Hi new to these forums and apologize if this question seems out of place. I am loving Cataclysm:DDA v0.3, recently I have found some newer versions of the game around the web already pre-compiled for windows and these run beautifully on my pc.
I constantly read the commit history and see all these new features being added and wonder to myself if there is some place that has up to date pre-compiled windows version of the game. I have tried Git and use it to some extent but I cannot get it to look as good as the releases I have been playing, so either I am looking for newer versions of these compiled windows versions or perhaps some advice on making the Cygwin/Git version to look as similar as it can.
I would love to use the Git version more but as I say It just rapes my eyeballs with it’s squashed text and weird colors that are different to what I’m used to, I have also fiddled with Cygwin’s font options and find them to be no help.
Go to the repository in your browser and click the “Clone in Windows” button. The GitHub application will then install the repository in your GitHub folder (which can be changed in the Tools settings)
To update source files from GitHub
Right-click the repository in Github for Windows and click “Open”
Click the “Sync” button at the top
To build cataclysm.exe
Run MinGW
Change directory to your cataclysm-dda folder. For me, this command is
A shorter way of doing this is by typing "cd " and then dragging the link to the folder in your Favorites pane onto the open MinGW window. Make sure that path is in quotation marks or the command will fail
There’s no need to use an extra HD or partition if you want to use linux for small tasks like this.
Use any of the builds of Puppy Linux (although slacko is the main build, and the most often updated) and install it to an USB drive. Next time you want to use linux just boot from your pendrive and you’re set.
Once installed and booted you’ll need to also install the latest compatible devx. This one is for the current version of slacko (5.5): http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/puppy-5.5/devx_slacko_5.5.sfs
I also had to reinstall git from the puppy pet manager for it to work.
Puppy linux is a great small distro overall. Check it out.
[quote=“kenoxite, post:6, topic:639”]There’s no need to use an extra HD or partition if you want to use linux for small tasks like this.
Use any of the builds of Puppy Linux (although slacko is the main build, and the most often updated) and install it to an USB drive. Next time you want to use linux just boot from your pendrive and you’re set.
Once installed and booted you’ll need to also install the latest compatible devx. This one is for the current version of slacko (5.5): http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/puppy-5.5/devx_slacko_5.5.sfs
I also had to reinstall git from the puppy pet manager for it to work.
Puppy linux is a great small distro overall. Check it out.[/quote]
Looks quite interesting, however I already have a working Linux distriubution setup on a different drive.
I have done similar things before but it does not quite cut it, the game saves/loads slow and is generally slower simply because it is running over usb.
Since I don’t have USB3.0 (probably never will) I don’t see much of a point in a portable version.
