Must have XXIII(23) Ken Wood Linux only

[NewWorldHero]

I have played this version almost daily for what seems like a decade.

My scenarios and skirmishes (single player mode only) are somewhat

modified and ONLY work w/ v23 Ken Wood. Have tried many times

installing a new or latest version for Linux thru the Mint repositories and

moving the maps etc to new version. Never works.

 

I have searched and read here and everywhere else for almost a year merely trying to

find the Ken Wood v23 in a Ubuntu .deb package to install on a new PC build. Running

Mint 22.2 now the repos and everywhere else only have the latest 0AD versions, or the tar gz versions

that I have no idea how to "compile" or install. Even tried a Debian version that of course will not

work in Mint 22.2.

 

Finally decided to ask for help and need a good Linux pro.

Thanks

 

 

[hyperion]

The easiest would probably be using the windows binary with wine / proton. You might see a warning at the start tho as wine doesn't support numa and as such the hardware detection will fail. Just click continue in that case.

[Genava55]

How many scenarios do you have? 

[Deicide4u]

Hello, you mentioned that you don't know how to compile, but that may be the only option if you want Linux native older 0 A. D. And it's not too hard to do. 

First, get the a23b tar source and data archives from this link:

https://releases.wildfiregames.com/

Then, follow the build instructions for Linux on this page:

https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/wiki/BuildInstructions

Obviously, instead of the latest source and data archives, you would use the a23b ones.

Good backup practices apply before compiling any large software from source. 

Edited 13 hours ago by Deicide4u

[Stan`]

There is an A23b appimage that might work too.

[NewWorldHero]

As feared this is turning into a nightmare fast.

Ive tried a wine/proton version before. This is a big difference when playing a windows version thru wine/Crossover etc vs a installed version in Linux. Appimage also. Not good.

 

I have dozens of customized scenarios/skirmishes. 

 

Again the compile option(s) ARE too hard and a mess to do. The build instructions in the link start by focusing on all the packages and additional  software you need to even consider compiling in Linux, and its ridiculous as the Windows versions are completed in the basic .exe install packages where anything Linux are raw and have to go thru the compile nightmare. Obviously previous Linux (Mint) versions of 0AD pumped into all the Linux Mint repositories were completed in a .deb format, and now are no where to be found.  

 

Just for FYI- my current install is in the outdated Mint 20.3. Ive even taken a good image of the entire install, placed on a new SSD on the new PC build, and it, of course will not work as the drivers built in the 20.3 kernels are outdated and do not work with new CPU and chipsets..  Doesnt matter if you 'forcibly' and manually install and try any of the new kernels in 20.3, same result.

 

 

 

 

[Gönndolsalv]

what about updating your maps and scenarios to the current or next release?

https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/wiki/PortA25ToA26

https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/wiki/PortA26ToA27

https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/wiki/PortA27ToR28

[Genava55]

6 minutes ago, Gönndolsalv said:

what about updating your maps and scenarios to the current or next release?

https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/wiki/PortA25ToA26

https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/wiki/PortA26ToA27

https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/wiki/PortA27ToR28

Editing directly in the XML files? Not very simple for most people. There are at least 8 python scripts in the pages you linked.