UT2004 won't run after installing patch 3369.1 (FC5 x86_64)

[azcn2503]

Hello there.

I am running Fedora Core 5 x86_64 with an Nvidia Geforce 7950GX2 which has been playing UT2004 brilliantly until I decided to patch it.

I installed the game to /usr/local/games/ut2004 and played it once. I had a bot match in Antalus in Average mode. I won because I am teh pwnage.

OK, so when it comes to patching it to v3369 Hotfix 1 (available from www.ut2004files.com), the game just doesn't start. If I go to the terminal and enter this:

sh /usr/local/games/ut2004/ut2004

It comes back with this:

./ut2004-bin: error while loading shared libraries: ./libSDL-1.2.so.0: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

Is it because I'm using 64-bit Fedora? Could this be another prime example of big names refusing to develop for new technologies? Please let me know if there is anything I can do... I swear it was running better than my Windows version!

[techieMoe]

Is it because I'm using 64-bit Fedora?

More than likely, yes.

Could this be another prime example of big names refusing to develop for new technologies?

More than likely, no. The problems you're having are likely due to problems with 64-bit Linux and not problems with the UT2004 code, based on my personal experience. 32-bit applications have the potential to fall flat on their face in a 64-bit Linux environment because a lot of them rely on specific 32-bit libraries that must be in specific spots, not all of which are installed in some 64-bit Linux distributions. For reliability's (and sanity's) sake I recommend you install a 32-bit distribution. You won't notice any performance difference right now running 32-bit or 64-bit Linux anyway.

[azcn2503]

Sounds like a good idea, albeit long-winded.

[techieMoe]

Sounds like a good idea, albeit long-winded.

Haha. Why use a word when 10 will do?

[PoRN_STAR-n]

There's nothing wrong with 64-bit linux or the ut2004 patch. Basically the 64-bit binaries got renamed. The binaries are located under the 'System' subfolder of the ut2004 directory.

ut2004-bin (32-bit)
ut2004-bin-linux-amd64 (64-bit)

I edited my ut2004 script and replaced all ut2004-bin instances with ut2004-bin-linux-amd64. (2 total)
(/usr/local/ut2004/ut2004)

See this page for a few extra details:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/...hp/t-9536.html