I'm a linux user. I wanted to mess around in this game. Java is a compile once, play anywhere language.
This is how i got the game running (No idea if buggy)
Download the java JDK from oracle website. There are three criteria.
- Linux version
- Compressed in tar.gz archive format
- is a version different than 16.0.1, preferably newer.(i'm using 17.0.9)
Extract the JDK into the game's root folder. Create a new bash script. The contents will look something like the following.
Bash:
./jdk-17.0.9/bin/java -Xms2048m -Xmx4096m -jar game.dat ./lofg-2.0
When you want to start the game, you will have to run it from the game's root follower. I suggest running it from a terminal.
It took
several minutes for this game to boot, but i did have a lot of background tasks. I am also running the game from a external SSD which might have I/O bottle necks.
The most worrying message in the terminal was this
Missing i18n items: 0. There is no activity in the terminal after this message, even after the game window pops up.
There are improvements i could suggest to the bash script but i decided to keep it simple (if slightly temperamental) for simplicity take. We can pimp that script out, later!
