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From:Nuno Berneaud
Date:6 Jun 2001 at 20:40:59
Subject:Re: Quake(again)

Hello Steven

On 06-Jun-01, you wrote:

>S Erm...which GLQuake are you using btw?
>S There are 2 versions... 6.1 and 6.2

I have 6.1, unfortunately, I see...

>S 6.1 requires >NIL: to be added at the end or else it hangs, 6.2 doesnt
>S (but I still do it anyway) and both versions need a stack setting of
>S at least 500,000 iirc.

>S To set the width/height use the -width -height command line parameters
>S :) TBH, I've never used a launcher with it....use the shell like every
>S other man (and woman) heh

Everytime I try to launch it in the cli it freezes. Don't know why. The stack,
maybe?

>S I have a script set up to launch mine meerely does the following:
>S
>S Stack 1500000
>S GLQuakeWOS -width 480 -height 384 >NIL:
>S
>S Also, with regards to your quake.demon problem :) You're entering the
>S server name in the wring area...I believe youre trying to type the
>S server name in the HOSTNAME field in the PLAYER SETUP :)
>S
>S What you want, is to type "quake.demon.co.uk" in the server field in
>S the JOIN A GAME menu after you've set up your player details.
>S
>S Also, you have to have your TCP/IP stack running before you start
>S quake, otherwise it thinks you have no communications port open and
>S wont even let you enter the JOIN A GAME/HOST A GAME menus.

I have Miami running and Quake still doesn't let me enter the JOIN A GAME zone.
Any tips?

Bye,

Nuno

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