Tuesday, May 22, 2001
Linux Q3A Status -- 1:16 pm CST, Update by The Master
Timothee Besset sent a letter into LinuxGames, indicating that he was taking over the maintenance of the linux ports of Q3A and Team Arena. Here's the letter:I see that Loki Software's announcement that they are no longer in charge of Linux Quake III Arena and linux Quake III: Team Arena generated a lot of buzz and questions. I'll try to clarify a few things:A.T. Hun comments: Sweet news! I'm not sure if Loki just dropped the ball or exactly what happened there. At any rate, I'm glad to see Linux Q3A/Q3:TA getting the attention it deserves. The beta patch that was released a while back runs quite nicely with Q3A (about as fast as Windows 98). Q3:TA needed some work though. Timothee is the man behind GtkRadiant, so I'm sure he'll do a fine job.This said, here is a quick rundown on the status:
- there will be a linux beta point release for Quake III Arena and Quake III: Team Arena shortly after the win32 release.
- Id always supported linux gaming actively, and they hired me as a contractor to maintain the linux side of things.
The win32, Mac and linux versions are now living in the same source tree. The linux version which was maintained in a seperate tree by Loki has been merged back in. It runs great as far as I've been testing it. When the new beta binary is out we will probably run a public bugtracker to help sort out remaining issues.
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