Can Blockland (dedicated) even start up on my computer?

[Greek2me]

And there's no console log even created? Odd. Make sure you're looking in the right place. Also, are you doing this on XP now or are you still using Linux/Wine?

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[TheBlackParrot]

And there's no console log even created? Odd. Make sure you're looking in the right place. Also, are you doing this on XP now or are you still using Linux/Wine?

I'm doing this within XP.
I'm pretty sure I'm looking in the right place too.

[Greek2me]

Try deleting everything except for RunMe and the launcher, and then have it redownload everything.


Axol's idea about the AMD chip not being compatible is plausible but you'd think someone would have noticed this before if that were the case.

[TheBlackParrot]

Try deleting everything except for RunMe and the launcher, and then have it redownload everything.

Same as before. Launcher works, game doesn't.

[Altiris]

Same as before. Launcher works, game doesn't.

I HAVE A SOLUTION FOR YOU, BEHOLD MY ULTIMATE GUIDE (THANKS TO YAYFUN) ON HOW TO RUN A BL DEDICATED SERVER ON LINUX.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdsV2PNBajk

PM ME if you have any issues!

[Altiris]

EDIT: Sadly I don't know how to fix your problem with the actual Blockland program loading up, I think maybe its the processor also but I am not sure.

[TheBlackParrot]

I HAVE A SOLUTION FOR YOU, BEHOLD MY ULTIMATE GUIDE (THANKS TO YAYFUN) ON HOW TO RUN A BL DEDICATED SERVER ON LINUX.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdsV2PNBajk

PM ME if you have any issues!

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that turtorial is terrible. You have so many unneeded steps.
In case I never mentioned it, I'm an Arch user, too, so it's a little different for me.

The Portable App version would've been better to use as well, as it keeps everything within one folder. Or you could just add the "profilePath ." argument.

[Altiris]

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that turtorial is terrible. You have so many unneeded steps.
In case I never mentioned it, I'm an Arch user, too, so it's a little different for me.

The Portable App version would've been better to use as well, as it keeps everything within one folder. Or you could just add the "profilePath ." argument.

What steps do I have that are unneeded? The guide is for "beginners" so I did everything step by step so nobody would run into problems. You're welcome for trying to help you. The method I am doing keeps everything in one folder also. If you've tried this already and still doesn't idk, if you havent you should.

Whats the profile path argument? /home/USER/blocklandfolder?

[Greek2me]

Sorry TBP, but I have no idea.

[Altiris]

Also, I am not sure what desktop environment Arch Linux uses (it seems like LXDE) but if its not you should try the Lubuntu distro which is basically Ubuntu but rather than using Unity, it uses LXDE which is super light and a good choice for old computers.

[Greek2me]

The weird thing is that he has the same problem with multiple OS's. Maybe you were right about the processor architecture not being compatible.

[Altiris]

The weird thing is that he has the same problem with multiple OS's. Maybe you were right about the processor architecture not being compatible.

I just sort of realized that, I think you or him (whoever brought it up) may just be a problem with the processor although its still sort of strange no?

[TheBlackParrot]

Sorry TBP, but I have no idea.

It's alright, I might try to switch over to my brother's old computer since he wants nothing to do with it. It's a Pentium 4 so it should run.

What steps do I have that are unneeded? The guide is for "beginners" so I did everything step by step so nobody would run into problems. You're welcome for trying to help you. The method I am doing keeps everything in one folder also. If you've tried this already and still doesn't idk, if you havent you should.

Whats the profile path argument? /home/USER/blocklandfolder?

You don't have to make a Blockland folder unless you're using the Portable App. The installation should already do this. Wine thinks of your home folder like the My Documents folder, and in Windows, the game files are installed to the My Documents folder, therefore Blockland ends up in the home folder in Linux.

Wine 1.4.1 isn't up-to-date at all. It's currently 1.5.26, and there's a PPA available on Wine's site for that version. Use that instead.

Just for further refrence, that part where you reinstalled Wine, you can enter N and it won't reinstall.

The dedicated server shortcuts actually work if you're straight-up installing the game.

If I remember correctly, you can just create a launcher with the "wine BlocklandLauncher.exe" command, or use the ones Blockland offers to create.

The "profilePath ." argument installs the game files to the same folder the launcher resides in.

And another tip, your Wine folder in its entirety is ~/.wine/drive_c.

Just saying.

Also, I am not sure what desktop environment Arch Linux uses (it seems like LXDE) but if its not you should try the Lubuntu distro which is basically Ubuntu but rather than using Unity, it uses LXDE which is super light and a good choice for old computers.

By default Arch is a bash shell (zsh shell in the CD environment, strongly prefer it over bash now). I just had a stripped down version of LXDE installed to attempt running BL. Before that it was just the shell prompt.
You could install GNOME Shell, KDE, LXDE, Openbox, there's a whole slew of DEs.
Myself, I'm running WMFS1 on top of LXDE on my laptop.

[Altiris]

It's alright, I might try to switch over to my brother's old computer since he wants nothing to do with it. It's a Pentium 4 so it should run.
You don't have to make a Blockland folder unless you're using the Portable App. The installation should already do this. Wine thinks of your home folder like the My Documents folder, and in Windows, the game files are installed to the My Documents folder, therefore Blockland ends up in the home folder in Linux.

Wine 1.4.1 isn't up-to-date at all. It's currently 1.5.26, and there's a PPA available on Wine's site for that version. Use that instead.

Just for further refrence, that part where you reinstalled Wine, you can enter N and it won't reinstall.

The dedicated server shortcuts actually work if you're straight-up installing the game.

If I remember correctly, you can just create a launcher with the "wine BlocklandLauncher.exe" command, or use the ones Blockland offers to create.

The "profilePath ." argument installs the game files to the same folder the launcher resides in.

And another tip, your Wine folder in its entirety is ~/.wine/drive_c.

Just saying.
By default Arch is a bash shell (zsh shell in the CD environment, strongly prefer it over bash now). I just had a stripped down version of LXDE installed to attempt running BL. Before that it was just the shell prompt.
You could install GNOME Shell, KDE, LXDE, Openbox, there's a whole slew of DEs.
Myself, I'm running WMFS1 on top of LXDE on my laptop.

I don't want to get into arguments, you are correct with everything except that the the wine installation does not "necessarily" create a folder for BL, it creates a folder in the /home directory already however some people may not want it there and instead have it somewhere such as in the Desktop, I also stated to make the folder before hand because on some distros the version of Wine that came with the repositories didnt have a "Make A New Folder" button.  The dedicate sercer shortcuts actually don't work or don't work anymore, they just launch regular Blockland (at least with my expierence).

I should have probably given a better for version for Wine however I think I was using an LTS which is why it is such a low version, I also thought it would give me the latest version. It still works though which is the main part, if I were making a tutorial to actually play Blockland then I would've made sure I had the most recent version like you said by using a PPA (however not all distros support PPAs.)

Thanks for your feedback I kind of just wanted to make the video simple and showing that you can copy the same steps for other distros without much effort.