Shadowgrounds game series don't work under 12.04 64-bit

Question

I guess the title says it all... Any ideas as to why? I tried removing potentially offending 32-bit libs (this is a 32-bit title) inside the game's lib32/ folder (I already have 32-bit libs installed). Alas, no dice. The worst part is that the game immediately exits when started without reporting a single error. All suggested fixes on the Frozenbyte forums have yielded no progress.

On a somewhat related topic, other games also exhibit problems, like Crayon Physics Deluxe.

Answer 1

For Crayon Physics, this worked for 12.04 32-bit.

1. Go to the installation folder and rename lib32to lib32ORIGINAL.

2. In the terminal run the following command:

   sudo apt-get install libqtcore4 libqtgui4
   

   For 64-bit, try this:

   sudo apt-get install ia32-libs libqtcore4 libqtgui4
   

3. In the terminal:

   sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2debian libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-mixer1.2
   

   For 64-bit:

   sudo apt-get install i32-libs libsdl1.2debian libsdl-image1.2 libsdl-mixer1.2
   

4. cd to the installation folder and execute ./launcher.

I hope this works for you!