Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Linux

[Michael]

The private Linux beta for Enemy Territory: Quake Wars started today! Though id Software has asked not to publish any benchmarks or much beyond the minimum details until later on.

The beta team is very small, but d2kx is also on the list so perhaps he will comment on how ET: Quake Wars compares under Linux and Windows.

More info to come later but feel free to discuss in this thread.

[d2kx]

The beta team is very small, but d2kx is also on the list so perhaps he will comment on how ET: Quake Wars compares under Linux and Windows.

I am going to do that if I'm allowed, but as you can guess, the Windows results will end up much faster than the Linux results (I'm having an AMD Radeon X1900 XT 512).

The Windows client is more or less open and there's no restriction to tell about it, so: I play ET: QW under Windows with all graphic settings set to High and Ultra but without AntiAliasing. Using AA is ok, but... just ok. It was necessary in Beta 1 to use AA so the trees don't look like they're from a five year old game, but they seem to force Transpareny AA or use another method since Beta 2.

I am looking forward to comparing ET: QW once again when the new fglrx driver gets released later this year. That's what I'm really interested in.

[shrewd.user]

how does windows and linux compare with nvidia hardware?

[Michael]

how does windows and linux compare with nvidia hardware?

NVIDIA hardware is roughly the same performance wise.

[d2kx]

Cross your fingers and hope that the new fglrx driver is ready before the ET: QW Linux client launches. The ET: QW Linux client should get released by the time fglrx 8.42 releases.

[disturbedsaint]

Played it 2 days ago for the first time (on windows that is) and I didn't really like it.

Also don't really understand the hype about it, the way it looks, feels an dplays resembles me of the 1st BF (with updated graphics).
IMHO the game is nothing special.

[d2kx]

disturbedsaint,

I didn't like Beta 1, too. I can't say if it was because of the Map, Beta or if I just didn't know how to play. I guess it's a bit from every of these aspects. I loved ET: QW the more I played it. I can't wait for the full game that comes with 12 very different maps!

[Thetargos]

I'll care about this game once I get the hardware to run it... Not that it wouldn't run on what I currently have, but it will certainly not run "decently".

[d2kx]

What hardware do you have?

The performance got better from Beta 1 to Beta 2, and there was another big improvement from Beta 2 to Gold.

Even if you can't play the game with high settings, I would try the demo (Windows demo is out by tomorrow) and look how it does. ET: QW really rocks, and I never played ET or Quake a lot before (but the Battlefield series, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., and most other hit shooters). The better you are, the more fun it is. At first, I never would know what I am supposed to do, after that I was wondering which class I should play etc., but if you know all the classes and how to play, ET: QW is awesome.

[Thetargos]

Currently I'm stuck with an Athlon64 2800+, 1Gb RAM and a GeForce FX 5900, the real bottleneck is the GPU, though by today's standards, I'm both CPU and GPU bound :p

[Raven3x7]

Any news on the linux client? I just got my copy and would like to get it running on linux ASAP. I hate using windows ;)

[d2kx]

The linux client is going to be released very soon. But remember that everyones "very soon" means a different timeframe. I like ET: QW more the more I play it (when being on a server without beginners that make you cry :)). My favourite Campaign is Africa especially with Slipgate and Island, but I haven't played some maps for really long yet.

[Michael]

I imagine the client will be out within a week.

[Raven3x7]

Thanks for the info. I hope AMD gets 8.42out at around that time as well although i dont really have any major probs with 8.41 aside from a distorted watermark in the lower end corner

[Source Of Radiance]

Will a 7600GT OC be able to handle 1280x1024 with decent settings?

[d2kx]

Will a 7600GT OC be able to handle 1280x1024 with decent settings?

It also depends on your CPU, but it could be able to handle middle settings w/o AA. Try the demo client on Windows or the Linux demo once it's out (I guess that there will be one [if yes - very soon]).

[1c3d0g]

You know, I played the multiplayer beta on Windows, and it was a huge disappointment for me. Graphics are horrible (and yes, I cranked everything to max), gameplay sucks and quite frankly, I think id Software lost the edge. Far Cry, a 3 year-old game, looks and acts (as in the bot AI) *much* better than anything id Software released in the last 7 years. With their current plans to introduce Rage, I'm seeing another Doom 3 in the making: 2-3 years late and already surpassed by better games (like the upcoming Far Cry 2, which appears to be similar in nature). Sad, really, as I still want to support id for all the games they've made available on GNU/Linux.

Now I'm just praying to G-d Unreal Tournament 3 will be everything I hoped for...

[David]

Now I'm just praying to G-d Unreal Tournament 3 will be everything I hoped for...

If the stupid thing ever comes out =(

[Michael]

Hopefully ET:QW for Linux will make it out today...

[Thetargos]

Hopefully ET:QW for Linux will make it out today...

Yay! good news for Linux gaming! Now I need to get up to date my rig to play these new games!

[Extreme Coder]

A 'status update' on the Linux versions of ET:QW:

http://community.enemyterritory.com/index.php?q=node/168


Don't know if you've seen this.

[d2kx]

A couple of weeks - wouldn't have expected this. But the client will be running as excellent as it could be, be sure.