HOWTO run in Linux

[Chronic Logic - Josiah]

Here is how to download and run Zatikon in Linux:

From the console enter the following from the location you wish to install Zatikon:
wget http://zatikon.com/launcher.jar

wget http://zatikon.com/patcher.jar

Now you can start Zatikon anytime with the following command:

java -jar launcher.jar

[minime]

it seems that, the launcher.jar just isn't there.

[Digital_Evil]

(minime @ Dec. 02 2008,15:39)

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it seems that, the launcher.jar just isn't there.

You can run it with the patcher.jar, even renaming it to proto.jar is unnecessary. Just download the patcher.jar and type 'java -jar patcher.jar' or if you want you can rename it to proto.jar. Not sure what purpose of the launcher is if it can run from the patcher.

Anyway, no matter how I choose to run it, via webstart, unpacking the windows version, and even following the way it's described in this topic, the performance is pretty slow in Linux. I'd say it was an issue with the machine if it didn't run so well in XP and in wine on the same machine. I even tried different versions of the jvm, still performs slow. So what I've been doing is just running it in wine so I don't have to reboot just to play it.

[Digital_Evil]

I should have noted, if you just run the patcher.jar, it will create a directory in your home directory named 'zatikon' from there you can run the 'zatikon.jar' or the patcher included. If you move the directory to somewhere else, and run the patcher in the directory it will create another zatikon directory in your home directory, so if you move it somewhere else, use 'zatikon.jar' so it doesn't keep creating zatikon directories in your home directory.

[minime]

(Digital_Evil @ Dec. 02 2008,15:50)

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the performance is pretty slow in Linux.

It is the same here (I start it with the zatikon.jnlp).

Thx for the Wine idea. With the windows vista settings it runs fine now.

[Chronic Logic - Josiah]

The instructions and files have been updated and should work correctly now.  Have you tried turning off the sound in Linux and see if that effects the performance issues?

[Digital_Evil]

Any news on whether the performance issues are going to be addressed?

[Chronic Logic - Josiah]

I am not able to reproduce the issue here.

[Digital_Evil]

(Chronic Logic - Josiah @ Dec. 03 2008,17:30)

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I am not able to reproduce the issue here.

What linux distribution and java version are you running?

[Chronic Logic - Josiah]

I am running Linspire 6, which is a Debian core with Linux Kernel Version 2.6.20.  It says it is running java version 1.6.0.

[Chronic Logic - Josiah]

Please try downloading and installing Java from Sun Microsystems:

http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

If you are using another version of Java it might be the problem.

[Digital_Evil]

(Chronic Logic - Josiah @ Dec. 04 2008,14:01)

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Please try downloading and installing Java from Sun Microsystems:

http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

If you are using another version of Java it might be the problem.

I'm using the official Java provided from Sun Microsystems:

java version "1.6.0_02"
Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_02-b05)
Java HotSpot™ Client VM (build 1.6.0_02-b05, mixed mode, sharing)

[Chronic Logic - Josiah]

We have reproduced the slow performance and are working on figuring out what is causing the problem.

[minime]

I played against a Mac user last week and he said that he also experiences this slow performance problem.

[Digital_Evil]

I was thinking there might be some code that is optimized for windows, even though Java is OS agnostic, I think there are ways to optimize the code for a specific OS. I don't use Java really, so I may be wrong. Just something to keep in mind I guess.