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[Holger Rapp <SirVer@xxxxxx>]

I know what is going on here. A bandaid for you is using —datadir as command line flag. I filed bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/widelands/+bug/1342228 and suggest taking the discussion there. 


> so I used strace to watch what files it opens and here is the result :) :
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> open("/usr/share/games/widelands/tribes/atlanteans/scripting/sc00_headquarters_medium.lua", O_RDONLY) = 11
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> Game data error
> reading basic info for tribe "atlanteans": [/var/widelands/tibor-ai5/src/scripting/lua_errors.h:29] [string "tribes/atlanteans/scripting/sc00_headquarters..."]:5: attempt to call global 'use' (a nil value)
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> Why is it? I believe it should touch only files in own directory...
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> I can uninstall distribution package of widelands, if it is the only way....
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> 2014-07-15 14:48 GMT+02:00 Tibor Bamhor <tiborb95@xxxxxxxxx>:
> I have couple of them, one is from package manger and about 2 are compiled. I have it this way for long time and tibor-ai3 (compiled today) works fine, only fresh branch from the trunk complains.
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> 2014-07-15 14:36 GMT+02:00 Holger Rapp <SirVer@xxxxxx>:
> Probably your --datadir searches for widelands data in the wrong place. Do you have a installed version of widelands somewhere?
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> > Am 15.07.2014 um 12:33 schrieb Fòram na Gàidhlig <fios@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> >
> > Try the following instead of the use:
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> > include "scripting/infrastructure.lua"
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> >
> >
> > 15/07/2014 08:42, sgrìobh Tibor Bamhor:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> quick question
> >>
> >> I compiled a trunk from yesterday and when running the game I am getting
> >> this error:
> >>
> >> Game data error
> >> reading basic info for tribe "atlanteans":
> >> [/var/widelands/tibor-ai5/src/scripting/lua_errors.h:29] [string
> >> "tribes/atlanteans/scripting/sc00_headquarters..."]:5: attempt to call
> >> global 'use' (a nil value)
> >>
> >> I tried to find the occurrence of the 'use' everywhere but with no result
> >>
> >> How can I quickly get rid of this error?
> >>
> >> Tibor
> >>
> >>
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