Well, a couple of quick facts - - 3DRealms has said that something like 84% of the people who bought UT2K4 never went online.....and it was a MP only game. Did they tell Epic? They might like to know. Oops...thanks for the correction! But still, although most people discussing this stuff in interne...

Well, a couple of quick facts - - 3DRealms has said that something like 84% of the people who bought UT2K4 never went online.....and it was a MP only game. - Unless you self distribute (Valve/Steam), publishers foot the bill for development and pay the developer, and in return get's a product at a c...

I would second the suggestion to get a new video card. A newer low end card would cost you under $50, but give a HUGH performance increase. If your time is worth anything, you'd waste more time/money than that trying to get Q3 running on your current card.

apply that last statement to the developer. The last quake game came out SIX YEARS AGO. In six years we get a pretty game with almost no content. I personally would have been completely happy to wait 7 years for a game with the content of say.... unreal tournament to mention one? You do realize tha...

Of all the bitch fests I've read, there is only 1 single item which I think has merit. Most of the griping is because their own system is old, or the game isn't close enough like their preferred game of choice, etc. If you accept that new games means advances and changes, then the only real gripe wh...

They should have ported pro-q3dm6 instead of that 'Very end of you' space level. What were they thinking? And there are numerous other people saying "they should have done map X instead of Y...what were they thinking? Everyone will have their own favorites which they wish had been included ins...

They shouldn't have done any remakes at all! What's the first thing the mod community does with the release of a new game in a series? Remake their favorite maps from the old ones! It's a given that the community favorites will come out anyway, so why waste the efforts of "professional" le...

I take it the OP's mention of a hi-res pack was jokes? Not at all. I have a hi-res texture pack I got from someplace....don't remember where. Obviously, before the hi-res textures will work, you have to have an engine that uses the appropriate format. If you have trouble finding some replacement te...

Where might I find info for leagues or clans that are tailored more towards casual gamers or noobs? Although I'm far from being "noob" (been involved in the Quake community from before Q1 was released ;) ), I don't have very good skills, nor do I have the time to perfect them. But I would ...

RedAlley wrote:Mech CTF would be great... but the maps would have to be huge.

Not necessarily. If you didn't go any higher than 3 on3, and laid things out right. Granted, it would still be rather tight, and not really flowing open, but it could be done I think. Performance on the PC might be tough though.

Why stop at 1 on 1? Why not Mech CTF? Just a thought.

I mean how likely is it going to be to ask id to make drastic changes to their engine, to make it more scalable and get results? Probably not very likely. Part of the point for id is pushing the envelope. Truth be told, I doubt they are building the engine or game for people like you or me who don'...

Foo wrote:
I think Denz rents a single Q4 server instance, rather than an entire hardware server itself.

What's the scoop on renting game servers? Where can I get some info on that?

Just to clarify, for me this isnt about brightness nor is it about reverting to settings which make the game look like as if it could be ran on a game boy, it is for performance and a smoother game experience without having to spend an additional £200+ on computer upgrades. Infact if this command i...

Dukester wrote:Q2 is still chuggin along at Tastyspleen

http://tastyspleen.net

http://tastyspleen.net/quake/servers/list.cgi

Tastyspleen!!??? LOL

Nice name!

Honestly I just wanted a thread that tells it like it is, and the "three quesion" approach seemed like it might give more interesting opinions than any other way I could ask. Working on Q4 (I was a mapper / scripter, single player mostly) - took a lot out of me at a point in life I really...

You bring up a couple of good points, sch1. Now in terms of adjustments for playability, that's a different matter. And you can certainly make these changes to make playing the single player game more tollerable. The comparisons with the Source engine, however, are tough. In the big scheme of things...

Actually, the Q1 and Q2 communities are still going, although not on par with most current games. Europe, Australia and Brazil in particular seem big on them.

Again, not as strong as Q3, CS, etc, but far from dead.

Hey tequila!, I gots ta ask. With the way you set up the intro and the question, it just seemed like there was something specific you were looking to find in the responses. Care to elaborate?

Well, since this is a forum..... ;) After looking at that picture, I can see why it's cheat protected! :icon25: Unless it's possilbe to discern from the browser which games are running this "option", I would prefer it not be allowed. I bought a great looking game in order to play a great l...

I played a tourney game last night, and lost whatever-to-zip. Didn't get a single frag. But I know I suck. :/

Although I had Q2, I didn't have either mission pack, so I got the Special Edition of Q4. We are now really spoiled as gamers. Unless you have an updated Q2 engine and a hi-res texture pack, it's tough to stomach the lack of detail from the Q2 and earlier era. At some point I'll get through those XP...

I think it is mostly CPU, at least for D3/Q4 engine. I turn shadows off as well for my AMD2600, 1.5GB RAM, nVidia 6600 w/256. I can go from 800x600 to 1024x768 without significant change in FPS. The D3 engine, even moreso than any of the previous id based engines, really requires some config tweakin...

riddla wrote:here we go, and add a CTF blue to this variation and a few bright colors and voila.

I think riddla hit the nail on the head! :icon31:

Ahh, they have to upgrade with the times. Also, different types of units may have different loads of weapons, so that doesn't bug me any. Now off hand, I do think they could have at least tried to keep a little of the architectural style. Granted, you'd give it more detail and such, but Q2 had a def...