Loki Software Games Demos

Loki Software's catalog of action and strategy games for Linux has grown significantly in the past few years. To encourage people to get to know their games, Loki offers a demo program that lets you choose from among more than a dozen of its games to download and try.

The Loki Demo Launcher for downloading demos is available from the Demo Launcher page (www.lokigames.com/products/demos.php3). From that page, there are links to FTP sites from which you can download the Demo Launcher. Save the file to a directory (such as /tmp/loki) and do the following:

Change to the directory where you downloaded the demo. For example:

Note You may not need to be root user to install these games. However, the default paths where the Demo Launcher tries to write by default are only accessible to the root user.

As root user, run the following command (the program may have a different name if it has been updated):

# sh loki demos-full-1.0e.x86.run

If you have not used the Demo Launcher before, a screen appears asking you to identify the paths used to place the Install Tool.

If the default locations shown are okay with you, click Begin Install.

Assuming that there was no problem writing to the install directories, you should see an Install Complete message.

Click Exit. Next you should see the Uninstall Tool window.

If the paths for holding the Uninstall Tool are okay, click Begin Install. The Install Complete message appears.

Click Exit.

A window appears that allows you to set the locations for installing the Demo Pack.

If the paths are okay, click Begin Install.

Next you should see a box that shows the different demo games that are available. Figure 7-7 shows an example of the window for selecting the demos you want to download:

J Install SoldiM Ot Fortune Demo (30 required) J Inslal Run« Demo (3D accelerated) j imtaii S*d Meter* Alien Croutre Derro j Upgrade 10 Sid Meier's Aien Crossfire Demo 6 Oa J

j Install SmCity MOO Urvimted Demo j InttaJ) Railroad Tycoon II Deno j install MyVi II Soulbltghler Demo (30 accelerated) j Indian MndRover Trie guropa Protect Demo (30 reqwred) j Install Heroes of Migltf and Magic U Demo /

r Quel- update (no user interaction)

Figure 7-7: Check which Loki game demos you want to download.

As you move the cursor over each game, the disk space is displayed for that game. Click the games you want to install, then click Continue. A window appears, displaying the progress of each download.

You may need to click an Update button to complete the update and Finish to finish it. The demo should now be ready to start.

Either click Play or type loki_demos from a Terminal window to start the program.

Select to start the game and you're ready to go.

The following sections describe some of the games that are available.

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