i cant install this game plz help

[into9rod]

Hello,
since i installed ubuntu i wanted to play this game so i been trying like a week
because i just cant ... this is the file that im downloading: tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run
when i doubleclick in the file this is the error; Couldn't display "/home/into9rod/Desktop/tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run".
ive been trying to run it with different apps and is not working at all
so its starting to be painfull i dont know whats wrong i hope i can get a reply
thank you

[Taiyo.uk]

It's a self-extracting shell script. Run it in a terminal.

[into9rod]

ok tks for the reply what do i write just the name of the file thats all
i tried this      sh tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run and is not working (cant open the file)
any other commands ...

[Taiyo.uk]

You may need to chmod u+x it first to make it executable.

[into9rod]

any pros can tell me plz
tks anyway dude

[Taiyo.uk]

i tried this      sh tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run and is not working (cant open the file)

What was the exact error message?

[into9rod]

thanks uk its solved
right click in the file and (open with a command) i writed there sh and it works
now i have another problem on the blue screen NO WRITE PERMISSIONS FOR usr/local/games..........>>i know i can use chmod but how ...

[Taiyo.uk]

You can choose to install to your home directory instead of /usr

If you specifically want to install tremulous system-wide then chmodding /usr to give yourself write permissions is not a good idea. Use sudo instead:

$ sudo bash ~/Desktop/tremulous-1.1.0-installer.x86.run

You'll be asked for your password. The installer will then be run with root privileges.

[into9rod]

thanks for the command now my issue is the video is getting crazy i cant see any letters and the graphics are bs
man...and i dont know how to fix it i already install the ati binary drivers that are in the add/remove menu but i just dont know if thats correct...

[kevlarman]

thanks for the command now my issue is the video is getting crazy i cant see any letters and the graphics are bs
man...and i dont know how to fix it i already install the ati binary drivers that are in the add/remove menu but i just dont know if thats correct...

you need to turn off 3d desktop effects to run opengl games.

[IOA]

thanks for the command now my issue is the video is getting crazy i cant see any letters and the graphics are bs
man...and i dont know how to fix it i already install the ati binary drivers that are in the add/remove menu but i just dont know if thats correct...

you need to turn off 3d desktop effects to run opengl games.

That's not true. I've run the game perfectly fine with all 3D desktop settings in effect.

[kevlarman]

thanks for the command now my issue is the video is getting crazy i cant see any letters and the graphics are bs
man...and i dont know how to fix it i already install the ati binary drivers that are in the add/remove menu but i just dont know if thats correct...

you need to turn off 3d desktop effects to run opengl games.

That's not true. I've run the game perfectly fine with all 3D desktop settings in effect.

that only works on some drivers with some graphics cards (or if you have your wm set to unredirect fullscreen windows, but windowed mode is kinda useful for alt-tab), and it can kill performance.

[into9rod]

  in my case im running this with visual effects off because my x300 
but the requirments of this game are poor anyway thanks all for the support