From owner-freebsd-multimedia Mon Apr 27 21:40:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA09153 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:40:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA09138 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:40:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@glue.umd.edu) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA02039; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 23:37:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 23:37:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@localhost To: Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD support now in Descent. In-Reply-To: <199804280403.MAA22491@ariadne.tensor.pgs.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth wrote: > > > > > Stephen, it built just fine, but it doesn't want to start, so I figure > > it's not really installed right. When it fails to start, it prints: > > > > picnic:/usr2/chuckr/descent:125 >ldescent > > > > Error: Cannot open file DESCENT.TEX or DESCENT.TXB > > > > so I looked to see if there was a DESCENT.TEX or DESCENT.TXB file > > somewhere in the distribution, and maybe I could put that somewhere. > > There isn't one. Do you have this working? What have I missed? > > > > I should've mentioned that you'll need the datafiles from the registered > version of descewnt. They're selling CDs with Descent I & II on them now. Buy > one of those & you'll be set. I'm not a big gameplayer, and I'll certainly not play these under Windows ... I thought that the descent thing would make a good demo. Under those conditions, is buying the cd still something you'd recommend? ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message