Ubuntu 7.10 bugs on Intel MacBook

[mcandre]

The Linux binary works! I am so happy! There are a few problems with it in Ubuntu though:

1. Each time I am eliminated, until I respawn, the game dims. Not the whole screen, as I can still see my mask, team scores, and other things. But the environment blacks out.

2. PBall doesn't let me specify the audio device. Since I'm running this on a MacBook, I have to use PCM as the audio device or I can't control the volume--my roommate gets annoyed by the sound effects.

3. I think I was downloading a modified Shazzam map when PBall crashed. Though I had saved my configuration multiple times before starting the download, the conf. wasn't really saved. Upon restarting PBall, I had to reconfigure everything again. So 1) There's an element in that map which can crash PBall, and 2) The Save button doesn't really save immediately.

[jitspoe]

1) That's a server setting.
2) You should be able to specify the sound device with some of the console settings - something like s_device (don't remember offhand).
3) Not sure on this one.  Saving the config should work, but I don't know that I've tested it on Linux.  Perhaps you were saving it as a different file name?  Exiting the game will automatically save your config.  Not sure what caused the crash, either.

[b00nlander]

2) could you please find that out + give an explanation?
3) it has happened to me once or twice before that my whole config was wiped clean and I had to reconfigure, windows system..

[M-A-Zing]

Since I'm running this on a MacBook,

how can you run this game on a mac?

[jitspoe]

how can you run this game on a mac?

Macs are just PC's with Intel processors now.  You can install functional OS's on them.

[mcandre]

1. Haha. I was going to add that I thought maybe this bug was really a feature! I just haven't played at servers that did this.
2. I see a command to restart the sound engine (snd_restart) at http://digitalpaint.therisenrealm.com/reference/commands, but I don't think pball has a way to use other devices yet, as there is only snd_alsa.so and snd_oss.so. Even if I could find the command to specify the device, I would have to copy some snd_pcm.so file over to the pball directory.
3. This sort of things happens a bunch. I've even used the tilda names trick to hack my brother while playing Liero Xtreme. If this isn't related to map corruption, then I guess there's some underlying process that really crashed pball.

Yes, I am running this on a Mac. Actually, I'm running pball twice, as I have Mac Leopard, Linux Ubuntu, and Windows Vista included in a simple triple boot. I wish I knew more about developing on Macs, as I'd love to be the one to port Paintball to Mac OS.

The only reason I prefer PCM to OSS is that Ubuntu/OSS currently doesn't handle audio well on MacBooks. The audio sounds terrible and I can't change the volume unless I specify the PCM sound device for every program.

I've managed to create an installer for Ubuntu, which I'll upload and submit a link to you guys as soon as my web host sorts out its RAID issues. The debian installer is a lot nicer than just a folder of binaries.

[jitspoe]

Well, oss and alsa are like the drivers, I believe.  From within those you can specify a device, like /dev/pcm.  The cvars probably aren't on the list because they're only on the linux version.  Try typing s_ and snd then hitting tab.

[mcandre]

"snd_device alsa" did it! I think everything is moving from OSS to Alsa, so maybe the Linux default should be changed.

I'm not able to Alt-Tab even when the option to do so is chosen. But, I can Alt-Tab if the console is open. For right now, that's enough for me Though the OpenGL screen stays up when another program, e.g. Firefox, GEdit, OpenOffice is selected.

[ViciouZ]

I believe the option is for win_allowalttab - I don't know if there's a linux version of that setting.

[Zorchenhimer]

"snd_device alsa" did it! I think everything is moving from OSS to Alsa, so maybe the Linux default should be changed.

I'm not able to Alt-Tab even when the option to do so is chosen. But, I can Alt-Tab if the console is open. For right now, that's enough for me Though the OpenGL screen stays up when another program, e.g. Firefox, GEdit, OpenOffice is selected.

You have to take it out of fullscreen.  This is what I use:

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alias window "vid_fullscreen 0; gl_mode 4"

alias full "gl_mode 21; vid_fullscreen 1"

I open up the console and call one of the aliases.  Naturally change the gl_modes to suit your needs.

[mcandre]

Natch, I can't Alt-Tab whether in full screen or not, gl_mode 21 or 4.

Also, when I change to another program and return to Paintball's console, the letters become uppercase until I close and reopen the console.

[Zorchenhimer]

Huh.  I haven't had that problem.  I have had issues with OSS however.

[mcandre]

I now have a habit of quiting whichever game I'm playing immediately after configuring the settings. I was just finished tweaking Paintball when it crashed while loading Archaic Fields. My settings were forgotten again.

[Zorchenhimer]

And thats why I have custom configs, an have a shortcut to execute this config:

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exec "mine\bnds.cfg"
exec "mine\aliases.cfg"
exec "mine\setas.cfg"
exec "mine\FFdemo.cfg"
exec "mine\zoom.cfg"