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Topic: Running teeworld not from it's dir makes it not find it's data

In linux:

./teeworlds runs fine but for example teeworlds-dir/teeworlds makes it mad. This is a bit of a problem with launchers (gnome one's for example).

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Re: Running teeworld not from it's dir makes it not find it's data

you can try to write "cd teeworlds-dir; ./teeworlds" to start it.

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Re: Running teeworld not from it's dir makes it not find it's data

Or either "./teeworlds-dir/teeworlds".

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Re: Running teeworld not from it's dir makes it not find it's data

Soeb wrote:

Or either "./teeworlds-dir/teeworlds".

no... then the game doesn't find the directories it needs...

5 Reply by jscinoz (edited by jscinoz 2008-04-19 07:50:01)

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Re: Running teeworld not from it's dir makes it not find it's data

This is the launcher script included with my Debian packages:
Just change basepath and binary to point to the teeworlds directory and the actual executable, save it somewhere in your path (possibly /usr/games/) and make it executable (chmod a+x /usr/games/teeworlds) then use it in your launchers.

#!/bin/sh
BASE_PATH=/usr/share/games/teeworlds/
BINARY=/usr/lib/games/teeworlds/teeworlds
QUIET=0
EXCUSE="\
Teeworlds client wrapper\n\
This script is Debian specific, it is *NOT* part of the source distribution!\n\
Usage: teeworlds [OPTION]...\n\
\n\
 -h, --help\t\tDisplay this help\n\
 -q, --quiet\t\tDisable console output\n\
 -f <config>\t\tSpecify the path to an alternate configuration file\n
 <command> <value>\tPass commands to the engine\n"

# Teeworlds binaries don't understand most "regular" command line parameters. Let's
# catch them here, to avoid accidently launching the binary.

while [ "$1" != "" ]; do {
    if [ "$1" = "-f" ]; then
        break;
    fi
    case "$1" in
        -h|--help)
            echo ${EXCUSE}
            exit 0
            ;;
        -q|--quiet)
            QUIET=1
            ;;
    esac
    shift
}; done

# Ready to rumble!

cd ${BASE_PATH}

if [ ${QUIET} -eq 1 ]; then
    exec ${BINARY} $* >/dev/null 2>&1
else
    exec ${BINARY} $*
fi

exit $?

Alternatively, if you want something a tad simpler:

#! /bin/sh
cd /path/to/teeworlds
exec ./teeworlds

And do the same as above (put somewhere in your path, make executable, possibly include in launcher)

Hope that helps,
jscinoz