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General FreeSpace => Multiplayer => Topic started by: Black Jack on October 03, 2007, 01:49:59 pm

Title: Linux --> mission load fails because of case-sensitivity
Post by: Black Jack on October 03, 2007, 01:49:59 pm

Under Linux file names are case-sensitive, so many missions I download ingame fail to start because the file the system is looking for doesn't exist.
I have to rename the file and rejoin the game, if possible. (In many cases, the briefing has begun and I'm locked out.)

Is here a solution to this problem I can utilize, or something planned for a another version?

Regards
Black Jack

Title: Re: Linux --> mission load fails because of case-sensitivity
Post by: jr2 on October 04, 2007, 02:11:33 am

Isn't there a way Linux can be told to disregard case for a certain program?  Or no?

Title: Re: Linux --> mission load fails because of case-sensitivity
Post by: karajorma on October 04, 2007, 04:22:07 am

Hmmmm. Have you got multidata turned on? Cause I remember that feature was causing a problem with xfered missions.

When you rename the missions are you also moving them from /multidata to /missions?

Title: Re: Linux --> mission load fails because of case-sensitivity
Post by: castor on October 04, 2007, 12:11:55 pm

Its probably the same issue that was discussed here:
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,44839.0.html

Title: Re: Linux --> mission load fails because of case-sensitivity
Post by: Black Jack on October 04, 2007, 01:54:55 pm

multidata is turned off, so I strongly assume it is just case sensitivity. And I fear that is something that can't be simply turned off as it influences the whole file system.

As a side note, I think Freespace downloads all files in just lowercase, at least the few files I received were all this way.
Can you affirm that, and if, can that be changed in the code so at least the downloaded files have the correct filenamen?

(Next problem would be, as Windows doesn't care about case-sensitivity, many users don't care about it, either, and the *NIX users still get files with wrong names.)

Title: Re: Linux --> mission load fails because of case-sensitivity
Post by: karajorma on October 04, 2007, 01:59:39 pm

My suggestion would be to simply download the multiplayer mission pack. You probably should have it anyway in order to avoid making everyone else wait for the missions to XFER to you anyway.

http://www.fszmirror.com/files/multi-mission-pack.vp and http://www.fszmirror.com/files/multi-voice-pack.vp


That's assuming that you're not playing custom built missions of course.