Bug 168940 – games-strategy/defcon-demo-1.4_beta2.ebuild (New Package)

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Paul Bredbury 2007-03-01 22:16:03 UTC]

Hi, here is an ebuild for Defcon, a global thermonuclear war simulation with multiplayer support.

The aim of the game is to "lose the least" when everybody dies...

[Comment 1 Paul Bredbury 2007-03-01 22:17:04 UTC]

Created attachment 111748 [details]
defcon-demo-1.4_beta2.ebuild

[Comment 2 Paul Bredbury 2007-03-01 23:26:10 UTC]

Created attachment 111753 [details]
defcon-demo-1.4_beta2.ebuild

Added ~amd64, using info at http://forums.introversion.co.uk/defcon/viewtopic.php?t=4020

[Comment 3 Paul Bredbury 2007-03-05 16:28:00 UTC]

Created attachment 112179 [details]
defcon-demo-1.4_beta2.ebuild

Is now version "1.4-beta2b", and the end "b" needs to be tagged on *inside* the ebuild.

[Comment 4 Paul Bredbury 2007-04-16 20:40:08 UTC]

Created attachment 116471 [details]
defcon-demo-1.4_beta3.ebuild

Version bump.

[Comment 5 Mike McQuaid 2007-05-23 12:39:25 UTC]

Created attachment 120085 [details]
defcon-1.42.ebuild

Added ebuild for stable linux release, fixed documentation and requested an icon from upstream.

[Comment 6 Paul Bredbury 2007-05-25 12:16:24 UTC]

Created attachment 120274 [details]
defcon-demo-1.42.ebuild

Added "bought" USE flag. I think this is the best compromise (by a whisker) between demo and non-demo.

[Comment 7 Mike McQuaid 2007-05-25 12:38:35 UTC]

Interesting. Seems like a bit of a hack to me though. The bought flag does nothing except change the name.

Use Case:
User installs darwinia, buys it, wants menu items fixed. Has to reemerge for this?

Seems a bit silly to me. The file isn't pitched by Introversion as being a demo. It has everything you need for the full game, just isn't unlocked without an authorisation code.

There are a few other games vaguely similar. Most commercial games will allow you to play without an authkey but just not online or lock out some features.

I'd still argue this shouldn't be called demo.

[Comment 8 Paul Bredbury 2007-05-25 12:52:29 UTC]

The flip side is: User installs "defcon", and is annoyed that it's *just* a demo which contains ads for the full game, which requires actual money.

AFAIK, in the tree, *all* games which are just demos are named *-demo. This distinguishes them from all the free, full games. Why break this standard naming convention? Also applies to the desktop entry: " (Demo)", and the command-line.

This game is unusual in that the demo file contains the full content, locked. Most full games come on CD, e.g. ut2004 vs ut2004-demo.

[Comment 9 Mike McQuaid 2007-05-25 12:56:08 UTC]

I humbly disagree. I guess just see what the devs have to say :)

[Comment 10 Tristan Heaven (RETIRED) 2007-05-25 17:52:20 UTC]

same as lugaru-demo

[Comment 11 Paul Bredbury 2007-05-26 09:37:49 UTC]

Created attachment 120352 [details]
defcon-demo-1.42.ebuild

Yeah, that's a compromise as good as any other.

[Comment 12 Russell Harmon 2007-06-24 23:10:49 UTC]

so why is this not in portage yet?

[Comment 13 Tristan Heaven (RETIRED) 2007-06-24 23:16:53 UTC]

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/games/#doc_chap5_sect10

[Comment 14 Alexandre Lima 2007-07-16 21:46:45 UTC]

demo is working fine here

[Comment 15 Paul Werner 2008-07-17 17:49:11 UTC]

Taking screenshots crashes the game.
Making /opt/defcon/lib group writeable can solve this problem

[Comment 16 Mr. Bones. (RETIRED) 2008-09-10 17:30:55 UTC]

in portage.