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== troubleshooting ==
 
== troubleshooting ==
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===innoextract===
 
WARNING:game_data_packager.build:cannot unpack "setup_quake2_quad_damage_2.0.0.3.exe": tool "innoextract" is not installed
 
WARNING:game_data_packager.build:cannot unpack "setup_quake2_quad_damage_2.0.0.3.exe": tool "innoextract" is not installed
  
 
This error doesnt seem to stop anything however it would be interesting to try to do it with innoextract installed.
 
This error doesnt seem to stop anything however it would be interesting to try to do it with innoextract installed.
 
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===coop-or-die===
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You cannot play Quake2 in campaign coop mode on Linux as the original game did not support cooperative campaign mode.  Multiplayer is arena mode only.  The Coop-or-die mod is not linux compatible and is a broken POS anyway so don't waste time trying to enable it.
  
  

Latest revision as of 11:04, 9 November 2019

If you have the full version of quake2 on disc, or network drive...

STEP #1 - Install quake2 wrapper for Linux from repository

apt install quake2

STEP #2 - Copy your full version files from source to the following path:

mkdir ~/games
mkdir ~/games/quake2
cp quake2/* ~/games/quake2

STEP #3 - use game-data-packager to build and install the data packages for Quake 2

game-data-packager -i quake2 ~/games/quake2

It is important that you see the following message if you are trying to go with the full version of Quake2 that you already own:

INFO:game_data_packager.build:will not produce "quake2-demo-data" because we have the full version "quake2-full-data"

If you don't see this message then you will end up with the demo game only.

STEP #4 - launch quake2 from the cinnamon games menu

troubleshooting

innoextract

WARNING:game_data_packager.build:cannot unpack "setup_quake2_quad_damage_2.0.0.3.exe": tool "innoextract" is not installed

This error doesnt seem to stop anything however it would be interesting to try to do it with innoextract installed.

coop-or-die

You cannot play Quake2 in campaign coop mode on Linux as the original game did not support cooperative campaign mode. Multiplayer is arena mode only. The Coop-or-die mod is not linux compatible and is a broken POS anyway so don't waste time trying to enable it.