FAQ
From WarzoneWiki
My Warzone is running very slowly, why? How can I fix it?
Several things could be wrong:
- You are running with shadows turned on, and your computer can't handle it.
- Press alt+s in-game or start warzone with the '--noshadows' flag to turn off shadows.
- OpenGL is running with software fall-back (if the main-menu is slow too).
- I have an AMD or ATI video card and am using Warzone 2100 2.0.8 or 2.0.9
- Upgrade to 2.0.10 (or newer)
- Otherwise:
- Get the latest and greatest driver for your video card. On Linux, you might have to install the non-free driver for your card.
How do I change the screen resolution?
On Linux:
Changing the resolution can be done in a similar manner with the '--resolution' startup flag:
$ warzone2100 --resolution 1280x1024
On Windows:
Change your shortcut to Warzone to something like this:
"C:\Program Files\Warzone 2100_205_rc1\warzone2100.exe" --resolution 1280x1024
Remember to change the path to match you current installation.
On Macintosh (WZ v2.0.7):
- Navigate to the “config” file located in: Users/(User Home Directory)/Library/Application Support/Warzone 2100 —> config. Replace (User Home Directory) with the name of your home directory.
- Make a backup of this file. Right ( or Control ) Click & go to “Duplicate”.
- Now right click on the original file & go to “open with” –> Text Edit.
- Find the lines that say “width= ”, “height= ”.
- Change the values for the width & height to match your screen resolution (Width x Height). To find your resolution go to the “System Preferences –> Displays” setting.
- Now save the “config” file & start Warzone!
You can pretty much change the resolution to any value you like, but anything above 800×600 is recommended. Make sure that your graphics card and monitor support the resolution.
(for more flags look at Command Line Options)
Can I play the cut-scenes/Full Motion Videos from the CDs?
No.
Neither the videos themselves nor the source code for the RPL player were released with Warzone under the GPL. So we can neither distribute the videos nor play the files from the CD.
Internet/LAN multiplayer doesn't work!
Try opening up for TCP port 9999 on your NAT routers and firewalls. If you have no clue how to do this, refer to a specialized website.
Some useful links:
Also try searching Google for terms like 'port forwarding' or 'open ports firewall'. You could also include the type of your router to get more specific results. For a more detailed description and more troubleshooting please see the Multiplayer page.
I'm a developer/graphics artist. May I contribute to the project?
Yes!
For more information look at: http://wz2100.net/contribute
I want to work on the sourcecode, how can I submit my changes?
If you are not a member of the project, you can't commit directly via SVN. You checkout the latest revision from trunk/. Then do your changes and check if they do what you expected. (And don't crash anything or similar.)
Separate separate changes. Means: Don't create a 2MB patch with all your work in it. Just put those features/changes in one patch which belong to each other or depend on each other, because we will review your patch and that is easier if it is small. And if we reject one part of the patch it wont happen that your whole patch get rejected, because we don't have time to separate the accepted parts from the others.
After you have finished your work, you right click on the directory you checked out. Choose “Subversion” from the menu, then “Create patch”. This will open a dialog where you can check your changes again give the filename of the patch. Then send us the created file.
How to send it? You can send it to warzone-dev at gna org. This is a moderated (for non members) mailing list. Your email will be accepted if it can be identified as not being spam. Your other option is to write to contact at wz2100 net or post it on the forums. (You can attach the patch file to your post.)
A patch will only contain the files that are explicitly added to the SVN repository. Means: Only changes to those files will be included, which (the files) are already on the server or you requested SVN explicitly to add them to the repository.
I think you do it wrongly
We don't mind criticism, as long as it is constructive. There are some hot topics which easily lead to flamewars, but you will for sure quickly notice that.
Please also keep in mind that we do this all in our freetime and are mostly not professionals or paid for this. So we will not take orders from anyone, and the result of you inquiry is mostly set by how much you can wet our appetite. ;-)
But of course suggestions on how things could be done better are always welcome.
Please do your homework and research whether your suggestion was already given at some point in the past, so requests, for example on the video-sequences or license-choice, don't come up over and over again.
My question is not listed here
Don't fear to ask, after you read how to get answers. (The examples given in that guide are aimed at programmers, but the sense also applies to other questions.)
Best places to ask are listed on the contact page.
