pro quake

[thepumpkinking93]

hello,I'm a bit of a linux noob, but recently compiled pro quake on my ubuntu 10.10 install, my question is how do I create a shortcut on the desktop that wont need the id1 folder on the desktop as well. it seems quake will only play if I have the id1 folder where the launcher is at I would like a desktop shortcut on the desktop but keep the id1 folder in the folder I compiled the game to run, Thank You

[Cobalt]

Could be either a path or permission problem. Unix stuff is very permission based.
Maybe its assuming since you are on the desktop, you are the admin / root, and its ok, but
it could also be that when it was compiled, it was compiled and created by a non-admin / root user, so only that user that did the compile would be able to access that folder.

[Cybolic]

The thing is, your Quake client expects to find the "id" folder where you run it from so you have two options.

1. Run it from somewhere else.

There are two (probably more) ways to do this:
1.a. Change the launcher to change folder/directory.

Change the launcher to something like: sh -c 'cd /path/to/where/you/have/the/client/and/the/id/folder; exec ./Quake'

1.b. Create a launcher script.

Where you have the client and the "id" folder, create a file containing something like this:
#!/bin/sh
cd /path/to/where/you/have/the/client/and/the/id/folder
exec ./Quake
see the similarity?

2. Symlink the "id" folder.

Drag the "id" folder while holding down SHIFT+CTRL (or middle-button-drag) to the same folder as where the launcher is (the Desktop in your case?).

Linux is immensely powerful, but getting to know the shell (which is what solution 1 uses) makes a lot of things a lot easier.

Also, welcome to Linux, enjoy.

[Polarite]

check part 3 in this post:


http://quakeone.com/forums/quake-hel...ke-ubuntu.html