#1 2018-01-22 19:30:51

Viriathus
Guest

Load new map

hello I would like to ask you to run new maps for Quake 1. I know the folder with the new map will be uploaded to the Quake folder and I do not know anymore. In the tutorials there is a word about modifying a game name, such as * -game modname * specifically eg.glquake.exe -game quoth. But what is the command line of the game, how to run it, and I have to ascribe the stars as well? thank you for answer

#2 2018-01-22 21:02:42

Spirit
Administrator

Re: Load new map

Hi!

Pick any release from https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/ , tell us which operating system you are on (Linux, Windows, Mac?) and which engine (.exe) you use. Then it is easier to explain.

#3 2018-01-23 18:17:13

Viriathus
Guest

Re: Load new map

Hello,

as far as maps are concerned: Bastion of the Underworld, Master Fortress, Something wicked this way, Soul of Evil and more. The system is Windows and the engine is either darkplaces or glquake. Thanks

#4 2018-01-23 21:38:14

dumptruck_ds
Member

Re: Load new map

You have some options to make things very easy to play in Quake.  First off is the Quake Injector right here on Quaddicted.

https://www.quaddicted.com/tools/quake_injector

Also you can do a more hands on approach with Simple Quake Launcher. If you place the mods and or maps in the correct folder(s) you can easily launch them with this great program: https://github.com/m-x-d/Simple-Quake-L … 2/releases

If you don't like either of the above options you will have to do things by hand. By making a Windows shortcut. Here's where you install custom maps:

You should have a Quake directory on your hard drive like this:

C:\Quake\id1

Maps (which have the extension .bsp) must be placed inside a "maps" folder. Create one in the id1 folder if it doesn't already exist. So your directory will look like this:

C:\Quake\id1\maps

Unzip custom maps there. Now create a shortcut to glquake.exe and follow the simple directions shown in this GIF:

https://www.quaddicted.com/files/misc/Q … indows.gif

The command to add to launch a map is: +map mapname

Some commands require a - and some a + In this case +map is the correct method. If you are trying to play a mod you place the mod directory inside of your Quake folder BUT not inside the id1 folder.

In the case of Bastion of the Underworld this is a map AND a mod. So you'll need to follow the directions in the readme file. I am copying some of it here:

Installation
============

Unzip pak0.pak and autoexec.cfg to quake\bastion\

Start Quake with the command line:

-heapsize 32000 -game bastion +map bastion

So there you have a lot of details but the important thing is regular old maps go in the maps folder in the id1 directory and mods simply have their own folders inside the Quake directory not id1.

I'm sure there's much more info that the admins can point you to.

Last edited by dumptruck_ds (2018-01-23 21:40:13)

#5 2018-01-24 00:53:31

onetruepurple
Banned

Re: Load new map

Hello,

GLQuake is a very old and buggy engine. It's recommended to use a modern GL port like Quakespasm instead: http://quakespasm.sourceforge.net/

#6 2018-01-28 17:55:50

Viriathus
Guest

Re: Load new map

Hello

this is reported by the following C: \ Users \ Mirek \ Quake \ Quake \ glquake.exe - heapsize 48000 -game marcher + map marcher + skill 0 specifited in the Target box is not valid.Make sure the path and file name are correct.

Thanks for your advice

#7 2018-02-03 14:40:54

Icantthinkofanickname
Moderator

Re: Load new map

Hi Viriathus,

are you still having trouble with this? Your last post was a little hard for me to understand, but it sounds like you tried to create a shortcut, and then got the error message

Target box is not valid.Make sure the path and file name are correct.

Is that what happened?

I'm not a Windows user, so I'm not the best person to troubleshoot this, but the problem might be that this:

C: \ Users \ Mirek \ Quake \ Quake \ glquake.exe - heapsize 48000 -game marcher + map marcher + skill 0

has a lot of extra spaces. It should read

C:\Users\Mirek\Quake\Quake\glquake.exe -heapsize 48000 -game marcher +map marcher +skill 0

And you need to be sure you are pointing your shortcut in the right direction (in other words, that that really is the location of your Quake folder).

If this doesn't solve the problem, maybe someone with more knowledge and experience with Windows will have better advice.


Oh, and I second the suggestion to switch to Quakespasm. Even if you get things working for now, you're making things unnecessarily difficult for yourself in the long run by sticking to an outdated engine. I vaguely recall reading that Kinn actually made sure that Marcher could run under Winquake/glquake (which is pretty incredible, given its size and complexity), but you're not going to have much joy with modern releases in general unless you use a modern engine.

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