I came across Quakeworld 2.40 for OS/2 on Hobbes this month, and after a couple of evenings
of fragging people from far and wide, I have to say, it is rather a lot of fun.
To run the server you'll also need to get qwsv230.zip (ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/quakeworld/qwsv230.zip) from ID Software (http://www.idsoftware.com) (their server is pretty busy) and a sample server.cfg (http://www.atomicage.com/quake/server/server_cfg/) file.
Unzip everything and copy cwcl.exe and qwsv.exe to your QUAKE directory. Unzip the QWSV230.ZIP package with the -dir option to preserve directories into your QUAKE directory. This will create a QW subdirectory. Copy the server.cfg file into the QW directory.
connect 123.123.123.123
to connect to the server where 123.123.123.123 is the IP address of the server you selected. Some IP addresses also have a :12345 number after them, be sure to enter that as well as it specifies the TCP/IP port that the game server is running on. After a moment you should see a "Connected" message.
You can now hit the ` key (at the top left of your keyboard) to get rid of the console screen and you should be ready to play. If you find you can't pick up any weapons or shoot, you are in as an observer. I'm not entirely up on everything yet, but it seems on some servers you need to join a team to play. In my case, I just tried another server until it let me play without any extra steps.
A word of advice, learn to use the mouse to aim, left click to shoot, right click to walk, and hold the Shift key down so that you run. The more you move, the harder it is for others to shoot you. If you try to play just using the keyboard you will get fragged constantly.
COMMANDS - List available commands on the server.
DISCONNECT - Disconnect from this server.
CONNECT 123.123.123.123:12345 - Connect to server.
QUIT - Quit Quakeworld, press Y to confirm.
Anything you type at the console that isn't a command will be broadcast as a message to all other players within the game. Fortunately, when people start seeing command-like messages on their console, they'll ask you what you're doing and offer to help.
There's also online help available by pressing F1, but it isn't too helpful. You'll do much better with the text documentation in the Quake directory.
Other setup commands for screen size, sound level and key bindings are available through the main menus by pressing the Esc key. Hit Esc again to leave the menus. A word of warning, use the T key to test video modes for 5 seconds in the video mode selection screen before you select one with Enter. Most of the modes didn't work on my system and you don't want to be trying to find a mode that works blind.
The only problem I had while playing is that sometimes it would think the Alt key was stuck down and only let
me go left or right rather than turning. Touching each Alt key once fixed this up. The author is continuing
to update it to get the bugs out, although I didn't have any other problems while running it if you don't count a little motion
sickness after playing for about an hour on a 19" monitor. There is also an X version which I didn't try, the author
describes it as "very slow." Now go, have fun!
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