Mike Tracy Holt wrote:
To be honest with you - I haven't had ANY luck running Q3. Dacia on this
list has had better luck using the voodoo cards, but I'm using a Matrox G400
max (which was supposed to work with this game - out of the box) which has
not worked at all. I've tried xf3.3.x,
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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
Which version are you looking for? I got my copy of Quake 2 at the
half-price bookstore for $14 but I got my copy of Q3 at the local computer
store for something like $40. You can also purchase from lokisoft. What
part of the world are you located in?
Mike
Anyone know where I can pick up a
Mike Tracy Holt wrote:
Ah - you should be able to hit a mall close to you - electronics boutique?
That's where I picked up Q3. You can usually find it anywhere they sell
video games.
Take care, Mike
Does it run well in Linux? I've run it in Windows before, although that
was a long time
To be honest with you - I haven't had ANY luck running Q3. Dacia on this
list has had better luck using the voodoo cards, but I'm using a Matrox G400
max (which was supposed to work with this game - out of the box) which has
not worked at all. I've tried xf3.3.x, xf4; I've tried using SuSE 7.0
have you trolled the loki quake3 mailing lists for ideas? I've gottn a lot of
help from the info there.
Abe
= Original Message From "Mike Tracy Holt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] =
To be honest with you - I haven't had ANY luck running Q3. Dacia on this
list has had better luck using the
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
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,
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
I have that. Or at least I used to.
- Original Message -
From: bascule [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT
ah! xtree gold:
them were days (thick yorkshire brogue)
bascule
WC looks to be a very
Hey Roman,
Sorry this reply has taken so long. I was away in Frisco for the past five
days
Hey Larry,
Have you seen the June 2000 issue of MaximumPC? The main article is
How to Freshen Windows 98 for a Clean Start. So there are others
out there like me who just can't seem to
Hey Larry,
Sorry this reply has taken so long. I was away in Frisco for the past five
days
No problem, hope you enjoyed the trip.
Nope. I don't use windows enough anymore to bother., but I don't
think the average user would know how to either or probably have a
recent backup.
ah! xtree gold:
them were days (thick yorkshire brogue)
bascule
WC looks to be a very full featured utility and would appear to be much better
then explorer. Perhaps MS should buyout the makers of WC and then incorporate
it into the os instead of as an alternative to explorer. It actually
bascule wrote:
ah! xtree gold:
them were days (thick yorkshire brogue)
bascule
WC looks to be a very full featured utility and would appear to be much better
then explorer. Perhaps MS should buyout the makers of WC and then incorporate
it into the os instead of as an alternative to
Roman,
snip Hell no. I consider it a therapeutic way for me to stick it to the
phone
company.
??? Sorry, I guess I am a bit unexperienced at English sarcasm, so
please tell me in a way someone like me can understand ;-)
It was a bad joke not worth retelling :)
Might be, but
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
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
Just testing reply here because I replied a few times but never appear in
the list.
What is wrong?
Joe
RLU#186063
Original Message
On 8/25/00, 11:06:03 AM, Vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re:
[newbie] OT Linux gaming OT:
Same here, I sure as heck hope that the
full version does
Hey Larry,
Since this mail was probably directed mostly to me, I'll try to reply
to it.
I can hardly believe this thread. There is no way in hell that any
os company (even ms) can have enough time and resources to write
drivers for all the hardware out there. I repeat ... not even MS.
As
Larry, I think you missed the point of the original message. Sometimes
people need to just be honest that yes, Linux has made a lot of improvements
but still does have some of it's own problems. That's all it was - not a
slam to Linux or Mandrake or anyone else. Of course, everybody has their
Hey Eric,
Well if 80% of the cars support it then I guess I will choose the car
which supports the biggest variety of tires.
Crazy, totally crazy !
I don't want tires used by 80% of the manufactors of cars.
I want GOOD tires. My live depend of them.
And if they are FREE, I want them
Did my 'if microsoft made cars' message reach the list?
- Original Message -
From: Roman Korcek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Eric MC.D [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 1:30 PM
Subject: Re[2]: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT
Hey Eric,
Well if 80% of the cars support it then I
Ed Tharp amongst others wrote (with a lot of snipping):
And Mike is right about the platforms, too. OSs (plural) for the x86
platform should be able to support all the hardware available for the
platform.
But it isn't the responsibility of the OS company to support all
hardware. All
This was in response to Roman, not your message; surprise though, I do have
another response! g
--- Actually --- my point is that Linux users need to pick the right
hardware. Don't purchase a winmodem and then expect it to work under
Linux.
Why not? It's intel platform and if one OS can do
Carroll Grigsby wrote:
... and it has Firestone tires.
-- Carroll Grigsby
dont go out in the rain then!!!
peter bunce uk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> If you buy a new tire for your car and the car starts
pulling so bad
>> that you can't keep it on the road, who is to blame?
Don't blame the
>> car manufacturer just because the car doesn't support
whatever tire you
>> want to buy.
> Well if 80% of the cars support
Hey,
And Mike is right about the platforms, too. OSs (plural) for the x86
platform should be able to support all the hardware available for the
platform.
But it isn't the responsibility of the OS company to support all
hardware. All hardware for the x86 platform should support every OS
Title: RE: Re[4]: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT
Mike is right, I didn't mean such extremes...
Of course not. My first response was meant to be sarcasm.
And Mike is right about the platforms, too.
OSs (plural) for the x86 platform should be able to
support all the hardware available
Hey,
And Mike is right about the platforms, too.
OSs (plural) for the x86 platform should be able to
support all the hardware available for the platform.
But it isn't the responsibility of the OS company to support all
hardware. All hardware for the x86 platform should support every OS
Title: RE: Re[6]: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT
If you buy a new tire for your car and the car starts pulling so bad
that you can't keep it on the road, who is to blame? Don't blame the
car manufacturer just because the car doesn't support whatever tire you
want to buy.
Well if 80
Hey,
If you buy a new tire for your car and the car starts pulling so
bad that you can't keep it on the road, who is to blame? Don't
blame the car manufacturer just because the car doesn't support
whatever tire you want to buy.
Well if 80% of the cars support it then I guess I will choose
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Tracy Holt
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 6:10 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT
But - seriously - with the right parts Linux is very easy to install
Roman Korcek wrote:
Hey,
If you buy a new tire for your car and the car starts pulling so
bad that you can't keep it on the road, who is to blame? Don't
blame the car manufacturer just because the car doesn't support
whatever tire you want to buy.
Well if 80% of the cars support
Wierd Hardware List:
Athlon 800,
GeForce DDR,
SB-LIVE!,
SmartFriendly CD-R/W,
Pioneer DVD-ROM,
3COM 10/100 NIC,
MS IntellimouseExplorer.
Mandrake 7.1 identified and correctly configured it
all right out of the box, on 'custom'. I could use everything
with a few exceptions: 3D
Title: RE: Re[6]: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT
If microsoft made cars:
The fuel, temperature, alarm, and battery lights
would al be replaced with a general car error light.
The engine would need a driver update every 2
days.
The doors would not shut without a call to
technical support
... and it has Firestone tires.
-- Carroll Grigsby
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But - seriously - with the right parts Linux is very
easy to install.
This doesn't seem ok, having to choose my hardware
according to what
OS I want to use.
You are absolutely correct. I wish I could run Win98 on
my Amiga. For that matter, it would be
Title: RE: Re[2]: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT
But - seriously - with the right parts Linux is very easy to install.
This doesn't seem ok, having to choose my hardware according to what
OS I want to use.
You are absolutely correct. I wish I could run Win98 on my Amiga. For that matter
manages all the disk partitioning, formating and hardware detection itsself.
And windows auto detects isa devices.
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 8:16 PM
Subject: RE: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT
I don't mean
But - seriously - with the right parts Linux is very easy to install.
This doesn't seem ok, having to choose my hardware according to what
OS I want to use.
You are absolutely correct. I wish I could run Win98 on my Amiga. For
that
matter, it would be really neat if I could run
which video card are you trying top use with quake3?
I actually had quite a bit of luck with that game so I
might be able top help you out.
Dacia
I've got a Matrox G400 max (dual head; 360 ramdac) with 32MB ram. I've
checked out the howto's, but have really not had any luck. Could you
which video card are you trying top use with quake3?
I actually had quite a bit of luck with that game so I
might be able top help you out.
Dacia
--- Mike Tracy Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I completely agree with you; I've been frustrated
for the last four months
that I haven't been able
:-)
- Original Message -
From: Mike Tracy Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT
I completely agree with you; I've been frustrated for the last four months
that I haven't been able to play quake 3 even though
needs to figure that out.
Oh well - enjoy your day !
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Goldenpi
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 11:11 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT
Right there, linux is a great os
My sentiments exactly, Heroes 3 won't run for poop on my
system , I have soundblaster awe 64 card and Mandrake 7.0-2
so it should work, but the stupid thing will freeze sometime
after the music quits and they tried to tell me its my
sound drivers, shyeah, as if.
I don't have any other problems
to show off :-)
- Original Message -
From: Mike Tracy Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] OT Linux gaming OT
I completely agree with you; I've been frustrated for the last four months
that I haven't been
Its true, but when I want to play a game I want to
play a game not spend three days upgrading X and
checking dependencies so I can play.
For example, I have spent the last week trying to
install X 4.01 so I can use my voodoo5 in linux. I
have totally ruined my install 3 times. I actually
got
On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, you wrote:
Now, before you go off on me for not being hardcore
enough about linux let me say that I use linux because
I enjoy the challenge.
Has anyone ever studied the similarities between adventure gaming and
installing Linux ?
I find the one an excellent surrogate
I completely agree with you; I've been frustrated for the last four months
that I haven't been able to play quake 3 even though the box said my card
was supported! I spent $40 on a game that I can't use and I've tried the
howto's and all with no luck. The closest I've been to getting X working
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