ut2k4 on linux

[bullet2binary]

alrighty, i just installed 2k4 on redhat, but when i start the program, the "splash screen" comes up like in windows, but the it dissapears and nothing happens. anyone else tried ut on linux? i'm about as comfortable in linux as christopher reeves is without his wheel chair, so that has a lot to do with it.

[ashenfang]

this may be a dumb question, but, isn't there a linux version? or is it included on the same disks.

[Tatuya]

this may be a dumb question, but, isn't there a linux version? or is it included on the same disks.
Included on the same disks just as its predecessor was as well (UT2K3).

[rogerdugans]

Is your video card properly set up for 3d?
Linux does not generally set up 3d acceleration during install- you have to do it yourself.

To test 3d acceleration, type glxgears in a terminal window (console).

You should get at least 1000 or so FPS if 3d is working; usually it is more like a few 1000, but anything in the area of thousands is ok. Its not a very accurate benchmark- just testing 3d.

IF 3d seems ok, maybe you can grab some other accelerated game that runs native in linux to test with.
If that one works, it may be an incorrectly entered cd key.

[bullet2binary]

i did glxgears, it didnt give me an fps number, but those gears were moving pretty damn fast....

i applied the new patch, still no success :bang head:

[rogerdugans]

What video card are you using?

I ask because the only time I have seen anything like that with UT in linux was when I had just reloaded the system with a fresh install and forgotten to install 3d drivers. ;)

My suspicion is that there is something wrong with the video card setup:

If you look in /etc/X11 you will see either xorg.conf, XF86Config or XF86Config-4 (depending on versions and distro.) This is the file that sets up the display and so on, essentially.

Below is what the pertinent section looks like on my main machine with an NVidia card:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 4 (Ti4600)"
EndSection

The important line there is the one that says Driver "nvidia"
The 2d driver line would be- Driver "nv".

ATI cards are a bit trickier.....most distros use Driver "vesa" by default that I have seen, but some may use "radeon" (at least for the 8500 and 9800 I have here. ;))

The 3d driver in my ATI system is "fglrx".

Check that first and post what you have- I have never had any problems with any UT version install that wasn't related to the X Configuration.

[MisterEd]

i did glxgears, it didnt give me an fps number, but those gears were moving pretty damn fast....
Open a terminal windows and run glxgears from the command-line:
./glxgears

I just did that yesterday. I think it printed out the fps every 5 seconds.

I have run both the demo versions of UT2003 and UT2004 in Fedora linux. They both run fine after I installed the Nvidia 3-D driver.