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Troubleshooting / Re: No X-COM installations found
« on: February 15, 2020, 12:12:21 am »
Yes, "dependency hell" is a well known term not without good reason.
more on topic: I did not conciously choose the .opencom subfolder, given the hidden state I would hae gone for a single openxcom folder containing all I need to run somewhere in my homedir. (given the choice, I would not use a debian based distribution at all, but this is another story. A rather long one.) Following your instruction, I am able to start the game. Thanks a lot. Interestingly, it now looks very different to the version I used on windows. savegame format is different as well, but I can easily start over, no problem.
so, for the record: ufo game data directories shall go to ~/.local/share/openxcom/UFO (or TFTD), savegames go to xcom1, mods to mods (duh), all in openxcom subfolder. The appimage goes to wherever you want.
Personally, I say the installation instruction on the website is overly complex, many users will probably resort to "do not annoy me, tell me where to put the files and let me start". ymmv.
more on topic: I did not conciously choose the .opencom subfolder, given the hidden state I would hae gone for a single openxcom folder containing all I need to run somewhere in my homedir. (given the choice, I would not use a debian based distribution at all, but this is another story. A rather long one.) Following your instruction, I am able to start the game. Thanks a lot. Interestingly, it now looks very different to the version I used on windows. savegame format is different as well, but I can easily start over, no problem.
so, for the record: ufo game data directories shall go to ~/.local/share/openxcom/UFO (or TFTD), savegames go to xcom1, mods to mods (duh), all in openxcom subfolder. The appimage goes to wherever you want.
Personally, I say the installation instruction on the website is overly complex, many users will probably resort to "do not annoy me, tell me where to put the files and let me start". ymmv.
