Linux Gaming Series: Enemy Territory Quake Wars
Welcome to the second part of the Linux Gaming Series! In this post I will cover one of the best online FPS: Enemy Territory Quake Wars, the successor of Wolfenstein: Enemy territory. W:ET was free for download, for ET:QW however, you'll have to pay. But it's really worth it, and the best of all: There's a native Linux client!
In ETQW it's not about killing, it's not about getting the best score, but It's about teamwork and objectives. And that's why this game is so great!
Installing this game is really easy, and works perfect, because of the native Linux binary. For the complete instructions, click read more.
You'll need the windows DVD before you can install the Linux client, so order the game at your favourite gameshop.
When you have the game, download the Linux installer from here.
Put the DVD in your DVD drive, and start the installer. I simply installed the game in ~/Programs/etqw. I also created a desktop starter and a menu entry.
Well that's it, you can play it now!
Some tips to improve performance
Open a text editor like gedit and add the following into it:
- cg_unlockfps "1"
- cg_unlock_maxfps "200"
- cg_unlock_timingmethod "0"
- r_usesmp "1"
- g_skipintro "1"
Save this file to ~/.etqwcl/sdnet/username/base/autoexec.cfg
This will switch off the FPS lock.
If you have a CPU that has multiple cores, you better use the 'etqw-rthread' binary instead of the default 'etqw' binary (the etqw-rthread binary is located in the same folder as the default binary: where you installed it).
Then open up your autoexec.cfg file again, and add the following lines:
- r_useThreadedRenderer "X"
Where X is the number of cores you have (For Duo core this value is 2, for Quad core this value is 4).
This will let ETQW use the multiple cores better.
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