kimdino

Hi Chief, > this file is from my c:program files/railroad tycoon II - gold edition folder. I have tried to see if I could use files from an MS-Win version. Unfortunately, no go. > I don't know what the big deal is. You can buy RRTC platinum at office max for 9.99. Again, wrong version. The only place I can find RT2 for Linux for sale is a second-hand copy on Amazon US. I've found buying from the US to be risky & expensive and seeing as the seller wants 46USD to start with (for a 2nd hand) this promises to be even more expensive and difficult than getting my current disc sorted out. Anyway, many thanks for your kind offer. It's much appreciated. Cheers, Kim

Hi, Ray, I ask your patience while I ponder a few thoughts that have arisen and I feel NEEDS to be said, but to whom? Yoiu have raised an interesting point re. violation of copyright, i.e. whose copyright? Who now owns Lokis' copyrights? Are they still servicing the RT2 copyright or letting it go? If they are still serviceing then I would like to ask them to come forward and resolve this, if not then let us know so that people are aware that the copyright restrictions are off. I have unearthed an email address for Sam Lantinga and popped off a note raising the query and pointing to this thread.. I also sent the note to various other Loki associated addresses. Wonder if I'll get a helpful reply? If my copy RT2 is a pirate then someone went to a lot of effort on it, the quality is as good as my Descent 3 which I know is genuine? Further contact wuith Stefan since my originakl post has left me with the impression that he genuine. The pirate, if one existed, has already benefitted all that they may, the only people involved now are innocent victims. Should they suffer? This question should be aimed at copyright holders, but who are they? This thread may not be the proper place for the above thioughts but where is better? Anyway, Ray, thanks for your patience. As I said earlier you've been a grat help. Much obliged, Kim

Hi Ray, Just to say many thanks for your help. Though the problem isn't solved you enabled me to exactly identify the problem. I'll keep my eyes open and can hopefully pick up the two missing files from somewhere in the future. All the best, Kim

Hi Ray, I installed on my Debian setup with exactly the same results. My Debian installation has no X-server so I was unable to try and run it. Referring to your /usr/local/games/RT2/ listing I have am missing Editor.txt, credits2.lng, data/, default2.lng, hiscore.dat & icon.xpm. The directory listing of the root of my CD is:- dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Apr 7 14:48 anim/ -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 54 Aug 30 1999 autorun.inf* dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Apr 7 14:44 bin/ -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2450 Aug 30 1999 icon.bmp* dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Apr 7 14:44 Manual/ dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 Apr 7 14:49 maps/ dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Apr 7 14:55 Railroad_Tycoon_II/ -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 18386 Aug 19 2001 Railroad_Tycoon_II.md5* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8892 Aug 30 1999 README* dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Apr 7 14:49 setup.data/ -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2203 Aug 30 1999 setup.sh* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 921654 Aug 30 1999 splash.bmp* dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 Apr 7 14:49 win32/ The md5 file shows that there should be two more files main.tar.gz and maps.tar.gz, these are the same two that the installer complained of not being able to find. Every other file is on the CD but possibly in the wrong place. The md5 file also shows that everyting should be in the 'Railroad_Tycoon_II' folder, which is empty on this CD? I also have Lokis' Descent 3 so I dug that out and had a check of the CDs. Yep, these were also hand labelled and burnt. I also noted that my supplier (TuxGames) had had to make up a third CD carrying the statement "This is a replacement CD, as the final batch of CD's supplied by Loki Software included a defective disc 1". The Loki supplied disc 1 has a different filestructure fromn the repaired disc. Could the same have happened to my RT2 without it going through a caring supplier to correct the problem? Are the two missing files small enough for an email attachment? With them I could build a repaired CD. BTW My motherboard soundchip uses AC97 drivers and I could never get sound to behave sensibly with the KDE sound system. In the end I BIOS-disabled it and bought a cheap

Hi again, I'm now wondering if my copy is a dodgy pirate. I have run the installation again and noticed that two files were reported as unable to be found by the installer i.e. maps.tar.gz & main.tar.gz. There is is a maps directory in root of the CD, but the file names look like they've all been abbreviated to 8.3 format as if someone had been careless on the filename setting in their burner software. For example one file is '#01b&o~1.map', I realise that this could be a genuine filename? Also the cover sleeve insert looks like it may be hand printed. Could anyone with the Linux RT2 Gold edition check their disc and let me know so that I can quickly get back to e-bay and deal with the seller if mine is a ripoff. Many thanks, Kimdino

Hi Ray, I first installed RT2 as su from a Konsole shel under KDE. Later I unstinstalled and this time reinstalled as root from a raw command line. Same result both times :(. I have done a search of the whole filesystem, using 'updatedb' & 'locate', which showed that 'default2.lng' is not anywhere on the machine. I cannot find it on the CD either? My distro is Mandrake 10.1 (very easygoing on permissions). Would you be able to post me a copy of your default2.lng? Many thanks, Kim

Hi, I've just bought RT2 Gold and tried to install it but with a problem. The game will not start but returns an error saying "Fatal Error: Could not open file 'default2.lng' ". i did try manually creating default2.lng to see if it could then autoconfigure and found that when this created in my ~/.loki/rt2 directory the error changed to just "Fatal Error". So I assume that if I had a proper 'default2.lng to place there this problem would be solved? I did find Gobaloppers' "New Map and Language File" post pointing to a Commonwealth English file, which would be ideal for me, but found his given link (i.e. http://theterminal.dune2k.com/downloads/rrt2/Aus-default2.zip) to be dead. Can anyone offer me any advice to get the game running. BTW I have the Linux version 1.54 of RT2 Gold.. Will the default2.lng from other OS's/versions work okay with this? Thanks, Kimdino