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Jacek Fedorynski writes "New Linux version of Q3Test has just been released. Here is the list of mirrors. " You know the drill-go get 'em.
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> Well if you can't beat us, join us. Surely you can spare some partition space for linux and Q3test.
I've tried to join you. Installed RH5.2. After six hours or so and *countless* webpages / newsgroups, finally got X running with my G200 in 16/24-bit (and at a shrunken size (yes, i've used xvidtune to no avail)).
So then my next adventure was getting GLX drivers. Others claim 7-8fps. After a whole Sunday of fiddling & compiling, I can finally claim 1fps. This is on a P2-400/128MB system. Whoo hoo!
Then for kicks, I tried net-installing RH6.0. After a couple hours, I find I can't get X to work. I've given up and am waiting for the Win32x version.
And no, I ain't no UNIX newbie.
As always ID KICKS ASS!
They updated the teleporter in this version of
q3test and it looks SO SWEET!
I played the new version for a few minutes; there were no big changes. The two test levels had different teleporters (they look very cool though), and q3test1 had a different central area.
Although now when you jump you make this irritating grunt noise...it would probably sound really retarded in net play with lots of people jumping in rocket battles.
Just a thought after reading all of the discussion from an earlier article -- if the entire copyright system had distentegrated, would ID still be making this game?
where are the 3dfx drivers for the voodoo2 card for Linux?
::sound of me bonking my head on the monitor after wasting a large chunk of time fruitlessly trying to find the drivers::
Borrow one from a friend! Thats what I did :) No, seriously... If you have any friends that are hardcore gamers, they probably have a voodoo2 or two laying around, since they already upgraded to a TNT or Vodoo3 ;)
-ethan
Get a voodoo3. They're only $120 or so, and they're well worth it... It's probably less if you can find a good deal. A 3D card is a good investment, they make games look a lot better.
-ethan
Yeah, I'm not giving up... yet :)
:P
You'd think after countless IRIX installs, HP-UX installs, & Win9x installs that I could get one lousy Linux install down. But then again, I am working with hardware that isn't exactly Linux-happy (can you say 'TurtleBeach Montego'?)
I think the biggest hassle for me thus far has been the need for webbrowsing for answers. To webbrowse, I need to get X working. To get X working, I need to webbrowse. Hence: boot Win98, find possible solution, boot Linux, solution doesn't work, boot Win98, etc. I suppose I could just read newsgroups within Linux, but it's been awhile since I've used 'trn'
Maybe I'll just buy a Mac.
Oh, so you're admitting, then, that the Open Source methodology of outside testing is far more efficient and productive than an inside test ala Microsoft?
...signed, the non-foul-mouthed gnulix guy.
Yeah, that is a bummer.
I personally have had no better experience installing an OS than RH5.2, but all of my (important) hardware was supported in the distro.
Compared to W95, installing RH was a piece of cake.
> Oh, so you're admitting, then, that the Open
> Source methodology of outside testing is far
> more efficient and productive than an inside
> test ala Microsoft?
Admit? I think that's what many of us had been advocating for the last 5 years.
a
(21.7 MB) ftp://128.253.27.92/q3test_1.05-glibc-10_i386.deb
Okay...always on the lookout for FUD -- in the most unlikely of places! ;-)
(And, in keeping with my entertaining spirit, entertaining the masses with my witty appends!)
...signed, the non-foul-mouthed gnulix guy!
Yup - he just upgraded from TNT to a Voodoo 3. And I'm still on my 3D-V on my notebook... Damn, when are these comin gout for my notbook....
a.
voodoo3 does not work in linux right now. Most likely it will soon though
Why do you need X to do web browsing?
:-/ )
Daniel (posting this without X running at the moment
A deb of binary-only software? Evil! EVIL!
[ I don't have a 3dfx. Think sour grapes
Just get the Windows version and never look back.
you did do a setserial /dev/modem irq 5 or whatever # your modem irq is, right? they seem to gloss over that a bit in the redhat manual.
Oh no, not _again_!
No need to moderate, after parent gets moderated this one will be invisible.
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Somebody who watched the awful stuff those -1 guys made 7 posts before
Get Debian 'unstable'. It should work.
Oops, seven _articles_.
No, I don't think you get it (at all). I was *NOT* making such a statement. I was simply being wry, witty, and delectably entertaining*.
... I do believe that the Star Wars stinker opening this month is going to disappoint a *lot* of nerds who've spent the last month lining up, or who take the day off work, etc.)
...signed, the non-foul-mouth gnulix guy!
(*Although
I have a P200MMX w/ V2, and Q3A-test works very nicely. Even with everything turned on, it's pretty smooth, though I had to turn some stuff off to get decent performance out of laggy net play.
Wow,the 3Dfx logo now looks a lot like the ActiveX logo.
Everytime that I want to run Q3 with sound, I have to kill esd (esound). Has anybody found a way around this.
I've spent quite some time trying to get it to work with my system: /dev/3Dfx
voodoo1 with the appropriate glide packages and
Mesa-3.0
I also have the system environment variables set for window mode.
When I try and run linuxquake3 I get a black window with no image. However, the sound works. The 3dfx test programs that come with Mesa seem to work fine. Any ideas?
Actually, you could use a 386 with 4 megs of ram (might need 8), a fd, and a network card. Network it with your other box. Install a small linux distro into a directory on your normal box. Pop a kernel onto a disk, and have the 386 use NFSROOT ( have its root directory on a NFS server). To make things even peachier, you would probably need to create a swap file on the nfs so it could load all of q3test into memory. Now imagine that, a 386 w/4megs of ram, using NFSroot, a swap file on a NFS, playing q3. THAT would be scary.
On the other hand, you can put 3 times as much ram on a voodoo2 as a voodoo, which will help texture thrashing immensly.
http://www.3dgamers.com/3daction/Games/quake3arena /q3test-win32.html. exe3 2/q3test_1_05.shtmln 32/q3test_1_05.exet _1_05.exet _1_05.exew in32/client/q3test_1_05.exet _1_05.exeq 3test_1_05.exee st_1_05.exet _1_05.exee st_1_05.exet est_1_05.exe
ftp://209.1.115.11/idsoftware/q3arena/q3test_1_05
http://www.bluesnews.com/files/idstuff/quake3/win
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames/idstuff/quake3/wi
http://www.planetquake.com/dl/dl.asp?quake3/q3tes
http://download.ign.com/pc/q3test_1_05.exe
ftp://ftp.stomped.com/pub/redwood/q3a/win32/q3tes
ftp://qftp1.heat.net/pub/win32/q3test_1_05.exe
ftp://ftp.golsyd.net.au/golsyd-public-ftp/quake3/
ftp://ftp.barrysworld.com/quake3/test/win32/q3tes
ftp://neville2.barrysworld.com/quake3/test/win32/
ftp://chips.barrysworld.com/quake3/test/win32/q3t
ftp://216.81.151.27/quake3/q3test_1_05.exe
ftp://ftp.stomped.com/pub/redwood/q3a/win32/q3tes
http://www.quake3planet.de/files/q3test/win32/q3t
ftp://ftp.q3arena.com/pub/q3arena/q3test/win32/q3
(20.4 MB) ftp://128.253.27.92/q3test_1.05-glibc-10_i386.debg z
(20.8 MB) ftp://128.253.27.92/q3test-1.05-glibc-9.i386.rpm
(20.8 MB) ftp://128.253.27.92/q3test-1.05-glibc-9.i386.tar.
(21.4 MB) ftp://128.253.27.92/MacQ3Test_1_05.bin
(21.6 MB) ftp://128.253.27.92/q3test_1_05.exe
(304 kb) ftp://128.253.27.92/glbug.exe
You are the man. Thank you very much.
(21.6 MB) ftp://128.253.27.92/q3test_1_05.exe
(304 kb) ftp://128.253.27.92/glbug.exe
voodoo3 not supported by quake3!!!!!!!!!!!!! under linux, no drtivers as 3dfx will not release the specs. No one is excited anbout writing such drivers? Why, i have no idea. I would love to spend my next 6 months of spare time producing a bug free(you get bitched at for buggy code)driver for so I can play quake3.
(23.0 kb) ftp://128.253.27.92/glsetup.exe
Thanks, downloading presently. Why did they release this the day befor finals? Maybe they though modifying q2 didn't already take up enough time. just kidding, thanks for the mirror, all the main mirrors are full. It is good to see nerds sticking together to make their resources useful and helpful for other nerds. Anyone want to do an interview on a student flunking out of college because of quake?
DUSTY L LLOYD lloydu00@usfca.edu
I just bought Jaton SonicWave4D card based on Trident 4DWave DX chipset that was recommended recently. Really cheap.
It worked at first attempt after I compiled a recent CVS snapshot of ALAS. Quake3 seemed to work fine, but I just tried it for a minute this morning.
(23.0 MB) ftp://128.253.27.92/glsetup.exe
My site should be fast since its new:
1 .05-glibc-9.i386.rpm
1 .05-glibc-9.i386.tar.gz
1 _05.exe
ftp://ftp.quake.com.cy/pub/quake3/linux/q3test-
ftp://ftp.quake.com.cy/pub/quake3/linux/q3test-
ftp://ftp.quake.com.cy/pub/quake3/linux/q3test_
Run it under the Bochs emulator on your Netwinder. Heh heh heh.
No, you should upgrade your CPU since it's the bottleneck in your system. I.e. I have a PPro 200 MHz and a V2, and I wouldn't get a faster system by buying a second V2 board.
I assume you also have a Win 32 partition and that the
/etc/fstab file with a text editor to keep from having
modem works with Windose on the same computer
if you are waiting for the Windose release. Well, just use
Windows IE4 or 5 or AOL or Netscape to download the Linux version
to your Windose download area. The internet doesn't care
if you download Linux files onto Windose. Windose ftp often
messes up unix file extensions but that is easy to fix just by renaming
the files after download to use the correct extensions.
The file itself won't be corrupted. Sometimes you can also do
this by changing the name in the little dialog that comes up
when the download starts.
I assume you also know how to mount a dos or fat32 partition.
Do that from Linux and then you can access the file from
Linux and move it or unarchive it or whatever you want to do.
You can even run programs from dos partitions in Linux -
a little slower but not much unless there are lots of tiny files.
man mount, fstab for details. Be sure to use the vfat partition type, if
you have Win98 or Fat32 with Win95. You will need to add
a line to your
to mount and unmount the Windose partition every time you
need to use it.
I hate Quake and don't understand why people like a boring
game where they point a gun at droids and watch them
grunt and explode. What about a Tux hunt? Crush Tux with
falling blocks, incenerate Tux, implode Tux, use Tux to troll
for Killer Whales. Gee, what fun!
http://ford.on.openprojects.net/~stephenc/
binaries here...
> No, I don't think you get it (at all). I was
> *NOT* making such a statement.
Impostor! Yes, it was a troll.
> I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic to
> imply that the news item was poorly written...
Bingo. You hit it on the head. That other guy put some serious words into the mouth of AC...
> You're making a statement about how you feel
> that slashdot should stick to Linux/BSD news
> instead of this pesky, frivolous Quake and
> Star Wars stuff.
No, but I really like where he's going with that thought, and I would have to agree with it. Partially. Disagree too, actually.
Slashdot has two core audiences. The Linux crowd and the Nerd crowd. Of course, one crowd is in control, and the other is not. I'd hate to see the dotbase forked, but it'd be nice to have a nerd site without dealing with the overwhelming Linux influence.
Filter! Filter! Yeah, yeah. But filtering won't keep the Linux people out of the comments, will it?
...but since Q3 is multiplayer only, he's gonna be bored even if he gets it installed, since he's got no modem under Linux. :-)
You can report this "problem" here. Hit the "continue" link. Choose "other" for the operating system (of course). And remember to be polite.
does your system have any opengl libraries installed? Mesa (www.mesa3d.org) is a free one, maybe that's whatcha need. (btw - there are rpm's for the stable version (3.0.x) everywhere!
later,
good luck
I've got a P233MMX 64MB/Voodoo1 setup and I found q3test unsuitable for multiplayer games -- especially the first map. I know I can dumb down the rendering considerably and the framerate will improve, but I want to have the FPS and the nice graphics and effects too! Anyhow, just running around the levels playing nobody (i.e. running a listen server), I got lots of lag/chop. And it may be true (someone confirm this?) that if you turn off the sky effect, which also will turn off the image in the portal/tranporter on level1, you could be at a competitive disadvantage because you cannot see what's at the destination you are about to transport to (anyone know if you can see other players through the portal?).
I we probably will need to upgrade CPUs to get nice playability and decent rendering together.
i put the new q3 test online at http://zork.nu/q3arena/
sorry, http mirror only, but if you do not find any other mirrors, use this (hope it won't slow down my server as it did the last q3 release (24hrs downtime after my post here
LOL
nuku
Hmmm...that easter bunny looks like it was made out of 100% child-friendly flame-retardant materials. Barely any of the stuffing was burned, only the surface (which had apparently been doused with lighter fluid in order to get as burned as it was). Woohoo!
Many, many people are saying that the win32 version q3atest 1.5 has a lot of problems--image quality, slow speed, especially with a 3dfx based card.
My only thought is that 3dfx was too hasty in releasing their buggy drivers--crashing between levels and not working with amd & ali chipsets are known problems.
For LINUX, stable drivers (Mesa) were already available, and Zoid just optimized them and distributed them with q3atest.
Or maybe the win32 version will never catch up.
On another note, 1.05 linux works MUCH better with my sblive! now.
I have a P233, 32MB and Voodoo2 SLI. Q3 works great with all standard settings @1024x768
q3test win32 is available at ftp.idsoftware.com but expect it to be mirrored soon.
I saw it here ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames/idstuff/quake3/win 32/q3test_1_05.exe
But, better to find a mirror. ftp.cdrom.com is crawling like a snail!
Well if you can't beat us, join us. Surely you can spare some partition space for linux and Q3test.
(21.7 MB) ftp://128.253.27.92/q3test-1.05-glibc-9.i386.rpmg z
(21.7 MB) ftp://128.253.27.92/q3test-1.05-glibc-9.i386.tar.
(22.2MB) ftp://128.253.27.92/MacQ3Test_1_05.bin
Geez, why waste bandwidth, just get the patch, you losers.
[ Suddenly, Anonymouse Coward notices that this article is about Q3A, not the kernel. ]
Oh. Never mind.
[ Anonymous Coward covers his head in shame and embarrassment. He does wish there was a bzip2 version though. ]
i dont have a 3Dfx and i dont want one, what can i do! :(
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Here points to a revolving (revolting?) DNS that'll send to one of five well connected sites serving Q3Atest, for all OS's availible
-Yarn - Rio Karma: Excellent
The win32 version is supposedly going to be released around midnight CST.
Someone (Zoid?) said in their plan the new version is a lot quicker, and I agree. For the first test I felt like I was fighting my mouse the whole time to get my view to move even on fastest rendering, and now even with some nice options on it's better.
The voodoo3 works in 2d, no 3d accel _yet_ but they're working it.
You never know, Q3 could be a turning point for the general acceptance of Linux.
Bill - aka taniwha
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Leave others their otherness. -- Aratak
I would like to suggest not giving up entirely. ie grab the W32 version for now, but keep trying with Linux. You just might find it worth the effort (I did, but I still can't play Q3: a 486-66 and ET4000 just doesn't cut it).
Bill - aka taniwha
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Leave others their otherness. -- Aratak
As to the sound cards, which ones? ALSA seems to support several, but I don't know enough about these things (though my sb128pci goes nicely, oh the joys of a tripple bus 486 (asus), 4 isa, 1 vesa, 3 pci).
Bill - aka taniwha
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Have you tried lynx? It comes with RH and could save you alot of time. It's a textmode browser (ie text only, but I beleive you can set it up to use zgv to view images) that saved me pulling my hair out when I was setting up linux, especially when setting up X.
Bill - aka taniwha
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Leave others their otherness. -- Aratak
Hehe, I've got a 386-33 w 16M acting as my firewall at home (redundant at the moment, as I use work as my ISP and I'm behind their firewall as well). I suppose I could grap q3test and run it on my 386, piping the output to my 486. That ought to slow things down enough :)
Bill - aka taniwha
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Leave others their otherness. -- Aratak
Suspected as much (ie totally unsupported cards). As I said, h/w would be the only thing really slowing down a Linux migration. Pitty. But...by the time I can get a new machine (with a lot of luck, next month (fingers and toes crossed)), the Matrox G200 might be in beta or even released (doubt the latter), and I've already got a sb128 in preparation.
Bill - aka taniwha
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Leave others their otherness. -- Aratak
to pipe the display back to the other box.
Bill - aka taniwha
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Leave others their otherness. -- Aratak
Unfortunatly, bzip2 doesn't always work that well with binaries. I get .bz2's slightly bigger (5-10%) than .gz's often enough that I've given up bzip2ing binaries.
Bill - aka taniwha
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Yep. I've been playing on a SMP p200 with a voodoo1 and it's decently playable, maybe 25-30 FPS. Granted, I have everything set on "fastest rendering" and play at 512x384, but it's good enough to rule the local Q3T server :)
;-)
;)
On the other hand, that could be because I'm two 100baseT switches away from the server and am reported as having a 0 ping playing against people off the internet through a saturated 12 megabit line all pinging _at least_ 100 - 200
If your FPS is above 20, you'll be OK. For your p233, I'd actually suggest just getting a cheap voodoo1, the voodoo2 will processor bottleneck long before it will fill-rate bottleneck... Lots of unused rendering power. Same problem with a voodoo1 on a pentium, for that matter
Posted by Bluskye:
./linuxquake, it looks for Opengl drivers and such that i don't have. What am i doing wrong and do i need if any more files?
Can someone help, i installed the rpm for q3test, and the glide drivers for my Voodoo2. when i run
Posted by stodge:
Bored already. Next......
I think you should mention ZipSlack... Installs as UMSDOS, so no reformatting or anything required, and Linux lives in (for example) C:\LINUX.
:-P )
See www.slackware.com. (Although it seems to be down at the moment.
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All Glory To The Hypnotoad!
I saw it in the bookstore last week, i can't remember the name of it, but it includes Caldera, and it's only about 1/2" thick, 10"x10"????
I remember thinking "I should get this for my mom..." Anyone know what it is?
3dfx Interactive: Voodoo 2 Linux Reference Drivers
Mind you, these are the reference drivers, so you might like to check with the manufacturer of your graphics card. I know they seem to work with Quake2 and and STB Voodoo2.Anybody have any news about the Riva TNT support for Q3 under Linux? All I've heard is that there should be support by the time that the TNT2 or Q3 is released. TNT2 is already shipping. I guess I'll just have to wait and play under NT :(
I often use Lynx because it's so fast. Obviously in the world of frames and other flashy HTML it can be tricky rendering in text mode. But it does a good job.
From what I've heard, ID Software released on non-win32 platforms first. Why? By targeting a platform (Mac and then Linux and finally Win32) with a smaller targer audience they won't get so many duplicated bug reports on the core cross-platform code. It saves them time and effort filtering and logging bugs.
Maybe you've got one of those crappy software-based WinModems (a cheap alternative to real modems where the manufacturer doesn't provide all of the functionality in the hardware... very, very common). If you have, forget it... or buy a real modem.
/dev/modem to the correct serial port and then test to see if I can talk to the modem with minicom.
Typical problems I've had are with a PnP modem without a PnP motherboard, resolved by IsaPnpTools. Other than that all I've ever had to do was symlink
[idsoftware.com]
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Welcome to id Software's Finger Service V1.5!
Name: Graeme Devine
Email: zaphod@idsoftware.com
Description: Some Guy
Project:
Last Updated: 05/10/1999 17:54:06 (Central Standard Time)
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5/10/99
IMPORTANT!
You must completely nuke your old Q3TEST install before installing the update.
The config files from the old build are BAD voodoo.
You can also type "exec democycle" to watch a bunch of id people play the map.
5/10/99
Q3Test 1.05 is DONE!
New Linux/Mac versions are going up right now, and we're finishing up the installer
for the Win32 version.
If all goes well, the Win32 version will follow in a few hours (few == six or so).
From what I've heard, ID Software deliberately released on non-win32 platforms first. Why? By targeting a platform (Mac and then Linux and finally Win32) with a smaller targer audience they won't get so many duplicated bug reports on the core cross-platform code. It saves them time and effort filtering and logging bugs.
I have RH 6.0 working beautifully with a Matrox G200. I did an "Upgrade" install over 5.2, but a real install might work better. I couldn't get the real install to work (and no I'm not a Unix newbie either). 5.2 works well with a G200 but you need to get the X updates (mini gripe... the FTP installer should give the option of grabbing updates if available).
I got the Quake to work briefly but I realized that I wasn't using GLX, but software only Mesa. Since then I haven't been able to get it to work at all, or any GLU stuff for that matter, although the X server does recognize the GLX extension at startup.
In case you haven't run across it, a good page for getting Quake3 to run with Matrox is at http://www.linuxstart.com/~kva nce/projects/g200.html. And for those that want more G200 info, see http://reality.sgi.com/ri pperda_engr/glx/matrox_stat.html. As I have noted, it hasn't worked for me yet, but it's progressing pretty well.
As an aside. Redhat 6.0 is a great upgrade for those of you running 5.2. The 2.2.5 kernel and glibc 2.1 make a noticable difference in speed, (and apparently make Netscape more stable, but this could be a mirage). It's nice to see that a company can issue an upgrade that performs better than the original. Thanks to all the hackers in and out of Redhat that made it happen. (And no, before you flame me, I haven't tried Debian yet, but I've got an empty partition just waiting for it.)
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"L'IT c'est moi!"
To restate the sentiments of those who posted above me, THANK YOU!, and "you truly are the Man!"
keep acting shocked and move slowly towards the cake.
Unless you like playing a game at 1-3 seconds per frame... :->
Seriously, there's people working to make other display adapters work with this- it's just that you may have to wait until it ships before you can use something other than a Voodoo/Voodoo2 based adapter. Got any programming skills and a G200 or SiS 6326 based adapter? Join in on the fun and help us make this happen!
I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a Citizen of the State of Texas
I'd set it up on this little overclocked 486-66 (to 80) machine I've got sitting over in the corner collecting dust... ;->
I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a Citizen of the State of Texas
Uh, I think I could "scare" up one somewhere in my piles of old crap lying about. Only, I don't want to put the effort into scraping up that much RAM in 30-pin SIMMs.
I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a Citizen of the State of Texas
It proved immensely helpful and functional when I was trying to find out why the smeg that my SiS wasn't working worth a flip under the SVGA X server.
I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a Citizen of the State of Texas
If you pull that off, it'd be up there in the annals of perverse computing (not unlike the TTYQuake mods... ;-)
I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a Citizen of the State of Texas
This is the engine test version of Quake 3:Arena from Id Software. No, it's not a demo. It's a very ROUGH cut of the engine and some frameworks to get a feel for the playability of the game and to do a little showing off of Id's abilitites. If you've got a hot machine, have a 3DfX based display accelerator in your machine (or something suitably OpenGL supporting, more appropriately) you might be interested if you like things Quake...
I am not merely a "consumer" or a "taxpayer". I am a Citizen of the State of Texas
Tried with a PII 350 + 192Mb + Voodoo2
CPU usage was between 45% and 60% most of the time, with peaks at 100% when entering rooms/enabling new visual effects (like "quake power" effect).
q3 also used 85Mb during play, so it may be playable with a voodoo2 and enough ram on your box.
Nvidia is crap. I dunno why I bought the Diamond Viper. Think I should sell it on eBay or something.
CP-contemplates-on-a-voodoo2
I'll have a mirror up at ftp://redwood.ml.org/pub/quake3/test/. I'll up the user limit from 100 to 200 for the hell of it too. At the moment I have it about 50% downloaded.
- Sam
The secret to enjoying Slashdot is to realize that it should not be taken too seriously.
After mulling around for 40 minutes trying to connect to Xmission and cdrom.com, I said "Hey, I know some kick ass ppl on slashdot have already posted personal mirrors" SLASHDOT READERS are the BEST!
Awesome!
I'm not sure if you are being sarcastic to imply that the news item was poorly written, but just in case...
q3test is a technology test released by id Software for their upcoming game Quake 3: Arena. They release the test so that the public can report bugs to them so that the final product will be much more solid than if they did in-house bug-hunting. I don't think they've released a Windows version yet because they are waiting for the 3d card manufacturers to finish up their OpenGL drivers.
logan
I know you're joking, but debian/non-free is oh, several hundred megabytes ;-)
[ I don't have a 3dfx. Think sour grapes :-P ]
Voodoo 1's are about $30 these days. V2's are less than $100. There's really no excuse.
I only have a measly P-233mmx with a V1 and Q3 test, especially the new build, is perfectly playable. Even on the lowest detail settings it looks nicer than Quake2.
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Since I'm feeling sorry for anyone trying to get it from the planetquake mirror list:
q3test_1_05.exe
I would like to run it on Linux, but I can't. I have Linux, and I'm not a total newbie. I still can't get my modem working under Red Hat 5.2, though. So I guess I'll have to wait until tonight.
Switch the . and the @ to email me.
Zoid has said you need to renice it manually.
I've got 6 gigs on two separate drives free on my dual boot machine. I've got over 5 gigs free on my dedicated Linux box. Yet I still can't play. Q3 won't run on the dedicated box (I use it as a gateway/ftp server; it's only a PPro 150), and I just bought a Voodoo3 card for the dual boot (an AMD K6-2/300).
So what should I do? Put the old Voodoo2 I took out and try to play on a PPro 150, or put the Voodoo2 and my old crappy 2d VGA card back into the fast machine so I can play Q3? It isn't a matter of disk space. There are lots of other ways Linux users can't play the newest Q3test. I have three times as much disk space formatted as ext2 partitions than I do FAT32 partitions, and I'm completely bummin'.
And while I got the rant all fired up: I don't mind saying that I feel a bit ripped off after buying the Voodoo3. Sure, it looks great in Windows (it's an amazing 2D card, way better than my three year old S3), but I'm still having trouble just getting 2D to work in Linux (much less 3D -- I'm coming to think it'll never be supported). I know you take your chances when you buy new hardware for Linux, but I figured 3Dfx would be different.
And I really hoped id software would stay different and at least attempt support for the Voodoo3. (I mean, how hard can it be? It's a friggin' overclocked Rush for cryin' out loud! The specs had to be out there somewhere...)
-B
Ash and Hickory, straight-grained and true, make excellent bludgeons, dandy for the cudgeling of vegetarians.
3dfx really seems to be having trouble getting a working OpenGL ICD for Windows for Quake3 out the door on time...
I have converted the .rpm to a .deb with alien and put it up on ftp at 150.135.194.252
Three minutes after cdrom.com had it up /. had it posted, that should be some kind of record.
I love ya, man! =) 75KB/s!!!
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Where are the servers list ???
I've seen a list on underworld.idsoftware.com but there is nothing now... ???
it's been said before...
Let me say it again....
THANK YOU!!! YOU DA MAN!!! cdrom.com is getting crushed....4k... I got 60 FROM YA!!! jeesus....
Karnal
We cannot win!
Along the same lines...
I am looking to upgrade from a diamond S3 w/ a voodoo1 to something with dual monitors and some sort of Voodoo2/3 card{,s}. 2D performance is more inportant but running Q3 comes in second. Could someone recomend an online hardware vendor that knows linux well? I remember seeing a URL to a couple of vendors that had "running linux" type icons on their web sites.
TIA
Christopher McCrory
Lead Bithead, Netus Inc.
chrismcc@netus.com
admin@netus.com
"Linux: Because rebooting is for adding new hardware"
"Linux: Because Dilbert's mom uses it"
Christopher McCrory "The guy that keeps the servers running" chrismcc@gmail.com http://www.pricegrabber.com
Ok, I got a performace question. I got a P233 MMX Linux box sitting in front of me. I wonder if it is even worth buying a Voodoo2 or a Banshee video card just for the sake of running Q3 on it (Buying a new box or upgrading CPU is not an option). Did anyone try Q3 on a similar box (Pentium MMX 200/233mmx + Voodoo2) and Linux? Is it playable?
Silly to say this, but dude, you are *the man*, in an excellent way. When the list on voodooextreme was hit up like a drunk sorority girl at OSU, I knew I could turn to /. to save me. Thank man.
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linux q3 notes
They already know...
There's one known issue with the Linux dedicated server taking up way too much CPU time. As other known issues come to light we'll try to keep you all in the loop. Please try and email q3feedback with a good sensible subject line, mention what sort of system/OS you have, and remember that humans read all the feedback.
Aww yes... Thank you VERY much? :-)
You on ADSL or cable? (or work?
My little ADSL line is maxing out right now...
~120K per sec... Thank you!
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Ok, I get it.
You're making a statement about how you feel that slashdot should stick to Linux/BSD news instead of this pesky, frivolous Quake and Star Wars stuff.
Heaven forbid "News For Nerds" could also mean stuff that's fun.
I hear you. I'm sure Rob is working on a way for you to filter out all the entertaining news so you can stick to things like "New RTFMLib 0.89.01 Released".
This is a test..report the bug and they'll fix it.
University ethernet, of course!
http://www.ryans.dhs.org
I have the RPM at
http://www.ryans.dhs.org:1430/media
The mirrors didn't have the tarball yet, should be up later.
http://www.ryans.dhs.org
http://www.ryans.dhs.org:1430/media
All versions mirroed!
http://www.ryans.dhs.org
I have all versions of q3test mirrored at
http://www.ryans.dhs.org:1430/media
The server is a pentium 133 with ethernet to the backbone! Expect 50 - 150 KB/s download speeds.
Check the realtime load here.
http://www.ryans.dhs.org