Anyone know where I can pick up a copy of Quake?
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On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Jeff Malka wrote:
> Is this a Linux game or a DOS/Windows game in Linux?
>
> Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Registered Linux user 183185
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 4:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT -- Heroes 3
>
>
> > Still freezes
> >
> > On Fri, 01 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> > > It is kind of wierd the way that it hangs up after the music or after
> the
> > > first turn ends in my case. I can then ctrl-alt-backspace and start the
> > > game again without sound (apparently the sound device is busy) and it
> won't
> > > hang up at all. Well, at least for 20 minutes or so. At any rate, I
> tried
> > > playing with a couple of different settings. Try the following and see
> what
> > > results you guys get ....
> > >
> > > at a terminal try
> > >
> > > esd (this should make a r2d2 like sound)
> > > ctrl - c
> > > then start the game .... I no longer have the hang up but I'm missing
> some
> > > of the sound ... or so it seems
> > >
> > > you might also want to try
> > >
> > > export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=esd
> > >
> > > Oddly enough, most games that I've tried have tended to work better on a
> > > standard Mandrake install then Caldera. This one is the exception as it
> > > seems to work fairly well on my Caldera box.
> > >
> > > Larry
> > >
> > > Vic wrote:
> > >
> > > > Same here, I sure as heck hope that the
> > > > full version does not act like that too,
> > > > I think the programmers when they told me it
> > > > was the sound drivers were just making dumb
> > > > excuses to sit around picking their noses and
> > > > not do anything about it, or goodness knows
> > > > maybe they were hopefully getting something
> > > > done, I sure hope so.
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> > > > > Vic wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Speaking of Gaming, has anyone had a problem with
> > > > > > Heroes 3 for Linux freezing after the music stops?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I downloaded the demo and after the music quit, the game
> > > > > > froze and I had to get out the good ol' trusty virtual terminal
> > > > > > and kill it.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Vic. I d/l'ed the Might and Magic 3 demo just the other day, and
> > > > > unfortunately, I have the same problem. Whenever I exit the game,
> end
> > > > > turn, etc, etc, the game music stops and the game is locked at that
> > > > > point, totally unresponsive.
> > > > >
> > > > > Hmm. I didn't kill it via terminal though. I just <control> <alt>
> > > > > <F-10>, shutting down the Xserver, then relogging back in. Guess
> either
> > > > > way works though, eh? ;-)
> > > > >
> > > > > If anybody knows a fix for this, please pass it along. Also, does
> > > > > anybody know if this problem is limited to the demo? I'd really like
> to
> > > > > know as this is one of the games that I'd really like to purchase
> the
> > > > > full version of.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks! ;-)
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > /\
> > > > >
> Dark><Lord
> > > > > \/
> > >
> > > --
> > > Larry Hignight Descent 3 Beta tester Caldera Linux 2.4
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> > > 11:40am up 28 days, 19:48, 5 users, load average: 0.03, 0.03, 0.00
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> >
> >
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