On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 04:43 -0800, Kenneth Porter wrote: > --On Thursday, November 10, 2005 1:32 PM +0200 Gilboa Davara > <gilboada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Try starting quake 4 with > > +set s_driver alsa +set s_alsa_pcm surround51 +set s_numberOfSpeakers 6 > > (Or surround40/20/etc if you have less speakers.) > > I get silence with that, but I get proper weapon sounds once I switch to > OSS. > > BTW, I've played a fair bit of the game in Windows and the saved games > aren't compatible. Any suggestions on how to load the level I'd otherwise > be at and stock up on a comparable amount of ammo and weapons? (I'm about > to take on the Lieutenant.) > > Maybe this will help. (I think it worked in Doom3, but I'm not sure) Copy http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/quake4-files/game100.pk4 to your q4base directory. (It supposed to help connecting to Windows servers; I assume it required to access Windows content.) Gilboa
