[SUGGESTION] Made you guys a AUR package with Linux suggestion

[coreybruce]

Hey guys I just wanted to let you guys know I made you AUR package for you guys as I love this project and wanted to help out :smile: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nzp-bin

I have been downloading the linux binaries and re uploading them to my nzp repo https://gitlab.com/linuxbombay/nzp to easily version them and created a launch/setup script that is part of the package for a seamless user experience that will update the .config/NZP folder with the updated files from /user/share/games/NZP when the package is updated with it's active development and updates as quick as I can.

Also I have a suggestion to have the Linux binary create and use a nzp folder in .config for the game files including the nzp data folder so there is a defined user folder location for the game files to go and for adding maps etc even if the game is part of a system package

Thanks for this amazing project and keep up the good work!

[MotoLegacy]

thanks for this! super cool to see. I can investigate how we can navigate/approach loading assets from .config/, its tricky though since by nature of distribution the game assets being alongside the executable is pretty bog standard.

nitpick: any chance this can be renamed to nzportable-bin? :)

[coreybruce]

Awesome :)

Yeah no problem if you think it should be named nzportable-bin instead I can make a new package and merge it with the new package with the current one with the correct name :) :+1:

Done :smile:

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/nzportable-bin

[Peter0x44]

Another nit (I really, really doubt anyone cares):

source_i386=("https://gitlab.com/linuxbombay/nzp/nzp-packaging/-/archive/$scriptver/nzp-packaging-$scriptver.tar.bz2" "https://gitlab.com/linuxbombay/nzp/binaries/$pkgver/-/raw/main/nzportable-linux32.zip")
source_i686=("https://gitlab.com/linuxbombay/nzp/nzp-packaging/-/archive/$scriptver/nzp-packaging-$scriptver.tar.bz2" "https://gitlab.com/linuxbombay/nzp/binaries/$pkgver/-/raw/main/nzportable-linux32.zip")

Our "linux32" binaries are specifically i686. (disassembling them shows cmov and sse instructions). https://archlinux32.org/architecture/ There is no mention of "i386" supported here, so I'm not sure what distro that would be for anyway. There's absolutely no way such a CPU could run nzp anyway.

I think it's better you remove any mention to i386 since it is not serving a real purpose.

[coreybruce]

Yeah no problem I can remove it, I doubt anyone would care if it was removed either lol

[Peter0x44]

I also noticed SDL2 isn't a runtime dependency. It should be.

[coreybruce]

Yeah I wasn't sure what the dependencies where haha but I'll add SDL2

[MotoLegacy]

everything else is statically linked, SDL2 is the only real dependency :) thank you for taking the time to address these!

[coreybruce]

Ahh ok I see and no problem at all and I will try to update this as quick as I can when it comes to updates :smile: :+1:

[Peter0x44]

Why are "yad" and "rsync" dependencies?

[coreybruce]

I use yad for the graphical setup/launch script so the user can see whats going on before launch and I use rsync to compare and update the files between the /usr/share/games/NZP /home/$USER/.config/NZP if there is changes in the package folder :)

[Peter0x44]

I would have expected the package to place them in /usr/share, then you just rebuild the package when you want a newer version.

[coreybruce]

Oh what do you mean exactly sorry? the package files goes in /usr/share/games/NZP then the launch script will update the files in the .config folder and allow users to add custom maps to the user folder if they want to, I am trying to find the best balance between updating the files the best/easiest way while not being restrictive on the user who may want to mod or add custom maps to the game so the launch/setup script does need some improvements :)

By the way does the game create a new and different file for user settings etc?

I also updated the script, feel free to take a look if you want :smiley: