TrueCombat:Elite (TC:E) by ” Team Terminator “  & Studio Groove Six is a modification to first-person shooter Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. Wolfenstein Enemy Territory is based on World War II & weapons and techniques of that time , TC:E modernizes all aesthetic elements of the game while preserving the fast-paced first person shooter style of gameplay compared to my favourite Counter Strike by Valve Corporation. Also in common with Enemy Territory, True Combat : Elite is cross-platform free software with clients for Linux,Windows & Mac OS X. TC:E remains popular and components of the game including maps and weapons are under continuous development .

TC:E puts you into the role of elite mercenary soldier in the conflicts of two internationally operating forces. Sounds cool ,isnt it

Game Modes :-

1. Objective -Each player is deployed(spawns) once per round. As terrorist,  the main aim is to plant a bomb at a specified bombsite and prevent enemy from defusing it till it detonates or to kill all enemies , all this inside a specified timeline . As a special operative, one aims to prevent the terrorists from achieving their goals by killing all the terrorists or defusing their bomb.
2. Body Count -Deployment comes in 10 second increments. Players that have been killed prior to a deployment are continuously redeployed. Yes, you can call it a deathmatch (kick ass).
3. Capture The Flag – CTF simulates the game of capture the flag: teams try to bring a flag back to their base from across the map. Unlikely R-obj (known as Reinforced Objective) the goal is to capture as many areas (marked by flags) as possible before the time limit, or the elimination of either team.

Gameplay :-

The gameplay is multiplayer & entirely online .

Download :-

W:ET Full game : here

& Security patch : here

TC:E Full game : here

& Elite patch : here

Features :-

• Realistic weapon behavior simulation (better recoils)
• Texture Tone Mapping
• High quality sounds (44khz)
• Letterbox & widescreen modes – TrueVision
• Cross Platform Gaming (Win, OS X, Linux)
• Sophisticated ballistic simulation including multiple-layer object penetration
• Professional mode: 1-life, short-timed, objective driven scenarios in realistic environments
• Reinforced OBJ, as Capture the Flag in stock maps
• Immersive and lethal, fast-paced action
• HDR Lighting
• Rich, deluxe graphics, based on high-resolution digital-camera shots
• Dynamic Eye Adaption – DynEA
• Tactical-teamplay oriented, modern-world combat simulation
• Iron sight aiming system, no crosshair :O (bad news for CS freaks)
• Sophisticated ballistic simulation including multiple-layer object penetration
• Lag compensation, client-side bullet prediction, punkbuster support
• Balanced, team specific set of real-world weapons (Beretta 92, Glock 19, Ump45, Mac-10, M4, Ak-47, and more)

System Requirements :-

• Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory already installed
• PC with 1.6 gigahertz (GHhz) or higher processor recommended
• 1 GB of RAM or higher recommended
• 750 megabytes (MB) of hard disk space
• XGA (1024 x 768) or higher-resolution video adapter with at least 64MB of video RAM and a monitor ofcourse
• Keyboard and Mouse (:P)or compatible pointing device
• Check “glxinfo | grep rendering ” . Output should be like ” direct rendering: Yes “in the terminal.

Installation :-

First, you need to get Wolfenstein enemy Territory to your system before installing True Combat Elite .

Installing W:ET :- Refer our previous post For Installation

1. Download Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (W:ET) Full 2.60 with this command in a terminal (if it’s not already downloaded):

wget http://ftp.games.skynet.be/pub/wolfenstein/et-linux-2.60.x86.run

2. Installing the game : To install the game, run these commands step by step in the terminal  :-

sudo apt-get install libgtk1.2

chmod +x et-linux-2.60.x86.run

sudo ./et-linux-2.60.x86.run

Before going further and running the game, we apply the W:ET patch 2.6. Now, open a terminal and type the following :-

wget http://www.fileplanet.com/dl.aspx?/planetwolfenstein/files/et-2.60b.zip  /*if not downloaded, then download */

unzip ET-2.60b.zip

cd /usr/local/games/enemy-territory/

sudo cp ~/Desktop/Enemy Territory 2.60b/linux/* /usr/local/games/enemy-territory/

(Note: Make sure you place the downloaded fie in /home/user directory after download)

Then , type the following in terminal to run the game to test if its working.

et

Installing TC:E

After installing W:ET  and testing, the next step is to download and install True Combat Elite.

Download the specified file.

For installing the game , open the terminal and change directory to the destination folder of the downloaded file. Then type

sudo ln -sf /bin/bash /bin/sh

sudo sh true.combat.elite_0.49b-english-4.run

to install the game. Follow the instructions and do accordingly .

Exit the installer and run the game .

The TC:E icon is present in “/usr/local/games/enemy-territory”. So you can also use it to run the game.

After that install the 0.49b patch . The patch is a tar.gz file. Just copy the files in the tar.gz file to /usr/local/games/enemy-territory/tcetest/. You need sudo to do this :

sudo cp ~/Desktop/tce049b_all_os_fixed/* /usr/local/games/enemy-territory/tcetest

and run the game by typing “tc-elite” in the terminal.

Known Issues

1)”VM_Create on UI failed “

Howto Fix :-

The libstdc++5  is missing. For Ubuntu 9.04 and lower, open terminal and type

sudo apt-get install lidstdc++5

Since there is no lidstdc++5 in Ubuntu 9.10 or higher, you need to install libstdc++6 and make a symbolic link to the library libstdc++5. To do that, open terminal and type

sudo apt-get install libstdc++6

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5

2) Server not starting :-

Try this :-

sudo apt-get install libx11-6 ia32-libs

and then try to run the server. It should work now.

3) Sound issues :-If you are not getting any sound in the game, then try the following fixes.

sudo apt-get install alsamixer

and then try to run the game.

or

sudo -s
echo “et.x86 0 0 direct” > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss
echo “et.x86 0 0 disable” > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/oss
exit

Exit all music players, web browsers etc. then try:

killall esd
et

If your sound works fine, then:

sudo -s
echo “echo “et.x86 0 0 direct” > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0p/oss” >> /etc/environment
echo “echo “et.x86 0 0 disable” > /proc/asound/card0/pcm0c/oss” >> /etc/environment
exit

This will save the setting.

Enjoy the game !!

Wolfenstein : Enemy Territory is a first person shooter(FPS) action multiplayer game created by Splash Damage Corp. based upon reaction time , skills and strategy gaming. Its more like the other FPS games available these days in the market but what makes is different is its various Soldier classes , better graphics, kickass game modes and experience which you gain in the game.Enemy Territory was originally planned as an add-on for Return to Castle Wolfenstein, but soon became it’s own game, a separate entity with full single player, multiplayer, AI opponents and teammates. W: ET is a free, stand-alone multiplayer only product, which means it’s for online play only, but all you need is what you download.Featuring multiplayer support for up to 32 players, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is the ultimate test of communication and teamwork on the battlefield.

There are basically two teams : Allies and Axis (derived from WW II) .There are six officially released maps (North Africa Campaign: Gold Rush, Siwa Oasis, and Seawall Battery; Europe Campaign: Rail Gun, Wurzburg Radar, and Fuel Dump ).On each map, the offense needs to complete a certain set of objectives within a limited amount of time. The defense needs to keep the offense from completing objectives until time runs out. Some objectives may be optional, and some objectives can be carried out by either team.

There are some special classes of soldiers with different skills and strengths. Your skills will also improve as you advance in the game gaining experience called XP in game by your kills.  They are :

• Soldier : T he soldier is the only class that can use heavy weapons. They are: mortar, portable machine gun (MG42), flamethrower, and bazooka/Panzerfaust(sniper rifle).
• Medic : The medic has the unique ability to drop health packs, as well as revive fallen players with a syringe.
• Engineer : The engineer is the only class which comes equipped with pliers, which can be used to repair vehicles, to arm/defuse (dynamite or land mines), or to construct (command posts, machine-gun nests, and barriers).
• Field ops : The field ops is a support class which has the ability to drop ammo packs for other players, as well as call air strikes  and artillery strikes .
• Covert ops : The covert ops is the only class which can use the scoped FG42 automatic rifle, the silenced Sten submachine gun , and a silenced, scoped rifle.

The given list contains the weapons of destruction and will lead to total pawnage .I advice you to show No Mercy coz your enemy won’t show any. Take a look :

Weapons:

• Sniper rifle : Panzer
• Sidearms : Knife
• Pistols:Colt 1911(allies ) and Lugar (axis)
• Submachine guns:Sten , FG42, MP40 and Thompson.
• Rifles:K43 and M1 Garand.
• Medic pack(not a weapon but will heal you and provide you additional strength for combat in tight conditions)

Depending upon your choice and skill you can pick any of the guns depending upon the choice of the class(soldier) you select.

Hardware Requirement

You will need an accelerated 3D graphics card driver like Nvidia or ATI(<3 it) , then you should install its latest drivers (refer old posts for installation of Nvidia Driver and for ATI drivers click here)

Graphics Card: 3D hardware accelerator with 32 MB with full OpenGL® support

CPU: Pentium III® 600MHz processor or AMD equivalent

RAM: 128 MB RAM

HDD Space: 271 MB free hard disk space for game files, 500 MB for swap files

Internet: Internet connection required for online play (broadband connection recommended for best gameplay experience).

Software :- Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 with libgtk1.2 installed and video drivers of the available video card installed and Enabled . Some sound issues may crept in. You can report them to us . We’ll help you accordingly.

Note : For GUI installation libgtk1.2 must also be installed .You can install it by running this command in a terminal: sudo apt-get install libgtk1.2.

Installation

You may download the game from following sources :

Torrent : http://zerowing.idsoftware.com:6969/torrents/243223ae5a39909db07a338980f00dd868251f05.torrent

HTTP : http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/2743/Wolfenstein:+Enemy+Territory+-+Linux+2.60

Terminal : wget -c http://ftp.games.skynet.be/pub/wolfenstein/et-linux-2.60.x86.run

Installation: Now after you are eqipped with the libgtk1.2 then the files you downloaded are ready to be installed. So, just go to the terminal and type :

sudo sh ./et-linux-2.60.x86.run

A GUI will appear to help you with the installation.It will then ask you to enter your password. After you input your password, the installation will begin. You can feel comfortable leaving all of the default settings (i.e. installation path, symbolic links, Punkbuster) during install and just select next every time.

Now , to get he patch 2.60b :

wget http://ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/et/ET-2.60b.zip

unzip ET-2.60b.zip

cd /usr/local/games/enemy-territory/

sudo cp ~/Desktop/Enemy\ Territory\ 2.60b/linux/* /usr/local/games/enemy-territory/

The installer will create a menu entry called Applications->Other->Enemy Territory. You can either use this as it is, or put it in a more sensible location (such as Applications->Games->Enemy Territory) with the Alacarte Menu Editor which you can find in Applications->Accessories or System->Preferences->Main Menu.

Or you can use the terminal. just type in :

et

Note: The files you have downloaded may not have permission to be executed directly by default due to security issues. So, plz type in terminal the following commnads to get permission :

sudo chmod +x et-linux-2.60.x86.run

sudo chmod +x et-linux-2.60-update.x86.run

and you are ready to roll .

GAME PLAY

When you run Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory for the first time you will be asked to provide some basic information such as your nick , game resolution, connection speed etc. Once you “Create” your profile you will be taken to the Main Menu where you will be just moments away from stepping on to the battlefield!

CUSTOMIZE

If you donot have a powerful PC like me then you might find the game somewhat laggy i.e. frames will appear while you play. This is due to low FPS (frames per second). Dont worry, you just go to the game console by pressing ~(tilde) key in the game and:

(If you want to  play at lowest resolution).

set r_customHeight “480″

set r_customWidth “640″

set r_mode “-1″

THE MAIN MENU

A) Play Online: The in-game server browser will assist you in finding an Enemy Territory servers online. Be sure that the “Source” option at the top of the screen is set to “Internet” or you will not see any servers unless you are running your own “Local” server, or you have “Favorite” servers saved. The “Source” can be toggled by clicking on it. . Enable PunkBuster (anti-cheat software), select the server of your choice and then click “Join Server”.

B) Host Game: Through this menu you may choose to run either a “Listen Server” or a “Dedicated Server”. A Listen Server will allow you play in the game while also hosting the game. While running a Dedicated Server you will only host a game. Before running either server type, you should be sure that you have the available bandwidth to support the number of players you set your server to allow in the game.

C) Replays: This is where you will play back any “demos” or “replays” which you have recorded while playing Enemy Territory. Simply select a demo from the scrolling menu and click on the “View” option to watch your replay. You may configure a key to record your replays in the “Options -> Controls” menu.

D) Options: Through this menu you are able to set up and configure the game, your view, controls and system settings.

E) Profile: Make and destroy your game profiles. This is where you can set up multiple gaming handles if more than one player uses your computer.

F) Credits: See the names of the pros who are responsible for making Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory a reality!

TEAM-PLAY

JOINING  A SERVER

This is where things start to get good! Upon joining a server you will arrive at the “Limbo Menu” by pressing L where you can read the level objectives, select a player class, select a team, and get your weapons. Once you’ve joined a team, if you’ve forgotten any of the level objectives you can check them on the “Command Map” (the “G” key on your keyboard). The Command Map can also be used to locate teammates and check the status of objectives.

GAME MODES

The various available game modes will determine how the game will be played, and depending on which type of server you joined you will be faced with one of the following mission types:

• Objective: Instead of playing an entire Campaign, teams will fight and accomplish objectives on single maps. The first team to complete all of their objectives within the time limit wins.
• Stopwatch: Race against the clock to complete objectives in the shortest time possible. At the end of the round the teams switch sides and must attempt to beat their opponent’s time from the previous round.
• Campaign: Teams compete throughout a series of maps, with Skills and Ranks being carried over to each level of the Campaign. This is the game mode where you get to really watch those hard earned Skills and Ranks build up!
• Last Man Standing: Its a Deathmatch! In LMS your only objective is to fight to the death. You only have one life, so you may want to stay in healing range of your team’s Medics! Once you die you will be able to watch the rest of your team in action.

This is all.Rest you will learn after you play the game and evolve accordingly.

Go!  get your clans together , storm the front and Give them Hell….!!!