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#4 can't find data dir
To reproduce: download vacuum 0.11 and unpack
./configure --prefix=/home/jasonwoof/software/virt && make && make install
cd
vacuum
says it can't find the data directory, which is /home/jasonwoof/software/virt/share/vacuum as you might expect and (quite helpfully) gives the file and line number where the perl code can be fixed to look in the right place.
(pango-zero does the same thing)
Also, upi@sourceforge.net didn't go through, so here's some other feedback I tried to mail:
The game is a lot of fun. The movement is pretty good, the graphics
are amazing. I love the variety of baddies and levels!
Couple things I found frustrating:
1) turning around... I wish there was a different button to turn
around. Often I'd try to turn around, and he'd shoot instead (or
sometimes try to shoot, and he'd turn around instead). I see you've played with this already, so maybe there is no great solution.
2) when you catch something close to your character, there isn't
enough time to fire it. I sometimes found shooting frustrating, mostly
because of this.
And some thoughts:
I think the "food" looks like rocks. It took most of a game to realize
that they don't hurt you, and even after 5 games I still dodge them
sometimes without thinking.
There's something a little too squishy about the movement with the
arrow keys. I think probably it glides too much after short taps. I'll
let you know if I fiddle with the numbers and find something that
feels/looks better.
Hope this is helpful.
Take care, - Jason
Initial comment: at the beginning of vacuum.pl, near line 150, there's this part:
BEGIN {
$::Version = '0.10';
$DataDir = ''; # Set it to a path to avoid autodetection (e.g. /opt/vacuum/data)
$BinDir = ''; # Set it to a path to avoid autodetection (e.g. /opt/vacuum/bin)
This is useful if you install vacuum magic in one of the locations other than ./usr/share/vacuum /usr/share/games/vacuum /usr/local/share/vacuum /opt/vacuum/ /opt/share/vacuum
I'm not sure what is up with my e-mail address, it's supposed to be working just fine..