Scourge of Armagon with ProQuake

[Abyss]

Hi, I stumbled on this site after getting a new PC and encountering
the Windows XP problem with my registered Quake cd. Downloaded
ProQuake and am extremely pleased and grateful. It's GLQuake but
better than I've played before, just excellent.

I've got a Scourge of Armagon disc, and silly question I know, but I've installed it into the Quake folder but can't run it.
Would it work with ProQuake, and well, is it the same process for any other maps I install from cd's or download?

Thanks.

[Baker]

Start it with ...

"c:\program files\quake\glpro.exe" -hipnotic

and it should work fine.

ProQuake behaves exactly like WinQuake and GLQuake, there are no differences in how they work.

[Abyss]

Wow thanks, that works fine now. I expect it would be the same with Mission Pack 2, but putting -rogue as the parameter instead.
I'm just getting used to Windows XP, what unnerved me was I couldn't find how to get into MS-DOS mode, but the run function works fine, I just type in as I would with the command line.
So say when I eventually doownload some of the map that your site recommends, can I load them in this way, or is it best to use a different Quake engine?

Thanks again.

[Abyss]

Ah, there's a slight annoyance, hopefully someone could help.
Mission packs 1 and 2 are working fine with ProQuake using GL.
However, there is a black border when playing them, I'd say it's like widescreen but obviously on a too small monitor, it's about 85% the size of ProQuake.
I.e, its not true fullscreen like the ID levels and additional maps in ProQuake.
Any ideas?

Edit: Sorry, I need to do some research before asking obvious questions.
Found it on this thread: http://www.quakeone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1868
Just needed parameters for width and height adding.

No doubt I'll be asking questions about all these great maps I've read about on this site though!

[Baker]

Ah, there's a slight annoyance, hopefully someone could help.
Mission packs 1 and 2 are working fine with ProQuake using GL.
However, there is a black border when playing them, I'd say it's like widescreen but obviously on a too small monitor, it's about 85% the size of ProQuake.
I.e, its not true fullscreen like the ID levels and additional maps in ProQuake.
Any ideas?

Set the resolution upon starting?

"c:\quake\glpro.exe" -width 640 -height 480 -hipnotic
"c:\quake\glpro.exe" -width 1024 -height 768 -hipnotic

Or you could use Enhanced GLQuake and do ...

"c:\quake\glquake.exe" -width <your display res> -height <your display res> -window -hipnotic

Or you could use FitzQuake or DarkPlaces (which both have shift-on-the-fly display resolution in Options) and start it like this:

"c:\quake\fitzquake080.exe" -hipnotic
"c:\quake\darkplaces.exe" -hipnotic

[Baker]

Wow thanks, that works fine now. I expect it would be the same with Mission Pack 2, but putting -rogue as the parameter instead.
I'm just getting used to Windows XP, what unnerved me was I couldn't find how to get into MS-DOS mode

I click Start -> Run and paste in there. You could also make a Windows shortcut on, say, the desktop. I don't use MS-DOS mode, although that isn't much different.

So say when I eventually doownload some of the map that your site recommends, can I load them in this way, or is it best to use a different Quake engine?

The Undergate download builds a shortcut and includes FitzQuake and Enhanced GLQuake so you could just click Start-> All Programs -> Quake -> (your selection).

If you download something else, say, from http://underworld.planetquake.gamespy.com/ you would need to read the instructions in the readme.txt that comes with the download to see the proper command line to start it.

[msnyder63]

I can't run Scourge of Aramgon, I downloaded wqpro back in January so that I could run Quake l on Windows XP. It worked great, now I'm struggling on how to run this mission pack now. I'm not very computer savey, so I can't make out from your forums how to get it to run. Can someone help me figure it out? It is in the folder "Hipnotic, in my quake folder.

[Zop]

Did you try what the other guys did?

[msnyder63]

I put in the command line " c:\quake\wqpro.exe - hipnotic", but it just runs quake, not the mission pack. Like I said before, this ain't my day job. I think I got lucky when I was able to get Quake I to run. Any help would be appreciated, but you will probably have to explain it like I'm a 3 year old.

[MH]

You've got a space between - and hipnotic; you want "-hipnotic", not "- hipnotic"

[msnyder63]

That did the trick. Thanks for the help.

[MH]

That did the trick. Thanks for the help.

Glad to oblige.