Clone of Bluebyte's Settlers II

Like in warcraft-like games, you are the despot of an empire and want to harvest resources and get soldiers to get more power.

Unlike those games, this is a strategic game, not a tactic one, and the main point is about economy instead of war. Lumberjack get logs that you have to transform to planks in the sawmill, and so on. You could say that it's an economy simulation game. The world is something between middle age and roman empire.

Please check Synaptic package manager for Widelands or Getdeb if they have an up-to-date ubuntu package available.


More info: Widelands

Make sure that the driver to your 3D graphic card is proper installed and working.
Check if your sourcelist is fully enable (universe, multiverse and Mediabuntu).

Next you need the right libs to make Widelands working. To the terminal;

Code:

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade
sudo aptitude install libsdl-ttf2.0-0 libsdl-gfx1.2-4 libsdl-net1.2 libsdl-mixer1.2 libsdl-image1.2

Done.

Download the Linux Binary files to your Desktop;

Download

To the terminal;

Code:

mkdir ~/.Games
cd ~/Desktop
tar jxfv widelands-build-11-linuxi386.tar.bz2 -C ~/.Games

Download the widelands.png to your Desktop.

Code:

cd ~/Desktop
mv widelands.png ~/.Games/widelands
nano ~/.Games/widelands/Launch-Widelands.sh

add the following;

Save [ctrl] + [o] and exit [ctrl] + [x].

Next;

Code:

chmod +x ~/.Games/widelands/Launch-Widelands.sh
alacarte

Go to the Game section in Alacarte and push the New Item button. Fill in;

You can now launch from Savage from Applications —> Games —> Widelands

Enjoy! ^__^