Issues launching on Linux

[xxXX_▻Rozaliya⑫_XXxx]

I'm running Ubuntu here and simply trying to play the game. I tried to run it through EDuke32 as well as forcing Proton to run it. Nothing seems to work. The game simply launches for a bit, steam Says I'm playing, then it just kills its process.

EDuke32 returns 64 errors when I try to run it. If I try to run the DUKE.RTS and DUKE3D.GRP in EDuke32, I just get Duke 3D Atomic Edition running.

Anyone know any way to run this thing on linux?

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To run the World Tour episode in EDuke32 you (for now) need a patch. See this forum thread:
https://forums.duke4.net/topic/8966-world-tour-eduke32-compatibility-stopgap/

The Duke3D.grp file is just the Atomic Edition game data – the World Tour specific stuff is in other files.

[xxXX_▻Rozaliya⑫_XXxx]

It... half-worked? I followed the instructions thoroughly, and EDuke32 runs it now. But it's just the atomic edition with some issues and a new duke voice. Item pickups make messages such as "#largemedkit" and I have to open levels as user maps, and the episode selection is totally gone.

[xxXX_▻Rozaliya⑫_XXxx]

Basically end up with this.
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/503445417959227404/729693270753542234/Screenshot_from_2020-07-06_06-40-20.png

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Originally posted by Blazkowics12:

It... half-worked? I followed the instructions thoroughly, and EDuke32 runs it now. But it's just the atomic edition with some issues and a new duke voice. Item pickups make messages such as "#largemedkit" and I have to open levels as user maps, and the episode selection is totally gone.

Then it hasn't found all the files. It depends a bit on your installation, but you need to both select the "Stopgap" in the "Game" selector and, if you have the World Tour stuff installed in a subdirectory, select it in the "Custom game content directory" drop-down.

[xxXX_▻Rozaliya⑫_XXxx]

I put the stopgap in an autoload folder. I didn't know it had to be in the game selector.

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Originally posted by Blazkowics12:

I put the stopgap in an autoload folder. I didn't know it had to be in the game selector.

I haven't tried using it with the autoload folder; the autoload system is (as far as I understand) not really recommended and more of a backwards-compability thing. Try putting it in its own folder and see if it works better.

Edit: What I've done is put both the World Tour files and the Stopgap files in a "World Tour" subdirectory in the EDuke32 folder. The recommended usage is to install EDuke32 and the Stopgap right into the World Tour Steam folder though.

[xxXX_▻Rozaliya⑫_XXxx]

Nope, that didn't work. I extracted the sourceport and the stopgap into the files. Same result as before with the weird issues.

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Originally posted by Blazkowics12:

Nope, that didn't work. I extracted the sourceport and the stopgap into the files. Same result as before with the weird issues.

I recognize those problems and something is going wrong somewhere. I don't know what else to suggest though, other than redo it and make sure you follow the instructions. It sounds like it's not finding the right .con files.

[ageres]

On my computer it runs fine using both Proton and EDuke32. For Proton, no tweaks were needed. For EDuke32, I just put compiled eduke32 and unpacked The Stopgap from the link above to the game's folder. Also, I had to rename files /maps/*.MAP to .map (for episodes 1-4). Be sure e32wt.grp is chosen on "Game" tab.

[xxXX_▻Rozaliya⑫_XXxx]

Sorry for the silence, but I'm back to ask for help again.

I think changing the caps on the .map files did something? Now I'm seeing microphone icons throughout the level.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/503445417959227404/731191930100383814/Screenshot_from_2020-07-10_09-54-12.png

[xxXX_▻Rozaliya⑫_XXxx]

Wait, I found the solution. I must be an idiot. Or the thing must be picky on directory paths.

Instead of putting a Wolrd Tour folder in my Eduke32, and even running a copy of Eduke32 in its files from there, I just did what was said and put the sourceport and stopgap in the steam installation of it.

Sorry for wasting so much time for ya.