> Does your card use the same driver? > > I'm using an Audigy2. > > Peter Borgmann wrote: > > So here is what I did: > > cd ~/prey > > SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa ./prey > > Using SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa works almost perfectly with the very > occasional > crackle but using SDL_AUDIODRIVER=dsp works flawlessly for me. I'm > using alsa > system wide so SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulseaudio just disables audio in the > game. Same here, alsa and dsp works, but not pulsaudio which also completely disables sound here. Strange enough, cause I do have the pulseaudio driver installed. My card is an old SBLive! (Emu10k1), though I don't believe it's mainly a matter of card type rather than the way the soundsystem is implemented in your distro. I'm on Linux Mint, an Ubuntu derivate based on Elyssa if that matters. Just a wild guess: perhaps dsp can be considered the lowest common denominator, since /dev/dsp should be present on all (or most at least) Linux systems? From thor27 at gmail.com Wed Dec 10 09:35:47 2008 From: thor27 at gmail.com (Thomaz de Oliveira dos Reis) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:35:47 -0200 Subject: FNAC CD-Key is different Message-ID: <13ca66cd0812100635v57dc557blb7ca49f34593da85@mail.gmail.com> I bought the game through download at fnac.pt, but the CD KEY I got is in a different format: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX, 20 chars long... It doesnt fit the inside game key format.. is anything different with fnac.pt cd-key, or between windows and linux version.... I'm also trying to contact fnac.pt if they know about this.... thanks! From thor27 at gmail.com Wed Dec 10 10:23:08 2008 From: thor27 at gmail.com (Thomaz de Oliveira dos Reis) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:23:08 -0200 Subject: FNAC CD-Key is different In-Reply-To: <13ca66cd0812100635v57dc557blb7ca49f34593da85@mail.gmail.com> References: <13ca66cd0812100635v57dc557blb7ca49f34593da85@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <13ca66cd0812100723g1c7d3ed2mdf37dba2f792232d@mail.gmail.com> Oh.. I fixed? The fnac cdkey is different because is made by them... the ingame cdkey is the correct one... So to get the correct cd key, I did that: Install the game under wine Open the game the first time and activate it (through wine) and then copy the file from .wine/drive_c/where/the/game/was/installed/base/preykey to ~/.prey/base/ Know you can play ;) This could be added to a faq page or something like that... thanks! On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 12:35 PM, Thomaz de Oliveira dos Reis wrote: > I bought the game through download at fnac.pt, but the CD KEY I got is > in a different format: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX, 20 chars long... It > doesnt fit the inside game key format.. > > is anything different with fnac.pt cd-key, or between windows and > linux version.... I'm also trying to contact fnac.pt if they know > about this.... > > thanks! > From vperetokin at gmail.com Wed Dec 10 13:45:44 2008 From: vperetokin at gmail.com (Vadim Peretokin) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:45:44 -0500 Subject: [prey] Re: FNAC CD-Key is different In-Reply-To: <13ca66cd0812100723g1c7d3ed2mdf37dba2f792232d@mail.gmail.com> References: <13ca66cd0812100635v57dc557blb7ca49f34593da85@mail.gmail.com> <13ca66cd0812100723g1c7d3ed2mdf37dba2f792232d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <6995ca080812101045w77ded29au697f031fd87f129@mail.gmail.com> Nothing like that in a D2D install unfortunately: /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/config.spec /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/game00.pk4 /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/game02.pk4 /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/gamex86.dll /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/pak000.pk4 /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/pak001.pk4 /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/pak002.pk4 /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/pak003.pk4 /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/pak004.pk4 /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/pak005.pk4 /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/pak006.pk4 /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/pak020.pk4 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From thor27 at gmail.com Wed Dec 10 14:55:57 2008 From: thor27 at gmail.com (Thomaz de Oliveira dos Reis) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:55:57 -0200 Subject: [prey] Re: FNAC CD-Key is different In-Reply-To: <6995ca080812101045w77ded29au697f031fd87f129@mail.gmail.com> References: <13ca66cd0812100635v57dc557blb7ca49f34593da85@mail.gmail.com> <13ca66cd0812100723g1c7d3ed2mdf37dba2f792232d@mail.gmail.com> <6995ca080812101045w77ded29au697f031fd87f129@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <13ca66cd0812101155s4b841ff7me0726e02a5ea7eee@mail.gmail.com> You need to run the game, insert the "key" you got, and then exit... the game seems to run ok with wine...at least until the main menu... and then you see if the file is there... if not you could also try to search in "Document and Settings" folder, or even in regedit... good luck! On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 4:45 PM, Vadim Peretokin wrote: > Nothing like that in a D2D install unfortunately: > > /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/config.spec > /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/game00.pk4 > /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/game02.pk4 > /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/gamex86.dll > /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/pak000.pk4 > /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/pak001.pk4 > /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/pak002.pk4 > /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/pak003.pk4 > /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/pak004.pk4 > /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/pak005.pk4 > /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/pak006.pk4 > /home/vadi/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/2K Games/Prey/base/pak020.pk4 > From vperetokin at gmail.com Thu Dec 11 08:14:36 2008 From: vperetokin at gmail.com (Vadim Peretokin) Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:14:36 -0500 Subject: [prey] Re: FNAC CD-Key is different In-Reply-To: <13ca66cd0812101155s4b841ff7me0726e02a5ea7eee@mail.gmail.com> References: <13ca66cd0812100635v57dc557blb7ca49f34593da85@mail.gmail.com> <13ca66cd0812100723g1c7d3ed2mdf37dba2f792232d@mail.gmail.com> <6995ca080812101045w77ded29au697f031fd87f129@mail.gmail.com> <13ca66cd0812101155s4b841ff7me0726e02a5ea7eee@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <6995ca080812110514u61cee5d0o611ee3ee9385fc1f@mail.gmail.com> It fails to run for me even. I get a window with the prey logo as the icon and the following text: Not Found The requested URL /offline/02f5036c/valueadded/0/open.html was not found on this server. Apache/2.0.52 (Red Hat) Server at amlocalhost.macrovision.com Port 80 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I get a window with the prey logo as the icon > and the following text: > > > Not Found > > The requested URL /offline/02f5036c/valueadded/0/open.html was not found on > this server. > Apache/2.0.52 (Red Hat) Server at amlocalhost.macrovision.com Port 80 > From vperetokin at gmail.com Thu Dec 11 09:42:08 2008 From: vperetokin at gmail.com (Vadim Peretokin) Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:42:08 -0500 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <493FD19D.1090401@gmail.com> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E863B.6060005@dpb.org.uk> <56997.144.90.130.253.1228835619.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493FA8C4.4000809@dpb.org.uk> <493FD19D.1090401@gmail.com> Message-ID: <6995ca080812110642v5ca97e76w8beba89c127a6daf@mail.gmail.com> Installing Prey in a virtualbox, copying "base" folder to your linux install, pointing linux installer to it as an argument, installing, and copying preykey to ~/.prey/base worked for the direct2drive version. still have yet to receive a reply from their support though. seems like a poor service to me. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I wrote this off as simply being because the game was too old and nobody played it, but then I put up my own server, and still nothing.. The LAN serverbrowser works though. From org.Niemand at gmx.de Fri Dec 12 09:58:03 2008 From: org.Niemand at gmx.de (org.Niemand at gmx.de) Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:58:03 +0100 Subject: [prey] installing prey Message-ID: <20081212145803.142640@gmx.net> Hi, I installed the game from the win game dvd under ubuntu 8.04 64bit. The machine has a nvidia 8600gt graphics card on a dual screen setup and a AMD BE2450 cpu. The sound comes from the onboard nvidia hda sound with alsa emulation. The game runs great in window mode and full screen up to 1680x1050. No crappy sound. -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger geh?rt? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger From org.Niemand at gmx.de Fri Dec 12 09:58:05 2008 From: org.Niemand at gmx.de (org.Niemand at gmx.de) Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:58:05 +0100 Subject: [prey] installing prey Message-ID: <20081212145805.142600@gmx.net> Hi, I installed the game from the win game dvd under ubuntu 8.04 64bit. The machine has a nvidia 8600gt graphics card on a dual screen setup and a AMD BE2450 cpu. The sound comes from the onboard nvidia hda sound with alsa emulation. The game runs great in window mode and full screen up to 1680x1050. No crappy sound. -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger geh?rt? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger From autocrosser1 at gmail.com Fri Dec 12 10:03:44 2008 From: autocrosser1 at gmail.com (Dean Loros) Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 07:03:44 -0800 Subject: Success in Testing Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Message-ID: <49427D50.4030601@gmail.com> Installed from Limited Edition DVD--all runs very well--Hardware: Q9300--EVGA 750I FTW--Dual BFG 8600GT/OC--Hanns-G 28" @ 1920x1200--Onboard sound works well autocrosser @ ubuntuforums.org From vperetokin at gmail.com Fri Dec 12 10:22:22 2008 From: vperetokin at gmail.com (Vadim Peretokin) Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:22:22 -0500 Subject: [prey] Success in Testing Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) In-Reply-To: <49427D50.4030601@gmail.com> References: <49427D50.4030601@gmail.com> Message-ID: <6995ca080812120722h126af217o4e979ccd3a0b94eb@mail.gmail.com> What about multiplayer? On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Dean Loros wrote: > Installed from Limited Edition DVD--all runs very well--Hardware: > Q9300--EVGA 750I FTW--Dual BFG 8600GT/OC--Hanns-G 28" @ 1920x1200--Onboard > sound works well > > autocrosser @ ubuntuforums.org > > --- > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to prey-unsubscribe at icculus.org > Mailing list archives: http://icculus.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm/ezmlm-cgi?68 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From pez at apocalyptech.com Fri Dec 12 17:41:12 2008 From: pez at apocalyptech.com (CJ Kucera) Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:41:12 -0600 Subject: Thanks for the port! Message-ID: <20081212224112.GD2866@apocalyptech.com> Hey, just wanted to say thanks for putting this port together! I love having native clients for games, and it turns out that this client runs Prey much better than my comp was able to do via Cedega/Wine. I never did finish the game, back in the day; I'll to go and give it another runthrough now. Anyway, that's all. Thanks! -CJ -- WOW: Flemmy | "Happiness isn't good enough for me! I pez at apocalyptech.com | demand euphoria!" 24.24.2.3171 | - Calvin From autocrosser1 at gmail.com Fri Dec 12 20:51:06 2008 From: autocrosser1 at gmail.com (Dean Loros) Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 17:51:06 -0800 Subject: [prey] Success in Testing Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) In-Reply-To: <6995ca080812120722h126af217o4e979ccd3a0b94eb@mail.gmail.com> References: <49427D50.4030601@gmail.com> <6995ca080812120722h126af217o4e979ccd3a0b94eb@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4943150A.3090904@gmail.com> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From icculus at icculus.org Sat Dec 13 00:00:04 2008 From: icculus at icculus.org (Ryan C. Gordon) Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:00:04 -0500 Subject: [prey] Crackling Sound issue work-around (for PA) In-Reply-To: <493F6417.5090109@prodigy.net.mx> References: <493F6417.5090109@prodigy.net.mx> Message-ID: <49434154.1020908@icculus.org> > If you dare, you can modify the launcher script in $PREY_INSTALL_PATH/ > prey, and somwehere at the top of the file (bellow the first comments, > for example) append: > > export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulseaudio The retail version (and updated demo) uses PulseAudio by default, if it sees the pulse daemon running, so there's no need to do this, except for the original demo, which used /dev/dsp as the default. Failing that, it will try ALSA, and failing that, it will try /dev/dsp. --ryan. From icculus at icculus.org Sat Dec 13 00:09:54 2008 From: icculus at icculus.org (Ryan C. Gordon) Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:09:54 -0500 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <493FD19D.1090401@gmail.com> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E863B.6060005@dpb.org.uk> <56997.144.90.130.253.1228835619.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493FA8C4.4000809@dpb.org.uk> <493FD19D.1090401@gmail.com> Message-ID: <494343A2.8030301@icculus.org> > derivate based on Elyssa if that matters. Just a wild guess: perhaps > dsp can be considered the lowest common denominator, since /dev/dsp > should be present on all (or most at least) Linux systems? It tends to be present, but lots of times, it's a fake thing, like a wrapper script that catches open() calls to /dev/dsp and pipes them to something else, like PulseAudio or ALSA...and usually poorly. Even ALSA's in-kernel /dev/dsp emulation can produce bad results where talking to the same hardware directly through ALSA works...which is somewhat baffling to me. More baffling: sometimes talking to the /dev/dsp emulation works better than talking to the hardware through ALSA. The fundamental problem is there are two hardware APIs for audio in Linux, several daemons sitting on top of them, and many emulation layers between them. All of them are buggy, all of them work in some machines and not others...and chances are they'll be replaced by another standard with the same problem sooner than later, adding to the support matrix. I think it's nice that SDL lets you pick the one that happens to work well on your system, since we simply can't tell that one definitely will or will not work...but the bottom line is that it's an annoying scenario at best, from both a product standpoint and an engineering one. I don't really trust the people that decided esd was a good idea to ever get this right, though, and they're the ones that control the Linux desktop experience. --ryan. From piborg at gmail.com Sat Dec 13 08:40:44 2008 From: piborg at gmail.com (Peter Borgmann) Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:40:44 +0100 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <494343A2.8030301@icculus.org> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E863B.6060005@dpb.org.uk> <56997.144.90.130.253.1228835619.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493FA8C4.4000809@dpb.org.uk> <493FD19D.1090401@gmail.com> <494343A2.8030301@icculus.org> Message-ID: <4943BB5C.4090206@gmail.com> Ryan C. Gordon schrieb: > >> derivate based on Elyssa if that matters. Just a wild guess: perhaps >> dsp can be considered the lowest common denominator, since /dev/dsp >> should be present on all (or most at least) Linux systems? > > It tends to be present, but lots of times, it's a fake thing, like a > wrapper script that catches open() calls to /dev/dsp and pipes them to > something else, like PulseAudio or ALSA...and usually poorly. Even > ALSA's in-kernel /dev/dsp emulation can produce bad results where > talking to the same hardware directly through ALSA works...which is > somewhat baffling to me. More baffling: sometimes talking to the > /dev/dsp emulation works better than talking to the hardware through > ALSA. > > [...] > --ryan. I don't know much about these things, but strange things happen indeed. A pulseaudio daemon seems running on my system: pi at Serenity ~ $ ps aux | grep pulseaudio pi 6087 0.0 0.2 28364 5708 ? Sl 13:44 0:02 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --log-target=syslog pi 6192 0.0 0.1 5676 2212 ? S 13:44 0:00 /usr/lib/pulseaudio/pulse/gconf-helper but explicitly using pulseaudio with prey by setting SDL_AUDIODRIVER completely deactivates sound in prey. In a next step I found a configuration site from Arch Linux, dealing with pulseaudio and followed these steps. No difference, but SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa or dsp both still works. So what you say don't really explain to me why the sound stutters in prey w/o setting this variable. On the other hand my system never ran into sound problems, prey seems one of the extremely rare exceptions. So to me it looks like it is you who does some non-conform things with sound implementation. greets, Peter From icculus at icculus.org Sat Dec 13 09:09:31 2008 From: icculus at icculus.org (Ryan C. Gordon) Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:09:31 -0500 Subject: [prey] installing prey In-Reply-To: <4943BB5C.4090206@gmail.com> References: <20081208.234732.12508.0@webmail19.vgs.untd.com> <63159.172.20.0.3.1228800679.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493E863B.6060005@dpb.org.uk> <56997.144.90.130.253.1228835619.squirrel@www.pumpatorium.net> <493FA8C4.4000809@dpb.org.uk> <493FD19D.1090401@gmail.com> <494343A2.8030301@icculus.org> <4943BB5C.4090206@gmail.com> Message-ID: <4943C21B.9090907@icculus.org> > So what you say don't really explain to me why the sound stutters in > prey w/o setting this variable. On the other hand my system never ran > into sound problems, prey seems one of the extremely rare exceptions. So > to me it looks like it is you who does some non-conform things with > sound implementation. That's one possibility. Another possibility is that your MP3 player just feeds data to the hardware as fast as it can decode it, so there are never buffer underruns. We could do this in Prey, too, if you don't mind your rifle making noise a full second behind when you fired it. A more likely scenario: SDL doesn't convert from 44.1KHz sample rate to 48.0KHz correctly. Prey requires 44.1, lots of modern hardware only does 48...it's possible some drivers handle this better than others. --ryan. From icculus at icculus.org Sat Dec 13 16:39:13 2008 From: icculus at icculus.org (Ryan C. Gordon) Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:39:13 -0500 Subject: [Fwd: Prey seems to work with the Mac DVD] Message-ID: <49442B81.5000908@icculus.org> FYI, apparently the data files on the Mac disc are uncompressed, so you can coerce the installer to use them. --ryan. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Prey seems to work with the Mac DVD Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:28:39 +0100 To: icculus at icculus.org Hi Ryan, I wanted to tell you that Prey seems to work with the Mac retail version, although I haven't finished the game yet. I had to install it like this though, as the installer didn't recognize the disc: ./prey-installer-12072008.bin --from-install --media '/media/cdrom/prey/base' From demodevil at gmail.com Sun Dec 14 00:24:02 2008 From: demodevil at gmail.com (Slash) Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:24:02 -0500 Subject: Arch Linux Packages for Prey Message-ID: Greetings Comrades, I have created PKGBUILDs for the Arch Linux distribution. Please see the following links: prey: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=22209 prey-demo: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=20980 Thanks to Ryan for bringing this game to Linux. As a long time video gamer, I really appreciate his work for the Linux community. Keep up the good work, Ryan! Thanks, Slashbunny From chris_c at mail.linuxsouls.com Sun Dec 14 13:55:50 2008 From: chris_c at mail.linuxsouls.com (Chris Crisafulli) Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:55:50 -0500 Subject: [prey] Crackling Sound issue work-around (for PA) In-Reply-To: <49434154.1020908@icculus.org> References: <493F6417.5090109@prodigy.net.mx> <49434154.1020908@icculus.org> Message-ID: <1229280950.13077.12.camel@chris-mainpc> I was having an issue with sound as described here after installing the retail version of Prey. I still had the demo installed and launched it to see if it was truly a sound issue, but the sound was flawless. In the retail prey directory I backed up the libSDL-1.2.so.0 and copied the one from the prey-demo directory to the retail prey location. When I launched prey afterward sound was flawless. For newer users to linux I have documented exactly what I did here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6347456&postcount=100 This might not be the best fix, but to me it seemed the easiest, and most effective, as appending my launcher script made no improvement on my machine. Thanks Ryan for a wonderful Port! Chris On Sat, 2008-12-13 at 00:00 -0500, Ryan C. Gordon wrote: > > If you dare, you can modify the launcher script in $PREY_INSTALL_PATH/ > > prey, and somwehere at the top of the file (bellow the first comments, > > for example) append: > > > > export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=pulseaudio > > The retail version (and updated demo) uses PulseAudio by default, if it > sees the pulse daemon running, so there's no need to do this, except for > the original demo, which used /dev/dsp as the default. > > Failing that, it will try ALSA, and failing that, it will try /dev/dsp. > > --ryan. > > > > --- > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to prey-unsubscribe at icculus.org > Mailing list archives: http://icculus.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm/ezmlm-cgi?68 > From jimmytwinkle at gmail.com Thu Dec 25 17:13:05 2008 From: jimmytwinkle at gmail.com (Levi Scott) Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:13:05 -0800 Subject: Prey from a Steam install Message-ID: <1230243185.11811.12.camel@lappy> I just purchased and downloaded Prey from Steam with the intention of installing it on my linux machine today. The problem is when I launch Prey it asks me for a cd-key and I can't seem to find it on the receipt I got from steam or anywhere else. After googling around a bit I found that on the Steam support website it says that games purchased on Steam do not come with a cd key. Anyway if someone knows where I can find it in my Steam install or get one from the developer or the publisher I would appreciate it. If not you should seriously consider putting fair warning on icculus.org/prey that copies purchased on steam will not work because I'm out $15 and don't really have anything to show for it. I installed prey with this command ./prey-installer-12072008.bin --from-install --media ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Valve/Steam/steamapps/common/prey/base/ Any input would be great, Levi Scott From srlinuxx at gmail.com Thu Dec 25 20:06:28 2008 From: srlinuxx at gmail.com (s) Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:06:28 -0600 Subject: still trying to find default material Message-ID: <200812251906.28688.srlinuxx@gmail.com> Hi, I wrote a few weeks back about my error message when trying to run Prey: ------- Initializing renderSystem -------- idRenderSystem::Shutdown() Sys_Error: _default material not found Well, I was wondering if I could trouble someone for a list of files that is in your working install? Mine works in the Windows partition, but it won't when I try to install in Linux. I downloaded mine from EB Games and I suppose there could be some differences in it and the Steam version. Thanks again, Susan From jimmytwinkle at gmail.com Thu Dec 25 23:53:01 2008 From: jimmytwinkle at gmail.com (Levi Scott) Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:53:01 -0800 Subject: [prey] still trying to find default material In-Reply-To: <200812251906.28688.srlinuxx@gmail.com> References: <200812251906.28688.srlinuxx@gmail.com> Message-ID: <1230267181.24017.3.camel@lappy> I went ahead and generated some md5 sums for the main pak00*.pk4 files so you can compare them to check their integrity. 4bff754ac14a4d9037b05b68189c0a78 pak000.pk4 e6bd475b484e188c13b9935ce786f36b pak001.pk4 f224cf553d1d5d3c052588b231201951 pak002.pk4 e0616223c004d1168630eb72f0001f3d pak003.pk4 4bfc3535f9716884f0d2035669804611 pak004.pk4 On Thu, 2008-12-25 at 19:06 -0600, s wrote: > Hi, I wrote a few weeks back about my error message when trying to run Prey: > > ------- Initializing renderSystem -------- > idRenderSystem::Shutdown() > Sys_Error: _default material not found > > Well, I was wondering if I could trouble someone for a list of files that is > in your working install? Mine works in the Windows partition, but it won't > when I try to install in Linux. I downloaded mine from EB Games and I > suppose there could be some differences in it and the Steam version. > > Thanks again, > Susan > > --- > To unsubscribe, send a blank email to prey-unsubscribe at icculus.org > Mailing list archives: http://icculus.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm/ezmlm-cgi?68 > From jimmytwinkle at gmail.com Thu Dec 25 23:54:49 2008 From: jimmytwinkle at gmail.com (Levi Scott) Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 20:54:49 -0800 Subject: Prey from a Steam install In-Reply-To: <1230243185.11811.12.camel@lappy> References: <1230243185.11811.12.camel@lappy> Message-ID: <1230267289.24017.5.camel@lappy> Nevermind turns out I just needed to copy the preykey file from ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Valve/Steam/steamapps/common/prey/base/preykey to ~.prey/base/preykey. On Thu, 2008-12-25 at 14:13 -0800, Levi Scott wrote: > I just purchased and downloaded Prey from Steam with the intention of > installing it on my linux machine today. The problem is when I launch > Prey it asks me for a cd-key and I can't seem to find it on the receipt > I got from steam or anywhere else. After googling around a bit I found > that on the Steam support website it says that games purchased on Steam > do not come with a cd key. > Anyway if someone knows where I can find it in my Steam install or get > one from the developer or the publisher I would appreciate it. If not > you should seriously consider putting fair warning on icculus.org/prey > that copies purchased on steam will not work because I'm out $15 and > don't really have anything to show for it. > I installed prey with this command > ./prey-installer-12072008.bin --from-install --media > ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Valve/Steam/steamapps/common/prey/base/ > > Any input would be great, > Levi Scott >