Fun with Q2 on different platforms

[[BTF]Defiant!]

Q2 on Mac

• I recently installed and played on a Mac G5 with a 30" display.  Here is a screenshot.
• notice the wide aspect ratio and the tiny text

Q2 in Java (thus any Java capable platform)

• You can also try the Java version: http://www.bytonic.de/html/jake2_webstart.html  Pretty neat since this means you could play at a coffeeshop without bringing a CD, dongle, or having it up on FTP.
• You do need a baseq2 directory, though the shareware may work

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[plastik]

try posting some stats on how different the performance is, if there is any.

[harryhood]

what the ehll does that mean?

[plastik]

it means what it means, is it good to use, worse, does it require more cpu usage... so far all i know is it is portable, if my inquiry does not apply to the intentions of this post, ignore it.

[ĄƦçɧąɳɠҾԼ]

I have noticed that Q2 runs very well in Linux.

If I set my Q2 resolution to 1280 x 1024 in Windows it's all choppy, but in Linux at that res, it's very smooth.

[magical pig]

I play on a G5 also. dula 1.8 Ghz with 2 gigs of ram. only the 20 inch cinema display tho... 
it rocks, but yeah the text size is a bit small.

still looking for a diff client a la Q2E or advance

[harryhood]

i played the java version and its really really jumpy on my mac... ;0