hyperion Posted July 11, 2025 Report Share Posted July 11, 2025 Hi everyone, for the 0.28.0 release the plan is to make 0ad available as an AppImage together with the Windows installer and the macOS bundle. That means easier access to a binary for users uncomfortable building 0ad from source when they can't wait for their distribution to update the package. This also means AppImages will be added to the bi-weekly builds used for testing when the support matures a bit. By now you probably already thinking give me the link already, so here the link to where the latest test build is available from: https://jenkins.wildfiregames.com/job/test-appimage/ How to run the AppImage you ask? First you need to install fuse which allows for filesystems in userspace. Maybe the package is called libfuse for you distribution. You will need fuse version 2.x for AppImages. Next download the artifacts and verify the downloads which can be done for example as follows: $ md5sum -c 0ad-0.28.0dev.AppImage.md5sum 0ad-0.28.0dev.AppImage: OK $ sha1sum -c 0ad-0.28.0dev.AppImage.sha1sum 0ad-0.28.0dev.AppImage: OK $ minisign -V -m 0ad-0.28.0dev.AppImage -P RWTWLbO12+ig3lUExIor3xd6DdZaYFEozn8Bu8nIzY3ImuRYQszIQyyy Signature and comment signature verified Trusted comment: timestamp:1752172582 file:0ad-0.28.0dev.AppImage hashed Then make the AppImage executable $ chmod +x 0ad-0.28.0dev.AppImage Then launch 0ad $ ./0ad-0.28.0dev.AppImage Finally report if it works for you or not and what distro you are using. A note here, the basis for the AppImage is Debian 12, oldstable by the time of the 0.28.0 release. If your distribution is substantially older than that it might not work. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genava55 Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 Anyone tried? It should be tested before releasing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperion Posted February 10 Author Report Share Posted February 10 A few did but enthusiasm was a bit underwhelming indeed, anyway latest rc is available here https://releases.wildfiregames.com/rc/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berndinger Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 (edited) Hi, I tried rc3. Just noticed there is a rc4. I will install it now... With rc3, there are no problems, as far i noticed. (I play wiith random gigantic maps) cheers, Bernd Edited February 11 by berndinger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diagonalo Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 Hi, I and several others including @Arup tried rc2 and rc3 in a handful of games. I don't think much has changed on the user facing part since when I had a first look when I got aware of the branch about half a year ago. Do we know how many of the balancing advisors and "player-testers" if those do exist made TGs in the rcs like there were before the others alphas ? The Germans are quite cool but we noticed some balance issues (1 severe one is fixed now). Unfortunately there likely won't be any changes before release because "strings ought not to be changed" anymore. Even if the last commits I can see do exactly that ... https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/issues/8694 The game is otherwise looking stable from what I can tell. I will download rc4 now and I expect it to be similarly stable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperion Posted February 10 Author Report Share Posted February 10 @diagonalo, this thread is about the AppImage only, anything that isn't related this obviously please take elsewhere where it is in context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diagonalo Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 I wasn't aware of that from the title, thanks for clarifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guerringuerrin Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 @diagonalo check this thread. I think this is the right one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabio Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 It works fine for me. I just had a minor issue, a "Invalid header" warning I reported here: Strangerly it no longer happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berndinger Posted 13 hours ago Report Share Posted 13 hours ago rc 5 works good! cheers, Bernd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy5995 Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago (edited) On 11/07/2025 at 4:41 AM, hyperion said: By now you probably already thinking give me the link already, so here the link to where the latest test build is available from: https://jenkins.wildfiregames.com/job/test-appimage/ Can this link in the first post be updated? It leads to a 404. @hyperion RC5 works on Manjaro. Edited 1 hour ago by andy5995 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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