Battle Tanks

“Battle Tanks” is a funny battle on your desk, where you can choose one of three vehicles and eliminate your enemy using the whole arsenal of weapons. It has original cartoon-like graphics and cool music, it’s fun and dynamic, it has several network modes for deathmatch and cooperative — what else is needed to have fun with your friends? And all is packed and ready for you in “Battle Tanks”.

This guide show you how to compile the latest version of Battle Tanks. If you don't want to compile from the source, please check Synaptic package manager for Battle Tanks or Getdeb if they have an up-to-date ubuntu package available.

Make sure that the driver to your 3D graphic card is correctly installed and working.
Check if your sourcelist is fully enable (universe, multiverse and mediabuntu).

Next step is to download Compiling tools and the right libs to make Battle Tanks work. To the terminal;

Code:

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude upgrade
sudo aptitude install build-essential scons
sudo aptitude install libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libopenal-dev libalut-dev libvorbis-dev libsigc++-2.0-dev libexpat1-dev zlib1g-dev

Done.

Download Battle Tanks Source Code to your Desktop;

Download

To the terminal;

Code:

cd ~/Desktop
mkdir -p ~/.Games/BattleTanks
tar jxfv btanks-0.5.4800.tar.bz2
cd btanks-0.5.4800
scons
rm -rf src
mv * ~/.Games/BattleTanks

Done.

Download the bt.png to your Desktop.

Code:

cd ~/Desktop
mv bt.png ~/.Games/BattleTanks
nano ~/.Games/BattleTanks/Launch-BattleTanks.sh

Add the following;

Save (ctrl)+(o) and Save (ctrl)+(x)

Code:

chmod +x ~/.Games/BattleTanks/Launch-BattleTanks.sh
alacarte

Go to Games and make a new entry;

Enjoy!

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