Easily install and launch Quake maps with the cross-platform Differences
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| ===== Quake Injector ===== | ===== Quake Injector ===== | ||
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| - | The Quake Injector is a tool to make downloading, installing and playing custom Quake maps (and singleplayer Quake-style mods) easy and convenient. | + | |
| - | http://www.hauke-rehfeld.de/projects/quakeinjector/ | + | The Quake Injector is a tool to make downloading, installing and playing custom Quake maps (and singleplayer Quake-style mods) easy and convenient. Initially designed by Spirit and written by megaman. |
| - | * Simply pick a map, click install and play | + | * Simply pick a map, click install and play. |
| - | * All the 900+ Quake singleplayer maps from the Quaddicted archive | + | * All the 900+ Quake singleplayer maps from the Quaddicted archive. |
| - | * Filter, sort, browse to find your favourite map with regular expressions | + | * Filter, sort, browse to find your favourite map with regular expressions. |
| - | * Automatically installs dependencies (e.g. [[/reviews/quoth.html|Quoth]]) | + | * Automatically installs dependencies (e.g. [[/reviews/quoth.html|Quoth]]). |
| - | * Cross-Platform (Windows, Linux, MacOS, anywhere Java runs) | + | * Cross-Platform (Windows, Linux, MacOS, anywhere [[http://www.java.com/en/|Java]] runs). Works perfectly with [[http://openjdk.java.net/|OpenJDK]]. |
| - | * Free, Open Source Software, released under the GPL. | + | * [[https://github.com/hrehfeld/QuakeInjector/|Free Open-Source Software]], released under the GPL. |
| - | * Scan your Quake directory for already installed maps | + | * Scan your Quake directory for already installed maps. |
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| + | <WRAP center round download 60%> | ||
| + | [[http://www.haukerehfeld.de/projects/quakeinjector/|Download the Quake Injector (Alpha 2)]] from megaman's site. | ||
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| + | Mirror: [[/files/tools/quakeinjector-alpha2.zip|Download directly from Quaddicted.com]] | ||
| + | </WRAP> | ||
| ==== Filtering ==== | ==== Filtering ==== | ||
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| ==== Known Problems ==== | ==== Known Problems ==== | ||
| - | * On Linux/MacOS and other case-sensitive operating systems you won’t have much joy as there is no engine that can ignore the case of filenames yet. There will be one and it will be a good one, but for now you're pretty much on your own, as a lot of maps were packed with mixed case filenames by the original authors. | + | * On Linux/MacOS and other case-sensitive operating systems there is no engine that can ignore the case of filenames yet. For now you're pretty much on your own, as a lot of maps were packed with mixed case filenames by the original authors. |
| * Most engines cannot run some of the latest and greatest maps, because those maps break the original Quake engine's limits. Using one of the [[quake/recommended_engines]] should be safe. | * Most engines cannot run some of the latest and greatest maps, because those maps break the original Quake engine's limits. Using one of the [[quake/recommended_engines]] should be safe. | ||
| ==== How to report errors or problems ==== | ==== How to report errors or problems ==== | ||
| First please try to determine if it is a problem of the Quake Injector, of the map database or of your engine. | First please try to determine if it is a problem of the Quake Injector, of the map database or of your engine. | ||
| - | * The Quake Injector crashes -> QI bug. Report at https://github.com/hrehfeld/QuakeInjector/issues | + | * The Quake Injector crashes -> Report at https://github.com/hrehfeld/QuakeInjector/issues |
| - | * A map fails installing or nothing happens when you hit the Play button -> Database problem, send a mail to spirit ät quaddicted döt com | + | * A map fails installing or nothing happens when you hit the Play button -> Database problem, send a mail to [[quaddicted.com|Spirit]] |
| - | * Quake crashes, you get stuck in a map, you are dumped to the console -> Most probably an engine problem. But it might be a database problem too. Try one of the [[quake/recommended_engines]] and if the problem persists, mail to spirit ät quaddicted döt com | + | * Quake crashes, you get stuck in a map, you are dumped to the console -> Most probably an engine problem. But it might be a database problem too. Try one of the [[quake/recommended_engines]] and if the problem persists, mail to [[quaddicted.com|Spirit]] |
| Please feel welcome to report any kind of problem and ask any kind of question in the [[/forum/|Forum]]. Be verbose: What operating system do you use, what engine, what map etc. | Please feel welcome to report any kind of problem and ask any kind of question in the [[/forum/|Forum]]. Be verbose: What operating system do you use, what engine, what map etc. | ||