FlaME on Linux

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: