Roguelike Port: TomeNet?

[klapse]

TomeNet port is possible





It is a very cool multiplayer roguelike http://www.tomenet.net/about.php


To get it to run i commented out


main-gcu.c:890://klapse if (i) quit("Angband needs an 80x24 'curses' screen")


then moved tomenet executeable into the tomenet-4.5.0 directory


and launched with


./tomenet -c to start the curses version.

 

[lomaxx]

I wanted to test this out and made a quick first compile without applying your fix. I only edit the makefile to add some optimisation-flags and modified one place from "-lcurses" into "-lncurses" because I was getting an error while compiling.


I was able to run the game by executing "./tomenet -c" in xterm. I tested it up to the point after the character-creation. Didn't know what to do there and d-pad didn't move, so I didn't try any further for now. After quiting I get a single line "Segmentation fault" though. Maybe a problem while writing some log or so.


Starting the game in "terminal" (the xfce-terminal) did not work. Produced some very strange bug where the terminal-output got messed up.


Starting the game without "-c" (in X11-mode) didn't work. Maybe because of a missing font (that's one of the error-messages shown).


I probably will try some more later.

 

[klapse]

I was able to run the game by executing "./tomenet -c" in xterm. I tested it up to the point after the character-creation. Didn't know what to do there and d-pad didn't move, so I didn't try any further for now.

You need to assign stats with "+", selet stat with Return and finish with Esc.

After quiting I get a single line "Segmentation fault" though. Maybe a problem while writing some log or so.


Starting the game in "terminal" (the xfce-terminal) did not work. Produced some very strange bug where the terminal-output got messed up.


Starting the game without "-c" (in X11-mode) didn't work. Maybe because of a missing font (that's one of the error-messages shown).

same here on all points.


Once you are in game, you can go to options with "=" and select roguelike keyset for movement. Arrow keys are broken for me.

 

[lomaxx]

What's also strange is that the config-file, which is normally (I tried it on my GentooPC as well) saved as "~/.tomenetrc", is named "~.tomenetrc.$$$" and always empty. Probably related to this is the segmenattion fault on exit (as it tries to write changes to the config-file) and the fact that I didn't manage to get the sound-fx-pack working, which did work with no effort on my GentooPC too.


Maybe these issues all can be solved my adjusting the makefile. I haven't got much experience with this compile-environment-configuration, but I might try around some more. I will report if I find a way to improve things.

 

[klapse]

What's also strange is that the config-file, which is normally (I tried it on my GentooPC as well) saved as "~/.tomenetrc", is named "~.tomenetrc.$$$" and always empty. Probably related to this is the segmenattion fault on exit (as it tried to write changes to the config-file) and the fact that I didn't manage to get the sound-fx-pack working, which did work with no effort on my GentooPC too.


Maybe these issues all can be solved my adjusting the makefile. I haven't got much experience with this compile-environment-configuration, but I might try around some more. I will report if I find a way to improve things.

 

[lomaxx]

Thanks.


It's more important though to find the source of the problem.

 

[klapse]

I get the segfault on exit and I have the .tomenetrc file. Needs someone with gdb-fu to debug.


EDIT: seems to happen in c-init.c line 1915


#ifndef WINDOWS


write_mangrc(); #endif


commenting it out resolves the segfault (have not found where WINDOWS got defined)

 

[klapse]

Thanks.


It's more important though to find the source of the problem.

Did you find it? I fixed my segfault and am playing a bit every day...

 

[lomaxx]

No. The only thing I noticed was that I get segfaults on my GentooPC too when running the ncurses-version ("./tomenet -c").

Running the X11-version (without "-c") does not segfault. But I didn't manage to get that running on the Pandora. Might not even be a good idea doing so on the Pandora as it opens a couple of windows, which might be too much for the small screen.

How did you get rid of the segfault-message?

Edit: Doh! Didn't scroll backwards enough. Sorry. I found the answer myself.

 

[klapse]

Segfault on exit seems to happen in c-init.c line 1915


#ifndef WINDOWS


write_mangrc(); #endif


commenting it out resolves the segfault (even though WINDOWS soes not seem to be defined)


I only get one window created with tomenet -c. Without -c I get many windows opened, but cannot input text into the main window.

 

[Neelix]

#ifndef WINDOWS


write_mangrc(); #endif


commenting it out resolves the segfault (even though WINDOWS soes not seem to be defined)

Well that makes sense... the directive is #ifndef not #ifdef.  That line executes because WINDOWS is not defined.

- Neelix

 

[klapse]

Well that makes sense... the directive is #ifndef not #ifdef. That line executes because WINDOWS is not defined.

Wow man.. every time I read that as #ifdef. Brain bad baaad.

 

[lomaxx]

After trying to understand what's going on in client.c for hours, I decided to ask in a tomenet-channel on irc. And someone helped me after a very few minutes. That was a great help on the one side, but on the other hand a bit frustrating regarding my long lasting efforts before.

Anyway, the fix will be in the next version, but since it's not clear when that will be released, he told me how to fix it myself. I tried it on my x86GentooPC and it works there. Now I will apply it on the Pandora, but compiling will take a while. So for now here is the fix:

[17:10] <TomeNET>  [Zop] ok, if you wan tto hotfix it (because we wont release a new client immediately because of this),
[17:10] <TomeNET>  [Zop] edit client.c, and in line 623 there should start a block of 'write_mangrc_aux()'  lines,
[17:11] <TomeNET>  [Zop] right after a line "#ifdef USE_X11"
[17:11] <TomeNET>  [Zop] between the use-x11 line and the first write_mangrc_aux(), you need to insert this line:
[17:11] <TomeNET>  [Zop] if (!strcmp("ANGBAND_SYS", "x11")) {
[17:12] <TomeNET>  [Zop] and also, between the last write_mangrc_aux() statement and the following '#endif' line, you need to insert a line just containing a closing bracket like this: }

After compiling tomenet for the Pandora, I will try to set up music and soundFX and will report back.

 

[klapse]

After trying to understand what's going on in client.c for hours, I decided to ask in a tomenet-channel on irc. And someone helped me after a very few minutes. That was a great help on the one side, but on the other hand a bit frustrating regarding my long lasting efforts before.


Anyway, the fix will be in the next version, but since it's not clear when that will be released, he told me how to fix it myself. I tried it on my x86GentooPC and it works there. Now I will apply it on the Pandora, but compiling will take a while. So for now here is the fix:

Problem here is that the X11 version creates many windows, only one of which is visible at a time. If you use the curses version, you get all needed information on one screen (still needed are a few tweaks to relocate some text)


The curses version is what I am playing atm...

 

[lomaxx]

I just remembered, that you, klapse, said that your backspace key does not work in tomenet. You could try to exchange the /etc/inputrc as root with the one I posted here. Better backup yours first. That's at least one of the things I modified while sorting trying to get backspace/del working in various situations.

 

[klapse]

I found that ctrl+h deletes text from chat window just fine. TYhanks