Quake 3 Arena Demo (Linux i386)

Quake III Arena Demo Version 1.11 December 6th, 1999

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 System Requirements 2 X11 Setup 3 Sound Setup 4 Playing The Game 5 Known Issues 6 Contacting id Software 7 Contacting Loki Entertainment Software

(1) MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
* Linux kernel version 2.2.9 or above, glibc-2.0 or above * XFree86 SVGA server version 3.3.5 or above, running at 16 bpp depth * Pentium 233MHz MMX processor with 3dfx 8 MB Video Card or Pentium II 266MHz processor with 3dfx 4 MB Video Card or AMD 350MHz K6-2 processor with 3dfx 4 MB Video Card * 64 MB RAM * 4x CD-ROM drive (600 KB/sec sustained transfer rate) * OSS compatible sound card * Hard disk drive with at least 20MB of disk space, and 480MB if you do not want to use the live filesystem from CD Multiplayer Requirements * Internet and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported * Internet play requires a 28.8 Kbps (or faster) modem A 100% full OpenGL compliant 3-D video card and Linux driver is required. Quake III Arena uses the OpenGL API for 3-D hardware acceleration. There is no software-only version of the game. If your computer is not hardware accelerated with a game compatible graphics card, you will NOT be able to run the Q3A demo. Currently, only drivers for 3dfx based cards are included in the demo install. For updates on GL drivers, in particular for the Matrox G200/G400, see http://www.lokigames.com/support/gldrivers/.
For 3dfx based products, Linux Quake III Arena Demo is distributed with a version of Mesa 3-D specifically compiled for Voodoo support. You must have 3Dfx Linux Glide drivers installed however. These drivers are available from:
http://www.3dfxgamers.com/
Make sure that you download and install the glibc versions of the drivers (found at the bottom of the page). Do not use the XFree86 DRI pre-release if you are looking for drivers compatible with the current stable XFree86 3.3.5 release.
NOTE TO Voodoo3 XFree86 3.3.5 users: Make sure you install the X Server listed on the 3dfx Linux Drivers page. The 3.3.5 XFree86_SVGA Server that ships with most Linux distributions has problems with DGA Mouse handling.
Please follow the installation instructions presented there for adding the correct drivers for your 3D-acceleration card. Note that there are two ways to install the 3dfx drivers-one with support for a /dev/3dfx device that does not require root permissions in order to use the card. If you choose to not use the /dev/3dfx method, you will have to run Q3A Demo as the root user.
NOTE: Linux Q3A Demo will try to load "libGL.so" before using 3dfx drivers. This can cause problems if you have a software or third party OpenGL driver installed. You can specifically target the included 3dfx based Mesa driver by using the following command line: ./q3demo +set r_gldriver libMesaVoodooGL.so.3.2 For 3dfx users, you may disable the vertical sync refresh. This can improve proformance at the cost of some visual tearing of the image. Entering the following command into your shell before running Linux Q3A Demo will turn off the vertical sync:
export FX_GLIDE_SWAPINTERVAL=0
Then run Linux Q3A Demo from the same command line normally.
A glibc compatible Linux installation is required. An easy to determine if you have glibc support is to type this:
ls -l /lib/libc*
If you get a report of libc6 (you may also have libc5), you have a glibc based system. The binaries were created on a RedHat 5 (glibc-2.0.7) system.
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