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Quake 3 on OS4 Classic
« on: August 24, 2010, 08:57:01 PM »
Hello sirs! I have a funny subject that is bound to cause some controversy. Or at least thats what I hope, coz I cant get answers anywhere else.. Here we go:
 
Is it possible to run Quake 3 on an Classic Amiga running OS4.0 classic?
 
I mean, I tried.. but it crashed. and before I dive into OS4 (have barely touched it since I have this machine) I need to know whether it can be done at all.
 
What do I need for this to work? (Obviously Q3 + patch, as stated in the readme, but I've got those)
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Re: Quake 3 on OS4 Classic
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2010, 03:28:43 AM »
The OS4 port of Quake 3 is incredibly buggy to begin with, so it's hard to tell if the crash you're getting is hardware or software related.
 

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Re: Quake 3 on OS4 Classic
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2010, 08:59:36 PM »
Understood.. But what would I need at minimum to play Q3? I have just OS4.0 and the last update for it. Havent even installed AHI, MiniGL or whatever. In fact I dont even know if I have to. Isnt there a list of basic stuff every OS4 install should have? (Something like AmigaSys would be nice for OS4)
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Re: Quake 3 on OS4 Classic
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2010, 09:44:07 PM »
AHI is built in, but make sure you configure it (SYS:Prefs/AHI). Don't know if MiniGL made it to the Classic release. Try running AmiUpdate - that should get your system into shape.
 

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Re: Quake 3 on OS4 Classic
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2010, 10:13:15 PM »
Quote from: Matt_H;576269
AHI is built in, but make sure you configure it (SYS:Prefs/AHI). Don't know if MiniGL made it to the Classic release. Try running AmiUpdate - that should get your system into shape.


MiniGL works on Voodoo3/4 and I believe Cybervision/BVision.  On OS4 Classic, yes.
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Re: Quake 3 on OS4 Classic
« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2010, 10:30:43 PM »
Even if you get it working (and I doubt it) it'll be slower than an snail I reckon...so why the bother? :)
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Re: Quake 3 on OS4 Classic
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2010, 10:32:27 PM »
@Stevo,

Well personally I'm not a quake 3 fan, so I won't try it, even though I could :)
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Re: Quake 3 on OS4 Classic
« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2010, 10:05:06 AM »
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Even if you get it working (and I doubt it) it'll be slower than an snail I reckon...so why the bother? :)

Because its pretty fun to do? :) Seriously, just making it run is what Im aiming for. Im not interested in playing the game.
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Re: Quake 3 on OS4 Classic
« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2010, 11:51:30 AM »
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Hello sirs! I have a funny subject that is bound to cause some controversy. Or at least thats what I hope, coz I cant get answers anywhere else.. Here we go:
 
Is it possible to run Quake 3 on an Classic Amiga running OS4.0 classic?
 
I mean, I tried.. but it crashed. and before I dive into OS4 (have barely touched it since I have this machine) I need to know whether it can be done at all.
 
What do I need for this to work? (Obviously Q3 + patch, as stated in the readme, but I've got those)


I ran it on the slowest BlizzardPPC with Voodoo3 and it was very very slow even on post stamp size. I remember 2fps :-D Perhaps it's slightly faster with G-Rex on MorphOS but I wouldn't expect any miracle.
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Re: Quake 3 on OS4 Classic
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2010, 12:00:55 PM »
Thanks Crumb. Thats what I wanted to know.. :)
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Re: Quake 3 on OS4 Classic
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2013, 07:23:37 PM »
Hello rvo! You may be interested to know you can get this game running if you open the cfg file and set fullscreen to '0' instead of '1'. And, if you tweak the settings a little, it does around 5pfs! ;)

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Re: Quake 3 on OS4 Classic
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2013, 01:02:51 AM »
5 frames / sec.  Rumbling...!
 

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Re: Quake 3 on OS4 Classic
« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2013, 02:23:08 AM »
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5 frames / sec.  Rumbling...!


anything over 2FPS is overkill. You may was well max out the resolution and details...
 

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Re: Quake 3 on OS4 Classic
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2013, 06:06:55 AM »
Here you go

http://capehill.kapsi.fi/

This version of Quake 3 is not in os4depot and it is much more stable
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Re: Quake 3 on OS4 Classic
« Reply #14 on: March 11, 2013, 08:10:07 AM »
very interesting utri! but does it run on a classic?
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