quakespasm/Quakespasm.txt
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QuakeSpasm
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Table of Contents
1. About
2. Downloads
3. Hints
3.1 Music Playback
4. Compiling and Installation
4.1 Linux/Unix
4.2 Windows
4.3 Mac OS X
5. Known Bugs
6. Changes
6.1 Changes in 0.85.10
6.2 Changes in 0.85.9
6.3 Changes in 0.85.8
6.4 Changes in 0.85.7
6.5 Changes in 0.85.6
6.6 Changes in 0.85.5
6.7 Changes in 0.85.4
6.8 Changes in 0.85.3
6.9 Changes in 0.85.2
6.10 Changes in 0.85.1
7. Todo
8. Copyright
9. Contact
10. Links
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Page last edited Sep. 10, 2014
1. About
QuakeSpasm <http://quakespasm.sourceforge.net> is a Quake 1 engine
based on the SDL port of FitzQuake
<http://www.celephais.net/fitzquake>.
It includes support for 64 bit CPUs and custom music playback, and
includes a new sound driver, some graphical niceities, and numerous
bug-fixes and minor improvements.
2. Downloads
o Project Downloads <http://quakespasm.sourceforge.net/download.htm>
o Automatic Builds <http://quakespasm.ericwa.com/job/quakespasm/>
3. Hints
Visit the FitzQuake Homepage <http://www.celephais.net/fitzquake> for
a full run-down of the engine's commands and variables.
o To disable some changes, use "quakespasm -fitz"
o Quakespasm's custom data is stored in "quakespasm.pak". Install
this file alongside your id1 directory to enable the custom console
background and other minor features.
o For different sound drivers use "SDL_AUDIODRIVER=DRIVER
./quakespasm" , where DRIVER may be alsa, dsp, pulse, esd ...
o Shift+Escape draws the Console.
o From the console, use UP to browse the command line history and TAB
to autocomplete command and map names.
o There is currently no CD Music volume support. cd_sdl.c needs
replacing with cd_linux.c, cd_bsd.c etc..
o In windows, alternative CD drives are accessible by "quakespasm
-cddev F" (for example)
o Quakespasm allows loading new games (mods) on the fly with "game
GAMENAME {-quoth/hipnotic/rogue}"
3.1. Music Playback
Quakespasm can play various external music formats, including MP3, OGG
and FLAC.
o Tracks should be named like "track02.ogg", "track03.ogg" ... (there
is no track01) and placed into "Quake/id1/music".
o Unix users may need some extra libraries installed: "libmad" or
"libmpg123" for MP3, and "libogg" and "libvorbis" for OGG.
o As of 0.85.10, music is played back at 44100Hz by default with no
need to adjust "-sndspeed".
o Use the "-noextmusic" option to disable this feature.
o See <Quakespasm-Music.txt> for more details.
4. Compiling and Installation
Quakespasm's (optional) custom data is now stored in the file
quakespasm.pak. This file should be placed alongside your quakespasm
binary and id1 directory.
To check-out the latest version of QuakeSpasm, use svn co
svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/quakespasm/code/trunk/quakespasm
4.1. Linux/Unix
After extracting the source tarball, browse the Makefile and edit the
music streaming options, then
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make
cp quakespasm /usr/local/games/quake (for example)
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Compile time options include
o make DEBUG=1 for debugging
o make SDL_CONFIG=/PATH/TO/SDL-CONFIG for unusual SDL installations
Streaming music playback requires "libmad" or "libmpg123" for MP3, and
"libogg" and "libvorbis" for OGG files.
HOME directory support can be enabled via Misc/homedir_0.patch
The project can also be built with Codeblocks (project files
included).
4.2. Windows
The QuakeSpasm developers cross-compile windows binaries using MinGW
<http://www.mingw.org> and Mingw-w64 <http://mingw-w64.sf.net>.
The project can also be built using Visual Studio 2005 (or newer).
4.3. Mac OS X
A Quakespasm App (including program launcher and update framework) can
be made using the Xcode template found in the MacOSX directory.
Alternatively, have a look at Makefile.darwin for more instructions on
building from a console.
5. Known Bugs
Some versions of Xorg and SDL have brightness issues.
Try setting "export SDL_VIDEO_X11_NODIRECTCOLOR=1", or if you have
Xorg >= 7.5 and broken brightness, these patched libSDL binaries may
help.
o Gamma patched libSDL (i686-linux)
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/quakespasm/files/Support%20Files/libSDL_gamma_patched.tgz/download>
o Gamma patched libSDL (x86_64-linux)
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/quakespasm/files/Support%20Files/libSDL_gamma_patched-
AMD64.tgz/download>
OS X has a well known gamma issue where the screen turns dark, but we
currently have no fix.
6. Changes
6.1. Changes in 0.85.10
o Unix/Mac user directories support. Disabled by default,
'make DO_USERDIRS=1' to enable it.
o Console speed now resolution-independent.
o Disabled gl_zfix, which caused glitches and is undesirable for new
maps. Replacement .ent files to fix z-fighting for several id1 maps
added to quakespasm.pak.
o PF_VarString buffer bumped to 1024, avoids truncating In The
Shadows centerprints.
o Support for opengl non-power-of-two-textures extension.
o Antialiasing (FSAA) support (command line: -fsaa x, where x can be
0, 2, 4, 8).
o Fence texture support.
o Dynamic light speedup. Speedup loading of tga and pcx external
images.
o Brush model drawing speedup.
o Support for BSP2 and 2PSB map formats.
o Support for Opus, FLAC, and tracker (S3M/UMX) music (as compile-
time options).
o Music and sfx now mixed at 44100Hz to avoid downsampling music.
Low-pass filter applied to the sfx if -sndspeed is 11025 (the
default), to preserve the same sound quality as 0.85.9. New
-mixspeed option sets the rate for mixing sfx and music, and output
to the OS (default 44100), setting to 11025 reverts to 0.85.9
behaviour. New snd_filterquality cvar, value can be between 1
(emulate OS X resampler) and 5 (emulate Windows resampler),
controls the sound of the low-pass filter.
o Better Hor+ field of view (FOV) scaling behavior.
o Better cross-map demo playback support.
o Fix screenshots when screen width isn't a multiple of 4.
o Fix a lighting glitch due to floating point precision.
o Fix a looping sounds glitch.
o Fix a vulnerability in file extension handling. Tighten path
handling safety.
o Initialize opengl with 24-bit depth buffer at 32 bpp.
o Reset all models upon gamedir changes. (Fixes failures with mods
using custom content.)
o Fix broken behavior upon gamedir changes if -basedir is specified
on the command line.
o NET_MAXMESSAGE and MAX_MSGLEN limits bumped to 64000.
o MAX_EFRAGS bumped to 4096, and MAX_CHANNELS to 1024.
o MAX_ENT_LEAFS bumped from 16 to 32 to work around
disappearing/flickering bmodels in some situations.
o Fix cvar cycle command not working sometimes.
o Host_Error upon missing models. (Prevents segmentation faults.)
o Change sv_aim default value to 1 (i.e. turn off autoaim)
o Add 'prev' and 'next' keywords to the 'cd' command.
o Work around a linux cdrom issue (playback might not start for a
while after a stop).
o Quakespasm content customization moved from engine-embedded into a
new optional quakespasm.pak file.
o Other fixes and clean-ups.
6.2. Changes in 0.85.9
o Fixes for several undefined behaviors in C code (gcc-4.8 support.)
o Implemented Hor+ style field of view (FOV) scaling, useful for
widescreen resolutions. Configured by new cvar fov_adapt: set it to
1 and your fov will be scaled automatically according to the
resolution. Enabled by default.
o Adjusted string buffers for PR_ValueString and friends to fix
crashes with excessively long global strings seen in some rude
mods.
o Toned down warning messages from PF_VarString() a bit.
o Fixed Fitzquake's map existence check in changelevel (used to leak
file handles which would end up in a Sys_Error() due to consuming
all free handles if many maps reside not in pak files.)
o Fixes/cleanups in chat mode handling. Client no longer gets stuck
in chat mode upon disconnect.
o Mouse grab/key_dest fixes and key cleanups.
o The "speedkey" now acts as "slowkey" when "always run" is on.
o Support for demo recording after connection to server. (thanks to
Baker for a patch)
o Corner case fixes in COM_Parse() for quoted strings and support for
C-style /*..*/ comments.
o Changed lightmaps to GL_RGBA instead of GL_RGB.
o Better parse for opengl extensions list (from quakeforge.)
o Vsync saving/loading fixes.
o Fixed pointfile loading.
o Multiple cleanups in gl_vidsdl.c.
o Opus music decoding support (as an optional patch only.)
o Several other minor fixes/cleanups.
6.3. Changes in 0.85.8
o Made Quake shareware 1.00 and 1.01 versions to be recognized
properly.
o Fixed control-character handling in unicode mode. Keyboard input
tweaks.
o Made the keypad keys to send separate key events in game mode.
o Text pasting support from OS clipboard to console. (windows and
macosx.)
o Support for the Apple (Command) key on macosx.
o Fixed increased (more than 32) dynamic lights.
o Music playback: Made sure that the file's channels count is
supported.
o Support for Solaris.
o Switched to using libmad instead of libmpg123 for MP3 playback on
Mac OS X.
o Better support for building the Mac OS X version using a makefile,
support for cross-compiling on Linux.
o Fixed a minor intermissions glitch.
o Increased string buffer size from 256 to 384 for PF_VarString to
work around broken mods such as UQC.
o Restored original behavior for Quake registered version detection.
o Minor demo recording/playback tweaks.
o Minor tweaks to the scale menu option.
o unbindall before loading stored bindings (configurable by new cvar
cfg_unbindall, enabled by default.)
o New icon.
o Miscellaneous source code cleanups.
6.4. Changes in 0.85.7
o Added support for cross-level demo playback
o gl_texturemode is reimplemented as a cvar with a callback and the
setting is automatically saved to the config
o Fixed execution of external files without a newline at the end
o Reduced memory usage during reloading of textures
o Fixed compilation on GNU/kFreeBSD (Debian bug #657793)
o Fixed backspace key on Mac OS X
o Disable mouse acceleration in Mac OS X
o Worked around recursive calling of the anisotropic filter callback
o Console word wrap and long input line fixes
o Verified correct compilation by clang (using v3.0)
o Several other small changes mostly invisible to the end-user
6.5. Changes in 0.85.6
o More work for string buffer safety
o Reverted v0.85.5 change of not allowing deathmatch and coop cvars
to be set at the same time (was reported for possibility of causing
compatibility issues with mods)
o Several cleanups/changes in the cvar layer
o Minor SDL video fixes.
6.6. Changes in 0.85.5
o SDL input driver updated adding native keymap and dead key support
to the console
o Fixed a crash in net play in maps with extended limits
o Verified successful compilation using gcc-4.6.x
o Added workaround against GL texture flicker (z fighting),
controlled by new cvar 'gl_zfix'
o Read video variables early so that a vid_restart isn't necessary
after init
o mlook and lookspring fixes
o Added support for loading external entity files, controlled by new
cvar 'external_ents'
o Made mp3 playback to allocate system memory instead of zone
o Some updates to the progs interpreter code
o Fixed r_nolerp_list parsing code of fitzquake
o Made sure that deathmatch and coop are not set at the same time
o Several code updates from uHexen2 project, several code cleanups.
6.7. Changes in 0.85.4
o Implement music (OGG, MP3, WAV) playback
o A better fix for the infamous SV_TouchLinks problem, no more hard
lockups with maps such as "whiteroom"
o Add support for mouse buttons 4 and 5
o Fix the "unalias" console command
o Restore the "screen size" menu item
o Fixed an erroneous protocol check in the server code
o Raised the default zone memory size to 384 kb
o Raised the default max_edicts from 1024 to 2048
o Revised lit file loading, the lit file must be from the same game
directory as the map itself or from a searchpath with a higher
priority
o Fixed rest of the compiler warnings
o Other minor sound and cdaudio updates
6.8. Changes in 0.85.3
o Fix the "-dedicated" option (thanks Oz) and add platform specific
networking code (default) rather than SDL_net
o Much needed OSX framework stuff from Kristian
o Add a persistent history feature (thanks Baker)
o Add a slider for scr_sbaralpha, which now defaults to 0.95
(slightly transparent, allowing for a nicer status bar)
o Allow player messages longer than 32 characters
o Sockaddr fix for FreeBSD/OSX/etc networking
o Connect status bar size to the scale slider
o Include an ISNAN (is not-a-number) fix to catch the occassional
quake C bug giving traceline problems
o Enumerate options menus
o Add a "prev weapon" menu item (from Sander)
o Small fix to Sound Block/Unblock on win32
o Lots of code fixes (some from uhexen2)
o Sys_Error calls Host_Shutdown
o Added MS Visual Studio support
o Add a "-cd" option to let the CD Player work in dedicated mode, and
some other CD tweaks.
6.9. Changes in 0.85.2
o Replace the old "Screen size" slider with a "Scale" slider
o Don't constantly open and close condebug log
o Heap of C clean-ups
o Fix mapname sorting
o Alias the "mods" command to "games"
o Block/Unblock sound upon focus loss/gain
o NAT fix (networking protocol fix)
o SDLNet_ResolveHost bug-fix allowing connection to ports other than
26000
o Bumped array size of sv_main.c::localmodels from 5 to 6 fixing an
old fitzquake-0.85 bug which used to cause segfaults depending on
the compiler.
o Accept commandline options like "+connect ip:port"
o Add OSX Makefile (tested?)
6.10. Changes in 0.85.1
o 64 bit CPU support
o Restructured SDL sound driver
o Custom conback
o Tweaked the command line completion and added a map/changelevel
autocompletion function
o Alt+Enter toggles fullscreen
o Disable Draw_BeginDisc which causes core dumps when called
excessively
o Show helpful info on start-up
o Include real map name (sv.name) and skill in the status bar
o Remove confirm quit dialog
o Don't spam the console with PackFile seek requests
o Default to window mode
o Withdraw console when playing demos
o Don't play demos on program init
o Default Heapsize is 64meg
o Changes to default console alpha, speed
o Changes to cvar persistence gl_flashblend (default 0), r_shadow,
r_wateralpha, r_dynamic, r_novis
7. Todo
o Add uHexen2's first person camera (and menu item)
o Native CD audio support (if desired). cd_sdl.c doesn't have proper
volume controls
o Test usb keyboards.
8. Copyright
o Quake and Quakespasm are released under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC
LICENSE Version 2 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
o Quakespasm console background image by AAS, released under the
CREATIVE COMMONS PUBLIC LICENSE
<http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode>
9. Contact
o QuakeSpasm Project page
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/quakespasm>
o Bug reports
<http://sourceforge.net/p/quakespasm/bugs/?source=navbar>
o Ozkan <mailto:gmail - dot - com - username - sezeroz> (project
leader), Eric <mailto:gmail - dot - com - username - ewasylishen>,
Sander <mailto:gmail - dot - com - username - a.h.vandijk>,
Stevenaaus <mailto:yahoo - dot - com - username - stevenaaus>
10. Links
o QuakeSpasm Homepage <http://quakespasm.sourceforge.net>
o Downloads <http://quakespasm.sourceforge.net/download.htm>
o FitzQuake Homepage <http://www.celephais.net/fitzquake>
o Func Quakespasm forum
<http://www.celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=60452>
o Inside 3D forums <http://forums.inside3d.com/viewforum.php?f=14>