[OS2008] Quake 1 now running!
 

(1.0.9-Rev38 packages created May 17 for N8X0 mmc1/mmc2) : this version adds slow motion capabilities to support new botmatch mod. Ready2Run and 770 Users can not use this new version since the mod requires much horsepower and Retail data.











(Multiplayer)
Multiplayer is compatible with the XQF Game Server browser which has been compiled for maemo.

To run classic threewave CTF, download this zip for both server(tablet?) and clients(tablets?) and extract to quake datadir. You should end up with a quake/ctf directory. On the server tablet run (from xterm/script/etc) :
sdlquakepxd -game ctf +exec server.cfg -listen
Then from client tablets you will have to connect using XQF and due to an issue with XQF not detecting game type you will have to (temporarily) change XQF quake game preference's 'command line' to :
sdlquakepxd -game ctf
You can leave its working directory as /media/mmc2/quake (or wherever your basedir is)
Then for normal dm or coop games change command line back to just sdlquakepxd
You can also set your player name in autoexec.cfg (for clients) and server.cfg (for host)

Botmatch + Custom Maps for mmc1/mmc2 8x0 users with retail quake (pak1.pak) :
I have assembled a botmatch add on for sdlquake which rev38 support. Download the zip archive and extract to the root of the mmc card containing your quake directory. It will set extract files to the \quake\id1\maps and \quake\omicron directories.
Then (from xterm) just type botmatchpxd and use the menu key to cycle between configuration modes.

Re: Quake 1 now running!
 

nice job, now a quakeworld client and a gamespy frontend.

I would love to play some multiplayer quake CTF, I tried to get this working, but had problems with screen resolutions.


nice job!

I wonder how it will run under XFCE?

Re: Quake 1 now running!
 

Well most resolution options are available from the command line, but since this is not hildonized fullscreen requires hard kill of xterm which may leave open sound device.

Probably best to run windowed until bindings allow clean exit of program but if you dont mind maybe having to reboot, you can run :

./sdlquake -winsize 800 480 -fullscreen

You've got alot more experience doing linux builds so if you'd like to take over or help out please do!

Re: Quake 1 now running!
 

No, 770 doesn't have floating point math support in hardware, that's why we have Doom instead :)

Searching for 'quake' and 'fixed point' revealed the following page: http://quake.pocketmatrix.com/readme.php
You can check their sources to test if they are better suited for ARM powered devices.

Rendering for a small resolution and then scaling it fullscreen should fix performance problems.

Anyway, I myself prefer turn based games on 770/n800, the controls are not very well suited for action :)

Re: Quake 1 now running!
 

Yep i played that on a Pocket PC. Worked fairly good if someone wanted to go that route... i suspect it wouldnt be trivial though.

You referring to scaling? Thats beyond my capabilities i think... others (yourself perhaps? ;) ) could do a build with that though... i will try to remember all my trivial mods so others can replicate if needed.

I agree about preferring a nice slow turn based game... more so now that my brain has become a nice slow turn based engine as i get older :) but this was needed for n800 geek cred... plus i can code my godmode cheat!

Re: Quake 1 now running!
 

Can full version be played also, I am getting

Nokia-N800-26:/home/user/quake# ./sdlquake
FindFile: can't find gfx/pop.lmp
Playing shareware version.
FindFile: can't find gfx.wad
Error: W_LoadWadFile: couldn't load gfx.wad


I have no gfx dir, is this inside the PAK file?
I am downloading shareware now to see if that works?

Scratch that

My quake files were uppercase, user tr and renamed them all with lowercase, and all is good..

Re: Quake 1 now running!
 

hmm since i am loading to internal memory i just threw the shareware version on there. i cant imagine they (sdlquake devs) would tamper with the pak file or limit it to shareware version... did you copy both pak0.PAK and pak1.PAK (for full version) ? perhaps resources are needed from both.

the gfx file should be in the shareware pak file... they might have moved a resource from pak1 to pak0 to make the shareware pak. its an archive format with tree structure inside... although winrar cant read it now so im not sure what format.

Edit : Glad its now working for you.

For some reason, the file it keeps its settings in (config.cfg) is being copied into /tmp/id1. If you want to adjust key bindings, for now you will need to set write permissions on that directory or copy into there as root.

I also rebuilt the program to accept dpad enter when it asks you if you really want to quit the game. My zip file was made on windows so chmod 755 before running. Most other options should be editable via cfg files until real build is made.

Re: Quake 1 now running!
 

Grep (-r) the source tree for something like

SDL_SetVideoMode

or

Uint32 flags = SDL_ANYFORMAT | SDL_HWSURFACE | SDL_DOUBLEBUF;

you want to add SDL_FULLSCREEN. The "|" is just an arithmetic OR that combines the bits in the SDL_FLAGs to a single unsigned 32-bit integer.

For e.g. if we were talking about a three-bit unsigned integer, and PUP_HUNGRY = 1 (binary 001) and PUP_SLEEPY = 4 (binary 100) then PUP_HUNGRY | PUP_SLEEPY = 5 (101)

You can also get much improved framerates by using xsp pixel doubling (just google that). Also, the fixed point implementation should speed things up even on the N800.

The gp2x also has a fixed-point quake implementation which may be closer to the sdlquake you have built http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/2xQuake
"The game is very playable and benchmarks at 12.5 fps on demo1 at 320x240, 200mhz, with full detail,"

Hope that helps. Congratulations and godspeed! :)

Re: Quake 1 now running!
 

I am running this on XFCE and it runs in fulscreen, but no matter what I do the resolution is the same both in window and fullscreen?

Re: Quake 1 now running!
 

i just figured out the command line is ./sdlquake -winsize 800 480 -fullscreen

Thanks arnimS... i just checked and they anticipated that with the -fullscreen command line option... nice to verify though. While in there i noticed the winsize command line var. Pixel Doubling could be useful since most of the time i have to zoom the screen to half size to be playable.

If directory permissions are set up ok it will autogenerate a config.cfg file.. id recommend changing :
F7 to "sizeup"
F8 to "sizedown"
F6 to "+klook"

save and then copy into /tmp/id1

full screen is beautiful but slow... that will let you zoom in and out the visible area to speed up slow down depending as needed... and the fullscreen button + dpad directions let you look around.