[CoLoCo] TA SPRING help? [gaming/compiling question]

[Andrew]

They don't seem to have the intrepid package working yet.

anyway, i have made progress. I had to use scons. I've never used it before.

but, i got an error. do you know how to fix it?

code:
g++ -o build/rts/System/AutohostInterface.o -c -fsingle-precision-constant
-frounding-math -fsignaling-nans -mieee-fp -O2 -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing
-fvisibility=hidden -mfpmath=387 -pthread -fsingle-precision-constant
-frounding-math -fsignaling-nans -mieee-fp -O2 -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing
-fvisibility=hidden -mfpmath=387 -pthread -D_SZ_ONE_DIRECTORY
-D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -D_REENTRANT -DSTREFLOP_X87 -DSYNCCHECK -DNO_AVI
-DDIRECT_CONTROL_ALLOWED -Irts -Irts/System -Irts/lib/luabind
-Irts/lib/lua/include -I/usr/include -I/usr/include/GL
-I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/SDL -I/usr/include/ogg
-I/usr/include/vorbis -I/usr/include/python2.5 -I/usr/include/python2.4
-I/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/include -I/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/include/linux
rts/System/AutohostInterface.cpp
rts/System/AutohostInterface.cpp: In member function 'void
AutohostInterface::SendPlayerJoined(unsigned char, const std::string&)
const':
rts/System/AutohostInterface.cpp:81: error: 'strncpy' was not declared in
this scope
rts/System/AutohostInterface.cpp: In member function 'void
AutohostInterface::SendPlayerChat(unsigned char, const std::string&) const':
rts/System/AutohostInterface.cpp:104: error: 'strncpy' was not declared in
this scope
scons: *** [build/rts/System/AutohostInterface.o] Error 1
scons: building terminated because of errors.

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Chomafin <chomafin at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not positive, but It appears they have a dist for Intrepid, if you'd
> prefer that route:
>
> deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/spring/ubuntu intrepid main
> deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/spring/ubuntu intrepid main
>
>
> You can usually find out what all they have up by going to the dist link
> such as : http://ppa.launchpad.net/spring/ubuntu/dists/
>
> But since it's not on their site officially, I'd iffy as to how well it works.
>
>
> If your more interested in building it from source, check out this link :
> *http://spring.clan-sy.com/wiki/Build_from_source*
>
> It has a sub section for all Debian dependencies, which should be all
> you'll need. As for the actual install, it looks like you use scons :
>
> *Configure and build:*
>
> scons configure
> scons
>
> *Install:*
>
> scons install
> mkdir -p /etc/spring
> echo '$HOME/.spring' > /etc/spring/datadir
>
> I've not tried this out, so take it with a grain of salt, but I hope I've
> helped to point you in the right direction at least.
>
> - Ian
>
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Andrew <keen101 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'd like to try out the TA SPRING gaming engine. Unfortunately there does
>> not seem to be a package for intrepid yet.
>>
>> I set out to compile it from source, and followed the directions on this
>> page. (i think i should have all the dependencies now)
>>
>> http://spring.clan-sy.com/wiki/Build_from_source
>>
>> But, when i went to compile it, i cannot find a make file. How am i
>> supposed to get it compiled?
>>
>> There is an /installer folder though. It contains these files which might
>> be what I'm looking for:
>>
>> make_gamedata_arch.sh
>> make_luaui_nsh.py
>> make_test_installer.sh
>> make_source_package.sh
>>
>> any advice? has anyone on this list played TA SPRING before?
>>
>> also, i just tried the following games the other day:
>>
>> Tremulous
>> Alien Arena
>> UFO:AI
>> Nexiuz
>> Warzone 2100
>>
>> There are actually a few neat linux games if you are willing to do some
>> hunting. Most of them are not complete though, but have potential.
>>
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