Re: [Xqf-developer] Re: Re: XQF Q3 bug fix. (fwd)

[Ludwig N. <lud...@gm...>]

Brian Nunziato wrote:
> Thanks, I appreciate your looking into this.
> 
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Ludwig Nussel wrote:
> >From a developers standpoint it may be better suited in q3_exec. 
> Personally, I liked seeing the mod directory listed in xqf consistently.  I

I prefer to see which servers are broken.

> went back last night and pulled my existing change and rewrote it using
> Glib functions to allocate/manipulate/free the data in q3_exec.  I still
> get the desired results of the fs_game parameter being lowercase.  If you
> are interested in seeing that code, I can send it to you.

Of course.

> [...]

> The way xqf stands today with case variations of the fs_game parameter, you
> wind up with multiple mod subdirectories in ~/.q3a.  As a user, this is a
> pain in the neck.  My q3config.cfg for a mod winds up in multiple
> directories.  I think it would be better if xqf created the fs_game
> parameter consistently. 

I modified xqf to always pass a lowercase string to q3 to see what
happens when connecting to a uppercase server. It loads the mod and
then fails to connect. So I can't see any improvement. The best
thing to do is still to make symlinks from the uppercase directory
to the lowercase one (or the other way around) in /usr/local... and
~/.q3a. Maybe we should mention this in the docu.
 
> Xqf could check if the fs_game parameter exists as a quake3 mod
> subdirectory prior to launching quake3. But, what do you do in in the event
> that you can't find it?

At the moment one can only specify one working directory so it's
impossible to check for the mod in /usr/local/... and ~/.q3a. I plan
to change that sometime. Then it would be possible to check for the
mod and warn the user or give him the hint to make symlinks. (a
newer qstat would be necessary for that)

> I don't have Tribal CTF and went to download it for testing. I found this
> interesting quote on the downloads page.
> 
> * Note for the Mac/Linux download: FilePlanet reports "windows
> installer.zip" but this IS the Mac/Linux zip file! Linux users must be
> aware of the fact that the TribalCTF folder contains capitols. If you're
> having problems, try renaming the folder to tribalctf. This is a known bug
> that will be fixed with the next patch/release.

I guess they have added that after I complained about it ...

> The use of lowercase mod direcory names is an assumtion, based on what I
> have seen.  All of the major mods RA3, OSP, CPMA, TA, Urban Terror,
> Threewave all use lowercase.  Even Tribal CTF is calling it a "known bug"
> and recommend renaming the directory to lowercase.  Potentially, this could
> break some mods. What about adding a note to the quake3 config tab by the
> fs_game option. Something to the extent of making sure all mod
> subdirectories use all lowercase.  Just a thought.  I will apply your patch
> to qstat and see if I can find any other mods that use mixed or uppercase
> in the game name.

Have you tried it? Forcing lowercase should be obsolete with that
patch.

cu
Ludwig

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