Quake 4

[Stephen]

No it was a related but slight diverting question. but for refrence
http://steamforlinux.com/?q=en/node/130


On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:

> Stephen,
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> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> here is a question has anyone tried doing the Steam beta. or running the
>> steam client yet?
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> No, I do see steam is pretty powerful with something called Dwarves etc.
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>  Are you playing Quake via this client?  Is so what server?
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> Reference:  http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2867654
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>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:
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>>> Yes, I picked up the linux Quake 4 iso via torrent, whereupon I got a
>>> License key (which we linux users usually have to get from an XP purchased
>>> Instruction Book) [that didn't work] and all the pk4 files (which we linux
>>> gamers usually have to copy from the windows XP CD/DVDs.
>>>
>>> I used the license key from a used game I purchased at a local Bookmans,
>>> and the pk4 files (since my disks had corruption) and got it running
>>> happily with my nVidia card.
>>>
>>> It's really nice, especially in server mode.  The best parts of Quake
>>> are the cheat codes that allow you to dink around without really getting
>>> killed all the time.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:
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>>>> I payed it all the way through a few years ago when it was new, but I
>>>> don't think i even have it currently installed.  I was thinking about it
>>>> though since it really did enjoy that one and it's been long enough that it
>>>> would be like player a whole new game.
>>>>
>>>> The most recent game that I purchased was Alice: Madness Returns, but
>>>> it's a windows game.  The only reason I got it was that people were
>>>> claiming that it ran well under wine, but so far I've had no luck at all.
>>>>  So I won't be playing that one until wine does run it.
>>>>
>>>> Brian
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>>>> On 11/20/2012 04:49 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote:
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>>>>> Anyone playing Quake4 under Linux?
>>>>>
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