Unix Quake Tools

[golden_boy]

OK, I didn't find a thread like this, so let's make a small list of useful tools for the Linux, Solaris, BSD or even OSX Quaker. Only listing open-source projects that run natively (no emulators.)

Netquake engines:

Joequake, Linux x11/glx
QRack, Linux glx (1.60.1 ported by QuDOS)
Tremor, Linux glx (another QuDOS port)
Nehquake-bjp Linux glx? (again QuDOS)
Darkplaces, Linux/OSX glx
Tyrquake, Linux/BSD x11/glx
Proquake, Linux/Solaris x11/glx
QuakeForge, Linux/BSD? x11/glx

Proquake compiles and runs, but the cheatfree module only works with precompiled binaries.

Quakeworld engines:

Fuhquake, Linux x11/glx, OSX
EZQuake, Linux/BSD/OSX x11/glx
Tyrquake, Linux/BSD x11/glx
QuakeForge, Linux/BSD? x11/glx
Demonquake, FreeBSD (based on Fuhquake) see Ports collection
FTE, Linux x11/glx


Map editors:

Quest, all POSIX compliant unices
GTKRadiant, Linux/OSX/FreeBSD


Map compilers:

Tyrutils by Tyrann, Linux/BSD, contains treeqbsp, vis and tyrlite

hmap by Lord Havoc, Linux, another complete set (can't do sunlight)


QuakeC compilers:

FrikQCC (building on Linux didn't work for me, binary does)

FTEQCC, Linux


PAK and WAD tools:

Quake Editing Utilities (qeu03), Unix (Linux, Sun confirmed) contains unpak/repak, unwad/rewad, unwad2/rewad2 (can not make texture wads), unbsp, sprview


Graphics/texture editing:

GIMP, the premiere Unix image editor.

lmp2pcx, converts .lmp and .wad files (texture wads) to .pcx, .mip and .tga files. By Lord Havoc.


Model editing:

Blender, a much-used 3D modeller

.mdl exporter for Blender by Preach (is this working?)
No .mdl importer yet though (perhaps he would make one?)


Sound/sample editing:

Sweep
Rezound
GLAME
Audacity
sox
sndfile-convert
sndfile-resample
LADSPA plugins
ALSA utils


Other:

/lpm2pic, lump to pcx/pic converter, from the Hammer of Thyrion Hexen2 port (I think)
pic2lmp, create .lmp files.
There's also a bsp2wad somewhere.
dzip for Linux (comes with Joequake)
cwad2, rips wads from pakfiles


What's missing:

- .mdl import for Blender (Preach?)

- wad2 building utility (something that takes bmps and produces a texture wad)


Please contribute anything I forgot and feel free to correct me, especially regarding demo recording/recamming stuff, server browsers, stuff like Qizmo and so on. Just tell us what works for you.

We should also update this with links at some point, but I have no time now. There's always google.

I hope this will become helpful in the future.

[rudl]

Stuff that works with emulation:

QuArK (at least the latest stable version +minipyhton)
Compilers

[golden_boy]

Stuff that works with emulation:

QuArK (at least the latest stable version +minipyhton)
Compilers

Only listing open-source projects that run natively (no emulators.)

otherwise we wouldn't need this thread. This isn't a Wine ad.

[Phenom]

Thanks!

theres a lot of people who will find this useful!

[Baker]

Indeed

[Lardarse]

FTEQCC does work on Linux, but I don't know if an official build is provided...

[golden_boy]

Confirmed, also added the FTE QW client to the list.

[Baker]

I thought DemonQuake was based off JoeQuake, just FYI.

[golden_boy]

The FreeBSD ports collection says it's based on Fuhquake, however I've not actually tried it.

Tyrlite seems not bad at all compared to Light-bjp, I'm just running some tests. Perhaps I can bug Tyrann to hack in one or two more features...

[Spirit]

This list isn't worth it without links to the files/sites.
Also please get in touch with the maintainer of http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Quake-HOWTO.html so the infos will be included in that #1 Linux Quake resource.

[golden_boy]

The Linux Quake Howto's Q1 section seems a bit brief. It doesn't list Proquake, Fitzquake or EZquake... and those engines are pretty hard to miss if you're the slightest bit interested.

I will eventually make a Unix Quake page with the focus on Quake 1, containing various HOWTOs and tutorials both technical and practical.

Spirit, would you host such a page?

Updating original post with links now.

[golden_boy]

Oh, correction. It does list Proquake, under Multiplayer ^^

[Spirit]

Fitzquake is Windows-only. Proquake is for multiplayer, so that's right. And yes, it misses ezQuake.
Sure I could host it but I would much more like to see that exisiting Quake-HOWTO.html updated. More infos on one place = better.

[golden_boy]

Fitzquake is Windows-only.

Eh... I was tired.

Sure I could host it but I would much more like to see that exisiting Quake-HOWTO.html updated. More infos on one place = better.

That's right, in principle. However, also "in-depth Q1/hipnotic/Quoth information > general Quake series information."

His page is too shallow, looking bad, missing things like Joequake Nehahra support (missing Joequake entirely...) and he doesn't include infos on sample/texture/model editing nor coding information, nor mapping, nor trickjumping tutorials, nor tactics, nor links/pictures concerning 24bit textures/custom models/huds/whathaveyou or "how to use Logitech mice under X" tutorials... no bots... no weapon and monster specifics... I could think of more...

No pictures either...

And before I mail him and say "do this and that" I could just do it myself. When I get to it I mean. Incidentally I can make nice-looking websites too.

*shrug*