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Best Quake Ports

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:45 pm
by Lord Molder
What Quake ports have you tried and what do you think is the best one as far as looks and preformance?.....i`ve used Darkplaces and Tenebrae....Tenebrea being a system hog from hell but capable of making Quake look like Doom 3....last time i tried it it ran fairly sluggishly. Darkplaces ran smooth as silk but lacks some features of Tenebrae,has anyone tried the new version of Darkplaces?......i couldn`t get it running smoothly with shadows on the old version.

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:55 pm
by Willis
DarkPlaces is my engine port of choice. DarkPlaces actually exceeds Tenebrae's features but does not force them upon users. DarkPlaces gets constant updates and you should always try a more recent build ( see http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces/files/?M=D and look for the topmost file starting with darkplacesengine )

DarkPlaces now supports deluxemapping, and downloading LordHavoc's deluxemapping pack http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces/ ... ps_id1.pk3 makes things look great.

The important thing to remember when using DarkPlaces is not to mix too many options, because they aren't all meant to be run together. DarkPlaces tries to support everything it can, and does its best to try not to conflict with itself, but sometimes, performance wise, that isn't possible.

Venr2 is also another good engine currently under development: http://entar.quakedev.com/

Also, for QuakeWorld (and I believe it can be a client for normal Quake as well), FTE is a good engine: http://www.fteqw.com

For more options and debate, I'd suggest reading the quakeone.com forums as they are predomintantly NormalQuake oriented (less QuakeWorld)

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:59 pm
by Lord Molder
Great,i`ll try the newer version.... :) ....and ease up on the options.

EDIT: Bugger i`m on dial up....i`ll have to wait for the deluxe mapping :( .

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:02 pm
by Willis
Unless you have a rather powerful machine (both in processor and video), realtime world lighting is not really meant for high resolutions, typically 1024x768 is optimal for most. Also, make sure to get the rtlighting pack, it helps a ton for stock Quake maps, available here

Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 8:07 pm
by Lord Molder
Willis wrote:Unless you have a rather powerful machine (both in processor and video), realtime world lighting is not really meant for high resolutions, typically 1024x768 is optimal for most. Also, make sure to get the rtlighting pack, it helps a ton for stock Quake maps, available here
Thanks Willis. Yeah i think my compy is starting to get on in years,sadly.

Help with running mods

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:52 pm
by Guest
Hi, I'm a newbie to this. So I've just downloaded Darkplaces and got it to run with Quake but the thing is I need help on getting the mods to work. The text file tells me to add in an extension like this: Quake -winmem 16 -game (example: quakemax)

My question is how am I supposed to get these types of mods operating with the Darkplaces source port?

Re: Help with running mods

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 10:00 am
by Lord Molder
Anonymous wrote:Hi, I'm a newbie to this. So I've just downloaded Darkplaces and got it to run with Quake but the thing is I need help on getting the mods to work. The text file tells me to add in an extension like this: Quake -winmem 16 -game (example: quakemax)

My question is how am I supposed to get these types of mods operating with the Darkplaces source port?
Here`s how i installed Beyond Belief...

Installed Quake
Installed Darkplaces
made a Beyond Belief folder in the Quake folder
unzipped Beyond Belief into Beyond Belief folder
made a short cut to Darkplaces on my desktop
went into Properties of the shortcut and added -game bbelief to the "target" line.....
so now it`s... C:\QUAKE\darkplaces.exe -game bbelief
Double click on the shortcut and play!!!

Hope that helps...or is there something different about the install method with the mods you are talking about?...i`ve never heard of Quakemax... :?

I`m not sure if it`s even compatible (someone help me out here!!)...
http://kurtzme.free.fr/qmax108.htm

Maybe try running it with Darkplaces EXE instead of normal or Winquake like it says in the link.

Sorry,i`m not very knowlegable about these things.... :oops:

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:51 pm
by Willis
Yep, if you place the mod folder in your quake directory, just run darkplaces.exe -game mod_folder_name

You shouldn't need any -winmem or anything reguarding memory as Darkplaces should handle that fine on its own.

Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 8:01 am
by Lord Molder
Ah cool i`m going to check out Quakemax myself.....the faster Ogre sounds killer!.

Darkplaces + Operation Urth Majik : Scrambled text

Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:43 pm
by Guest
Recently, I've attempted to run Darkplaces with another mod for Quake called Operation Urth Majik. When combined with this source port, the letters become gibberish. From my test with another mod, I can infer that the scrambled letters conflict does not occur with every mod. Is the problem linked with the mod itself or is it simply an error associated with Darkplaces?

My process of running the mod was creating a shortcut from Darkplaces, renaming it and changing the target and making it so -game (nameofmod) is added to the line. The reason I named my subject like this is because the mod works fine on it's own, basically without any signs of text glitches, but when coupled with Darkplaces, the errors start to appear.