XQF 0.9.6f beta
(Januaray 21, 2001)
DESCRIPTION
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XQF is Quake/QuakeWorld/Quake2/Quake3 server browser and launcher for X11.
It uses the GTK+ (http://www.gimp.org/gtk) toolkit.
XQF is a front-end to QStat, a program by Steve Jankowski.
Development platform: Debian/Linux (glibc2.1), XFree86 3.3.6, GTK+ 1.2.7.
Features:
- Supports Quake, QuakeWorld, Quake2, Quake3: Arena, Hexen2, HexenWorld,
Sin, Half-Life, Kingpin, Heretic2, Unreal Tournament,
Soldier of Fortune
- Uses QStat to communicate with masters/servers
- Supports (unauthenticated) Gamespy style master servers using QStat 2.4a
- Displays server rules and player info
- Players and servers sorting
- Favorite servers list
- Simple filtering for servers
- Player Filter (Buddy Lists)
- Player name, color, skin and model selection
- QuakeWorld skin visualization with coloring
- Custom configs
- Decodes and displays extended bit-field server flags (dmfalgs,
teamplay, etc...)
- Remote server administration tool (rcon) for QuakeWorld, HexenWorld,
Quake2, Quake3: Arena, Half-Life, Sin, Kingpin, Heretic2 servers
REQUIREMENTS
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- A UNIX computer and C compiler (gcc)
- X11 (X Window System)
- GTK+ 1.2.5+ http://www.gtk.org
- QStat 2.4a http://www.activesw.com/people/steve/qstat.html
- [Optionally] wget ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/ to retrieve server
listings from the Web
- [Optionally] gzip http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/gzip.html
or bzip2 http://www.muraroa.demon.co.uk/ for data file compression
COMPILATION
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Untar the xqf-X.X.XX.tar.gz archive, change directory to xqf-X.X.XX,
./configure
make
To install the binary become root if necessary and run "make install".
USAGE
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QStat 2.4a is required. It must be in your $PATH.
Note: Gamespy's master servers use an authentication sequence that is not
supported by QStat 2.4a. This means that you can not query a Gamespy master
using QStat and XQF. The Unreal Tournament master server at Epic also
uses a Gamespy style master server but does not require authentication.
This means that you can query Epic's UT master server using:
gmaster://unreal.epicgames.com:28900
Please see the QStat documentation for more information on the types of
master servers.
QStat home page is http://www.activesw.com/people/steve/qstat.html
Server list navigation:
- Left double-click launches game on selected server.
- Right click pops up server option menu.
- Middle click selects one server and refreshes its information.
XQF can be customized via GTK's rc files. XQF parses files
/etc/gtkrc, $HOME/.gtkrc, $HOME/.qf/gtkrc.
When adding a master server, the following prefixes are support:
master:// (regular master server)
gmaster:// (Gamespy style master server)
http:// (html page containing list)
Not specifying a prefix will default to master://
Please send bug reports or suggestions to roma@botik.ru
QUAKE 3 ARENA SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS (AKA HACK)
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In Q3A, clients and servers can only talk with each other
if they are using the same protocol. The protocol in Q3A
is defined by a number. So, for instance, Q3A 1.17 uses
protocol 45 wile 1.27 uses protocol 48. During the switch-
over time after ID releases a new point release, it can be
frustrating to not be able to connect to any server one wants.
However, if you have lots of disk space, it is possible to
get around this problem.
I (Bill 'EvilBill' Adams) will outline what I did to get it
so I can play both 1.17 and 1.27 Q3A games without much fuss.
For reference, my Q3A is installed under /usr/local/games/...
and I have a symlink from /usr/local/bin/quake3 to ../games/quake3/quake3.
(1) Rename /usr/local/games/quake3 (as I used to have it) to
/usr/local/games/quake3-1.17.
(2) mkdir /usr/local/games/quake3; cd /usr/local/games/quake3
(3) cp -Rav ../quake3-1.17 .
(4) Install the point release, copy all of the TA pk3 files into
baseq3. Remove any old mods from 1.17.
(5) cd..; mv quake3 quake3-1.27
(6) Edit both of the quake3 scripts so the directories all match, here is
the script I use for 1.17: (/usr/local/games/quake3-1.17/quake3)
==begin==
#!/bin/sh
# Needed to make symlinks/shortcuts work.
# Run Quake III with some default arguments
LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/games/quake3-1.17"
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
cd "/usr/local/games/quake3-1.17"
quake="./quake3.x86"
"$quake" +set in_dgamouse 1 $*
exit $? ==cut==
(7) [as root], cd into /usr/local/bin. Make symlinks for each of the
Q3A directories that correspond to the protocol each uses. So:
ln -s ../games/quake3-1.17 quake3proto45
ln -s ../games/quake3-1.27 quake3proto48
ln -s ../games/quake3-1.27 quake3
Note the last one is there as the default.
(8) Get a very (CVS) recent version of xqf. You will need >=0.9.6e-beta.
Set up the executable for quake3 such that it is the FULL path to
quake3, in my case I entered /usr/local/bin/quake3. This is VERY important
because of the hack I used where I put 'protoNN' on the end of whatever
you entered for the program and see if xqf can fopen it. Without the full
path, chances are that xqf will not find it.
If you have problems, run xqf with "-d 5" on the command line. This
will give you some hints as to that which it is looking.
AVAILABILITY
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http://www.linuxgames.com/xqf/
ftp://ftp.linuxgames.com/pub/xqf/
COPYRIGHT
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XQF is Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Roman Pozlevich <roma@botik.ru>
Copying is allowed under the terms of GNU General Public License.
See the file COPYING for more details.
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Roman Pozlevich <roma@botik.ru>
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