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Date:      Mon, 9 Nov 1998 20:40:03 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Phillip Salzman <psalzman@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net>
To:        Quintin Oliver <quintin@smlt.com>
Cc:        Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com>, Joey Garcia <gummibear@mediaone.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Games and Stuff: Conerning Doom and Quake
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811092038440.7784-100000@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.981109175136.26881A-100000@orion.smlt.com>

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if you want docs, get the things working and write down what you
did ....  Like i said, i've never used this stuff.

--
Phillip Salzman
"As Jordan said once:  You're a pioneer, you don't need no stink'n docs!"


On Mon, 9 Nov 1998, Quintin Oliver wrote:

> 
> Hmm...that was quick Patrick, I've not had time to test it on my system
> yet.
> 
> Yep, some docs would be create too!!
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Quintin.
> 
> 
> 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.
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> 
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