As far as quake goes, keyboard and mouse are the way
and the life. remap your keyboard controls so they're
all next to each other and turn on mouse look. I use
the arrow keys for forward/back and left/right
strafing. Map jump, duck, etc to the keys surrounding
the arrows and you are on your way to being a Quake
addict.
Hope your loved ones wono't miss you to much.....
UT is Unreal Tournament. Another 3D shooter similar
to Quake3 in concept. It is a beautiful game to look
at. I haven't played it though so I don't know how it
plays. Any UT addicts here?
Hard drives Northwest has a great rep. I do most of
my shopping at computerstop in north seattle.
Dacia
--- Michael Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I hope you don't mind me writing off list, but I had
> a couple of questions that
> don't really pertain to Mandrake.
> First, after a couple of days, my quake 2 is working
> correctly - I've been
> updating different programs from cooker (since I'm
> using the beta release) and
> must have fixed the problem without knowing. I
> guess I can't knock that!
> Anyway, to start with, what kind of controller do
> you use with quake? I've never
> installed a joystick or anything but I can tell
> after a few minutes with Q2 that
> using the keyboard and a trackball is definitly NOT
> for me! I'll ask my next
> questions down the page here:
>
> James wrote:
>
> > Who's drivers are you using...reference drivers
> from ATI or others?
> >
>
> I'm using the standard drivers that came with the
> Mandrake 7.1beta release.
>
> >
> >
> > 3dfx is smart....and by gettin hitched early with
> Linux server developers...I
> > think
> > they are ruling King in the Linux-gaming
> department.
> > I am personally not a huge fan of 3DFX....but I
> have come to appreciate what
> > they have done with the gaming side of Linux. I
> really wanted to fight it out
> > and wait for a GOOD TNT2 Driver....but nothing
> showed...and the tutorials
> > I found were less than helpful. (No offense meant
> to anyone..I just did not
> > get it)
> > My Q3 from Loki shipped with MatroxG400 drivers
> and 3dfx V3 chipset
> > drives...with a tut on how to set it up. To be
> honest...I think it will be a
> > while before the X MesaGL driver will be strong
> enough...or worldly compatable
> > enough to satisfy us "FEED ME NOW!" gamers.
> >
>
> (snip)
>
> > In Quake 3...its fine
> > In UT...I will let you know sometime soon....
> > With Ktron...FRICKING WICKED ;-)
>
> What is UT?
>
> > > What's the rest of your hardware like?
> >
> > I picked up a nice deal on a Abit KA7, ($115)
> > and a Athlon 700 ($202)
> > I grabbed a "cheap" Overclocking Fan and Heat Sink
> <The RDJD> and push my
> > system at about 886Mhz. ($40)
> > I have 512 MB of ram
> > a Sound Blaster Live Value
> > Viper TNT2 Ultra
>
> That's almost the same system I'm going to build
> this next week, could you tell
> me a little about your overclocking? I know that
> the Athlon 700 is a pretty good
> overclocker, but it would be nice to hear from
> someone with a little 'real world'
> experience. Do you have any programs that give you
> a problem with your
> overclock? I'm planning on getting the Matrox G400
> video card, I'm glad that Q3
> supports that.
>
> >
> > The system works great ..and I have had no
> problems with any of the hardware.
> >
> > > I'll be building a new computer
> > > in the next month and I would like to pick parts
> that will be able to
> > > handle games as well as work.
> > >
> >
> > Where are you buying your hardware from?
>
> I'm planning on getting most of it from Hard Drives
> Northwest, computer store in
> Washington.
>
> Thanks so much for your time!
>
> Mike
>
> --
> ==========================
> Michael Holt
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Kirkland, WA
> ==========================
> The Penguins are coming!!!
> ==========================
>
>
>
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