A Quest for Hering help?

[Slovak]

How do I start and run the game?

[bwkaz]

I don't have the retail version (which is the one that's named "A Quest for Herring", I think), but a simple tuxracer in a terminal suffices for the free version...

[Slovak]

No that's not it, that loads tux racer, I am talking about this one........
http://tuxaqfh.sourceforge.net/

[bwkaz]

Oh... uh... oops. ;)

Did you see this page, linked from that one?

http://tuxaqfh.sourceforge.net/running.html

[Slovak]

Yes I did, and either it doesen't say how to run it, or I am just dumb and can't figure it out, because I tried everything to run the game and no luck thus far

[bwkaz]

Playing Tux. If you have a 3Dfx card, then as usual with 3D games under Linux, you need to set some environment variables:

setenv MESA_GLX_FX "fullscreen"
setenv FX_GLIDE_SWAPINTERVAL 1

setenv SST_GAMMA 1.4
setenv SST_SCREENREFRESH 60
setenv SST_SWAP_EN_WAIT_IN_VSYNC 1

setenv SSTV2_GAMMA 1.4
setenv SSTV2_SCREENREFRESH 60
setenv SSTV2_SWAP_EN_WAIT_IN_VSYNC 1


If you do not have /dev/3dfx installed and setup correctly, you'll need to run as root. Either way, you need to be running Xfree86.

During this development phase, it's possible to start the game running at any level...clearly that has to change in time - but for now, it's *very* convenient.

tux_aqfh {-g|--gown|-t|--tux} {-h|--help} {-r|--reset}


The first time you play the game, you need to specify whether you wish to play as Tux (the boy Penguin) or Gown (the girl Penguin). Do this by passing '--gown' (-g) or '--tux' (-t) on the command line. The first time you play, it'll create a save file in your home directory called '.tux_aqfh_rc'. If you want to reset the game, either delete that file or start the game with '--reset' (-r) on the command line. You never have to manually save the game, this happens automatically whenever Tux (or Gown) completes a level,

This release of the game comes with several levels - most of these are just tests for various features of the software rather than seriously playable levels.

The training level is designed to teach beginners the mechanics of the game without the need to read the manual. Note also that the setenv stuff only applies if you're using a 3dfx card (and if you're using a crappy shell; C shell ;)).

[Slovak]

No 3dfx card, I have a radeon 8500, so with that I need to be root, then open console and type tux_aqfh {-g|--gown|-t|--tux} {-h|--help} {-r|--reset}
to start the game?

[bwkaz]

You don't need to be root to start the game, either, if you don't have a 3dfx card. Those instructions seem to be either old, or 3dfx-specific, or something.

You do have 3D acceleration working with that card, right?

You don't just type in "tux_aqfh {-g|--gown|-t|--tux} {-h|--help} {-r|--reset}", no. From what I gather, his syntax means you type in "tux_aqfh", followed by any of those options. You probably need either -g or -t (actually, it says right below that line that you do). -h will give you a help message, and -r will reset your saved game(s).

[bwkaz]

Looked at it some more, and I realized that if you compile yourself, then it puts the binary into /usr/games (or /usr/local/games) rather than /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin. So you probably need to do /usr/games/tux_aqfh or /usr/local/games/tux_aqfh if you compiled it manually.

If you installed a distro package, then they should have fixed issues like that.