RTCW: Enemy Territory Full Version Released

bani writes "Following just a month after the test release, Enemy Territory has finally made a full version release! You can download the Linux and Windows versions for free, it does not require the retail Return to Castle Wolfenstein product in order to play. Hats off to Id+Activision+SplashDamage for giving the community such an excellent 3d FPS, for FREE!" Update by J : Id has set up a BitTorrent for the downloads. And if anyone needs a Mac beta-tester, I'm available :)

Comments

Re:Anyone got a torrent for it?

[Anonymous Coward]

http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/BT.html

Re:Fileplanet ! NOOOOOOOOOO! Mirrors?

[curtisk]

Found another site.....

http://www.ausgamers.com/files/download/html/6569

Go get it!

BitTorrent link

[fondue]

http://news.gametab.com/files/wolfet.exe.torrent

I haven't tried it yet, so download at your own risk.

BitTorrent Links

[CrezzyMan]

are here: http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/BT.html

Re:another

[sweeney37]

let's try that again:

another link

Mike

Red Title Bar

[Zach`]

A red title bar signifies a "subscriber-only" story. Notice that the timestamp is for 8:15am -- a time in the future. That is when the story will (or should) debut for non-subscribing Slashdot members.

There seems to be a glitch in the Mat^H^H^HSlashdot system, or perhaps they are attempting to lure more subscribers by showing off the features of the system.

Avoid File Planet lameness, BT link

[Anonymous Coward]

et-linux-2.55.x86.run.torrent

direct WGET link for Linux version

[Chuck Bucket]

I'm seeing 106.96K/s from AU - not bad...

• wget http://files.ausgamers.com:81/wolf/enemyterritory/ et-linux-2.55.x86.run

P

Re:I was a tester for this game

[Doug Neal]

I've found OpenGL games to run just as well under Linux as they do in Windows, if not marginally faster. And that's with Wine as well as Linux native. (All the Quake 3 based games I have tried work perfectly under Wine, fully hardware accelerated. So does Counterstrike)

Sounds like you don't have hardware accelleration set up properly (or at all). Your best bet is with an Nvidia or maybe ATI card (I think the Nvidia drivers are slightly more polished than the ATI drivers at this point but I'm not entirely sure as I don't use an ATI).

Tips for Red Hat 9/nvidia users

[IamTheRealMike]

OK.

NPTL breakage (thanks glibc!) means you have to run X using LD_ASSUME_KERNEL if you are using the nVidia drivers. If you don't, you'll have wierd problems, like errors about the static TLS memory size being too small. Here's how to make it work.

1) Install the game.
2) DO NOT hit start, there is a bug in the installer, which will run the game as root if you run it from the installer. D'oh.
3) Once installed, hit ctrl-alt-f1 to get to a console. You can get back to the desktop at any point by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F7.
4) Log in as root, at the text terminal
5) Now enter the following commands exactly as shown:

export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5
X -ac :1

6) You will be looking at any empty screen. Press ctrl-alt-f7 to go back to your desktop. Now enter these commands:

export DISPLAY=:1
xterm & metacity &

Now press ctrl-alt-f8 to go back to your dedicated gaming display :) Running, run "et" in the xterm that has appeared. The game should now start reasonably quickly, and let you set up a profile.

You can use ctrl-alt-f7/f8 to switch between game and desktop at any point.

Good luck, and have fun!