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 Compiling Quake2Max 0.42 for Linux
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* Get the Quake2Max 0.42 & 0.41 sources files
  (the 0.42 doesn't contain the game directory)
* Unrar the 0.42 somewhere, and add to the extracted directory
  the game/ directory from the 0.41 archive
* Get the patch from http://benoar.free.fr/quake2/quake2max-0.42-linux.diff.gz
  and put it into the Quake2Max directory
* Apply it by going into the Quake2Max directory and doing:
  $ zcat quake2max-0.42-linux.diff.gz | patch -p1
* Go into linux/ and do:
  $ make
* Quake2Max is compiling ... it may take some time
  If you get errors ... bad day for you :(
* Once done, you've got 2 solutions:

  - If you're a classical user, not willing to recompile,
    copy the files 'quake2', 'ref_glx.so' into your Quake2 directory
    and 'gamei386.so' into baseq2/ (theses files are located in the
    debugi386-glibc/ dir, under the linux/ one)
  - Otherwise, if you think you will often recompile, and you
    don't want to mess up your Quake2 directory, link baseq2/
    under the debugi386-glibc/, and just copy the 'gamei386.so'
    into baseq2/

* Still one more step before launching it:
  You must create a file (/etc/quake2.conf) containing
  the path to your Quake2 directory, or just put '.' if your
  current directory is the Quake2 one
* Launch it ... and pray
  I advise you to activate the shaders in the Video menu, Quake2Max
  look far better with them (especially the menu ... which is quite
  ugly first time, without shaders)
* Enjoy !

* For now, there's only a 'debug' version, but it's easy to remove
  debug information (remove -g flag in Makefile)
* Some things may not work :
  - The mouse in the menu doesn't work yet
  - I've only tested the ref_glx.so library, I don't know if it
    works with the lib_gl.so (svga mode ... ??)
  - I don't know the windows version, so I can't say if they're
    quite similar or not
  - My linux distro (Mdk 9.1) works well with it, but maybe not yours
    (I've chosen to link Quake2Max with system's libpng & libjpeg)
  - If it doesn't work at all, try sending me a mail with
    DETAILLED errors (and details about your system, too)

* For information, my system is:
  - Athlon TBird 1GHz
  - 256Mo SDRAM
  - LeadTek GeForce2 Pro 32Mo
  - Mandrake 9.1

* My email is :

  benoar@free.fr

* Thanks to Spaz and all the coders for this great engine mod
  Thanks also go to Max Gilead for his support ... :)


See you soon for a next version ... or bugfix !
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benoar