Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 20:38:08 +0000 (GMT) From: Phillip Salzman <psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> To: Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com> Cc: Joey Garcia <gummibear@mediaone.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Quintin Oliver <quintin@smlt.com> Subject: Re: Games and Stuff: Conerning Doom and Quake Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811092036150.7784-100000@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.981109120651.patrick@cre8tivegroup.com>
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What, the files aren't 'nuff - you need docs too?! ;P~ I've never used it, you might be able to find some from Albert Perlsta's page at http://www.genx.net/~perlsta, as that is where I downloaded the files from -- i don't think he'll do tech support either. Ask Brian Feldman, I believe he has messed with it a little. -- Phillip Salzman "I ate your mind, now you are mine." On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Patrick Gardella wrote: > Thanks for the post, but I'm sorry to say that I can't get any of these to work. > > > Problems: > vquake: runs and then just stops. No errors, no nothing. > xf86quake: Error: Video card bank size (2353152 bytes) too small for this res. > I'm guessing that I need to switch X into the resolution I want to use. > xquake: Runs in a window, smashed up in the left hand size in a funky color. > > Can we get some documentation on these? > > Patrick > > P.S. I'm running on a 2.2.7-STABLE system (a.out). > > On 09-Nov-98 Phillip Salzman wrote: > > > > I just uploaded the native FreeBSD bins for Quake our FTP site > > at ftp://quake.gulf.net/pub/Quake/quake-1-freebsd-native.tgz. > > > > These should work fine, I've never used it - so i can't help you > > setup the mouse stuff and all... > > > > -- > > Phillip Salzman > > "The one with an eye cannot see..." > > > > On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Quintin Oliver wrote: > >> On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Patrick Gardella wrote: > >> > On 06-Nov-98 Quintin Oliver wrote: > >> > >> I have also been wondering if anyone has gotten Quake to work with > >> > >> FreeBSD. I didn't see Quake specifically in the ports collection, > >> > >> although I did notice a quakeserver. If I could run Quake with > >> > >> FreeBSD, > >> > >> where could I get it? (I hope the neccessary info will come with it.) > >> > > > >> > > I normally play Quake on Linux, I copied 'squake' onto FreeBSD howevr it > >> > > had troubles finding the SVGALibs. Perhaps there is some way we can use > >> > > the SVGALibs in Linux on BSD? or emulate them. > >> > > > >> > > I downloaded Squake from: http://threewave.planetquake.com/linux/ - you > >> > > will find all the Quake goodies there, I'd imagine Xquake will work but > >> > > it > >> > > runs really so. Squake runs in text mode is the SVGA Lib's and moves > >> > > like > >> > > a beast on my p133 linux workstation. > >> > > > >> > > If you get it to work *please* let me know, or perhaps we can work > >> > > together on making it work? > >> > > >> > The mailing list archives mention that the SVGAlibs were hacked to try to > >> > get > >> > this to work, but were unsuccessful. The xquake and qwcl.x11 both work on > >> > FreeBSD. > >> > >> Yes, but doesn't xquake have troubles with the mouse? I seem to remember > >> switching over the squake because everytime I played with the mouse xquake > >> would dis-able itself? > >> > >> > On a side note, the sound does not work with Luigi's pcm0 sound device, so > >> > if > >> > you want sound, you'll need to use the sb code. The pcm0 code does not > >> > allow > >> > for Quake to directly memory map the sound card (if I remember what I read > >> > right.) > >> > >> Ok. > >> > >> > I'm running on a 233 MMX with FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE and xquake runs > >> > acceptably > >> > fast. I would love to be able to get the squake to work on FreeBSD, since > >> > that's the path the Linux world seems to be working on. > >> > >> Yup! something I think I'm gonna do some research in. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Quintin. > >> > >> > >> > >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > --- > Patrick S. Gardella Director of Web Development > The Creative Group 1-800-804-0783 ext 29 606-858-8029 (fax) > http://www.cre8tivegroup.com PGP Key ID 0xEE2D47A9 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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