EXTREME NEWBIE - Quake

[Hammer45]

Here's the deal: I know NOTHING about Quake, but my daughter wants me to get it running. My most basic question is: how do you actually PLAY the game? I can find all sorts of info on how to install it, set up a server, etc. - but no info on how you play it. Any help?

[forrest]

move mouse, shoot stuff.


i just typed

apt-get install quake-svga

if you're using a debiain derivitive....

[forrest]

or did you mean how to run it?

i think it puts it in /usr/local/bin, so it's in your path, so all you need to do once it's properly installed is

quake-svga


or....

cd /wherever/you/put/quake
./quake-<insert type of quake here> (X11, SVGA, GL, i'd recommend SVGA, or GL)

for svga you may have to do a lot of hand configuration

from the linuxquake HOWTOlibvga.config is SVGAlib's configuration file. On most systems you'll find it in either /etc or /etc/vga. Make sure the mouse, monitor, and video card settings in this file are correct for your system. See the SVGAlib documentation for more details."

this was correct on my system, it's fairly well commented, i spent about 30 minutes tweaking till i was happy with my mouse performance.

good luck http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/smile.gif
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[ph34r]

www.planetquake.com (http://www.planetquake.com) - "The epicenter of everything Quake."


They don't have any Linux info per se, but actually playing the game is the same no matter which os you have.

[Phuzon]

Err, move mouse and aim at enemy, press mouse button 1 to fire. Use arrow keys to move around. Being trigger happy usually is a good thing.

[sno]

pickup rlauncher, shoot, frag, repeat!

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