SYSNAME := $(shell uname -s)

ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW32,$(SYSNAME)))
HOST_OS = WIN32
TOPDIR := $(shell pwd -W)
else
ifneq (,$(findstring $(SYSNAME),FreeBSD NetBSD OpenBSD))
HOST_OS = UNIX
UNIX = bsd
TOPDIR := $(shell pwd)
else
ifneq (,$(findstring $(SYSNAME),Linux))
HOST_OS = UNIX
UNIX = linux
#UNIX = null
TOPDIR := $(shell pwd)
else
$(error OS type not detected.)
endif
endif
endif


The 'uname -s' is the key here.

I just took that from Tyrquake's Makefile; does it help somehow? If not, I apologize and go back into my corner. 

uname -s returns "Linux" (sic) and I'm on Gentoo. 

I'd have to use a makefile first :-). But thanks anyway, maybe it'll help later. 

I really should have a go at getting a makefile together. Not doing much this weekend, so might get it done. 

Anyway, here's a makefile for fitzquake_sdl_20080705_src. It works for me on fedora 7 , fedora 6 (amd64 -m32), and kindof on FreeBSD. I enjoyed getting my hands dirty with shitty GNU make ;>, though it is a pig. There's a few instructions at the start of the Makefile.

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/uhexen2/fitzquake_sdl_20080705_Makefile.tgz?modtime=1221992319&big_mirror=0

For future releases, there are quite a few little issues with include headers which should probably be sorted out. At the moment, quakedef.h references SDL/SDL.h and net_sdlnet.c refs SDL_net.h *if* -DLINUX.. but they should probably be in the same place.

Building a native 64 bit client works, but dumps core for me:

==================================
#0 0x00000000004328d5 in TexMgr_ReloadImage (glt=0x2aaaabb1b3d0, shirt=32,
pants=208) at gl_texmgr.c:1246
1246 *dst++ = translation[*src++];
(gdb) bt
#0 0x00000000004328d5 in TexMgr_ReloadImage (glt=0x2aaaabb1b3d0, shirt=32,
pants=208) at gl_texmgr.c:1246
#1 0x000000000040eb53 in R_TranslatePlayerSkin (playernum=0) at
gl_rmisc.c:247
#2 0x000000000040ecee in R_TranslateNewPlayerSkin (playernum=0) at
gl_rmisc.c:283
#3 0x000000000042de3a in CL_ParseUpdate (bits=78) at cl_parse.c:412
#4 0x000000000042e9d2 in CL_ParseServerMessage () at cl_parse.c:760
#5 0x000000000042500c in CL_ReadFromServer () at cl_main.c:588
#6 0x00000000004085eb in _Host_Frame (time=0.00600000005) at host.c:689
#7 0x00000000004087a7 in Host_Frame (time=0.00600000005) at host.c:737
#8 0x000000000042684b in main (argc=1, argv=0x7fff85902ed8) at main.c:136
====================================

Under freebsd, for some reason it dumps core without "-nosound", though the codeblocks binary has no problems at all %/ (except lots of trivial include hassles as SDL and GL are in *f-ing* /usr/local by default). I tried messing the the thread flags "sdl-config --cflags" returns, to no avail.

FreeBSD-7.0 bad sound backtrace (my Makefile only)
====================================
Bad system call: 12 (core dumped)
------
0 0x284bd86b in ksem_init () from /lib/libc.so.7
#1 0x284b3229 in sem_init () from /lib/libc.so.7
#2 0x28465d80 in SDL_CreateSemaphore (initial_value=0) at ./src/thread/pthread/SDL_syssem.c:47
#3 0x2841e722 in SDL_CreateThread (fn=0x28415f90 <SDL_RunAudio>, data=0x2ba20180)
at ./src/thread/SDL_thread.c:235
#4 0x28415a6a in SDL_OpenAudio (desired=0xbfbfe790, obtained=0xbfbfe778)
at ./src/audio/SDL_audio.c:555
#5 0x08093b08 in SNDDMA_Init () at snd_sdl.c:64 

is the problem with GNU make? 

Enforcing the use of tabs instead of spaces is very cobol-ish. And having to learn a whole scripting language for a specific task is a pain.

Makefiles are pretty cool though. Minor update here:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/uhexen2/fitzquake_sdl_20080705_Makefile.tgz 

Does anyone know if FitzQuake takes advantage of an arbitrary number of TMUs, or if its behavior regarding them is configurable? 

fitzquake uses 2 texture units if it detects the sgis_multitexture or arb_multitexture extensions, and if not it only uses 1 texture unit.

rewriting the codepaths to use an arbitrary number would be cool, but would take some redesign of the rendering to keep it from being a crazy mess of special cases. There are already like 4-6 codepaths in some spots :P 

Woooohooo! Thanks for the Makefile! [: 

I had a go at making a command-line parser for *nix versions of Hammer of Thyrion (Hexen2). It could probably be ported to any Linux version of Quake with a little effort. There's more notes in this tarball, but basically it catches mis-spelt options, allows for "+map e1m1" type args, and prints a comprehensive help message (listing all options) when desired.

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/uhexen2/HoT_syntax_checking_patch_v5.tgz?use_mirror=osdn
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/uhexen2/HoT_syntax_checking_patch_v5%2Bbinary.tgz?use_mirror= 

I compiled it via codeblocks (ubuntu linux)
made sure to open build options and put LINUX in the #defines

I dloaded the shareware version of quake. from a dosgames site. and just put the executable in the same dir as QUAKE.EXE
it didn't want load anything at first so I ran a cmd to lowercase every file and directory.
it then found the id1/pak0.pak file and tried loading stuff out of it but spewed out a huge list of "cannot load textures/x.duh" and then seg faults
and I don't get my mouse back either so I have to ctrl-alt-backspace X
I think I've run into some sort of upper/lowercase monster that I'm sure someone has already solved.

./fitzquake -nosound -heapsize 512000 -window

heapsize I'm sure is overkill (I tried default still seg's)
any ideas? 

give me the link to where you dled that shareware quake version? 

I ended up dloading tyrquake and compiling that.
it worked out really well.
That's the link to the shareware site. Was playing it in dosbox :)
http://www.dosgamesarchive.com/download/game/12 

I actually got fitzquake to load up but I have to remove the .dem files so the engine doesn't start right away. as soon as I attempt a New game or a demo runs it falls over. I'd rather use fitzquake(SDL ver) than tyrquake since I dev SDL stuff cross platform and I'm looking to learn more about building/designing 3D engines and fitzquake seems a perfect place to start.

Cheers, xpatch 

I'll have a look, thanks for the link. 

mouse aiming suddenly does not seem to work correctly in 1152x864. switched to 1280x1024 then it worked. 

after switching to 1280x1024 the hud disappeared and then it suddenly crashed to desktop. And the mouse on Desktop did not work XD 

hmm seems to be a problem with fullscreen rez. Works perfect with -window.
gfx: 7200gs
Ubuntu 8.10
compiz disbled 

add to the readme that id1 and paks have to be lower case. 

thanks 

So where do I go to read how to actually use the program? 

I opened 4 fitz windows for fun on my new (dualcore) PC and let the demos run. 2 windows closed after a short time with "Cache_MakeLRU: active link". 

That's the same error people have seen on windows... once I get busy on Fitz .85, I'll try to track that one down. 

Totally the same error I have - a bit annoying with the random crashes (runs fine otherwise).