Glest
Tested: Ubuntu 7.10 64bit - Gnome
Glest is a free 3D real time strategy game, available for several operating systems and that can be modified using XML and a set of tools.
The core game allows the player to take control of two completely different factions: Tech, which is mainly composed of warriors and mechanical devices, and Magic, that prefers mages and summoned creatures in the battlefield.
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Before Installation
Make sure that the driver to your 3D graphic card is proper installed and working.
Check if your sourcelist is correctly set.
Next installing the tools, libs and -devs to build and install Glest.
Code:
sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade sudo aptitude install build-essential subversion automake autoconf autogen jam sudo aptitude install libsdl1.2-dev libxerces27-dev libalut-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libvorbis-dev libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libx11-dev
Done.
Installation
Now to the building process of Glest.
Code:
mkdir -p ~/.Games/Glest cd ~/Desktop wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/glest/glest_data_3.0.0beta1.zip unzip glest_data_3.0.0beta1.zip mkdir glestsource cd glestsource svn co https://glest.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/glest/trunk/source svn co https://glest.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/glest/trunk/mk cd mk/linux/ ./autogen.sh ./configure jam mv glest glest.ini ~/Desktop/glest_game cd ~/Desktop/glest_game nano glest.ini
Change:
FontConsole=-*-utopia-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
FontDisplay=-*-utopia-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
FontMenu=-*-utopia-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
to
FontConsole=-*-helvetica-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
FontDisplay=-*-helvetica-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
FontMenu=-*-helvetica-*-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Also set you prefered resolution, find and change it.
RefreshFrequency=
ScreenHeight=
ScreenWidth=
Save [ctrl] + [o] and exit [ctrl] + [x].
NOTE: Don't set it any higher than your monitor can support. Also make sure that the resolution you set in Glest also are supported in your xorg.conf.
Code:
mv * ~/.Games/Glest
Launcher
Code:
nano ~/.Games/Glest-launch.sh
Add the following;
#!/bin/bash
cd ~/.Games/Glest
./glest
Save [ctrl] + [o] and exit [ctrl] + [x].
Code:
chmod +x ~/.Games/Glest-launch.sh alacarte
Go to the Game section in Alacarte and push the New Item button. Fill in;
Name: Glest
Command: sh /home/USERNAME/.Games/Glest-launch.sh
Comment: Glest is a free 3D real time strategy game.
Icon: ~/.Games/Glest/glest.ico
You can now launch from Glest by Applications tab —> Games —> Glest
Enjoy! 
