Launching Return to Castle Wolfenstein on Linux

Not so long ago, the code of the glorious game Return to Castle Wolfenstein from the legendary idsoftware was opened under the GPL license . This is so, by the way.


And after the passed exam in physics I wanted to relax a bit. I decided to play RTCW. As it turned out, running the game under Linux is more than realistic.

(Under the heading "Express Installation" there is a sequence of commands (for the Debian OS family) without explanation - for those who do not want to read a lot of text. The complete success of this method is not guaranteed).

Attention! This article assumes basic Linux terminal skills.

Someone idsoftware’s TTimo posted a FAQ on running RTCW 1.41 on Linux.

For a successful launch, we need:

• Game disc
• Installation file for Linux
• Installed libstdc ++ 2.10-glibc2.2

Now in order

Game disc

It is assumed that you have a disc with the game Return to Castle Wolfenstein. From it we need only files with resources: mp_pak0.pk3, mp_pak1.pk3, mp_pak2.pk3, pak0.pk3, sp_pak1.pk3, sp_pak2.pk3.

Linux installation file

The file is on the idsoftware ftp server . But my rocking from there was unstable: the speed was either growing or falling. Therefore, just in case, I uploaded it to dropbox . It would be nice if someone mirrored to their public store.

Libstdc ++ 2.10-glibc2.2 library

Version 2.10 of the library is considered obsolete, therefore it is removed from the repositories. (At the time of this writing, in the libstdc ++ repositories version 6-4.3). But the old version is perfectly google:

• Ubuntu ( direct link to i386 )
• Debian ( direct link to i386 )

For other cases, there is a sure alternative .

Installation

If the necessary ingredients are already on hand, we proceed directly to the installation of the game.

Create the necessary folder for the game:

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1. sudo mkdir /usr/local/games/wolfenstein/
2. sudo mkdir /usr/local/games/wolfenstein/main

Installation of resources:

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1. sudo cp mp_pak0.pk3 mp_pak1.pk3 mp_pak2.pk3 pak0.pk3 sp_pak1.pk3 sp_pak2.pk3 /usr/local/games/wolfenstein/main/

Install libstdc ++ 2.10-glibc2.2 library

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1. sudo dpkg -i libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-24_i386.deb

Game Installation:

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1. sudo chmod +x wolf-linux-1.41b.x86.run
2. sudo ./wolf-linux-1.41b.x86.run

ATTENTION! If the installation stops with the text "Extraction failed" - do not panic - the solution to the problem is below under the heading "Solving some problems."

In case of successful unpacking, a pseudographic installer will start. We go through the standard steps.

The game is launched by the commands:

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1. wolfsp

and

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1. wolfmp

for single player and multiplayer, respectively.

ATTENTION! If there is no sound in the game - do not panic - the solution to the problem is below under the heading "Solving some problems."

Some problems

Extraction failed

They say the reason is that / tmp, where the unpacking is performed, is not rubber. (And indeed). To solve the problem, run the installer with the key --target / custom / temp / folder , where / custom / temp / folder is any folder that will be used to unpack temporary files. For instance:

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1. sudo ./wolf-linux-1.41b.x86.run --target /media/mydisk

No sound

Add the line to the executable / usr / local / games / wolfenstein / wolfsp:

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1. echo "wolfsp.x86 0 0 direct" | sudo tee /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss

before

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1. exec ./wolfsp.x86 "$@"

Please note that when starting the game you will need to enter a password (so the question is partially open). If you want to start the game not from the terminal, but from the menu, for example, use gksudo instead of sudo:

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1. echo "wolfsp.x86 0 0 direct" | gksudo tee /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss

If there is still no sound, try installing the oss-compact package:

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1. sudo apt-get install oss-compact

Express installation

(go to the folder where you copied the following resource files from the disk:
mp_pak0.pk3, mp_pak1.pk3, mp_pak2.pk3, pak0.pk3, sp_pak1.pk3, sp_pak2.pk3)

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1. wget http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gcc-2.95/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-24_i386.deb
2. wget ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/wolf/linux/wolf-linux-1.41b.x86.run
3. sudo su
4. mkdir /usr/local/games/wolfenstein/
5. mkdir /usr/local/games/wolfenstein/main
6. cp mp_pak0.pk3 mp_pak1.pk3 mp_pak2.pk3 pak0.pk3 sp_pak1.pk3 sp_pak2.pk3 /usr/local/games/wolfenstein/main/
7. dpkg -i libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-24_i386.deb
8. chmod +x wolf-linux-1.41b.x86.run
9. ./wolf-linux-1.41b.x86.run
10. exit
11.  
12. wolfsp

Finally

If you need more information, refer to the "official" FAQ and installation instructions .

By the way, on my Asus EeePC 901 netbook, the game works great with maximum parameters.