Quake Live finally coming to Linux! (for sure)

[doorknob60]

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Quake-Live-Gets-Linux-and-Mac-Support-119235.shtml

Coming on Tuesday (18th). YAY!!! :popcorn: Add me on there my name is doorknob60 when it comes out :)

[days_of_ruin]

I can't wait :D

[569874123]

I am not into quake live, but it is always good when more games come to linux ;).

[Bölvaður]

These are the news I have been waiting for!!!

But even if this is not going to make it into the next update I will still flood my post with smilies in a celebration to this.


\\:D/ \\:D/ \\:D/

[Ranax]

Will this need a plugin?

[benmoran]

Will this need a plugin?

Yeah, it's plugin based.

[Ranax]

Yeah, it's plugin based.

Firefox only?

[pwnst*r]

Firefox only?

yes

let me tell you, this game is insanely good.

[doorknob60]

Firefox only?

Possibly. Maybe it will be in standard Mozilla Plugin format, and if so it would probably work on most browsers. It might be Firefox only (like Moonlight is right now) though, as far as I know it could go either way right now.

[days_of_ruin]

yes

let me tell you, this game is insanely good.

Are there any differences between it and quake 3? Besides more people playing it?

[rajeev1204]

i prefer quake 4.

[ELD]

Are there any differences between it and quake 3? Besides more people playing it?

Played in your browser and it seems much more community based.

[directhex]

Possibly. Maybe it will be in standard Mozilla Plugin format, and if so it would probably work on most browsers. It might be Firefox only (like Moonlight is right now) though, as far as I know it could go either way right now.

Moonlight needs a way of injecting into a page's DOM, which is more browser-specific than the standard nsplugin API allows. Moonlight will happily support multiple browsers if someone takes the time to write the required "bridge" for other browsers - currently there are two (one for Firefox 2 and related browsers, one for FF3.x and related browsers)

[days_of_ruin]

So when is it the site going to be updated today?

[doorknob60]

So when is it the site going to be updated today?

Wondering the same thing. Should happen pretty soon hopefully though :)

[Bölvaður]

So when is it the site going to be updated today?

I cannot remember when most updates have been done, but I am expecting something about 4-5 o'clock at their time. They are in USA so that would mean... there is no way to guess, could be something like 19:00 → 01:00 GTM

[Bölvaður]

Just going to let you all know that http://www.quakelive.com is currently being updates, and has been for the past minutes, should be about half an hour max until we can play :D

[days_of_ruin]

Just going to let you all know that http://www.quakelive.com is currently being updates, and has been for the past minutes, should be about half an hour max until we can play :D

Yes! Thanks for the info. :guitar:

[Bölvaður]

IT'S UP!!!!

http://www.quakelive.com/


start the fragfest!!!!

[doorknob60]

IT'S HERE!!!! Installing now, so far it hasn't given any signs that it won't work on 64 bit, but I bet it will to be honest :P Still waiting....

[days_of_ruin]

Registered, now installing the plugin.
I am "pynt" by the way.

[days_of_ruin]

Downloading the updated game content now, 5 minutes to go. My internet connection is only 300k :P

[Bölvaður]

Downloading the updated game content now, 5 minutes to go. My internet connection is only 300k :P

what version of firefox do you use? Im not being let in -.-

and which one do you got 32 or 64 bit ubuntu



*added*
I managed to get in on Firefox version 3.0.13
going to install newer versions again and check later.

that is:

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.0.13) Gecko/2009080315 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.0.13


*add again*
my nick is gummi

*one more add*
sound is choppy

[doorknob60]

I'm using Firefox 3.5.2 x86_64 on Arch x86_64 no problems at all. Good job id :) I'll add some of you guys. My name is doorknob60 on there

[epitaph]

Just went to the site and signed up, installed plugin and played away. My username is "hepwafee".

Flawless! We should get as many Linux users as possible to signup for this -- this is a chance to make an impression.

32-bit Jaunty with 3.0.13 (the one package manager gives me).

[days_of_ruin]

This crashed a ton until I played it in full screen. So if you have any issues just play it in full screen.

[MacUntu]

Working fine with firefox-3.5 3.5.2+nobinonly-0ubuntu2.

[noerrorsfound]

Linux issues:


audio crackling
clicking "intermediate" game settings while in the game instantly closes Firefox
fullscreen doesn't use maximum resolution all the time

[epitaph]

I have no issues with audio. I always remove pulseaudio immediately upon any upgrade or install, though.

I'm not sure about your crashing issue. Perhaps fullscreen the game and then try navigating the menu?

You can click on the resolution setting and choose to have it run at your desktop resolution, at least I could. It even had 16:9 resolutions (running at 1920x1080).

I wanted to add Quake Live to my Games menu in Ubuntu so I made a new launcher with the following command:

firefox --new-tab "http://www.quakelive.com"

Gave it a cute icon I found on deviantart: http://badtrane.deviantart.com/art/Quake-Live-icons-48x48-130812890

[SolarOnline]

I'm all over this after reading this thread.

Quake rocks!

Ty peeps. I totally forgot about Quake Live!

[Bölvaður]

Linux issues:


audio crackling
clicking "intermediate" game settings while in the game instantly closes Firefox
fullscreen doesn't use maximum resolution all the time


I tried audio with both onboard audio card and usb, it was not too bad on the onboard, but would be annoying.
The USB headset on the other hand did not have this issue, or at least I didnt notice it the 3 rounds I played with it.
So the audio might be trouble for some I would guess.

clicking intermediate in game settings and the browser will crash has been confirmed, this is a problem on the browser I am on (see above for what browser I am on)

fullscreen on 1280×1024 works every well, exactly the same as in windows I would guess.

[wingnux]

I get no sound at all on Firefox 3.0.13 (it won't run on shiretoko), Ubuntu Jaunty 32bit, OSSv4.

[doorknob60]

Linux issues:


audio crackling
clicking "intermediate" game settings while in the game instantly closes Firefox
fullscreen doesn't use maximum resolution all the time


1. My brother gets that on his computer (Intel onboard sound) but I don't get it on mine (ATI onboard sound)
2. Not sure, haven't tried it.
3. Change it in the settings, mine uses 1280x1024 just fine.

Wingnux: I'm guessing it doesn't get along nicely with OSS, I don't have any suggestions, since I use ALSA right now. But remember, Quake Live is still in beta (even for Windows!), so you should expect some bugs. Now it's just a matter of if they bother fixing them.

[wingnux]

Ok, it works on Shiretoko now.

You may use Shiretoko too, just go to about:config and change general.useragent.extra.firefox to Firefox/3.5.2
Everything works fine http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=604063


Still no sound tough :(

[noerrorsfound]

3. Change it in the settings, mine uses 1280x1024 just fine.
The problem is that when I posted that complaint, "Maximum" was the only option. Now I'm seeing all the resolutions, but for some reason the game settings on the website are all out of alignment (they were before, too).

[samh785]

I've noticed the alignment issue as well. It's annoying, but it doesn't seem to affect the 4:3 ratio resolutions. Hopefully they will fix this in an update.
Also my gametag is samh785 :P

[doorknob60]

Yeah the alignment thing is weird, dunno about that. It didn't do it on my brother's computer, only mine, but once you figure out what is what then it's not a problem.

[Beeble_King]

I'm happy that they've brought over support for Linux for this, and as wingnux pointed out you can play this using Shiretoko, but an even better way than editing general.useragent.extra.firefox would be to go to the about:config and create a new entry for firefox's built in override.

In Firefox Browser (Also Shiretoko)

about:config
right click and select new string
enter - general.useragent.override
value - I copied the one from firefox 3.0.11 and changed the version, here's mine - Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.13) Gecko/2009080315 Ubuntu/9.04 (jaunty) Firefox/3.5.2

This is also handy for sites that annoy you about what kind of browser/system you're running, good information on it can be found at
http://www.ericgiguere.com/articles/masquerading-your-browser.html along with a list of common useragent tags, and yes, I still find it funny to confuse Microsoft's Update Server's with this.

-ZBeebleKing

[K.L.]

It's been a long time since I played Quake, need to get back my skills, because I suck now :D The game is pretty stable on my Arch Linux system, no crashes etc, but it looks awful on my native 1680x1050 resolution.

[MacUntu]

Revising my "working fine" - 100% CPU all the time... that's a big no go.

[Bölvaður]

Revising my "working fine" - 100% CPU all the time... that's a big no go.

check framerate and set to maxfps to lower but acceptable number.

[MacUntu]

Nope, doesn't help - back to Windows. :)