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One should disable vsync, when doing such tests. And state whether vsync has been disabled ;)

Maybe __GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=1 helps?

It looks like yes, but no idea when.

These comments should be useful.

I'd suggest e.g. dhewm3.

strace is a useful command, to see what an app is doing. E.g.:

strace -e trace=file yourinstallerprogram

Take a look through e.g. QuakeOne.

For the mouse issue:

Put e.g. usbhid.mousepoll=1 in the grub config, to poll for mouse movements at 1000hz rather than the default of 125hz.

And for mouse acceleration:
...

So look at the messages that UT2004 puts on the screen. Anything about sound?


You probably have a bad download. Try downloading it again.

Run that chown command as root.

I would guess that you've been messing with your files as root, so the permissions are messed up.

First simple test:
touch /home/rodney/.yq2/baseq2/save/current/server.ssv

What error does that...

Argh, for the sake of sanity, create ~/bin/darkplaces which contains:

cd ~/Games/quake/ && exec ./darkplaces-linux-686-glx "$@"

cd ~/Games/quake/ && darkplaces -game startrek +map ncc1701D

No, that's wrong.

I'm not sure if yamagi needs the data files installed somewhere in your home dir, and be run from there.

But *NO* game should be run as the root user. Example of why it's so...

Well, my script above creates the directory, creates the script in that directory, then makes the script executable.

First write a script that runs the game. Then change the Exec= line to point to that script.

Remove your useless MimeType= line.

To create the script, use e.g.:

mkdir ~/bin
echo "cd...

Sounds like you should prefix that command with ./

i.e.

./darkplaces-linux-686-glx

Which means to run the file which is in the current directory, rather than look in $PATH.

If that...

Darkplaces has *many* options, which you can tweak. I actually prefer lots of blood, so use:

cl_stainmaps 1
cl_particles_blood 1
cl_particles_blood_alpha 1
cl_particles_blood_bloodhack 1...

For Quake 1, I'd recommend DarkPlaces - works great in multiplayer.

I have about 5 years of Linux gaming experience, experimenting with these settings and patches, then trying the results myself.

For example, the default mouse polling rate (125hz) is rubbish to...

The Linux kernel needs to be tweaked for responsiveness. It seems to be written with servers in mind, rather than desktops.

Here's some tips. Probably best for you to start with installing the...

Maybe with pulseaudio (which I don't use), but with ALSA, darkplaces has worked great (for me) for many years.

Running darkplaces through wine is a bizarre choice. Try contacting the darkplaces...

Come on - show an error message. Something useful for debugging.

Specify the .atr file at the end of the commandline, e.g.:

atari800 -fullscreen -bilinear-filter -artif 0 -vsync -fit-screen height -image-aspect none /home/myusername/games/atari800/roms/joust.atr

You can try compiling wine with this ./configure option: --without-xinput2

This is the console method - run this exactly, including the dash at the end:

echo -e "[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Wine\\Direct3D]\n\"DirectDrawRenderer\"=\"opengl\"" | wine regedit -
Some...

As a bit of a hint, to use the Ctrl key on the left of the keyboard (instead of the right), I change the sourcecode:

# Use left side of keyboard instead of right, for player 1
sed -i -e...