Linux Intel demo has major problem

Stavetor · #1 October 28th, 2003, 12:03 PM

Tried the Mac OS Version a few times, and that didn't work. The first 2 times I tried with a download manager- it reported download speeds of up to 120k/second, which is a bit suspect on a 56k modem. When the download completed, I got errors unzipping it- it would stop the unzipping process about halfway through, telling me something about "unknown compression method". I'm using the latest Version of StuffIt, which should have no trouble unzipping a .tar.gz file.

Tried the 3rd time just using my browser, and it just kept downloading, even after it should have had the whole thing. I eventually stopped it once it downloaded 74 out of 70.3 Megs. Same unzipping problems.

Thought it was worth mentioning. It's rather frustrating, especially on a 56k connection where 70 megs takes about 4 hours to complete.

PhilD · #2 October 28th, 2003, 03:27 PM

New update: I tried another download, and it stopped at 58034KB. So it's not always the same spot, like Johan said, but it's disturbingly similar from one attempt to the next.

Edit: Another attempt, this time I monitored the time elapsed while the download went on. It stopped at 16:01, so it might be that there's a timeout at 16 minutes somewhere.

16 minutes for a 71 MB download is just a little over what one can expect, on a quiet day, on an ADSL link...

[ October 28, 2003, 14:15: Message edited by: PhilD ]

Johan K · #3 October 28th, 2003, 04:09 PM

Here is an alternative link for those that have no luck with the original one:

http://www.illwinter.com/dom2/dom2demo_linux_x86.tgz

I hope it works ok!

PhilD · #4 October 28th, 2003, 04:32 PM

Download complete!

Thanks a lot, Johan.

PhilD · #5 October 28th, 2003, 04:54 PM

OK, so now I have the Linux demo. Cool. Except I get unplayable performance (under 1fps at lowest quality setting, 800x600), whereas the Windows Version on the same machine runs very smoothly at the next-to-best quality setting.

I've got an Nvidia GeForce 4200 as a video card, and they normally do a good job of providing their drivers for Linux; so I'll install their latest drivers and just hope it makes a significant difference...

Edit: Yes, it does make a difference. The game plays about the same under both OSes, like it should.

[ October 28, 2003, 20:53: Message edited by: PhilD ]