Thomas Frohwein wrote (2024-08-21 20:15 CEST):
> New tarball, now with correct header file for malloc(3) - thanks brynet
> for spotting!

It works for me and brings back some good memories.

Attached again with the following changes:

- moved share/{lib/netgames,online} to share/Descent3/{lib/netgames,online}
  by setting -DCMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR and -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR
- "mkdir -p" in the README
- removed pre-configure. It seems good enough to pass --prefix linux
  only to CONFIGURE_ARGS

Best Regards,
Stefan

> On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 10:33:56AM -0400, Thomas Frohwein wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > The Descent series of video games was an influential sci-fi
> > 6-degrees-of-freedom shooter from the 1990's. We can already run Descent
> > 1&2 via dxx-rebirth. The source code of Descent 3 was released in April
> > this year.
> > 
> > The port builds with relatively little modification. I've started a PR
> > to upstream some of the patches [1]. It needs the game assets to run,
> > either from the original CD/DVD or via GOG or Steam digital download.
> > README lists an example how to extract the files and launch the game.
> > It seems to only look in $PWD for the game files and, annoyingly,
> > creates directory 'custom/' with empty subdirectories wherever it's
> > launched, so be aware of that if accidentally launching from the wrong
> > dir.
> > 
> > Release notes state that it's for 64bit (amd64 & arm64) and NOT for
> > 32-bit arches [2]. I didn't restrict the port arches as I haven't
> > tested those claims and they might only be referring to what they
> > built for release binaries.
> > 
> > I've launched it on my amd64, watched most of the intro video and
> > played the tutorial level a little bit using mouse controls, all
> > without issues.
> > 
> > ok? or any issues or comments?
> > 
> > Thx to brynet@ for helping me with what to do about
> > malloc_usable_size!
> > 
> > [1] https://github.com/DescentDevelopers/Descent3/pull/542
> > [2] https://github.com/DescentDevelopers/Descent3/releases/tag/v1.5.0
> 
> 

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