I've also been googling S3TC. I'm definitely not using that!

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Yeah, I've been googling too. No explanations. Everybody seems to be calling it a driver issue. Funny, though, how other GL games work for you but mine doesn't. :(

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Thanks, Hamish. Sorry, I should have included some instructions. You have to start the game using the "dirk2" script. That will set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH and environment for you. Usually, people who get the demo from my download page would see that note. Or if they looked at the readme. I'll see if I can add some text about it right on the final install screen (if InstallJammer will let me do that).

Not sure what would cause the crash. I'm just using very simple OpenGL commands. One difference Dirk 2 has that Dirk 1 didn't have is lighting, which would kick in when you start the first level. But your other OpenGL games have that too, so I don't know what the difference is. I don't believe the game is built against S3TC (I don't even know what that is). I built the game on Ubuntu 9.10, with the mesa-common-dev, freeglut3-dev, libglu1-mesa-dev, and libgl1-mesa-dev packages installed. Basic stuff, really.

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Thanks, Nemoder!

And I don't mind, Maxim! I'm trying to spread the news as far as I can - I appreciate the help!

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Welcome, Powelly! Great first article.

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That's true, in that it probably won't impact sales of the Linux version. There just isn't much competition - unfortunately. Maybe for Mac and Windows it would be different - since gamers have a much bigger choice of where to spend their money. But on the other hand, like you say, the target audiences are a bit different (though I did deliberately design Dirk 2 to appeal to a wider audience, not just kids).

At any rate, sorry to hijack your thread. Helena looks good! Any thoughts on how you're going to sell it yet? I'm secretly hoping you're planning to sell it through a payment provider like BMT Micro or Plimus, so I can affiliate it and add it to my catalog!

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Thanks, Eddward!

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Looking good! I think I've picked the wrong time to make Dirk Dashing 2 available... lots of other platformers coming out.

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This looks pretty cool! I can see Dirk Dashing 2 is going to have some competition...

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In case anyone is interested in why I chose to do a pre-order for the game, I just blogged about it:
http://www.mygamecompany.com/forums/showthread.php?t=635 [External Link]

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