Linux: Doesn't start? [FIX HERE]

[walter]

If your game doesn't start, it's probably because you don't have the right Java runtime.

You can verify this by running '3079.sh' from a terminal. If Java is the problem, you will probably see: "Unsupported major.minor version 51.0" (or similar)

In my case, on Gentoo Linux, this was because my system was using the icedtea JRE (java runtime environment). Instead, I had to install the Oracle JRE instead, like so:

1. Download the 64 bit non-RPM Linux tarball 'jre-xxx-...' and move it to /usr/portage/distfiles
2. emerge oracle-jre-bin
3. eselect java-vm list
4. eselect java-vm set user 2 # or whatever number for oracle's java
5. sudo eselect java-vm set system 2 # or whatever number for oracle's java

Enjoy

[PICKLE]

Thank you! This'd stymied me for a bit.

[phr00t]

With debian distributions (like Ubuntu), you can use apt-get to remove & install Java.

For example,

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre

... should do the trick.

[[LINUX] Schotty]

This isnt the only problem, as some graphics settings will cause it to hang as well.

[phr00t]

"Hangs" and other graphical oddities are very dependent on what graphics hardware & drivers (proprietary or open source) you have for Linux.

[BlackJudas]

Curious phr00t, can you confirm this working on a debian wheezy system? Just curious as both seem to be installed. And other games that I know run under java, work just fine. Just not this one or 3089

[BlackJudas]

Just to add a note for others who may have run into this problem, for some reason my alternatives were set to java6. Run the following to run version 7.

# sudo update-alternatives --config java

Select the appropriate target.

[Deus]

I wanted to play this, 8 years after, for nostalgia. Anyone know a current fix? :) For me it just crashes after the 2nd ui launcher.
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