Minisite for helping new/returning players to install and set up ET

(vvskye) #1

This minisite is a rehash of a previous website I made (cf this thread for background). Any feedback is really appreciated.

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When I first made this site, both the ET masterserver was down and PB had just recently dropped support, creating the etkey problem. My original aim was to make a website that would make it as painless as possible for people to get ET up and working so it wouldn’t be in danger of dieing out. Something that you could refer friends to if you wanted to introduce them to the game, so they could easily set up ET without pb/etkey/masterserver hassle. Eventually I wanted to expand it with more knowledge about ET tweaks and troubleshooting for current players, but unfortunately due to some more pressing matters I had to stop developing the site abruptly. Now I have a bit more time, I have republished the site on a paid server, so it can now host large files like installation archives (and anything else people can think of that may be useful). Its good to hear the masterserver thing has been fixed, I guess the etkey thing will remain a problem.

My main aim for the site now is to add screenshots and develop the troubleshooting page for the most common problems people encounter. Hopefully ET has a long future yet :slight_smile:

Also, does anyone know the procedure for getting ET running well on a Mac? Please post any suggestions/comments in this thread, I will try and check it every so often.

(nonoMapper) #2

I would recommend et.splatterladder.com. Although it requires an account and you have to download an external launcher program,

The “requirement to register” on splatterladder is wrong.

(rorgoroth) #3

Nice to see you picked this back up!

I have a suggestion regarding my linux installer, move it to a “last measure, more manual default install” - I’d highly recommend that people use ET:Legacy [1][2][3] (From Radegast’s snapshots or built from git) rather then mess about with scripts, pseudo-fixes and moving things over the place, plus it has many fixes and improvements. The only problem is it has no punkbuster support, but pb has been dead for us for a long time and imo more and more servers are dropping it anyway.

[1] http://forums.warchestgames.com/showthread.php/31857-ET-Legacy
[2] http://www.etlegacy.com/
[3] https://github.com/etlegacy/etlegacy

Edit:
This should do; http://dl.dropbox.com/u/45656686/etlegacy.sh


#!/bin/bash

# Fetch files
    wget http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/et/linux/et-linux-2.60.x86.run
    wget http://www.etlegacy.com/attachments/download/54/etlegacy-linux-2.70rc1.tar.gz
    
# Permissions
    chmod +x et-linux-2.60.x86.run
    
# Extract
    ./et-linux-2.60.x86.run --noexec --target ETLegacy
    tar -zxvf etlegacy-linux-2.70rc1.tar.gz 

# Remove junk
    rm -rf ETLegacy/{bin,Docs,README,pb,openurl.sh,CHANGES,ET.xpm} ETLegacy/setup.{data,sh}

# Move ETL files
    cp -rf etlegacy-linux-2.70rc1/* ETLegacy/
    rm -rf  etlegacy-linux-2.70rc1/

# Ask for removal of .run
    { echo "Remove game installer? [y/n]"
     rm -i et-linux-2.60.x86.run; } &&
     
# Ask for removal of etlegacy archive
    { echo "Remove etlegacy archive? [y/n]"
     rm -i etlegacy-linux-2.70rc1.tar.gz; } &&
## If not used as script, do not ask for removal and use; rm et-linux-2.60.x86.run etlegacy-linux-2.70rc1.tar.gz

# End
    { echo "ET:Legacy standalone game creation script by ETc|PSYKORGASM"; } &&
    { echo "www.psykorgasm.weebly.com"; } &&
    { echo "14 November, 2012"; }

It can be used as a script or just down as instructions/commands to copy (preferable?).
It leaves you with the same portable folder (for ETL) you can dump anywhere and make .desktop files to or preferably aliases in .bashrc either way.

The ett-tty8 script and useful settings are still useful to be provided with this though.
Example aliases also:


# Games
alias et='cd ~/path/to/WolfET/ && ./etl'
alias etb='cd ~/path/to/WolfET/ && ./etl +set fs_game nitmod +connect 83.169.61.63:27960'
(trAnc3) #4

this site doesnt fit on my screen ;D dunno if i have to whine about it, but just scrolling it horizontally, doesnt make it convinient !

(Patriotqube) #5

same problem for me

(stealth6) #6

Same here the site appears to be twice the size it should be judging by the header image and the weird white dash in the middle.

(vvskye) #7

Thanks for the feedback, I am going to completely change the template of the site to rectify the scrolling problems, and take into account everything else posted here. Psykorgasm, I’ve never known about ET Legacy before, looks good, I’ll look at it more indepth and maybe change the windows as well as linux installation instructions to refer to it

(vvskye) #8

I have made a new site template to fix the scrolling issue, I am also trying to make the site less wordy. Also, I understand ET:Legacy is trying to maintain compatibility with 2.60b, would it be correct in saying that ET:Gold is a complete fork?

(rorgoroth) #9

Nice work, it’s looking a lot more simple and less flashy, probably a plus.

Yeah, I think it would be a good move to encourage it’s use on both platforms - I think linux definitely needs it though because it cuts out so much bs. Hopefully someone on the mac side can give you some help on getting that written up too.

I’m not sure (Actually, I just can’t be bothered to read through its thread), but it seems it has been lost and is most likely just dead now anyway(?).

(Mateos) #10

Source lost and author visiting from time to time forums… So I guess it will never be updated again :confused: