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Linux Quake HOWTO Linux Quake HOWTO Table of Contents Linux Quake HOWTO.......................................................................................................................................1 Bob Zimbinski ([email protected]), Brett A. Thomas ([email protected]), and Mike Hallock ( [email protected]).................................................................................................................................1 1. Introduction .........................................................................................................................................1 2. Quake/Quakeworld..............................................................................................................................1 3. Quake II...............................................................................................................................................1 4. Related Software..................................................................................................................................2 5. Troubleshooting/FAQs........................................................................................................................2 6. Tips & Tricks.......................................................................................................................................2 7. Administrivia.......................................................................................................................................2 1. Introduction .........................................................................................................................................2 1.1 Feedback,Comments, Corrections.....................................................................................................3 1.2 Other Formats of This Document.....................................................................................................3 1.3 Acknowledgments .............................................................................................................................3 1.4 Other Sources of Information...........................................................................................................4 Linux−Specific Quake Information ...........................................................................................4 General Quake Information.......................................................................................................4 Linux Gaming Information ++...................................................................................................4 2. Quake/Quakeworld..............................................................................................................................4 2.1 Minimum Requirements....................................................................................................................4 2.2 Installing Quake.................................................................................................................................5 Download the Necessary Files ..................................................................................................5 Create the Installation Directory ++...........................................................................................6 Installing From a Quake CD.......................................................................................................6 DOS/Windows to Linux Install.................................................................................................7 Shareware Version Install..........................................................................................................8 2.3 Adding the Linux Binaries................................................................................................................8 2.4 Setting Permissions ...........................................................................................................................9 2.5 X11 Quake.........................................................................................................................................9 2.6 SVGAlib Quake ...............................................................................................................................9 2.7 GLQuake ........................................................................................................................................10 SVGAlib...................................................................................................................................10 Glide ++....................................................................................................................................11 Mesa .........................................................................................................................................11 2.8 Linux−Specific Command Line Options.........................................................................................12 2.9 QuakeWorld ....................................................................................................................................13 Installing the RPM packages ...................................................................................................14 Installing the tar.gz packages ...................................................................................................14 Running QuakeWorld ..............................................................................................................14 2.10 Servers............................................................................................................................................16 2.11 Mods & Addons.............................................................................................................................16 Capture the Flag........................................................................................................................16 Mission Packs ..........................................................................................................................16 Quake Tools..............................................................................................................................17 3. Quake II.............................................................................................................................................17 3.1 Prerequisites.....................................................................................................................................17 3.2 Installing Quake II...........................................................................................................................18 Download the Necessary Files++............................................................................................18 i Linux Quake HOWTO Table of Contents Create the Installation Directory ++.........................................................................................18 Installing from CD....................................................................................................................19 Windows to Linux install..........................................................................................................19 Installing the demo version ......................................................................................................20 3.3 Adding the Linux Binaries .............................................................................................................21 Installing the RPM packages ...................................................................................................21 Installing the tar.gz packages ...................................................................................................21 3.4 Setting Permissions .........................................................................................................................21 Quake2.conf .............................................................................................................................22 3.5 The X Renderer................................................................................................................................22 3.6 The SVGAlib Renderer ++............................................................................................................22 3.7 The OpenGL Renderer....................................................................................................................23 SVGAlib...................................................................................................................................23 Glide ++...................................................................................................................................23 Mesa **.....................................................................................................................................24 lib3dfxgl.so **........................................................................................................................24 Choosing a GL driver **..........................................................................................................25 3.8 The GLX Renderer ++....................................................................................................................25 3.9 Linux−Specific Command Line Options.........................................................................................25 3.10 Quake II Servers ++.......................................................................................................................26