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ballslvr04 Jan 12, 2021 @ 9:40pm
a problem i"ve had with quakespasm
i'm new to quake and tried to run quake spasm but as soon as a choose a new game it says something like loading protocol 666 then it crashes
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nuclearballs1 Jan 12, 2021 @ 11:32pm 
I've found 2 situations that prevent Quakespasm from working. If you have the file opengl32.dll in the same folder as Quakespasm, this file needs to be moved or deleted. Installing the directx_Jun2010_redistributable pack, solved a different Quakespasm problem for me. My operating system is Windows 7 Pro. These "fixes" may, or may not work on other platforms.
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UmbralPenumbra Jan 18, 2021 @ 12:34am 
I can't remember having any problems on Windows 7 Ultimate but if you're on Windows 10 you're probably gonna have issues, Win10 doesn't seem to like old games very much
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nuclearballs1 Jan 18, 2021 @ 10:08am 
The general rule of thumb, and various programs is, the newest Windows operating system at the time of the most recent version, is usually the best choice. Second best is probably going to be the previous operating system.

So for example, the DirectQ most recent version came out at the tail end of Windows 7, and just before Windows 8. So 7 should be the best choice, and Vista the second best choice. On another site, I asked if anyone had tried DirectQ on 8 or 10. The answer was that DirectQ did work on these newer operating systems.

I've already mentioned that DirectQ 1.8.666 is unique. This older version of DirectQ, is the only Quake 1 engine that works with my new map as both a dedicated server, and supports the Omicron bots. Since the map is very large, trying to play with any less than 8 - 10 players, is futile. Adding bots, fills in this gap nicely.

Since Quakespasm and Spiked, have very recent development, they would be the best choice for the newest Windows operating systems. I have only experimented with Windows 7, and XP Pro. So these are the only ones I can personally attest to. There are frequently workarounds in problems with 8 and 10. So if anyone here, does have specific issues, they should bring this up in a new thread, problem fixed, or not.
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