Easy OpenTTD (Dedicated Server) Installer (Linux Only)

PinguTux · Post by **PinguTux** » 03 Apr 2005 22:36

Hi!

I have created an easy to use Installer for OpenTTD using the http://www.autopackage.org Tools.

It automatically sets up the Installation, downloads the data files from the internet (Legal remarks: You must own the original CD) and creates an Icon in the Gnome/KDE menu.

For Dedicated Server Admins there are two additional goodies (ottd-start & ottd-attach), to ease the administration, included.

Installation instructions can be found at http://www.familie-kirchhofer.de/openttd/autopackage/.

I'm appreciating any comments/suggestions!

PinguTux

mikehearn · Post by **mikehearn** » 04 Apr 2005 19:27

Cool! I just tried this and it works great. A few comments (I am an autopackage developer):

- It installs to $PREFIX/opt by default. That works OK but why stick /opt in there?

- When it starts I get a couple of warnings like so:
MD5 of TRG1R.GRF is ****INCORRECT**** - File Corrupt.
MD5 of TRGIR.GRF is ****INCORRECT**** - File Corrupt.

- No music? I have the original TT CD but it downloaded the datafiles for me.

Can we list this in the package list on our website?

If you have any comments on the package creation process, please do drop by and let us know.

Darkvater · Post by **Darkvater** » 04 Apr 2005 20:15

1. The general idea is that if a root installs the game, the game itself should go to /opt for example so it is accessible by all users.
2. MD5 warnings: if you have a modified grf file, or not the exact one that is checked you get this. If the game works it is not a problem usually. There are apparently many original, slightly different TTDLX versions out there, and we could only test a few.
3. Music: make sure to put music in gm/ folder and start OTTD with -m extmidi.

PinguTux · Post by **PinguTux** » 04 Apr 2005 20:41

Thanks for the comments!

1. Another reason is that normally all OpenTTD datafiles must reside in the same directory where the openttd executable lies. I hacked the Makefile a little bit to ease this restriction so i can put the binary in $PREFIX/opt/openttd/bin and the datafiles in $PREFIX/opt/openttd/data. Thus OpenTTD is completely contained in the $PREFIX/opt/openttd directory (similar to other games, e.g. UT2004 -> /opt/ut2004/{bin,data})

2. The MD5 warnings are there because i patched the datafiles with the "New Stations" and "Font Renew" Patch from http://users2.tt-forums.net/ttdur/ttdur.htm . I'm replacing these modified files with the vanilla files, to stop the warning messages from confusing new users. The modified files can still be downloaded from my homepage and then copied into the data directory (The patches cannot be applied under linux :/)

3. Yes, there are no music midi files included in v1.0 of the openttd-data packge. I'm currently preparing another release which will include the necessary music files.

Last but not least you can list it on the autopackage website.

The Master · Post by **The Master** » 06 Apr 2005 20:05

I have installed your packlage on my server, and have set openttd.cfg file like openttd wiki guidelines.
If i launch command "ottd-start" obtain this output:

Starting OpenTTD Dedicated Server...Done
Server ready and detached

But the server don't appears in the server list and in my "ps aux" command output.
If i launch command "ottd-attach" obtain this output:

To detach press CTRL a and d
There is no screen to be attached matching openttd_dedicated.

What is the problem?

PinguTux · Post by **PinguTux** » 06 Apr 2005 20:36

Try running "openttd_dedicated -D", this will bypass the startup script.
If you're getting any errors please post it here.

The Master · Post by **The Master** » 06 Apr 2005 21:00

PinguTux wrote:Try running "openttd_dedicated -D", this will bypass the startup script.
If you're getting any errors please post it here.

Ok. The server running.
But the client don't recognize the server version, is avaible autopackage of version 0.3.6?

Thanks for aid.

mikehearn · Post by **mikehearn** » 06 Apr 2005 21:17

PinguTux: I tried the latest version but it didn't upgrade the data files. You can use requireAtLeastVersion if you want that (the skeleton has to be able to detect what version of the data files you have though!)

PinguTux · Post by **PinguTux** » 07 Apr 2005 20:54

@The Master:
I have just finished uploading an autopackage for 0.3.6.
You can find it at the website.

@mikehearn:
The new datafile package is now available. It will fix the MD5 warnings and includes MIDI music support.

Additionally I have improved the openttd(-dedicated) installer, it will now show the revision number in the gnome/kde menu. (I have just discovered the safeSed function, autopackage is nifty

The Master · Post by **The Master** » 07 Apr 2005 21:09

PinguTux wrote:@The Master:
I have just finished uploading an autopackage for 0.3.6.
You can find it at the website.

This package request SDL, is not dedicated.
I have virtual server, without root access, and my install action is limited, but autopackage run, is possible for you to make dedicated version of 0.3.6?

Thanks for aid.

PinguTux · Post by **PinguTux** » 07 Apr 2005 21:25

Ah, sorry, I forgot to create an dedicated server package too ...
You can now find the 0.3.6 dedicated server package at the website.

mikehearn · Post by **mikehearn** » 07 Apr 2005 21:36

Hi again,

I installed the latest svn snapshot of the game (the rXYZ package) and now there are lots of tracks in the music player. But none of them play, and when i open it up it's cycling between all the songs over and over.

I don't think this is a package problem, more likely my computer can't play MIDI for some reason. It's ALSA, FC3. Any ideas where I should look? I was playing OpenTTD all last night but it's not quite the same without music

BTW good job on fixing the XML file. It upgrades nicely now.

thanks -mike

PinguTux · Post by **PinguTux** » 07 Apr 2005 23:21

Hi!
You need the "Timidity++" midi player software.
As a notice: OpenTTD MIDI support for Linux is still a little bit flakey :/

mikehearn · Post by **mikehearn** » 08 Apr 2005 11:40

Ah OK, maybe you could make that a recommended dependency of the package? It means writing a skeleton for Timidity++, then using recommend() instead of require().

If it's a C++ library then it may be worth statically linking it.

The Master · Post by **The Master** » 08 Apr 2005 19:53

PinguTux wrote:Ah, sorry, I forgot to create an dedicated server package too ...
You can now find the 0.3.6 dedicated server package at the website.

Thanks. my server work, and i gaming with my client 0.3.6.

mikehearn · Post by **mikehearn** » 10 Apr 2005 13:17

I got timidity, but my processor isn't fast enough to do both gaming and music rendering at once. I pre-rendered the MIDI files to WAV files and then it got a lot faster.

Maybe it'd be a nice feature to have the music also available as ogg vorbis files, as they take far less CPU time to play than MIDI files do on poor sound cards like mine,.

Post by **orudge** » 10 Apr 2005 13:36

The next version of OpenTTD after 0.4.0 will probably have my new music patch integrated, once I actually finish it. (I'm nearly there.

) You can download the TT music as played on an ESS AudioDrive - for that classic retro sound - from http://users.tt-forums.net/jfs/ - MP3, I'm afraid, but it's better than nothing.

PinguTux · Post by **PinguTux** » 10 Apr 2005 14:13

@mikehearn: try this package: http://www.familie-kirchhofer.de/opentt ... 86.package
It's with SDL_mixer support, maybe it's faster ... (it isn't using timidity anymore)

@orudge: I'm curious about the new music system

Post by **orudge** » 10 Apr 2005 15:04

There's a thread about it... somewhere. I'll maybe post a test binary and patch next weekend, see how things go.

mikehearn · Post by **mikehearn** » 10 Apr 2005 15:31

Wow yes, that works *much* better than the timidity version does! The sound quality isn't wonderful, it crackles a bit, but my sound card sucks so that was expected.

Thanks!

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