New version of Quake (v2.21) available

For those who are interested, there's a new version of Quake available on OS4Depot which fixes some nasty bugs, has some optimizations, triplebuffering, and now works perfectly on Sam440 too.

It runs very nicely in 640x480 on a Sam440, "timedemo demo1" gives around 34-35fps.

@COBRA

Very nice Cobra!

always nice to see an update

Might have to pull out the old Quake Data files in the weekend and give it a whirl!

So wise man stated recently, if we don't use it we lose it... hmmm

@COBRA

I have an error :
ELFP : unknown command

???

@Murakami

On what hardware/OS version?

@COBRA

First of all thanks because it is a pleasure see how fast can run in software mode at 640x480 Quake on my SamEP440 . Then few things that happens here

If i run the game, the first time i get a GR and even pressing ignore the game won't start giving me this error : " Error Can't Load gfx.wad ". Running it a second time, work perfectly .

I get another GR if i try to run the game at 320x240..

All these errors disappear if i rise the stack at 1000000

So rising the stack solve all problems and Hey man at 320x240 the FPS increase a lot !! about 120fps

@ COBRA

I have a MicroA1 (256 Mo) under AmigaOS 4.1.

@COBRA:
Good job :) the game run fine on my SAM440EP...

However, I've noticed that 1280x1024 mode encounter display issue ... display is not stable in this resolution.

@Murakami

I'm a bit puzzled by your problem, because the game was tested on Sam440, Pegasos2 and AmigaOne machines running 4.1. Is there anyone else here with a microA1 who could test? Another question: Do you have all the data files in place, and what filesystem(s) do you use?

@nubechecorre

Nice catch, I have 1000000 stack size by default, so I never encountered the stack problem, I guess I should add a stack cookie to the game to ensure that if the stack it too small it gets enlarged.

@COBRA

Problem solved. It was related to my icon. I switched to a new one and raised the stack.

Wish there was a quakeworld client like fuhquake or ezquake ported for OS4 :D

EDIT: shareware data files are available here:
http://ftp.yi.se/pub/software/fquake/distfiles/nquake/qsw106.zip

@COBRA

So far i have been unable to start quake on my uA1 with os4.0.
I start it from the shell with a stacksize of 1000000. it just gives me a GR

@smf

Any crashlog?

@COBRA

OK here it is:

http://crashlog.os4depot.net/cl120

@smf

According to the crashlog you posted, it seems to be crashing here:

if ((UtilityBase = OpenLibrary("utility.library",36)) == NULL || (LowLevelBase = OpenLibrary("lowlevel.library",36)) == NULL)
Sys_Error("Cannot open utility/lowlevel. OS4.0 required");

So it seems to be a problem with opening either lowlevel.library or utility.library there. Are you sure you have an OS4.0 final system with all the updates correctly installed that were available?

@COBRA

Good job there!

Timedemo demo2

1024x768 14.5 fps

800x600 way faster until a GR appeared.

Is this software render only?

Can it be combined with hardware to see how fast the ATI can run it?

On 5 years old laptop (P4 2.8GHz with ATI mobility 7000 IGP)

1024x768 37 FPS

So not bad at all

@TheDaddy

The game runs fine here at 1024x768 15fps, at 640x480 35fps and at 320x240 110-120 fps

For the hw render we have to wait until the warp3D problem will be fixed

@COBRA

Just tested this with the demo above.
Works great.

Cheers.

@nubechecorre

This is great news, now we need hardware renderer and Quake 2 and 3 sorted out.

Then I would like to be able to run Heretic II, Freespace, Wipeout 2097 and Shogo.

Payback runs already I think

Excellent stuff!

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@COBRA

It should be the latest versions. i must have screwed up something with my system then. I'll try to fix this when i'm home =) thanks

@all

What is the latest versions of utility.library & lowlevel.library for os4.0 ?