MOD music not playing in Windows

[cxong]

The problem was that SDL2 mixer includes different DLLs; it uses libmodplug instead of libmikmod, and I didn't include the DLL in the windows build. They can be downloaded from https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/

[ghost]

@cxong I should have mentioned I tested it on Ubuntu (libmodplug is pulled as dependency automatically) using the precompiled packages.

I tried to run sudo make install but there is no rule for install.

Is C-Dogs supposed to be installed otherwise?

EDIT: I also forgot to mention: There are other problems, apparently I can't start levels into the editor by drag and drop, but it works by command line.

[cxong]

I'm afraid I can't reproduce either of those problems. On my linux VM (mint 17.3) both functions work.

Have you tried installing from an ubuntu repo, e.g. playdeb?

[ghost]

@cxong Not yet, but at the moment I'm back at my Windows environment, so it might take a while until I get to test the package.

BTW: I sent you an extended version of Space Pirates to your GMail account.

[ghost]

@cxong I cloned the repository and compiled it using

cmake . make sudo make install

Now, when I start the installed executable, I get

INFO  [MAIN ] [files.c:605] SetupConfigDir(): Creating config dir /home/clemens/.config/cdogs-sdl/... 
INFO  [MAIN ] [files.c:610] SetupConfigDir(): Config dir already exists.
internal error: cannot create temp file /home/clemens/../doc/CREDITS
Internal error: cannot delete temp file /home/clemens/../doc/CREDITS
Cannot resolve relative path /home/clemens/../doc/CREDITS: No such file or directory
INFO  [MAIN ] [cdogs.c:253] main(): Command line (1 args): cdogs-sdl
INFO  [MAIN ] [cdogs.c:388] main(): data dir(/home)
INFO  [MAIN ] [cdogs.c:389] main(): config dir(/home/clemens/.config/cdogs-sdl/)
internal error: cannot create temp file /home/clemens/../sounds
Internal error: cannot delete temp file /home/clemens/../sounds
Cannot resolve relative path /home/clemens/../sounds: No such file or directory
ERROR [MAIN ] [sounds.c:165] SoundLoadDirImpl(): Cannot open sound dir '/home/clemens/../sounds'
internal error: cannot create temp file /home/clemens/../data/gamecontrollerdb.txt
Internal error: cannot delete temp file /home/clemens/../data/gamecontrollerdb.txt
Cannot resolve relative path /home/clemens/../data/gamecontrollerdb.txt: No such file or directory
ERROR [INPUT] [joystick.c:47] JoyInit(): cannot load controller mappings file: Invalid RWops
internal error: cannot create temp file /home/clemens/../data/gamecontrollerbuttondb.txt
Internal error: cannot delete temp file /home/clemens/../data/gamecontrollerbuttondb.txt
Cannot resolve relative path /home/clemens/../data/gamecontrollerbuttondb.txt: No such file or directory

And then I get a core dump.

However, when starting from the original repository directory that doesn't happen. Custom music even works.

[cxong]

I've been running into lots of error messages under linux, will need to look into it. However the game still manages to run.

From your logs, this line is a problem: INFO [MAIN ] [cdogs.c:388] main(): data dir(/home)

Obviously, data dir shouldn't be that; it should be the directory that has data folders as children, e.g. missions, sounds, graphics etc.

I think the reason is that CDOGS_DATA_DIR is being set to .., which allows the program to run in-source, i.e. when the game data and executable are together. However if you are doing make install, you should set CDOGS_DATA_DIR to something else e.g. /usr/share/games/cdogs-sdl; I'm not sure of the exact location but package managers should be doing so.

But you can run make and run src/cdogs-sdl, that should still work.

[ghost]

Thanks for looking into it. Guess I'll just use the src/cdogs-sdl version, to test new things/bug fixes in the repository.

BTW: I sent you two versions of the space pirate campaign and I'll need your feedback to continue working on it.

Am 30.03.2016 um 01:26 schrieb Cong:

I've been running into lots of error messages under linux, will need to look into it. However the game still manages to run.

From your logs, this line is a problem: |INFO [MAIN ] [cdogs.c:388] main(): data dir(/home)|

Obviously, data dir shouldn't be that; it should be the directory that has data folders as children, e.g. |missions|, |sounds|, |graphics| etc.

I think the reason is that |CDOGS_DATA_DIR| is being set to |..|, which allows the program to run in-source, i.e. when the game data and executable are together. However if you are doing |make install|, you should set |CDOGS_DATA_DIR| to something else e.g. |/usr/share/games/cdogs-sdl|; I'm not sure of the exact location but package managers should be doing so.

But you can run |make| and run |src/cdogs-sdl|, that should still work.

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