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Quake 4 Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the games-people-play dept.

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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  1. God, I Hate Flash. by saudadelinux · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'd just like to read the info, not have to figure out over-designed interfaces :(

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  2. Exciting news... by ScislaC · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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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  3. Re:quake 4 linux by big_groo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Praise is good, but your wallet speaks louder. Don't forget to let them know *why* you purchased the game.

  4. Re:quake 4 linux by Krach42 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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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  5. Don't forget to register your Linux version! by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.

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    1. Re:Don't forget to register your Linux version! by DeathPenguin · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I forget whether this was UT2004 or Quake 3, but one of the devs was saying in an interview that the best wya to show your support for Linux ports is to simply play the game on-line. This is because the master servers keep statistical information, including client version (Which has OS info in it). So the more Linux gamers show up to play on-line, the more the developers know we play their games too.

      You have your homework, now get to it!

  6. Re:quake 4 linux by JFitzsimmons · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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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