Playing on Windows XP

[TheTank20]

What's the best way to get Quake running on Windows XP from the Steam release?

[Jellopie]

Originally posted by Seamus:

Originally posted by Jellopie:

Do you really think an "Intel Celeron 900MHz from an eMachines T1090" is going to be able to run a Windows OS later than XP? It "might" be able to run Vista, but that would be a downgrade from XP anyway.

There's a reason I pointed out that you can get linux running on a 486.

But that didn't answer the question that was asked. That was telling them that they're an idiot for having a PC with XP on it instead of formatting their HDD and installing Linux.

I honestly don't know why someone would still be running a PC with XP on it at this point, and I agree that putting Linux on that machine might be a better use for it. But that wasn't what the OP wanted to know.

Speaking of which, it would be great if TheTank20 could actually chime in on this.

[Seamus]

Originally posted by Jellopie:

That was telling them that they're an idiot for having a PC with XP on it

And where exactly did I say that?

[Jellopie]

Originally posted by Seamus:

Originally posted by Jellopie:

That was telling them that they're an idiot for having a PC with XP on it

And where exactly did I say that?

"Erasing the hard drive and installing linux in its place."

You're telling them to not bother with it, and to completely erase their hard drive and install Linux instead of pursuing this further.

[Seamus]

In other words, I didn't say that.

Glad we cleared that up. Try not attempting to put words in my mouth in the future.

[me (rest in peace rick sanchez)]

he didnt ask for formatting the harddrive and installing a damn linux distro

[Crix]

I think OP may be silently laughing at this silly, prolonged argument.

[UnknownMortis]

Steam does no longer support Windows XP and it's not possible to do so. You will have to get a copy from GoG.

[UnknownMortis]

Originally posted by UnknownMortis:

Steam does no longer support Windows XP and it's not possible to do so. You will have to get a copy from GoG.

There was a way but it go patched and there is a second way , however, can't download any games into it. So as today there is no possibility to make steam run on win xp

[TheTank20]

Originally posted by Jellopie:

Originally posted by Seamus:

Or, people could stop using dead platforms.

There is nothing xp will run that later versions won't so there isn't even the retro pc needing dos support excuse.

Do you really think an "Intel Celeron 900MHz from an eMachines T1090" is going to be able to run a Windows OS later than XP? It "might" be able to run Vista, but that would be a downgrade from XP anyway.

The OP wanted advice on running Quake on XP, not installing a Linux distro, switching to a newer version of Windows, or getting a new PC. They asked a clear question, and they were given answers.

And yeah, while IronWail is fast, I would be amazed if it actually works on a PC that old.

Funny thing, it can technically meet the "Vista Capable" spec if the RAM got upgraded to 512 MB.

Technically =/= practically, of course.

[TheTank20]

Originally posted by Jellopie:

Originally posted by Seamus:

There's a reason I pointed out that you can get linux running on a 486.

But that didn't answer the question that was asked. That was telling them that they're an idiot for having a PC with XP on it instead of formatting their HDD and installing Linux.

I honestly don't know why someone would still be running a PC with XP on it at this point, and I agree that putting Linux on that machine might be a better use for it. But that wasn't what the OP wanted to know.

Speaking of which, it would be great if TheTank20 could actually chime in on this.

Used to be my grandma's PC. Wanted to see how well it can play 3D stuff. Half-Life 2 is an obvious "hell no", Half-Life is iffy, so Quake's the next best thing.

[Seamus]

All the more reason to just nuke the hard drive and put linux on it.

[CZBGR Icepick]

Originally posted by TheTank20:

i don't think an Intel Celeron 900MHz from an eMachines T1090 can handle a modern linux distro

You don't really need the Linux distro unless you need the 64bit Quake.

I've put Quake on mine recently, and I have access to the DOS version, GLQuake, and WinQuake. No problems. Just copy the game files and you're gold.

[Phoenix]

If you're just wanting to play single player, the original GLQuake and Winquake binaries included with the Steam version run just fine on XP. If you can't get Quakespasm working well, those are still viable options.

If you're wanting to play multiplayer you can try nQuake, but you'll need to be able to access quakeservers.net to find a place to play, and make sure port forwarding is configured correctly, assuming the computer can properly access the internet.

As for getting Quake onto the computer, I'm going to assume you know how to transfer files with a USB Flash drive. You'll want to navigate to your steamapps\common\Quake folder whereever you have your Steam installation and copy the entire Quake folder onto the flash drive, then onto the XP system. You won't need the rerelease folder so you can omit that if space is an issue.

Hope that helps.