RFU: supertuxkart 0.0.0.1-1

[Alexander Schmehl]

Hi!

* Gonéri Le Bouder <goneri at rulezlan.org> [060508 02:57]:

> Description: a kart racing game
>  SuperTuxKart is an enhanced version of TuxKart. The kart racing game, 
> originaly

That line is to long, and it is "originally" IIRC.


>  done by Steve Baker, featuring Tux and a bunch of his friends. SuperTuxKart
>  is the work of the GotM run for TuxKart at  happypenguin.org. Due to some
>  disagreements that happened in that time this fork of TuxKart was done.

I think the part about the disagreement could be removed; doesn't add
any usefull information for the user.  Try to concentrate on features of
software, not it's origins; mention that it is a fork of TuxKart should
IMHO be enough.


>   SuperTuxKart features include:
>   new characters
>   new tracks
>   a completly new userinterface
>   some smaller graphical improvemnts (skidmarks, smoke, animated wheels, etc.)
>   whole bunch of new bugs, in its current state its not really playable

Uhm... isn't there a nicer way for lists?


> Please, can a dd have a look on the package? scripts/trunk/supertuxkart.sh is 
> ready.

Hmmm...
- You install some documentation to /usr/share/supertuxkart instead of
  /usr/share/doc/ .
- The png-images in that directory are broken.
- The documentation is about TuxKart; at least a hint, that it still
  fits for SuperTuxKart would be fine.
- I think you could splitt of /usr/share/games/supertuxkart into a data
  package; it's 14 MB, compressed still ~8MB. Splitting that off would
  save discspace and traffic on mirrors anf project machines (remember:
  We have 12 architecures and some more in preperation).
- It doesn't work!  I start it with "supertuxkart" and see the window...
  now I simply press four times enter ("singe player", "Grand Prix",
  "Easy", "Gorilla") and all I get is this:
====
$ supertuxkart
Error while parsing config '/home/alex/.supertuxkart/config': Parser problem: Couldn't open file '/home/alex/.supertuxkart/config'.
Error: Couldn't find file 'data/herring.cup'.
====

"quick race" seems to work fine.

However, I'm sure even sure, the game is ready for a release at all:

- it's hardly playable on all of my machines, stearing is quite
  sensitiv, actually it's nearly impossible to cart a turn
- some buttons are without function (e.g. the "rescue button")
- I had several Segmentation Faults (SDL Parachute Deployed), once it
  even killed my complete X session
- AI opponents are really stupid
- Buggy; e.g. in the "vulcano" level I just drove up one all and was
  suddenly in the sky, without any chance to get down again...


Yours sincerely,
  Alexander

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