Quake1 singleplayer

[UncleOwen]

I'd like to play classic Quake, but none of the versions in portage seems to work 100%. This is what I already did:
- emerge quake1 quakeforge fuhquake-bin glxquake-bin
- copy the files from the cd to /usr/share/games/quake-data/id

The results so far:
- quake.x11 shows a small window, mouse look works, but anytime the mouse leave the window, quake looses the mouse focus. I tried resizing the window to full screen, but this causese a

[john-boro]

I'll tell you exactly what I did to get quake 1 working..

[list]1. emerge fuhquake-bin

2.download the quake1 shareware. Herein is a file called resource.1. You need to first emerge lha, then run

[UncleOwen]

[john-boro]

[UncleOwen]

[john-boro]

glad it all worked out

thanks for enlightening me about portage, I wasn't aware of that. Perhaps that directory was created during the install of a different client, or when i installed fuhquake without portage.

regards
john

[obsrv]

I can't get my configuration saved! I change key binding, constrast, gamma and next time I run I get defaults, so I have to change settings again. What can I do?

[Tuna]

with fuhquake try "cfg_save <name>". you can then load the configuration on the next start with "cfg_load <name>". if you wish to automatically load your configuration you can create an autoexec.cfg which exed the load command.

[PaulBredbury]

quake1-darkplaces is a great Quake 1 engine to try.

[obsrv]

darkplaces is quite good, but I miss stencil shadows n stuff so I prefer Tenebrae

[PaulBredbury]

Tenebrae is interesting (and the shadows and lighting sometimes look fantastic), but everything looks far too artificially shiny, and it needs a beefy PC. Darkplaces is highly configurable, and looks far more natural.

[Sprotte]

ok, for anyone who still has this problem, here´s how I play Quake.

First way.

I downloaded the source code of JoeQuake, my engine of choice (it´s small). Then I unpacked it into /root. Now what follows is:

1) As root, compile it. That´s easy, you just have to open the Makefile with an editor and adjust it. Set default_target to either svga, x11 or glx. To compile, just run "make".
It builds up to three executable files: joequake.x11, joequake.svga and/or joequake-gl.glx.

Copy those to your home dir and chown them:

chown (username):games /home/user/joequake.x11 (or whatever executable you built).

2) Make a joequake folder in your home directory. Copy the small pak0.pak file from the source directory into there and chown it too. That is Quake´s "private" directory, where also stuff like maps, config files or screenshots go.

3) make a folder called id1 in your home directory. In there put pak0.pak and pak1.pak from the CD (or use lha to extract pak0.pak from the demo like described above).

Your home directory is now your Quake base directory. Inside that are _gamedirs_ that contain pak files (like the id1 folder or any mods you install), and also the executable resides here.

You see, this is much easier to handle than that /usr/local/ stuff that Portage does. Everything is neatly together in your home dir and you don´t bloat your /usr partition with game stuff.

4) Make a script in your home directory that starts Quake. Mine looks like this:

#! /bin/sh
/home/xxx/joequake.x11 -width 640 -height 480 -mem 32 -22khz

though you can put all kinds of stuff in there.

Make this script executable : chmod u+x jquake

Then start Quake with ./jquake or whatever you named it.

Be sure to visit the corresponding homepage (see links below).

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Second way, if you must use portage:

emerge fuhquake (joequake isn´t in portage I think)

gives you a /usr/local/fuhquake-bin folder.

In there, make a folder id1 and put the pak files in there. (personally, I have an id1 folder in my home dir and symlinked it like this:

cd /usr/local/fuhquake-bin
ln -s /home/xxx/id1 id1

Then fuhquake should find the pak files.

(The "gfx.wad not found" error means that the Quake engine cannot find the pak file(s).)

I prefer method #1 because I have everything in one place (my home dir) and my /usr partition is too small to be cluttered by game files (I have over 100 maps and mods installed). Also I like to play with CFLAGS and other things.

Now, there are Netquake (normal Quake) and Quakeworld clients. If you want to play singleplayer mostly, Netquake is fine. Joequake and Darkplaces are netquake engines.

For online play, you´ll need FuhQuake or another QuakeWorld client. The network stuff is different and physics in QW are different from NQ (for example, bunnyhopping is easier).

However, most mods only run properly with Netquake engines. (!!!)

To play custom maps, make a maps folder in your Quake dir (the one where the small pak0.pak file is). Put the .bsp files in there (if necessary, unzip first) In quake, go to the console.

To set the skill, type "skill x" in the game console, where x is a number between 0 and 3.

To start the map, type "map mapname" where mapname is the file name without the .bsp ending (!). For could.bsp you would type "map could".

To install a mod (for example Killer Quake), make a folder in your base dir (next to the id1 folder). Put the mod into there (mostly a zipfile) and unzip it (mostly a pak file).

To play a mod, go to the game console and type "gamedir (name of mod´s folder)".
If it tells you to disconnect first, type "disconnect" followed by the above.

Then go to the mod´s first map or play like normal.

Finally, here is the directory structure again:

--- QUAKE BASE DIRECTORY (/home/user, /usr/local/fuhquake-bin, or even others) contains:

---------- id1 folder (default gamedir, contains pak0.pak and pak1.pak)

---------- any mod folders (custom gamedirs, contain mostly .pak files)

---------- XXXquake folder (contains a small pak0.pak and configs, as well as:)

-------------------- maps folder (where .bsp files go)

Navigating between those is done with the "gamedir" and "map" commands in the game console.

Finally Finally, here are some links.

1. For massive single-player treatage go to Underworldfan´s map reviews:

http://www.planetquake.com/underworld

2. For speedrunning and cool demos, go to SDA:

http://speeddemosarchive.com/quake/

3. For online playing, go to Besmella Quake:

http://www.besmella-quake.com

4. JoeQuake

http://www.runecentral.com/joequake/news.html

5. FuhQuake

http://www.fuhquake.net/

[PaulBredbury]

[Sprotte]

[PaulBredbury]

The various Quake programs use at least the following directories: ~/.quake/tenebrae/, ~/.quake2/, ~/.quake4/, ~/.quakeforge/.

As a quick test, I ran:

[PaulBredbury]

Edit: My poor-quality ebuild for joequake has been replaced by a much better one.

[UncleOwen]

[PaulBredbury]

[PaulBredbury]

Has anyone managed to get the revitalized textures and models working with darkplaces? It's unclear as to what the filenames and directories should be. I have managed to see one armour texture improved, but that's all.

[UncleOwen]

[PaulBredbury]

Done. Perhaps you could try changing line 46 of Makefile, with its mention of "386" and "-march=pentiumpro".

Anyway, darkplaces is a much better client

[UncleOwen]

[PaulBredbury]

Here's my second attempt at a joequake ebuild

[PaulBredbury]

Anyone who's a fan of Quake 1 single-player maps should check out the Undergate collection of 104 maps

[Sprotte]

anyone who is a fan of Quake 1 at all should go to

www.quakeone.com
and www.celephais.net/board
and www.speeddemosarchive.com/quake

all questions will be answered.

For Quake2 linux files and mods, go to

http://qudos.quakedev.com/
and http://tenfourmaps.telefragged.com

quake on.
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