Friday, April 26, 2013

Wolfenstein on Ubuntu 13.04





If you are using 64-bit, then it is recommended to install the ia32-libs:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

You can download the game from the terminal using this command:

wget -c http://ftp.games.skynet.be/pub/wolfenstein/et-linux-2.60.x86.run
And then we make the downloaded file executable:

chmod +x et-linux-2.60.x86.run

And we run the file with admin rights

sudo ./et-linux-2.60.x86.run
Now you should see a enemy territory icon in your menu.

Enjoy

If you have sound problems

A lot of Ubuntu users can't get the old classic Wolfenstein ET to work with sound, but I have good news - I know a fix that works every time.

First of all we need to go fetch the file we need, run this command in the terminal:

wget -q -O - http://nullkey.kapsi.fi/et-sdl-sound/et-sdl-sound.gz | gzip -d > et-sdl-sound && chmod a+x et-sdl-sound

then we need to edit the file from the old alsa sound system to our new pulse sound system:

sudo gedit /home/yourusername/et-sdl-sound

Go to line 40 and the change the line from this:

SDL_AUDIODRIVER="alsa"

to this:

SDL_AUDIODRIVER="pulse"

save the file and close and then you need to make a symbol link, so you can play the game:

/home/yourusername//et-sdl-sound


I hope it works for you, enjoy.

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