From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 20 16:12:32 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 039D0106564A for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:12:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx02.qsc.de (mx02.qsc.de [213.148.130.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B711D8FC14 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:12:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-49-179.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.49.179]) by mx02.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94AED27DA4; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:06:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id q7KG6Sn3003655; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:06:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 18:06:28 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Victor Sudakov Message-Id: <20120820180628.b3e3f552.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20120820142432.GA14816@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> References: <20120820142432.GA14816@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: doom, quake, hexen... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 16:12:32 -0000 On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 21:24:32 +0700, Victor Sudakov wrote: > Colleagues, > > Please advise if there are any 3D shooters in the ports collection > which work out of the box on 9.0-STABLE (amd64)? None of those I have > tried work for a number of irritating reasons, like e.g. > > games/uhexen: http://pastebin.com/ZaJ74eaa MIDI load failed:/etc/timidity.cfg: No such file or directory Install timidity++ from ports to get MIDI background music support. > games/doom: http://pastebin.com/XdrCwzvn doom-1.10_5 is only for i386, while you are running amd64. A precise message. > games/quake2lnx even pretends to do something: it opens a tiny X11 > window with some flickering rubbish and plays some farting sounds to > the audio system. > > Is there any working 3D shooter in the ports collection my 8 year old > son could enjoy? How about OpenArena? I'm currently playing it with pals via Internet. Okay, not at this moment, as I'm writing this message, obviously... :-) > Thank you very much in advance. First make sure all your 3D stuff runs fine. Install "xlockmore" and test it with: % xlock -nolock -mode lament % xlock -nolock -mode fire Works fine? Next consideration: Games in ports collection that run out of the box (even though I still have 8.2-STABLE/x86 here) include DooM 3 and Quake 4. I've also tried RTCW, but except a grey fullscreen I get nothing. Music plays, I can move the mouse and listen to the main menu choices "clicking", but I don't see anything. For older DooM ports, I've successfully been playing DooM, DooM II and Heretic using lsdldoom port on a 300 MHz P2. Note lsdldoom also supports OpenGL graphics. I could also play Quake, Quake 2 from ports, and Jedi Knight II via wine. I don't see a massive problem to run those on the amd64 platform, from which I switched back to i386 on my home system due to trouble with wine. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...