ref: 00322a469a8ecd46effac78dfa6482d1ef469ebd
parent: 8a0967be5d5789cfaa622818a62d596b3266223e
author: qwx <>
date: Sun Dec 16 11:42:37 EST 2018
fix namespace to use /sys/games/lib/quake2 and amend README
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,26 +1,28 @@
qk2 - (9) quake 2
=================
-port of linux/x11 quake2 to plan9front. tested on amd64 and 386 only.
-currently lacks music and has a breaker bug with non 4:3 resolutions.
-performance-wise, it works fairly well on VESA with lower resolutions, e.g.
-800x600. on my machines.
+port of linux/x11 quake 2 to plan9front.
+- works on amd64 and 386, broken on arm and probably other arches
+- rendering bugs on non-4:3 resolutions
installation
------------
besides building and installation, qk2 needs the data from its retail cd. those
-are to be installed in $home/lib/quake2/baseq2. in a complete install, that
-directory will contain pak^(0 1 2)^.pak, as well as the players and video
+are to be installed in /sys/games/lib/quake2/baseq2. in a complete install,
+that directory will contain pak^(0 1 2)^.pak, as well as the players and video
directories. neither players (for single play) nor video are mandatory. all
filenames should be lowercased.
; mk install
-; mkdir -p $home/lib/quake2/baseq2/^(players video)
+; mkdir -p /sys/games/lib/quake2/baseq2/^(players video)
; cd /n/quake2cd/baseq2/
-; cp *.pak $home/lib/quake2/baseq2/
-; for(i in (players video)){ dircp $i $home/lib/quake2/baseq2/$i }+; cp *.pak /sys/games/lib/quake2/baseq2/
+; for(i in (players video)){ dircp $i /sys/games/lib/quake2/baseq2/$i }+savegames, configuration files and other user data will be written under
+$home/lib/quake2/baseq2/.
+
quake2 mods
-----------
quake2 mods are C code built as shared libraries (called "game modules"). here,
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@
the code will have to be ported to plan9, adapted to qk2, then built and loaded
against it. this repo contains the code for the official ctf mod, the two
expansions, and a mod. for the rest of this file, let $mod the name of a mod.
-the data for the mod is to be stored in $home/lib/quake2/$mod/.
+the data for the mod is to be stored in /sys/games/lib/quake2/$mod/.
installing a mod
@@ -68,8 +70,8 @@
todo/bugs
---------
-- rendering glitches and fault reads on resolutions not originally supported
- (anything other than 4:3)
+- raise resolution limit above 2047x2048
+- fix underwater rendering glitches on non-4:3
- edict_t definitions merged without much looking
- sys.c: stupid posixish glob stuff
- udp.c mostly horrid; need to rewrite networking stuff to use plan9 semantics
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@
---------------------------------
- mouse wheel up and down recognized and useable (but parsing is ugly)
- mouse buttons have (correct) plan9 names
-- arbitrary resolutions up to 4096x4096 allowed (dat.h) and resize by dragging
+- arbitrary resolutions up to 2047x2048 allowed (dat.h) and resize by dragging
window edges; no fullscreen
- no dynamic linking → "modules" are statically linked
- merged headers: dat.h,fns.h,game/game.h
--- a/files.c
+++ b/files.c
@@ -643,12 +643,7 @@
// basedir <path>
// allows the game to run from outside the data tree
//
- if(home = getenv("home")){- snprint(homedir, sizeof homedir, "%s/lib/quake2", home);
- free(home);
- }else
- snprint(homedir, sizeof homedir, "/sys/lib/quake2");
- fs_basedir = Cvar_Get ("basedir", homedir, CVAR_NOSET);+ fs_basedir = Cvar_Get ("basedir", "/sys/games/lib/quake2", CVAR_NOSET);//
// cddir <path>
@@ -663,6 +658,10 @@
// start up with baseq2 by default
//
FS_AddGameDirectory (va("%s/"BASEDIRNAME, fs_basedir->string) );+ if((home = getenv("home")) != nil){+ FS_AddGameDirectory(va("%s/lib/quake2/"BASEDIRNAME, home));+ free(home);
+ }
// any set gamedirs will be freed up to here
fs_base_searchpaths = fs_searchpaths;