id Games on Linux [Archive]

talhaguy

February 27th, 2010, 05:43 PM

Anyone here have experience with installing id games that are ported to Linux?

I am considering doing it, so I was wondering if there are any hiccups or whatnot.

ShadowTek

February 27th, 2010, 07:09 PM

I could only get Doom3 to work by switching to OSS sound, but I had to disable its surround sound because it wouldn't work properly. Other than that, it worked fine for me.

You should find plenty of info for particular games if you do a forum search for the name of the game.

calis1981

February 28th, 2010, 01:15 AM

id software games can be pretty easy to install, there are a lot of guide to help get through any troubles you have, i just got return to castle wolfenstein work natively under linux, i had the original, not GOTY, so it was a bit of a pain, had to patch a windows install of it to 1.41 before it would work natively

MaximB

February 28th, 2010, 03:12 AM

ALL id software games that have a native Linux client (pretty much ALL id software's games) run on Linux and easily installed or/and have a native Linux client.

Technophobia

February 28th, 2010, 04:04 AM

http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/

Haven't had a single problem. Not even with pulse.

Brebs

March 1st, 2010, 02:59 AM

I could only get Doom3 to work by switching to OSS sound
Presumably that's pulseaudio screwing things up again. ALSA should of course work.

but I had to disable its surround sound because it wouldn't work properly.
ID screwed up the surround sound in Linux, but there is a fix (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-4173170.html#4173170).

ShadowTek

March 1st, 2010, 10:54 AM

Presumably that's pulseaudio screwing things up again. ALSA should of course work.
Actually, if I "sudo killall pulseaudio", ALSA won't work the next time I start Doom3.

ID screwed up the surround sound in Linux, but there is a fix (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-4173170.html#4173170).lol As I've said before, I have an additional problem that isn't covered in the thread that you are referencing.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8666055&postcount=12

I describe the issue here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8229497&postcount=17

I'd still like to solve the problem if anyone knows what the deal is.

rajeev1204

March 1st, 2010, 03:18 PM

The OSS fix was needed way back in dapper drake upto 9.04 i would say.

Quake 4 works just fine with pulseaudio, so now you can hear music and frag at the same time :)

juancarlospaco

March 1st, 2010, 04:52 PM

u235sentinel

March 1st, 2010, 05:00 PM

I have installed Doom 3, installer of 1.3/1.4 version dont work, i use version 1.1.

Try to install Resurrection Of Evil (expansion pack CD) dont work, because an internal error.

Try to install Quake 4, the installer on ID Software FTP seems corrupted, all of them,
downloaded on Linux, with WGET, CRC fail.

Quake Wars i installed the Demo works perfectly.

:)

the corruption problems with Quake 4.. I wonder if it's the same problem I had. I purchased a copy on DVD thinking it would work. CRC errors all the way with the ID installer from their ftp site. They sent me another but this time it was a CD version. Works just fine.

The DVD apparently was good. Just for some reason it had trouble installing with the linux installer. Windows installed just fine from the disk I noticed.

A friend has a DVD version which I had the same problems under linux. CD copies worked great. Didn't get very far in testing when I figured out which works and which didn't :-)

ShadowTek

March 1st, 2010, 05:17 PM

Try to install Quake 4, the installer on ID Software FTP seems corrupted, all of them,
downloaded on Linux, with WGET, CRC fail.

If the FTP files are corrupted, you could try getting it from *their* torrent. That's where I got my Doom3 installer.

juancarlospaco

March 1st, 2010, 05:26 PM

If the FTP files are corrupted, you could try getting it from *their* torrent. That's where I got my Doom3 installer.

Doom3 installers on ID Software FTP works perfectly for me,
but the Quake 4 seems broken.

Brebs

March 2nd, 2010, 02:38 AM

For installing Quake 4 from DVD, see my script (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=189064).

Regarding CRC errors - there's not much we can do, if your Internet connection is so crappy.

u235sentinel

March 2nd, 2010, 11:23 AM

Doom3 installers on ID Software FTP works perfectly for me,
but the Quake 4 seems broken.

I'll bet it's crc errors from the Quake disk. I'm also betting you had the same problems I had with the installer. I had another copy sent to me (cd version) and it worked fine. So now I have a couple copies my kids and I play on. Works for me but just make sure you have the cd version.

juancarlospaco

March 2nd, 2010, 11:43 AM

I'll bet it's crc errors from the Quake disk. I'm also betting you had the same problems I had with the installer. I had another copy sent to me (cd version) and it worked fine. So now I have a couple copies my kids and I play on. Works for me but just make sure you have the cd version.

No, i got the DVD version, with checked integrity,
but without mounting the DVD i run the installer,
on the beginning it self-checks and fails.

juancarlospaco

March 2nd, 2010, 11:53 AM

For installing Quake 4 from DVD, see my script (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=189064).

I got Quake 4 from DVD, but i dont have the paths on the script.

cd ~/.gvfs/QUAKE4.iso/SETUP/Data
bash: cd: /home/juan/.gvfs/QUAKE4.iso/SETUP/Data: No existe el fichero ó directorio
cd ~/.gvfs/QUAKE4.iso/SETUP/DATA
bash: cd: /home/juan/.gvfs/QUAKE4.iso/SETUP/Data: No existe el fichero ó directorio
cd ~/.gvfs/QUAKE4.iso/SETUP/RSRC
ls
AUTORUN.EXE QUAKE4.ICO UNINSTAL.EXE

I have /SETUP/RSRC and dont have /Setup/Data on my Quake 4 DVD :(

also i have on the DVD root dir:
SETUP_1.BIN, (...), SETUP_5.BIN

caravel

March 2nd, 2010, 12:24 PM

I have Doom3/RoE and Quake4 all running perfectly. Just ensure you don't run the game as root. It's a case of first running the installer as root, then dropping in the paks from you disc(s) (don't overwrite any paks provided by the installer) and then run the game as a normal user. For Quake4 for you'll have to edit the config file in your ~ to change the language from spanish to english (unless of course you want it in Spanish) but that's it.

Brebs

March 2nd, 2010, 03:22 PM

SETUP_1.BIN, (...), SETUP_5.BIN
They've changed the installation routine, just to annoy us. The Gentoo installer (http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/*checkout*/gentoo-x86/games-fps/quake4-data/quake4-data-1.0.2147.12.ebuild) wouldn't handle your DVD either :(

juancarlospaco

March 2nd, 2010, 11:13 PM

I have Doom3/RoE

How do you install RoE please ???

handy

March 3rd, 2010, 04:17 AM

The following link, shows how well id games Quake engine is functioning, on an ATi HD2600Pro/256 card, using Arch & the -git open source drivers:

http://global.phoronix-test-suite.com/index.php?k=profile&u=anon-15774-26987-2834

Which, when I watched the Phoronix Test Suite go through the motions with the Quake engine games, was smooth as can be, & actually awesome, as I saw just how many people/bots were playing simultaneously.

The id Quake engine games were incredibly fast & smooth all the way.

Bodes well for ATi owners in the near future I think... ;)