# Quake2-GOG-TrackLinker

A bash script for correctly linking the games and music tracks and expansions
within the GOG release of _Quake II: Quad Damage_.

## I don't get it.

Basically, GOG or Bethesda goofed the release of _Quake II: Quad Damage_ a
little bit. On the assumption that many of the tracks are shared between games
(_Quake II: The Reckoning_ includes some tracks from _Quake II_ alongside new
ones, and similarly _Ground Zero_ mixes tracks from the previous expansion with
its own) the GOG release just... tosses the lot into a single folder, and this
has resulted in a few problems, namely that the files are a pain to carry over
into a source port. None of them are going to know which track is which as a
result!

## So what does this do?
This script sets up the appropriate folders within each game's folder and
creates a bunch of symbolic links to the correct OGG files within the music
folder provided by GOG. It's a great deal better than copying the actual files
themselves because that would be a waste of disk space. Yes, I know this is the
age of gods-knows-how-many-terabytes hard drives, but it's the PRINCIPLE of the
thing! >:(

## Okay, so how do I use this?

First thing's first, you'll need to install the following, if you haven't done
so already:
* git
* innoextract

These are usually available in some up-to-date form on your distro's package
manage. Once that's done:

* Since Bethesda doesn't have the basic decency to provide a Linux installer
you'll need to download the sole Windows one and save it somewhere. Preferably
its own folder so that the next few steps don't conflict with its contents.
* In a terminal `cd` to the folder you downloaded the installer to and then run
`innoextract <filename of installer>`. This'll extract and dump everything into
a folder called `app`.
* Install your _Quake II_ source port of choice. I can't help you with this one
because they're all different! D:
* Copy the `baseq2`, `xatrix`, `rogue` and `music` folders into your source
port's folder as per the source port's instructions.
* You may need to rename the OGG files in the `music` folder to remove `Track`
from their names and make sure track numbers lower than 10 have a leading zero
(for example, `02.ogg`, not `2.ogg`)
* `cd` to that source port folder and then run `git clone
https://git.diskseven.com/TrollDecker/Quake2-GOG-TrackLinker.git`
* Now while remaining in the source port's root folder (that means don't move!)
enter `chmod +x Quake2-GOG-TrackLinker/linktracks.sh`. That'll make the script
executable.
* Finally, you can type `Quake2-GOG-TrackLinker/linktracks.sh` to run the
script. Hopefully, all should go well. And if it doesn't... that's not a bridge
that's been crossed yet. :\