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QuakeForge README - release notes for QuakeForge
Copyright (C) 1996-1997 Id Software, Inc. Copyright (C) 1996-1997 Id Software, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1999,2000 The QuakeForge Project. Copyright (C) 1999,2000 contributors of the QuakeForge project
Portions Copyright by their individual authors. Please see the file "AUTHORS" for a list of contributors
The QuakeForge Project would like to thank Id Software for the release of This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
Quake 1 under the GPL and their support of the open source community. it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
We would also like to thank VA Linux for hardware and T-shirts, and 3Dfx by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
for contributing hardware. or (at your option) any later version.
This file details how to get Quake running on your system and what to do This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
if you have problems. We would like to thank Gandalf Technologies, Inc but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
and MPath Interactive for the use of their technology. We would also like to MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
thank Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails for their tremendous contributions GNU General Public License for more details.
to Quake's entire audio portion.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
See file COPYING for license details.
Quake(R) and QuakeWorld(R) are registered trademarks of Id Software, Inc.
The NIN logo is a registered trademark licensed to Nothing Interactive, Inc.
All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners
The NIN logo is a Registered Trademark licensed to Nothing Interactive, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.
Table of Contents Table of Contents
----------------- -----------------
I. Tested Systems I. Special Thanks
II. Running and Compiling Quake II. System Requirements
III. Operating System Specific Issues III. Running and Compiling Quake
IV. Errata and Known Bugs IV. Operating System Specific Issues
V. Troubleshooting V. Errata and Known Bugs
VI. Technical Support VI. Troubleshooting
VII. Joystick Notes VII. Technical Support
VIII. Tested Systems VIII. Joystick Notes
IX. License IX. Tested Systems
I. System Requirements I. Special Thanks
---------------------- -----------------
The QuakeForge Project would like to thank Id Software, Inc. for writing
and releasing Quake under the GNU GPL. We'd like to thank John Carmack and
Dave Kirsch in particular for the support they have provided to us and to
the Free Software community as a whole.
We would also like to thank the following organizations for their
contributions to QuakeForge:
VA Linux Systems, Inc.
3Dfx Interactive, Inc.
And last but certainly not least, we would like to thank every single
person who has contributed even one line of code, documentation, or other
support to the QuakeForge project.
Without all of you, we would not be where we are right now.
FIXME: Who are MPath Interactive and Gandalf Tech and what'd they do?
II. System Requirements
-----------------------
VGA-compatible display VGA-compatible display
8MB RAM (16MB required under Win32) 8MB RAM (16MB required under Win32)
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30MB free disk space (shareware version, 80MB for registered version) 30MB free disk space (shareware version, 80MB for registered version)
II. Running and Compiling Quake III. Running and Compiling Quake
------------------------------- --------------------------------
Read the INSTALL file for more information on compiling. Read the INSTALL file for more information on compiling.
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directory as the unpacked shareware files, and run. directory as the unpacked shareware files, and run.
III. Operating System Specific Issues IV. Operating System Specific Issues
------------------------------------- ------------------------------------
This section should discuss issues that affect only certain operating This section should discuss issues that affect only certain operating
platforms. Issues to be discussed include: platforms. Issues to be discussed include:
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* Booting "Clean" * Booting "Clean"
IV. Errata and Known Bugs V. Errata and Known Bugs
------------------------- ------------------------
Problem: The screen flickers once about every other frame when using GL Problem: The screen flickers once about every other frame when using GL
Solution: Not all GL implementations support a performance hack used to Solution: Not all GL implementations support a performance hack used to
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will exiting the level or the "kill" console command. will exiting the level or the "kill" console command.
V. Troubleshooting VI. Troubleshooting
------------------ -------------------
If Quake fails to start up, or has problems not addressed elsewhere in the If Quake fails to start up, or has problems not addressed elsewhere in the
documentation, try the -safe command line switch, which disables a number documentation, try the -safe command line switch, which disables a number
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of the QEMM installation. of the QEMM installation.
VI. Technical Support VII. Technical Support
--------------------- ----------------------
Please do *not* call ID Software, Inc regarding technical support issues Please do *not* call ID Software, Inc regarding technical support issues
related to QuakeForge. QuakeForge is heavily modified from the original related to QuakeForge. QuakeForge is heavily modified from the original
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Thank you for your understanding. Thank you for your understanding.
VII. Joystick notes VIII. Joystick notes
------------------- --------------------
Your joystick must be plugged in when Quake is launched. Your joystick must be plugged in when Quake is launched.
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do for a mouse, as does the "invert mouse up/down" menu option. do for a mouse, as does the "invert mouse up/down" menu option.
VIII. Tested Systems IX. Tested Systems
-------------------- ------------------
Processors tested: Processors tested:
Various Intel ia32 Various Intel ia32
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FIXME: Have we tested dos and NT? FIXME: Have we tested dos and NT?
IX. License
-----------
Copyright (C) 1996-1997 Id Software, Inc.
Copyright (C) 1999,2000 The QuakeForge Project.
Portions Copyright by their individual authors.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License,
or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
See file COPYING for license details.