Install video file for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

[Darthy01]

Prerequisites:
- OS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (long time support)
- Installed Warzone 2100 using the Ubuntu Software Center (Version "warzone2100 3.1~rc2-1ubuntu3")

The desciption of the game says: "The campaign video sequences are not yet distributed here, please see the Warzone 2100 website for details on downloading and installing them."
The website http://wz2100.net (this website) states when clicking on "Get the campaign videos" on the front page: "The sequences.wz file has to be in a specific location, then the game will detect it automatically."
Hm, okay. Here is the explanation for Linux:
"Linux:
The user's configuration directory, ~/.warzone2100-2.3"

Great. Unfortunately, this does not cover the installation using the Ubuntu Software Center. So, here is how to proceed (Note: Please enter all commands of the terminal stated below without the quotation marks. Replace "<user name>" by the chosen user name of your Ubuntu installation.):
1. Download the video file of your choice from the website. The file you download should be called "sequences.wz".
2. Move the file from the download location on your PC (e.g. "/home/<user name>/Downloads") to the game directory "/usr/share/games/warzone2100". To do this, you need to do the following:
2.a. Open a terminal (e.g. open the "dash" and type in "terminal" to search for it, then click on "Terminal").
2.b. Locate the download directory (see 2. above) using the "cd" command (e.g. "cd /home/<user name>/Downloads").
2.c. Enter there: "sudo mv ./sequences.wz /usr/share/games/warzone2100/"
2.d. You will need to enter the password that allows changes to the system (it should be the same that unlocks your lock screen or you need to enter when installing updates).
2.e. The file should now be moved to the new location. You may verify that by checking the contents of the game directory.
Done! You are good to go! Fire up the game and click on "View Intro" to check if it works.

Alternatively you could also move the file only using the move command. This should be as follows:
"sudo mv /home/<user name>/Downloads/sequences.wz /usr/share/games/warzone2100/"

If this does not work in your case, make sure, the "sequences.wz" file is located in the same folder as files like "base.wz" and "mp.wz". If this does not work check if the prerequisites are fulfilled (check at the beginning of this post).

Hope this helps. I was desperately looking for a description like this one.

[vexed]

Hmm, they have an old version of the game up.
Playdeb has the latest version.

As for the vids, if only they would allow us to be able to ship them with the game, we wouldn't have these issues. But noooo.....

Oh, and ~/.warzone2100-2.3 is the real old version... it would be ~/.warzone2100-3.1 now, or ~/.warzone2100-master if you play the git master version.