Vega Strike

Hey all,

does anyone have any experience with the game Vega Strike, available from the repos?

When I install it I have no sound, only music.

On the other hand, when I install it from a package from their homepage, I have sound, but it doesn't detect my joystick...

here's a thread where I already posted couple of logs: http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=80059

thanks in advance if any1 can help...

eh, A.I. wanna jump in here?

Well, it aren't the first to report that Vega Strike in the repo is broke, I'll see what I can do with a howto on the CVS (no promises).

thank you for any assistance.... I really really like this game so far, but a) I need sound b) I need joystick too :confused:

There are also other differences I've noticed from the repos version and the original package available from the Vega strike homepage...

this is a terminal log from the repos version:

OpenGL::GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array unsupported

OpenGL::Accurate Fog Distance unsupported OpenGL::Generic Texture Compression unsupported OpenGL::S3TC Texture Compression unsupported OpenGL::Multitexture unsupported OpenGL::TextureCubeMapExt unsupported OpenGL::EXTColorTable unsupported 1 joysticks were found.

The names of the joysticks are: Microsoft Microsoft SideWinder Precision Pro (USB) axes: 6 buttons: 9 hats: 0 FactionXML:LoadXML factions.xml

and here is the same part from the package available on this page:

OpenGL::GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array supported

OpenGL::Accurate Fog Distance supported OpenGL::Generic Texture Compression supported OpenGL::S3TC Texture Compression supported OpenGL::Multitexture supported OpenGL::TextureCubeMapExt supported OpenGL::EXTColorTable unsupported 0 joysticks were found.

The names of the joysticks are: FactionXML:LoadXML factions.xml

seems to be much more compatibility in the original package, but no joystick support...

It's properly because it have been compiled without joystick support.

what should I do? I would really like to play this game with joystick and sound :)

Go for the lastest development versions (heard alot have improved since the last stable release 2 years ago) I can't remember if they use subversion or CVS but you can check it on their site. While compiling make sure you have the libs that enable joystick.

When I tried to run vega strike, the screen would black out, a few errors similar to the OP's errors would show up in terminal, and I would lose the ability to use my mouse until I restarted gdm. I ran 'vssetup' and turned down my graphics and disabled the joystick and fixed it. Try that maybe?