This guide shows how to get FlaME running on Linux...

Install Mono

If you've already installed Mono, skip this step.

Using your package manager, apt or Ubuntu Software Center:

Install TCL 8.5 and TK 8.5 (you can try the -dev versions of these if you run in to problems later)
Install mono-complete and mono-vbnc

Download & Setup FlaME

Get the latest FlaME Mono package, tilesets and object data from the downloads page.

Make a folder for FlaME in your home folder and extract the FlaME Mono package there.

Extract the tilesets and object data to the FlaME folder.

Run FlaME

Open a terminal window and browse to the directory that you extracted FlaME Mono package to.

Run FlaME with the following command:

mono FlaME.exe

If you've installed Mono developer you can run FlaME from your desktop by choosing Open With → Mono Runtime (Terminal) like this:

Troubleshooting

X11 Error ecnountered: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) (click below for full stack trace)

X11 Error encountered: 
  Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  Request:     135 (5)
  Resource ID: 0x4600013
  Serial:      207
  Hwnd:        Hwnd, Mapped:False ClientWindow:0x4600013, WholeWindow:0x4600012, Zombie=False, Parent:[<null>]
  Control:     OpenTK.GLControl   at System.Environment.get_StackTrace()
   at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUIX11.HandleError(IntPtr display, XErrorEvent ByRef error_event)
   at OpenTK.Platform.X11.Glx.MakeCurrent(IntPtr , IntPtr , IntPtr )
   at OpenTK.Platform.X11.Glx.MakeCurrent(IntPtr display, IntPtr drawable, ContextHandle context)
   at OpenTK.Platform.X11.X11GLContext.MakeCurrent(IWindowInfo window)
   at OpenTK.Graphics.GraphicsContext.MakeCurrent(IWindowInfo window)
   at OpenTK.GLControl.MakeCurrent()
   at OpenTK.GLControl.OnHandleCreated(System.EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmCreate(Message ByRef m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message ByRef m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message ByRef m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message ByRef m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.UserControl.WndProc(Message ByRef m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control+ControlWindowTarget.OnMessage(Message ByRef m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control+ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message ByRef m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.WndProc(IntPtr hWnd, Msg msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)
   at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUIX11.SendMessage(IntPtr hwnd, Msg message, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam)
   at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUIX11.CreateWindow(System.Windows.Forms.CreateParams cp)
   at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUI.CreateWindow(System.Windows.Forms.CreateParams cp)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.CreateHandle(System.Windows.Forms.CreateParams cp)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateHandle()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
   at OpenTK.GLControl.ValidateState()
   at OpenTK.GLControl.MakeCurrent()
   at FlaME.ctrlMapView..ctor(FlaME.frmMain Owner)
   at FlaME.frmMain..ctor()
   at FlaME.modProgram..cctor()
   at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.OnRun()
   at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.Run(System.String[] commandLine)
   at FlaME.My.MyApplication.Main(System.String[] Args)

OpenTK.Graphics.GraphicsContextException: Failed to make context current.
  at OpenTK.Platform.X11.X11GLContext.MakeCurrent (IWindowInfo window) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at OpenTK.Graphics.GraphicsContext.MakeCurrent (IWindowInfo window) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at OpenTK.GLControl.MakeCurrent () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at OpenTK.GLControl.OnHandleCreated (System.EventArgs e) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmCreate (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Windows.Forms.UserControl.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control+ControlWindowTarget.OnMessage (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Windows.Forms.Control+ControlNativeWindow.WndProc (System.Windows.Forms.Message& m) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.WndProc (IntPtr hWnd, Msg msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
X11 Error encountered: 
  Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  Request:     135 (5)
  Resource ID: 0x4600013
  Serial:      224
  Hwnd:        Hwnd, Mapped:True ClientWindow:0x4600013, WholeWindow:0x4600012, Zombie=False, Parent:[<null>]
  Control:     OpenTK.GLControl   at System.Environment.get_StackTrace()
   at System.Windows.Forms.XplatUIX11.HandleError(IntPtr display, XErrorEvent ByRef error_event)
   at OpenTK.Platform.X11.Glx.MakeCurrent(IntPtr , IntPtr , IntPtr )
   at OpenTK.Platform.X11.Glx.MakeCurrent(IntPtr display, IntPtr drawable, ContextHandle context)
   at OpenTK.Platform.X11.X11GLContext.MakeCurrent(IWindowInfo window)
   at OpenTK.Graphics.GraphicsContext.MakeCurrent(IWindowInfo window)
   at OpenTK.GLControl.MakeCurrent()
   at FlaME.ctrlMapView..ctor(FlaME.frmMain Owner)
   at FlaME.frmMain..ctor()
   at FlaME.modProgram..cctor()
   at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.OnRun()
   at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplicationBase.Run(System.String[] commandLine)
   at FlaME.My.MyApplication.Main(System.String[] Args)

...it's likely to be an issue with the Linux 24-bit graphics detection which can usually be fixed by editing settings.ini (in the FlaME folder) and changing this:

MapViewBPP=32

To this:

MapViewBPP=24

Forum Topics

If you run in to problems, please check these forum topics:

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