RS3 did use APFS for the Mac bundle for a while which caused extraction issues, but upon getting in touch with an engine mod, it was reverted back to HFS+. I'd imagine this would continue to work for the next couple of years. Particularly with the OsX jar, be sure to pass =app.systemclassloader (I'm unsure if this explicitly requires JRE 9+ I've never had to worry about it with Snap, Java 8 might simply ignore it, but specifically, Java 8 doesn't need this parameter to fix the issue) such as to ensure that the copyright and trademark banners disappear correctly. You might want to take a look at how its done using the OsX bundle here Hey, I do the Snap packaging for the "runescape" snap, so we're pretty aligned on the Ubuntu/Debian front
Thanks! Free software activist and Debian user (Gnome)
Leaving thousands of users using Linux without playing.Ĭould you let me know if this file is just undergoing an update or removing it permanently?
In this script, you will download the "jagexappletviewer.jar" file from the official client and then prepare the sandbox environment located at "$HOME/.local/share/runescape" and run the game.Īnd now I verified that this link does not have the file. This is a simple script that downloads and runs the Old School Runescape client file on unofficial GNU/Linux distributions and distributed under the BSD-2-Clause license. My name is Carlos and I am the maintainer of a script that uses "jagexappletviewer.jar" for Linux users to play Old School RuneScape on their Debian/Ubuntu based distributions officially. but it's definitely something I can bring up to see if Jagex will comment on yeah I think there would definitely be a lot of legal red tape. Interesting query - my initial inclination is that you're right, and the answer is likely no, since. It doesn't benefit Jagex or the maintainers having it like that, because it's more variables to consider and more things to go wrong.
Instead you have to code it so the clients get the launcher from Jagex directly. It doesn't benefit Jagex or the maintainers having it like that.įor example, the web team wouldn't need to be involved in this request if it were as simple as me just bundling the proper Mac launcher myself, but that can't be done since Jagex owns the assets and only they have the rights to distribute them.
I'm assuming the answer is likely no, since lawyers like to cover their bases, but it'd be a huge benefit to myself and many other packagers of RS for niche platforms, a lot of the time spent working on these third party packages is making them work legally, rather than making them work at a technical level.įor example, the web team wouldn't need to be involved in this request if it were as simple as me just bundling the proper Mac launcher myself, but that can't be done since Jagex owns the assets and only they have the rights to distribute them.
It adds a significant amount of technical debt abiding by copyright laws, while Jagex could give permission to redistribute it independant of the restrictions of the rest of the client.
Do you suppose Jagex could consider removing the redistribution restrictions on the game launcher (specifically the launcher portion, not the client itself or assets). If I remember rightly, I think you've said in the past that part of your duties revolve around the legal aspects of the game, intellectual property and such.