Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:05:17 +0700 From: Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: doom, quake, hexen... Message-ID: <20120820170517.GA17147@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> In-Reply-To: <20120820180628.b3e3f552.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20120820142432.GA14816@admin.sibptus.tomsk.ru> <20120820180628.b3e3f552.freebsd@edvax.de>
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Polytropon wrote: > > > > 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. Actually I have compiled it WITHOUT_MUSIC. Anyway, recompiling with background music support does not make things any better: Starting Hexen! XDM authorization key matches an existing client!V_Init: allocate screens. M_LoadDefaults: Load system defaults. W_Init: Init WADfiles. DEMO IWAD detected! Z_Init: Init zone memory allocation daemon. MN_Init: Init menu system. CT_Init: Init chat mode data. S_InitScript SN_InitSequenceScript: Registering sound sequences. I_Init: Setting up machine state. SDL Audio opened successfully. ST_Init: Init startup screen. Executable: U-Hexen 0.5 build Aug 20 2012. R_Init: Init Hexen refresh daemonTextures Bus error (core dumped) > > games/doom: http://pastebin.com/XdrCwzvn > > doom-1.10_5 is only for i386, while you are running amd64. > > A precise message. Does not make me any happier. > > > > > 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... :-) This is some multiuser game, isn't it? I was looking for something one could play alone, like Doom or Hexen. I have some WADs from the old DOS CDs and from BBSes. > > 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? Yes, it does. In fact, I use xlock as my screensaver all the time. > 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. If I wanted a linux game, I would use the linux notebook. I am very reluctant in install half-a-penguin on my FreeBSD box just to play a game. > 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. Which port is it? "make search key=lsdldoom" finds nothing. > I could also play Quake, Quake 2 from ports, > and Jedi Knight II via wine. Oh, is there really nothing native? -- Victor Sudakov, VAS4-RIPE, VAS47-RIPN sip:sudakov@sibptus.tomsk.ru
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