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The story so far:
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The story so far:
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I normally play on Windows, mostly because I like to have the latest video drivers on my gaming system. But recently I decided to try installing Zero-K on a Linux Mint partition. Got the Zero-K semi-portable file from itch.io. Noticed that there's a complaint in the comments that the libcurl3 library is no longer available. So what if libcurl4 superceded it? Everything still works. Zero-K_linux64.sh wouldn't run at first because my TERM variable was set for 256 colors... Fine, set that to xterm and run. No update screen ("Zero-K is updating, please wait..."), but the game runs. OK, how do I get my update screen? Well, just running the "old" script does that for me. Great, everything runs. On the wrong monitor. Fine, I'll keep dragging the window where I want it (a nightmare, but not limited to ZK). But the game version remains at 1.8.9 no matter what.
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I normally play on Windows, mostly because I like to have the latest video drivers on my gaming system. But recently I decided to try installing Zero-K on a Linux Mint partition. Got the Zero-K semi-portable file from itch.io. Noticed that there's a complaint in the comments that the libcurl3 library is no longer available. So what if libcurl4 superceded it? Everything still works. Zero-K_linux64.sh wouldn't run at first because my TERM variable was set for 256 colors... Fine, set that to xterm and run. No update screen ("Zero-K is updating, please wait..."), but the game runs. OK, how do I get my update screen? Well, just running the "old" script does that for me. Great, everything runs. On the wrong monitor. Fine, I'll keep dragging the window where I want it (a nightmare, but not limited to ZK). But the game version remains at 1.8.9 no matter what.
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Question of the day:
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Question of the day:
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How do I update my game?
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How do I update my game?
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Other questions:
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Other questions:
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I didn't try to create a new account or enter my old one, it's just a local game for now. Could that cause it to not update properly? If so, that feels like a bug.
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I didn't try to create a new account or enter my old one, it's just a local game for now. Could that cause it to not update properly? If so, that feels like a bug.
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Is the itch.io version no longer maintained?
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Is the itch.io version no longer maintained?
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Conclusion:
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Conclusion:
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I
will
probably
remove
this
installation.
Sadly,
it
runs
worse
on
Linux
than
it
does
on
Windows
on
the
same
machine,
with
strange
micro-freezes
despite
fewer
backgrounds
processes
(
nothing
in
the
log
to
explain
them
afact)
and
windows
that
don't
stay
on
the
monitor
that
I
put
them
on.
Nevertheless,
I'd
still
like
to
know
how
update
it
in
case
I
need
to
help
someone
else
who
might
the
same
issue
down
the
road.
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I
will
probably
remove
this
installation.
Sadly,
it
runs
worse
on
Linux
than
it
does
on
Windows
on
the
same
machine,
with
strange
micro-freezes
despite
fewer
backgrounds
processes
(
nothing
in
the
log
to
explain
them
afact)
and
windows
that
don't
stay
on
the
monitor
that
I
put
them
on.
Nevertheless,
I'd
still
like
to
know
how
to
update
it
in
case
I
need
to
help
someone
else
who
might
have
the
same
issue
down
the
road.
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My itch.io Linux (mis)adventure