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diff --git a/games/xu4/README-SBo.txt b/games/xu4/README-SBo.txt index 0554d13278e47..b131265ca65fd 100644 --- a/games/xu4/README-SBo.txt +++ b/games/xu4/README-SBo.txt @@ -1,4 +1,16 @@ -Notes and optional stuff: Music, enhanced graphics, and PDF manuals. +Notes and optional stuff. + +XU4 Upgrade Note +---------------- +If you upgraded from xu4-20130612_svn to 1.2.1 or later, your old +settings from ~/.xu4 will no longer be read. You can try: + +mkdir -p ~/.config/xu4 +cp -a ~/.xu4/* ~/.config/xu4 + +...but there's no guarantee the new engine will read the old config or +savegames (not tested, YMMV). + Slackware Upgrade Note ---------------------- @@ -6,36 +18,13 @@ If you upgraded from 14.1 to 14.2, your old ~/.xu4/xu4rc needs to be edited, to disable XML validation (otherwise the game won't start). Edit the file manually, or use this: -sed -i '/validateXml/s,1,0,' ~/.xu4/xu4rc - -Music ------ -To hear the in-game music, you'll need a set of MIDI patches, either the -eawpats or freepats package from slackbuilds.org (make sure you set up -timidity.cfg correctly). These can be installed after the fact (no need -to rebuild xu4 after installing them). The timidity package itself isn't -required (xu4 uses SDL_mixer to play back the music). +sed -i '/validateXml/s,1,0,' ~/.config/xu4/xu4rc -Enhanced Graphics ------------------ -By default, the script will build a package that uses the graphics from -the original PC/DOS version of the game. If you'd like to use the -upgraded graphics from the Ultima IV Upgrade Project, download the file -u4upgrad.zip and place it in the same directory as the SlackBuild script, -before running it. The upgrade can be downloaded here: - -URL: http://www.moongates.com/u4/upgrade/files/u4upgrad.zip -md5sum: 4ce9c9cd9dab111275e0ebfde7a482c4 -Homepage: http://www.moongates.com/u4/upgrade/Upgrade.htm - -The graphics upgrade isn't listed in the .info file because it isn't -required to play the game, and also because some users will prefer the -original CGA-style graphics. PDF Manuals ----------- Some of the documentation in this package is in Microsoft Word format. To -read it, you can use KWord... or just live with the text-only versions +read it, you can use calligra... or just live with the text-only versions (also included in this package). These are the manuals for the original game, and unlike most modern games, you really do need to read them to have any chance of completing Ultima IV. The text files and Word docs @@ -53,3 +42,12 @@ md5sum: c6be37b7028d6f7b56843a73517a5c31 The PDF docs aren't listed in the .info file because they're fairly large, and not needed just to play the game. + + +Running without PulseAudio +-------------------------- +Some of us still prefer not to use PulseAudio. For xu4, there's no +option for ALSA or SDL audio. To get sound without PulseAudio, install +apulse, then run xu4 as "apulse xu4" from a terminal. If you like, +you can edit the .desktop file to make it launch this way from the +GUI, too. |