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Article #75171Re: how do you play quake on xp?
From: Matthew Vaughan
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 00:56
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 00:56
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"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message news:DvSee.58277$hu5.1169@tornado.texas.rr.com... > "Fishy_stink_ho" <gomu2003@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:9bCdnalY995jaO7fRVn-2Q@comcast.com >> compatibility mode ddin't work... > > now is when we say "WinQuake". I can't get Quake.exe, glquake.exe, > qw.exe, qwgl.exe to work in XP Pro SP2. SO, I can run it, and in highest > res, but it isn't very pretty. It is fast tho! > McG. Usually the only problem with getting glquake to run is that you need to delete the opengl.dll that comes in the Quake directory. Since when glquake was written the 3dfx Voodoo Graphics card was the main target, they put a 3dfx-specific opengl file there for the game to use. The game looks there first, then that driver doesn't work with your modern graphics card. Don't know why qwcl wouldn't work, though. I never had any trouble getting it working in XP.
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