Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:46:08 +0000 From: Steve Crowder <steve@crowders.org> To: Ulrich Spoerlein <uspoerlein@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Old Linux Quake II Mods Message-ID: <1172918768.3712.8.camel@suse10.crowders.org> In-Reply-To: <20070301215003.GB1548@roadrunner.q.local> References: <1172779730.3748.19.camel@suse10.crowders.org> <20070301215003.GB1548@roadrunner.q.local>
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Hi Ulrich Your comments made me think about this from a different angle, r1q2ded-old was/is the problem. I have managed to get it all working. I am now configuring the server to how I want it to be so I can indulge this nostalgia trip. Mr.White of LMCTF confirmed that the original source code is lost to me also. Thanks On Thu, 2007-03-01 at 22:50 +0100, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: > Steve Crowder wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have been trying to resurrect some old Quake II Linux compiled mods on > > my FreeBSD 6.1 amd64 machine. Using the linux binary r1q2ded-old from: > > http://www.r1ch.net/stuff/r1q2/ > > > > I have tried to run Lokis Minions CTF Linux gamei386.so from here: > > http://tastyspleen.net/quake/downloads/mods/lokis_minion/ > > Ah, good old LMCTF, > > I concated the developers some years ago and the apparently lost their > source code, so a FreeBSD native version is not going to appear. > > You would need some old, but not too ancient, linux binary for Quake2. > The original linux client by id software is at least unable to open the > sound device on FreeBSD due to a "wrong" order of OSS-ioctl(). > > Perhaps you can get some old binary versions of Quake2Forge and try your > luck with these. > > On the other hand, any modification that retained ABI compatibility with > the original Q2 client should work. > > I think, we both now understand, why John Carmack used a kind of VM for > the Q3 modifications :) > > Ulrich Spoerlein -- Steve Crowder
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