Introversion

When i run uplink 1.31 on Red hat linux 8.0
It just does this and dont run the game:
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=                                               =
=        U P L I N K                       =
=                                               =
=        Version 1.31                     =
=     - R E L E A S E -                 =
=                                              =
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Version 1.3 (RELEASE)
Compiled on Aug 31 2002 at 19:38:06
(code-C)(code-M)(code-T)

Can you help please

(Edited by Edward Metcalfe at 4:15 am on Jan. 8, 2004)

Having the same problem
The demo works fine however

here is the output of the debug file

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NEW GAME     18:56, 8/1/2004
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Version : 1.31
RELEASE
Linux Build
Version 1.31 (RELEASE)
Compiled on Sep  9 2002 at 17:35:40
(code-C)(code-M)(code-T)
Loading uplink options from /home/nutz/.uplink/options...success

Successfully loaded data archive data.dat
Successfully loaded data archive graphics.dat
Successfully loaded data archive loading.dat
Successfully loaded data archive sounds.dat
Successfully loaded data archive music.dat
Successfully loaded data archive fonts.dat
Successfully loaded data archive patch.dat

An Uplink Assertion Failure has occured
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Condition : file
Location  : uplink.cpp, line 424
============== B E G I N  C O R E  D U M P =================
retAddress = 0x8051b95
retAddress = 0x80c87ab
retAddress = 0x80c8094
retAddress = 0x80c8063
retAddress = 0x4018e798
retAddress = (nil)
============== E N D  C O R E  D U M P =====================

Hi it is me again,
do you know what that means?

No idea at all

the stupid thing is the demo works perfect
only the full game is refusing to work ;(

I found the error

it turned out that mc was not unpacking uplink.zip correctly
after I unpacked the file with unzip it worked fine
(world.dat was missing if I unpacked the file with mc)

But i dont use windows i use Redhat linux 8

mc is Midnight Commander, run'ed from xterm/rxvt or what ever you use.

I think I read some thing a'bout the issuses with RH 6(+)
but I can't remember, try reading the patch.txt file or the readme file for linux

just being sure, you do use XWindows(KDE/Gnome) right?

I've looked a bit around for the info I was talking about,
and I've found it here, this is where the latest patch for
the game is and there is a patch to fix the RedHat 8
startup crash.

i got it but it did not work

You should probably check the video and sound drivers on they system and make sure they are uptodate.  Also if you could give your system specs (Linux distro, video card, etc) it might help the troubleshooting.  :)  

Stew: the Linux Distro he is using is: RedHat 8

(written on page 1)

But yes, more info about the system would be a lot more helpful

Heh, I saw it in the first post but then I totally miss read this bit:

"But i dont use windows i use Redhat linux 8"

Thinking it said:

"But i dont use Redhat linux 8"

Thats what I get for not going to sleep.  :)

heh, sleep some time, stews...

(he says this when he has class in <6 hours...)