[NEEDS INFO] Cant launch? ubuntu 10.04

from what I can tell you're just supposed to unzip and use the shell scripts correct?

when I try I get this

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you have reached this menu due to missing or unlocatable content/data

What should I do?

You also have to make sure that your working directory is in the game folder.. The simplest to achieve that is to go to the game folder in a console before starting it manually from there..

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actually, yeah the shell script should work without manually setting the working directory (i always wrote my own to do that - didn't even see there is already a script setup to do just that).. So maybe the script has a but.. Does manually changing the working dir and then running the executable directly work for you?

You also have to make sure that your working directory is in the game folder.. The simplest to achieve that is to go to the game folder in a console before starting it manually from there..

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actually, yeah the shell script should work without manually setting the working directory (i always wrote my own to do that - didn't even see there is already a script setup to do just that).. So maybe the script has a but.. Does manually changing the working dir and then running the executable directly work for you?

I'm not sure how to set the the working directory. Game consoles are quite foreign to me

You browse folders on a command line very much like you do in a gui. In ubuntu when you open the terminal, your current working directory will be your "/home/yourusername" directory. Commands you need to know to browse/change working directory:

"ls" - lists all the files and folders in your current working directory.
"cd" - change directory, as in "cd xonotic" to change your working directory to the xonotic folder, in the folder you were previously viewing.
"cd .." - will take you up one folder to the directory you were previously in.

Here's an example of how you might browse to your xonotic folder and run the game:

First, extract the game folder to your home folder, if you havent already. Open a terminal and observe the following commands (your paths/folder names will differ slightly from my own of course):

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jaywalker@JayNix-Desktop:~$ ls add-remove reconstructor list examples.desktop Nexuiz Templates AssaultCube FreeBasic nvclock fan Ubuntu One BackInTime HALO Pictures umjnx.sh BF1942.pid lmms Public UT2004 bz98 mnjnx.sh reconstructor Videos Desktop mprime sauerbraten www Documents Music Source xonotic Downloads My Games Starcraft xonotic-preview jaywalker@JayNix-Desktop:~$ cd xonotic-preview jaywalker@JayNix-Desktop:~/xonotic-preview$ ls Xonotic jaywalker@JayNix-Desktop:~/xonotic-preview$ cd Xonotic jaywalker@JayNix-Desktop:~/xonotic-preview/Xonotic$ ls bin64 misc xonotic-linux32-sdl data ogg.dll xonotic-linux64-dedicated Docs SDL.dll xonotic-linux64-glx fteqcc server xonotic-linux64-sdl key_0.d0pk source xonotic-linux-glx.sh libcurl-4.dll vorbis.dll xonotic-linux-sdl.sh libd0_blind_id-0.dll vorbisenc.dll xonotic-osx-dedicated libfreetype-6.dll vorbisfile.dll Xonotic-SDL.app libgmp-10.dll Xonotic.app xonotic-sdl.exe libjpeg.dll xonotic-dedicated.exe xonotic-x64-dedicated.exe libmodplug-1.dll xonotic.exe xonotic-x64.exe libpng12.dll xonotic-linux32-dedicated xonotic-x64-sdl.exe libtheora.dll xonotic-linux32-glx zlib1.dll jaywalker@JayNix-Desktop:~/xonotic-preview/Xonotic$ sudo chmod +x xonotic-linux32-sdl [sudo] password for jaywalker: jaywalker@JayNix-Desktop:~/xonotic-preview/Xonotic$ ./xonotic linux32-sdl

The very last command should run the game for you.

You also have to make sure that your working directory is in the game folder.. The simplest to achieve that is to go to the game folder in a console before starting it manually from there..

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actually, yeah the shell script should work without manually setting the working directory (i always wrote my own to do that - didn't even see there is already a script setup to do just that).. So maybe the script has a but.. Does manually changing the working dir and then running the executable directly work for you?

I'm not sure how to set the the working directory. Game consoles are quite foreign to me

I meant a console as in terminal.. Not the ingame console..