Looks like 2.3.67 can be grabbed from this git repo: https://github.com/DanielT/Vulture/tree/2.3.67 This one seems to have sporkhack: https://github.com/gerberb/vultures On Fri, 2020-05-22 at 09:03 -0500, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > Copying me directory was a good idea to get my attention. Fedora > list > mail goes to another folder and it is easy for me to miss stuff, > though > I was planning to double check this thread for objections before > doing > a retire. > > On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 18:46:14 -0400, > Dennis Payne <dulsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The reason for the crashing on startup is that it is not loading > > the > > font. > > > > /usr/games/vultureseye/fonts/VeraSe.ttf -> > > /usr/share/fonts/bitstream- > > vera/VeraSe.ttf > > > > /usr/share/fonts/bitstream-vera/VeraSe.ttf does not exist. > > > > /usr/share/fonts/bitstream-vera-serif-fonts/VeraSe.ttf > > Thanks for doing this. I wasn't sure how to get to specific threads > in gdb > and wasn't sure what the error was. I fixed this issue for several > other > games and can do it for nethack-vulture pretty easily now that I > know > what the problem is. > > > Updating the link allows it to start. I'm against losing games. So > > I'd > > rather keep the current version at the moment. When I get a chance > > I'll > > look into new versions of the program. > > I'm against losing games as well, but don't find the time to do as > good a > job on the ones I maintain, as I should. > > Even getting Vulture's Eye up to 3.67 is going to take more work than > I > can commit to any time soon. That uses a pretty old version of > nethack. > While it will likely never be up to date again, since Vulture's Eye > upstream looks like it might be dead now, it would be nice to get it > closer. > I found some indications the game was commercialized on Steam and > was > probably getting updates as recently as 2017. The code license would > allow > anyone who had gotten a binary to get source, but the developer > wasn't > making it generally available. I'm not even sure I can find my 3.67 > copy any more. And I have not seen any mention of anyone providing > source > later than that. > > If you want to be added as a co-maintainer or take over the package, > I'm > fine with that. A decision should be made before f33 branches, if > there > is enough interest to keep it around in spite of its support > shortcommings. > > I'll get the font issue fixed and do new builds for f31, f32 and > rawhide. > It's a sort of generic fix to work around problems caused by a > change > in f32's font packaging. A temporary fix was added for f32, but is > not > going to be kept for f33. The idea is for a simple rebuild to be able > to > deal with changes in font paths. > > I'll look harder to see if I can get a copy of 3.67. It isn't > available > any more from where I got it and I may have lost the copy I had > downloaded > to evalute a number of years ago. _______________________________________________ Fedora Games SIG mailing list -- games@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to games-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/games@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
