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0 pointsSomething12348y ago0 comments

Report back with your findings please if you try, please?

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StavrosK8y ago· 5 in thread

I tried to run it, but it's looking for a Quake executable called "squake", which I don't have and didn't manage to find.

shakna8y ago

QuakeOne has squake [0], the tar.gz contains only the executable, so you might end up coming back there looking for some more gear.

[0] http://quakeone.com/q1files/downloads/

StavrosK8y ago

Hmm yeah, now it's complaining about libm.so.5 missing...

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Something1234OP8y ago

Could you rename your quake executable to that?

khedoros18y ago

I think that the original squake was written against svgalib. So the ttyquake package contains a libvga that's probably a shim, translating the output to aalib.

Most Quake ports use OpenGL, SDL, etc for graphics, and won't work directly with the ttyquake files. Which is why I described using sdlquake to achieve the same effect, in my other comment.

StavrosK8y ago

Unfortunately I couldn't figure out how to install the game files for Ubuntu and gave up after ten minutes or so.

khedoros18y ago

I downloaded the Shareware game files and used DosBox to extract them (archive.org had them compressed in a DOS version of the game). I found a copy of sdlquake and had to do some minor modifications to get it compiling and assembling on a 64-bit host. Also something about a null pointer dereference in connection with finding the local hostname.

Compiled a copy of SDL with aalib support. Copied it into the game directory, along with the sdlquake binary.

Ran "DISPLAY="" LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. SDL_VIDEODRIVER=aalib ./sdlquake".

That gave me quake in text mode, and would also run in a regular terminal.

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7 comments · 2 top-level

StavrosK8y ago· 5 in thread

I tried to run it, but it's looking for a Quake executable called "squake", which I don't have and didn't manage to find.

shakna8y ago

QuakeOne has squake [0], the tar.gz contains only the executable, so you might end up coming back there looking for some more gear.

[0] http://quakeone.com/q1files/downloads/

StavrosK8y ago

Hmm yeah, now it's complaining about libm.so.5 missing...

1 more reply

Something1234OP8y ago

Could you rename your quake executable to that?

khedoros18y ago

I think that the original squake was written against svgalib. So the ttyquake package contains a libvga that's probably a shim, translating the output to aalib.

Most Quake ports use OpenGL, SDL, etc for graphics, and won't work directly with the ttyquake files. Which is why I described using sdlquake to achieve the same effect, in my other comment.

StavrosK8y ago

Unfortunately I couldn't figure out how to install the game files for Ubuntu and gave up after ten minutes or so.

khedoros18y ago

I downloaded the Shareware game files and used DosBox to extract them (archive.org had them compressed in a DOS version of the game). I found a copy of sdlquake and had to do some minor modifications to get it compiling and assembling on a 64-bit host. Also something about a null pointer dereference in connection with finding the local hostname.

Compiled a copy of SDL with aalib support. Copied it into the game directory, along with the sdlquake binary.

Ran "DISPLAY="" LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. SDL_VIDEODRIVER=aalib ./sdlquake".

That gave me quake in text mode, and would also run in a regular terminal.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse