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	No idea about HOW-TO enter "window" mode posted by luojie-dune @ 115.64.37.95 on Jul 30 2009 3:35 AM
I don't know how. That's the only reason for lacking a star.
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	Egoboo posted by tuppe666 @ 78.32.125.173 on Jul 21 2009 8:48 PM
I have tried to love this game. I love top down small people. I love all roguelike. This game may work for a lot of people. The graphics are good and the music was atmospheric. The default controls are tricky and for such a simple game/interface it was incredibly confusing. The development tree is incredibly confusing with 2 version numbers(I know this is not anyone's problem) . A few simple interface glitches like obtaining my correct resolution or even one higher than 1024x800. I believe there is a great game here...several with the modules; the most exciting part of the game, but its not there yet, and its so close it might be the next release.
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	nice! posted by TheBohemian @ 85.178.69.98 on Jul 26 2008 5:45 PM
This game is simply great! Unfortunately, its source code is in a really bad shape. I have looked at it in hope to fix some problems I had with the earlier version (before 1.6.4) and was confronted with code that varies tremendously in style and conventions. By scamming the game's forum I found out that the game has a history of being buggy and reintroducing issues that where fixed in earlier releases. Additionally the developers where unable to keep features that earlier versions had. Namely the single computer multiplayer game mode. If you want to play with up to 4 friends go install the version which is in the Debian repositories currently. Then there is a Subversion repository for the source code but when you check that out and try to compile it you will realize that some files are missing. Development seems to be done on an operating system that uses an case-insensitive filesystem. For instance a C source file says #include "ui.h" while the actual file is called Ui.h. Another I wanted to configure all the possible actions to my 12 button gamepad only to find out that the game's input architecture stores the input events in a 32 bit integer and accesses this through some bit fumbling. I don't remember how it is set up in detail but the result is that the game can only manage 8 buttons or so and fixing this requires a major revamp. All in all I find this really depressing since I think this game has the potentiality of being one of the best free software games! Congratulations if you have read this far. If you are interested in possible solutions to the above mentioned issues feel free to contribute to the respective thread in freegamedev.net forums.
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Re: nice! posted by TheBohemian @ 85.178.69.98 on Jul 26 2008 5:45 PM Edit: I meant before 2.6.4.   [Reply]   Re: nice! posted by penguinflyer @ 68.95.162.47 on Jul 26 2008 7:11 PM   They use Windows for the primary development operating system. The single-computer multiplayer is in the development versions. (2.7.5) You might want to post that in the forums, as no one on the development team reads this.   [Reply]

	Installation posted by marduk @ 78.8.133.200 on May 11 2008 6:46 PM
I can't make the thing working: readme tells me to: Compile the source. * make -f Makefile.unix Install Egoboo as root. Type: * su -c 'make -f Makefile.unix' (Debian) Isn't it pointless?
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Re: Installation posted by penguinflyer @ 68.95.231.48 on May 14 2008 10:20 PM   Well, if you want to say 'egoboo' and not modifying your PATH, then you need to install it.   [Reply]   Re: Installation posted by marduk @ 83.30.230.184 on May 15 2008 9:23 AM   Just how? I when I fallow the instruction nothing happens. It compiles, but nothing more.   [Reply]   Re: Installation posted by penguinflyer @ 68.95.233.253 on May 16 2008 3:58 AM   You need the data files for egoboo to work. After you install egoboo with 'make -f Makefile.unix' copy the data to /usr/share/egoboo.   [Reply]   Re: Installation posted by marduk @ 83.30.159.32 on May 16 2008 6:59 PM   Well, I do so, but "make -f Makefile.unix" compiles the source, nothing more:) I have to do a 'manual' installation;) Thanks for help:)   [Reply]

	I can't figure this game out posted by Pxtl @ 69.157.21.196 on Jan 21 2008 3:28 AM
I finally got around to trying Egoboo... and I couldn't make heads or tails of it. I mean, I understand the controls, but that's it. I tried the introductory Adventurer campaign and couldn't figure out where to go - I wander around, kill the monsters in the starting area, but can't unlock the door. I tried the similarly "beginner" Elf mode, but found the hordes of baddies pretty tough to fight through, and found that you start with a spellbook that seems to do nothing. If you die/respawn, you lose that spellbook and can't seem to recover it from your corpse. This is all really frustrating, since it looks like there's a lot of hard work that's gone into this game, but it's hard to tell even where to start.
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	Egoboo posted by Anonymous @ 213.151.149.194 on Jan 12 2008 9:27 PM
Sorry about the .rar thingy :) Was kinda stupid of me to use it. Figures I'm too connected to Windows still. Anyways I will release it in 7zip (Free, open source and works on all platforms) and include it with every release with the game itself (As according to the GNU license). The SDL dll bug should be fixed in 2.7.6 Regards, Zefz - Egoboo Lead Designer
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Re: Egoboo posted by draeath @ 24.96.44.208 on May 11 2008 5:21 PM   Rather, you should use 7z to first make a 'tar' file, and then take that file and run it through again as either gzip or bzip2. That is the standard everyone except windows is used to. We have a tool that does that in one step... * 7zip for unix works, but we just have the command line and it uses the most brain-dead syntax I've ever seen... your better off releasing as rar as far as usability goes.   [Reply]

	Egoboo posted by apereira @ 24.139.94.186 on Dec 29 2007 1:38 AM
I found a bug in windows. After using the install it stops with an error saying that it can't continue because SDL.dll was not found
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Re: Egoboo posted by TeddyKrulewich @ 75.81.31.164 on May 9 2008 6:23 AM   That doesn't sound like a bug. I'm guessing they just didn't include sdl with the game. You'll need to install sdl for windows   [Reply]

	to dark posted by Anonymous @ 85.164.221.54 on Dec 27 2007 7:21 PM
The game itself works fine, put it's to damn dark to see anything at all, and I cant find anywhere to adjust light settings in game
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	Linux port posted by jwrdegoede @ 87.211.174.32 on Dec 27 2007 8:08 AM
Hi All, I know that there are issues with running this on Linux, but I have done a Linux port of 2.4.4b and now also of 2.7.5. I'm in contact with upstream on doing a proper linux release. I've done my Linux port as part of packaging egoboo for Linux so Fedora users can just do: "yum install egoboo" to get it. For users of other distros, I'll put some tarballs of 2.7.5 on my personal homepage shortly and post links here, for 2.7.6 there should be a linux release done through Zefz. Regards, Hans
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Re: Linux port posted by DaVince @ 62.51.153.52 on Dec 27 2007 9:44 AM   There were issues? I wasn't aware! :)   [Reply]   Re: Linux port posted by Anonymous @ 91.110.15.30 on Jan 3 2008 1:22 PM   And where is your personal homepage?   [Reply]

	Egoboo posted by Anonymous @ 84.90.215.224 on Dec 26 2007 12:06 PM
This game is great! And these new improvements are a great boost. Too bad no one has compiled it for Linux yet..
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Re: Egoboo posted by Anonymous @ 203.109.131.1 on Dec 27 2007 2:25 AM   I wish they'd stop packaging the source in rar! Dammit, why can't they use gzip or bzip, or even just zip.... Out of everything, they choose rar, it's stupid!   [Reply]   Re: Egoboo posted by Anonymous @ 74.37.158.247 on Dec 27 2007 3:57 AM   I think it's an evil plot. Just wanted to throw that out there.   [Reply]   Re: Egoboo posted by DaVince @ 62.51.153.52 on Dec 27 2007 9:45 AM   If you have the right programs you could still easily unpack this thing, you know.   [Reply]