[kasperl]

Interesting.

If I use the FS dir of my Windows partition, but leave the executable where it is now, it runs. Extremely slow, but it runs. So it is not possible to have the data and the executable on the same folder on Linux, apparently.

Even more interesting, copying the executable to another folder and running it while in the /freespace folder won't work.

Is there a serious limit on the kind of path where the data is placed?

[Iss Mneur]

Okay, I have now checked the code and it seems the check for the root directory happens sooner than I thought so the log is never gets opened.

But in looking at the code, I have found the cause for your problems.  It seems that the function that checks to see if the game is being run from a root directory (like c:/) does not seem to make any distinction for UNIX systems, so "/freespace" is considered the same as "c:/", because it only has one slash.  Thus, it considered a "root" directory.  The easiest way to fix this would be to just move freespace to (for example) "/games/freespace" or to somehow get two slashes in the path ("/freespace/freespace") would also work.

[chief1983]

Damn I almost suggested using /games/freespace2 and thought, nah, that's silly.

[kasperl]

I pretty much guessed this was something forgotten in making the game cross-platform. The only reason I moved it to /freespace was because I was having issues at first with the executable located on a NTFS drive. That's all fixed now.

I suppose an OS check (even at compile time would do) would fix this?

As for the game running slowly, that's an OGL issue which I'll have to fix first. I'll post once I get that going.

[chief1983]

It could be fixed in code I'm sure, file a bug if you want, but there's a fairly simple workaround for now I guess.

[kasperl]

Oh, for me it works, but this either needs to go into the documentation or be fixed. It's a pain for new users, and it's odd. If you tell me which file the check is in I'll submit a patch soonish.

edit: in /code/cfile/cfile.cpp:

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< #if defined SCP_UNIX
< // /freespace works, / shouldn't
< if(token_count <= 1){
< return 1;
< }
< #endif



[Iss Mneur]

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Index: code/cfile/cfile.cpp
===================================================================
--- code/cfile/cfile.cpp (revision 6294)
+++ code/cfile/cfile.cpp (working copy)
@@ -147,9 +147,14 @@
  token_count++;
  tok = strtok(NULL, DIR_SEPARATOR_STR);
  } while(tok != NULL);
-
- // root directory if we have <= 1 slash
+
+#ifdef SCP_UNIX
+ // /freespace works, / does not
+ if(token_count <= 1) {
+#else
+ // C:/freespace works, C:/ does not
  if(token_count <= 2){
+#endif
  return 1;
  }

I have tested this on both Ubuntu and Windows 7.

[kasperl]

Definitely better then what I did, thanks.

[chief1983]

Committed in r6316, and on my list to backport after a bit more testing.