It was announced at QuakeCon that this upcoming Tuesday, Auguest 15, Linux users will be able to play Quake Live.
Quake Live is a web based version of Quake 3 Arena made by id Software.
It's got stats and achievements, and leaderboards are coming back soon.
I'm not very good at Quake, but it's really cool to see it finally available on Linux.
Sounds cool.
I finally got sick of Windows 7 and decided to go back to Arch.
Glad that the Linux game scene is (slowly) taking form.
It will be interesting to see how many linux users will play it though. I mean we already have open arena, and 50 other games based on quake engines so it's not really anything too new.
[QUOTE=jivemasta;16719339]It will be interesting to see how many linux users will play it though. I mean we already have open arena, and 50 other games based on quake engines so it's not really anything too new.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but it is browser based, and it does have an active community. A lot of the Quake Clones on Linux don't have hardly any servers.
I'd play it on Linux, just because you can!
Seriously, this is what onlive is, except, much better.
[QUOTE=mastersrp;16721815]I'd play it on Linux, just because you can!
Seriously, this is what onlive is, except, much better.[/QUOTE]
OnLive is a bitch for only supporting Windows and OS X, and not Linux.
Quake Live is one of the few reasons I still use Windows. It will be nice to see this finally hit Linux.
Shame there isn't such a good ATI prop. support. How is this? Considering it's... supposed to be out now?
[QUOTE=nos217;16800408]Shame there isn't such a good ATI prop. support. How is this? Considering it's... supposed to be out now?[/QUOTE]
Worked fine on my laptop that has an Intel GMA X4500. I get major corruption on my desktop with a Radeon 4850 on the open source driver, but thats a known issue and is being worked on.
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Nos, you have an older Radeon right? As in older than the 2000 series?
It should work fine on that. Since I have a newer Radeon, it has really early 3d support, but the older stuff has much better support.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;16718206]
I'm not very good at Quake, but it's really cool to see it finally available on Linux.[/QUOTE]
What are you talking about? Quake has [I]always[/I] been available for Linux! Same for all id's other offerings (except for maybe the [I]really[/I] old stuff like Doom and Hexen)
[QUOTE=Cathbadh;16809773]What are you talking about? Quake has [I]always[/I] been available for Linux! Same for all id's other offerings (except for maybe the [I]really[/I] old stuff like Doom and Hexen)[/QUOTE]
Oh yeah I knew id has always had their games on Linux. You can run Doom and Hexen on Linux with source ports (or Dosbox). :v:
What I meant was that it's good to see Quake Live on Linux; even if it is a web version of Quake 3. It's easier to install than Quake 3 too. You just install a Firefox plugin and you're set.
Jedi Academy supports linux.
Hell, the mod my clan used was edited with the makefile override from linux.
JKA still has about 600 servers.
Ive personally always loved IntroVersion for bringing Uplink, Darwinia and Defcon to Linux.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;16800846]Worked fine on my laptop that has an Intel GMA X4500. I get major corruption on my desktop with a Radeon 4850 on the open source driver, but thats a known issue and is being worked on.
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Nos, you have an older Radeon right? As in older than the 2000 series?
It should work fine on that. Since I have a newer Radeon, it has really early 3d support, but the older stuff has much better support.[/QUOTE]
Laptop with a HD 3200 :/
Meh, Quake has always been available on Linux. Still, it's good that they're continuing the tradition.
[QUOTE=Unreliable;16810431]Jedi Academy supports linux.
Hell, the mod my clan used was edited with the makefile override from linux.
JKA still has about 600 servers.[/QUOTE]
I actually have JKA. I haven't played it in forever, and I didn't know it had a Linux client. :3:
But speaking of games with Linux clients, I bought World of Goo last week just because it had a Linux client.
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How do I run JKA on Linux anyway?
Just got around to trying it. Very fun!
I didn't want to shit up the forum with a negative thread(and it's sorta related to this thread) so I'm posting in here. John Carmack has said a Linux port of iDTech 5/RAGE is unlikely
[url]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1244727[/url]
But he'll look into it more if tons of Linux folk play QL. So get fragging.
[QUOTE=Dr Egg;16899573]I didn't want to shit up the forum with a negative thread(and it's sorta related to this thread) so I'm posting in here. John Carmack has said a Linux port of iDTech 5/RAGE is unlikely
[url]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1244727[/url]
But he'll look into it more if tons of Linux folk play QL. So get fragging.[/QUOTE]
I really hate the first two posts that are a knee jerk reaction of "ZENIMAX IS HOLDING THEM BACK FUCK THE MAN."
[QUOTE=Dr Egg;16899573]I didn't want to shit up the forum with a negative thread(and it's sorta related to this thread) so I'm posting in here. John Carmack has said a Linux port of iDTech 5/RAGE is unlikely
[url]http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1244727[/url]
But he'll look into it more if tons of Linux folk play QL. So get fragging.[/QUOTE]
I would like to see Rage on Linux, but if they're only going to target the Nvidia drivers, that pretty much rules me out. :(
But I did play my first game of Quake Live on Linux the other day on the open source ATI drivers.
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I was reading through that Ubuntu Forums thread, and I found someone post this:
[quote]I'm thinking of buying Heroes of Newerth when it comes out and I don't even really like DotA-style games that much, but it's just $30 U.S ... and the fact that S2 is directly supporting Linux is commendable[/quote]
Honestly, I'm even considering buying HoN too, and I don't even like RTS games. Plus my two Linux PCs can't even play the game. Intel driver supports OpenGL 2.1, but it's not nearly good enough for HoN, and open source ATI driver only supports OpenGL 1.4 (HoN needs 2.0). But hey, they support Linux, and it sounds like the Nvidia users are having fun, so why not. :v:
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Heck I even bought World of Goo just because there was a Linux port. It's a sort of fun game, but not really my cup of tea.
[QUOTE=PvtCupcakes;16912668]I would like to see Rage on Linux, but if they're only going to target the Nvidia drivers, that pretty much rules me out. :(
But I did play my first game of Quake Live on Linux the other day on the open source ATI drivers.
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I was reading through that Ubuntu Forums thread, and I found someone post this:
Honestly, I'm even considering buying HoN too, and I don't even like RTS games. Plus my two Linux PCs can't even play the game. Intel driver supports OpenGL 2.1, but it's not nearly good enough for HoN, and open source ATI driver only supports OpenGL 1.4 (HoN needs 2.0). But hey, they support Linux, and it sounds like the Nvidia users are having fun, so why not. :v:
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Heck I even bought World of Goo just because there was a Linux port. It's a sort of fun game, but not really my cup of tea.[/QUOTE]
All of S2's games have native Linux versions. You should totally support them.
Do the proprietary drivers work for a lot of games (ATI)?
Yes! I got them working and this game is running perfect on Linux. Brilliant. It's so fun, and I have it fullscreen on full settings working great. Who's playing it?
[QUOTE=nos217;17155816]Yes! I got them working and this game is running perfect on Linux. Brilliant. It's so fun, and I have it fullscreen on full settings working great. Who's playing it?[/QUOTE]
Are you using the git versions of the open drivers? They just got Quake 3 engine games working a day or two ago. Well, they "worked" before, but they had some major vertex issues. Now it works pretty well on my machine, except you can still see shadows through walls. :v:
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Oh, and before it did work in Indirect rendering mode, but that was a pain to do. You had to run "LIBGL_ALWAYS_INDIRECT=1 firefox www.quakelive.com" in the terminal. It now works in Direct rendering mode which won't crash X if the 3d driver crashes like Indirect will.
Works perfect for me, I didn't have to do any hacky ways to fix anything. I have Catalyst installed and it just worked on Firefox :D.
[QUOTE=nos217;17158780]Works perfect for me, I didn't have to do any hacky ways to fix anything. I have Catalyst installed and it just worked on Firefox :D.[/QUOTE]
It's kind of wacky to setup the git drivers because you need a special DRM. But there are a couple of ebuilds floating around for Gentoo so it was pretty simple for me. The DRM should be merged into linux 2.6.32 in just a couple week.s
Nice. I've never even heard of git drivers. Are they for ATI and are they better than the catalyst ones?
[QUOTE=nos217;17158928]Nice. I've never even heard of git drivers. Are they for ATI and are they better than the catalyst ones?[/QUOTE]
They're the open source drivers. Git is just the version control they use. The code isn't released yet, but you can get it from their git repository and compile it. You need xf86-video-ati, mesa, and drm from agd5f's git repo.
Ah right. Yeah I think I used to have that.
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