Ho do I install the game Triplane Classic from github

Jumpy

I managed to get this far:

$ sudo eopkg install g++
$ sudo eopkg install sdl1
$ sudo eopkg install sdl1-mixer
$ sudo eopkg install remake
$ sudo eopkg install git
$ git clone https://github.com/triplane-classic/triplane.git
$ cd triplane/
$ remake depend

Makefile:40: recipe for target 'depend' failed, error: missing binary operator before token

Any ideas how to proceed?

algent

Jumpy You should start by installing;
sudo eopkg it -c system.devel.

Jumpy

algent Ok I ran 'sudo eopkg it -c system.devel' and now make command is found.

algent

In instructions there is make depend not remake depend.

Jumpy

algent I searched 'gnu make' in Solus Software Center and the only result is remake a patched GNU Make not make without the 're' so I figured there is no make in Solus just remake.

Jumpy

Now I am stuck with this:

jarkko@silverstone ~ $ cd triplane/
jarkko@silverstone _/triplane $ make depend
rm -f .depend
touch .depend
(set -e; \
for src in src/gfx/bitmap.cpp src/gfx/font.cpp src/gfx/gfx.cpp src/util/wutil.cpp src/util/random.cpp src/io/sdl_compat.cpp src/io/video.cpp src/io/mouse.cpp src/io/dksfile.cpp src/io/timing.cpp src/triplane.cpp src/world/tripai.cpp src/world/tripmis.cpp src/gfx/fades.cpp src/menus/tripmenu.cpp src/world/terrain.cpp src/world/fobjects.cpp src/world/tmexept.cpp src/gfx/extra.cpp src/settings.cpp src/world/plane.cpp src/io/joystick.cpp src/io/sound.cpp src/world/tripaudio.cpp src/tools/lvledit/lvledit.cpp src/tools/pgdview/pgdview.cpp src/tools/pcx2pgd/pcx2pgd.cpp; do \
g++ -MM -MT "echo "$src" | sed 's/\\.cpp$/.o/'" -Wall -Isrc -O2 -g sdl-config --cflags -DHAVE_SDL_MIXER "-DTRIPLANE_DATA=\"/usr/local/share/games/triplane\"" "-DTRIPLANE_VERSION=\"1.0.8\"" "$src" >>.depend; \
done)
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echo "fokker.dks: tools/dksbuild data/fokker.lst \" >>.depend
sed '1d; /^;/d; s/ .*$//; s/$/ \/; $s/ \//; s/^/ /;' data/fokker.lst >> .depend
jarkko@silverstone _/triplane $ make
g++ -o src/triplane.o -Wall -Isrc -O2 -g sdl-config --cflags -DHAVE_SDL_MIXER "-DTRIPLANE_DATA=\"/usr/local/share/games/triplane\"" "-DTRIPLANE_VERSION=\"1.0.8\"" -c src/triplane.cpp
/bin/sh: sdl-config: command not found
In file included from src/triplane.cpp:27:
src/triplane.h:26:10: fatal error: SDL.h: No such file or directory
26 | #include <SDL.h>
| ^~
compilation terminated.
make: *** [Makefile:61: src/triplane.o] Error 1

algent

Install sdl1-devel and then run make depend again.

algent

Maybe sdl1-mixer-devel will be needed too.

Jumpy

Thank you algent. I wonder where it installed though? I don't know where to look for the executable.

algent

Jumpy In the makefile there are some indications. Look at:
/usr/local/share/games/triplane

Jumpy

Uh-oh I am such a newbie with my Solus and linux.

There is one file here:

jarkko@silverstone /usr/local/share/games/triplane $ ls
fokker.dks

jarkko@silverstone /usr/local/games $ ./triplane
sdl_load_mod_file: Unrecognized music format

algent

Jumpy If it is not working then remove it:

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/games/triplane 
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/man/man6/triplane.6
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/share/games/triplane/fokker.dks

Maybe i will tri it later, and see how to make it work.

algent

Install paths by default are not correct and need some patching. But the game is playable.

Jumpy sdl_load_mod_file: Unrecognized music format

run again with -nosound flag
$ /usr/local/games/triplane -nosound

Jumpy

algent No hurry. Will appreciate should this happen. This is a really good game by the way. I bought it back in the 1990's when it was shareware for MS DOS.

Jumpy

We are this far should anyone else give this a try:

$ sudo eopkg install g++
$ sudo eopkg install sdl1
$ sudo eopkg install sdl1-mixer
$ sudo eopkg install sdl1-devel
$ sudo eopkg install sdl1-mixer-devel
$ sudo eopkg install git
$ sudo eopkg it -c system.devel
$ git clone https://github.com/triplane-classic/triplane.git
$ cd triplane/
$ make depend
$ make
$ sudo make install

soulflyman

As algent suggest, running the game with the -nosound flag works, but a game without sound can't be that funny 😉

To solve the problems, just use the source from one of the releases, for example the latest release v1.0.8 from here https://github.com/triplane-classic/triplane/releases/tag/v1.0.8

Sot to get it to work you have to do the following steps:

sudo eopkg it -c system.devel
sudo eopkg it g++ sdl1 sdl1-mixer sdl1-devel sdl1-mixer-devel
Download the zip file with the source code of the latest release from https://github.com/triplane-classic/triplane/releases/tag/v1.0.8
Extract the source code
change into the source code directory and run make depend
followed by make
run the game with ./triplane

If you want to you can also run make install to install the game system wide.
Oh an there are also some handy command flag to zoom the screen:

-help         Help on options
-fullscreen   Start game in fullscreen mode (default)
-nofullscreen Start game in windowed mode
-nosound      Start game without sounds
-2, -3, -4    Zoom the 320x200-pixel game window 2x, 3x or 4x
-2svga        Zoom the 800x600-pixel window 2x to produce 1600x1200-pixel window

Jumpy

soulflyman This one is solved, thanks to you guys.

Jumpy

Wait a second. As soons as I turn on the sounds through the ingame menus (physical examination > hearing > sounds on) the game crashes with the sound error: sdl_load_mod_file: Unrecognized music format

algent

Jumpy You have to report this to the developer.