ug-server is meant to not depend upon a windowing system, so that we can run it from Linux server OS's. When I attempted to do just that, I had a rude awakening: it failed to launch because game controller is common code between server and client and requires a window to operate.
The reason it requires a window is that it includes ResourceController and calls addTexture on group's/mine's. Although this is totally OK for the client to do, since the code is shared with the server, it becomes problematic in a window-less environment.
Currently there is no distinction between a displayable group and a "data-only" group which means that groups require a texture as part of their initialization, which is why game controller is stuck trying to initialize them the way they like (which requires a window.)
Stack Trace
#0 0x00007ffff79f1625 in raise () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#1 0x00007ffff79da8d9 in abort () from /lib64/libc.so.6
#2 0x00007ffff7f4752b in sf::priv::OpenDisplay() [clone .cold] () from /lib64/libsfml-window.so.2.5
#3 0x00007ffff7f585dc in sf::priv::GlxContext::GlxContext(sf::priv::GlxContext*) () from /lib64/libsfml-window.so.2.5
#4 0x00007ffff7f4987f in sf::priv::GlContext::initResource() () from /lib64/libsfml-window.so.2.5
#5 0x00007ffff7f9f1f3 in sf::Texture::Texture() () from /lib64/libsfml-graphics.so.2.5
#6 0x0000000000636a00 in ResourceStore::addTexture (this=0x60d000000040, key=RenderingDef::collision, texture_path=<incomplete type>, repeated=false) at /root/ungroup_game/src/common/resources/ResourceStore.cpp:27
#7 0x000000000063620d in ResourceStore::load (this=0x60d000000040) at /root/ungroup_game/src/common/resources/ResourceStore.cpp:12
#8 0x0000000000635f3d in ResourceStore::ResourceStore (this=0x60d000000040) at /root/ungroup_game/src/common/resources/ResourceStore.cpp:8
#9 0x0000000000627228 in GameController::GameController (this=0x7fffffffe120) at /root/ungroup_game/src/common/systems/GameController.cpp:17
#10 0x00000000005865ff in ServerGameController::ServerGameController (this=0x7fffffffe120) at /root/ungroup_game/src/server/systems/ServerGameController.cpp:4
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4 years ago
Explanation
ug-server is meant to not depend upon a windowing system, so that we can run it from Linux server OS's. When I attempted to do just that, I had a rude awakening: it failed to launch because game controller is common code between server and client and requires a window to operate.
The reason it requires a window is that it includes ResourceController and calls addTexture on group's/mine's. Although this is totally OK for the client to do, since the code is shared with the server, it becomes problematic in a window-less environment.
Currently there is no distinction between a displayable group and a "data-only" group which means that groups require a texture as part of their initialization, which is why game controller is stuck trying to initialize them the way they like (which requires a window.)
Stack Trace