Darkplaces help

[Spirit]

I guess by "opening it" you mean doubleclicking the fitzquake file? Try rightclick -> properties and allow it to be run as application (or however your system calls it ).
Alternatively go to your quake folder in a terminal and do "chmod +x fitzquake".

[Tom]

yeah, single player is what I want but dont mine online tho (but single player is more important)
I've got the fitzquake. How do I get it to run? At the moment, when I open it. It says that this cannot be opened.

O and, the pc doesnt fully crash. What happens is around 20 mins into quake, my pc goes back into login.

[Canadian*Sniper]

Btw for the missionpacks one does not use "-game rogue" or "-game hipnotic" but "-rogue" and "-hipnotic". This is important for the HUD to work correctly.

o rly?!?!?! Damn Thanks for the info Spirit

[Spirit]

But darkplaces is weird. Every 20mins of playing quake my pc crashes :\
Every time. Its annoying. How can I stop this?

Does the whole PC crash/freeze? Check temperatures and fans!

It sounds like you want to play Singleplayer, if that is correct than please use http://www.kristianduske.com/fitzquake/
While it is not fully working yet, it is surely the best choice for singleplayer on Linux. The engine should support all recent maps and run the missionpacks flawlessy.

Btw for the missionpacks one does not use "-game rogue" or "-game hipnotic" but "-rogue" and "-hipnotic". This is important for the HUD to work correctly.

[Canadian*Sniper]

sqpro is a piece of shit don't use it. Seriously you can do better. Like Tyrquake.

Darkplaces links:
http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces/ <-- home site
http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplac...ne20071120.zip <-- current stable build
http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces/files/ <-- all builds

[Tom]

Right, downloaded it... what do I do with it?

Also I cannot make any links to the darkplaces engine. Just want a link.

I've tried:

/home/tom/Desktop/darkplaces/darkplaces-glx
cd ~/Desktop/darkplaces/./darkplaces-glx
A load more... but cant remember them.

[Tom]

Use GLPro3.50, everything else is a headache and not worth dealing with. It is the most trustable and stable Quake 1 client.

Get if from here. Linux Executable:
http://www.fileplanet.com/dl/dl.asp?...e/sqpro350.zip

For documentation and information visit the main page.
http://proquake.planetquake.gamespy.com/

Cannot download. I must have an account to download :\

[Fuzznut]

DarkPlaces engine Windows/Linux OpenGL build 20071120

I've got the mission packs working now

I will look at the other engine.

But darkplaces is weird. Every 20mins of playing quake my pc crashes :\
Every time. Its annoying. How can I stop this?

Also.. When I put in r_novis 1 in my config file and save it... when I open darkplaces and play quake.. the water is not transparent (its set to .4) If I type in r_novis 1 when pressed ~ it works then. When I look at my config file after playing quake. My r_novis 1 has gone. I've doubled checked to see if it has saved, and it has. So why is it getting wiped every time I play quake?

Quake may be altering the file. After you put the attributes in your config you want, try settings its properties to read only.

[Paradise]

Use GLPro3.50, everything else is a headache and not worth dealing with. It is the most trustable and stable Quake 1 client.

Get if from here. Linux Executable:
http://www.fileplanet.com/dl/dl.asp?...e/sqpro350.zip

For documentation and information visit the main page.
http://proquake.planetquake.gamespy.com/

[Canadian*Sniper]

linux can use shortcuts but.... it's messy don't worry about it You don't need to use shortcuts to accomplish what you're doing. This is a nicer solution

alias quakerogue='./darkplaces -game rogue'
alias quakehipnotic='./darkplaces -game hipnotic'

[Dooomer]

You can put "r_novis 1" into autoexec.cfg, or as suggested by Paradise, you can make your config.cfg file readonly.

As to the shortcut, I don't know if Linux uses Lnk file. Under Linux maybe the shortcut is of different format.

[Tom]

O and I cannot make a shortcut to darkplaces. Nothing works

[Tom]

DarkPlaces engine Windows/Linux OpenGL build 20071120

I've got the mission packs working now

I will look at the other engine.

But darkplaces is weird. Every 20mins of playing quake my pc crashes :\
Every time. Its annoying. How can I stop this?

Also.. When I put in r_novis 1 in my config file and save it... when I open darkplaces and play quake.. the water is not transparent (its set to .4) If I type in r_novis 1 when pressed ~ it works then. When I look at my config file after playing quake. My r_novis 1 has gone. I've doubled checked to see if it has saved, and it has. So why is it getting wiped every time I play quake?

[Canadian*Sniper]

Tyr-Quake is reliable.
http://disenchant.net/engine.html

edit:

What build of darkplaces are you using anyways?

[Tom]

They all are.

Is there any alternatives to darkplaces and can be installed in linux?