I. LOVE. This. Game. Bought it years ago when it first came out and played it all the time. Sadly, I decided to leave Windows (had enough of MS's BS) and now I can't play it on Linux.
Any chance we'll get a version that isn't .NET dependent? Don't really need a full Linux port, since I can still play most Windows games through Wine... but that .NET dependency is a pain that I haven't been able to find a solution for.
Glad to hear you enjoyed the game! Unfortunately it's unlikely I'll ever do any more work on it. I hope you find some other way to get it to work on your Linux machine.
It's me again... I was kind of forced to use a Windows machine for a while and one of the first things I did was install FastCrawl. It's still great after all this time.
Anyway, back on my Linux box, I decided to give it another try with Lutris and got it installed! Yeah... kind of... It installs, but when I first launch it, I get an error (see picture) and it closes. Per the error, an error.log file was created, which I have pasted below.
Any chance you'd know what's causing this and can point me towards a solution? I know you aren't developing this anymore and I am sorry to pester you, but I'd just hate to lose access to this game. I've played some of the games inspired by this, but they just aren't the same.
If not, that's fine... I will just resign myself to live in the dystopian present.
Error.log contents:
Invalid parameter used.
at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filename, Boolean useEmbeddedColorManagement)
at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filename)
at bg..ctor(String Filename, a FilterType, Boolean DisposeHint)
Hey there! Looks like some kind of problem with loading the image files. Hard to tell what without spending some significant time on this, but from some quick research it's possible that this can be solved by just installing the "gdiplus" verb in Lutris.
Otherwise, I'd be happy to share the source code if that would help you resolve the issue.
Well, that was progress... I no longer get the error, the music plays, and the mouse cursor changes. One time I got the menu up, but it was very delayed in responding to any clicks. Usually I just get a black screen as the music plays, but if I click around, it sounds like I'm interacting with the menu... I just can't see anything.
If you are willing to share the source code, I'd like to see what I can figure out. If I find a solution, I will be sure to report back.
I purchased this dungeon crawler when it was first released. I found it was portable and have over the years moved it from laptop to laptop to desktop, etc. That's over ten years of fun. Thanks for this game! It is by far the most easy to jump into crawl (IMO) and re-playable crawl I've ever enjoyed. Thanks so much for this game:-)
I remember playing this a lot in 2007-8; a rightly cool concept well ahead of it's time. It became hard to find, so seeing it made available here is greatly appreciated!
I do hope life gives you some time to revisit the concept at some point - I'm also being swallowed alive in a non-gamedev career right now, and it kind of sucks trying to find time to do stuff like this. Rock on, and good luck in your endeavors!
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I. LOVE. This. Game. Bought it years ago when it first came out and played it all the time. Sadly, I decided to leave Windows (had enough of MS's BS) and now I can't play it on Linux.
Any chance we'll get a version that isn't .NET dependent? Don't really need a full Linux port, since I can still play most Windows games through Wine... but that .NET dependency is a pain that I haven't been able to find a solution for.
Glad to hear you enjoyed the game! Unfortunately it's unlikely I'll ever do any more work on it. I hope you find some other way to get it to work on your Linux machine.
Any chance you would release the source code?
I'd rather not
It's me again... I was kind of forced to use a Windows machine for a while and one of the first things I did was install FastCrawl. It's still great after all this time.
Anyway, back on my Linux box, I decided to give it another try with Lutris and got it installed! Yeah... kind of... It installs, but when I first launch it, I get an error (see picture) and it closes. Per the error, an error.log file was created, which I have pasted below.
Any chance you'd know what's causing this and can point me towards a solution? I know you aren't developing this anymore and I am sorry to pester you, but I'd just hate to lose access to this game. I've played some of the games inspired by this, but they just aren't the same.
If not, that's fine... I will just resign myself to live in the dystopian present.
Error.log contents:
Invalid parameter used.
at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filename, Boolean useEmbeddedColorManagement)
at System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(String filename)
at bg..ctor(String Filename, a FilterType, Boolean DisposeHint)
at w.a()
at ap.Main()
Hey there! Looks like some kind of problem with loading the image files. Hard to tell what without spending some significant time on this, but from some quick research it's possible that this can be solved by just installing the "gdiplus" verb in Lutris.
Otherwise, I'd be happy to share the source code if that would help you resolve the issue.
Well, that was progress... I no longer get the error, the music plays, and the mouse cursor changes. One time I got the menu up, but it was very delayed in responding to any clicks. Usually I just get a black screen as the music plays, but if I click around, it sounds like I'm interacting with the menu... I just can't see anything.
If you are willing to share the source code, I'd like to see what I can figure out. If I find a solution, I will be sure to report back.
Here it is: https://github.com/gpawley/FastCrawl
I purchased this dungeon crawler when it was first released. I found it was portable and have over the years moved it from laptop to laptop to desktop, etc. That's over ten years of fun. Thanks for this game! It is by far the most easy to jump into crawl (IMO) and re-playable crawl I've ever enjoyed. Thanks so much for this game:-)
That brought a smile to my face. Thank you for writing that :)
I remember playing this a lot in 2007-8; a rightly cool concept well ahead of it's time. It became hard to find, so seeing it made available here is greatly appreciated!
I do hope life gives you some time to revisit the concept at some point - I'm also being swallowed alive in a non-gamedev career right now, and it kind of sucks trying to find time to do stuff like this. Rock on, and good luck in your endeavors!
Thank you!