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Quake 4 Linux
Crusader writes "id Software has released the Linux client and server for Quake 4. There's a FAQ page with installation instructions, notes, and download links."
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I am really looking forward to this. ID makes quality software, and even better, it can run on Linux. Frag away
I'd just like to read the info, not have to figure out over-designed interfaces :(
I didn't think the house band in Hell would play this badly.
FTA: A licensed copy of Quake 4 retail for Windows(r) is required
Interesting...
BUT, couldn't they have made a regular website instead of a flash app that has ridiculously long transitions? I was all interested in checking it out, until I lost interest due to the wait for basic information.
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It was released yesterday. What more do you want?
Search first, ask questions later.
Praise is good, but your wallet speaks louder. Don't forget to let them know *why* you purchased the game.
This just didn't work. They released Quake 3 and RTCW on Linux also, but hardly anyone bought those. Sure it's good to let them know you support their Linux clients and servers, because then they'll keep doing the support that they are doing, but it's not going to make other people "wake up" and support Linux or even Mac OS.
Loki tried to market Linux games, and I bought just about every title that they had released, but it didn't save them, because there weren't enough people like me, who were willing to put their money where their mouth was.
Anyways, as much as I appreciate id for releasing Linux binaries and I love Blizzard for supporting the Macintosh, at the same time, don't think that just because some big name is porting their code to a particulr platform that you really love, isn't going to make other people do the same.
If it did, then this would be old news because Linux and Mac *would* have the same games that Windows has now. But fact is that these big names have supported Linux/Mac for a long time, and there's still very little more support now than there was before.
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Be sure to let id know that you bought the Windows package in order to install it on your Linux box. I know id are good guys (as evidenced by how quickly this came out), but it never hurts to let them know exactly how much we appreciate it.
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
One more thing... if a company already has a patches section with the words "Coming Soon" before the game is released, is that suggesting something about the quality of the product?
It's practically impossible to release a perfect piece of software the first time. Thus, patches.
Often times, the patches will also contain additional content, which is pretty cool.
The parent didn't say it was open source. He said it had been released for "the open source crowd".
That is just used as a benchmark. If they were to say "OpenGL 1.5 [or whatever they use] compatable", nobody would have any idea what they were talking about.
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Expect the same release time, with no demo, ever, for linux.
Linux Doom3 had a demo.
And, in the case of Doom3, waiting 3 months was a clever marketing decision. If a demo had been out before commericial release, many customers would've been off by knowing that 80% of the game was spent squinting at blackness.
Yeah, but atleast you can rest sure noone will STEAL (copy..) it!
Or wait...
Seriously, why do they use their stupid copy protection mecanism? Have they ever worked? Quake4 was cracked within a day so what is the use for it? I guess the best alternative is to make it the Blizzard way requireing a valid key to connect to their game servers, and if you play their games you will want to.
Is it just me or does the story line for Quake 4 seem somewhat similar to ST:TNG where Picard was assimilated by the Borg?
Plus the Strogg being a civilisation that goes through space assimilating any culture in it's path is another dead giveaway.
I'm not saying it's not a bloody awesome story tho! Well done id!
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What exactly is the reason why id would sacrifice sales to promote Linux?
What benefit would id receive from this action?
Sometimes my arms bend back.
What the hell are they supposed to do, let you download a $50 game for FREE just becuase you run linux? They are not going to provide all of the critical game data files off of a download, expecially since they come on a DVD-ROM. You are just downloading the binaries for linux, not the whoel frickin' game.
I agree with other posters that it would rock if they included the Linux binaries on the game CDs. Then they could include Mac binaries and everyone would be happy.
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Hey now...
I bought Q3 for linux and I didn't even have drivers for my card at the time.
Had to download the windows binaries for the sucker to work....
3 months later I had accelerated opengl in linux!
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Who cares? Seriously. Quake 4 dosn't have a metal / NINish soundtrack, you have to reload your weapons, and there aren't as many hidden secrets and powerups. Sounds more like Doom3 and less like Quake to me.
This is a good question, been wondering the same myself. I guess all we're going to get it a gameplay video which doesn't really demonstrate much. I'm certainly not going to buy I game I've never tried.
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