🚀 go-pugleaf

Walter Meyer wrote:
> 
> hs...@rensselaer.bbt.com (Eric Hsiao) writes:
> 
> >In article <4qsvd3$i...@sjx-ixn5.ix.netcom.com>,
> >Eric Rotbard  <rot...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>I'm a bit disappointed with Quake.  It is evolutionary rather than
> >>revolutionary.  I was expecting a lot more, but its just Doom with polygon
> >>enemies and nicer graphics and better 3D.  There is still very little
> >>interaction with your environment.
> 
> >Actually, it de-evolved in one area...sound support. Whereas Doom supported
> >practically everything, Quake only supports Soundblasters. Maybe they
> >haven't finished the sound engine and release 1.0 will fix this problem.
> 
> >Eric
> 
>  I wouldn't expect that. Most games use sound driver libraries that are bought
>  from another company or were developed over a few years. ID chose to write
>  their own drivers due to the fact that the ones they used in Doom caused
>  a few problems. Cards with hardware SB emulation usually seem to work and
>  i don't think it's ID's fault that these emulations are only 8 bit mono.
> 
>                                 Walter

GUS support will be added in a later version, maybe even in 0.94. Sound
Blaster
Pros and compatibles will have proper stereo support in the next version
as well.
(That last part is DONE, not just to be done.)

	Anyway, remember how many bugs Doom 0.9 had? Its networking code was
completely fucked and it didn't even have serial/modem support.

Craig