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Animate Quake2 Characters On Your Desktop

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the face-it-you're-not-exactly-finding-aliens dept.

Ant points to the new release of amor, called: amorMD2, "Amusing Misuse of Resources -- MD2 edition, which "reads Quake 2 character files and makes them dance around your desktop for your amusement. It will run on any Posix system which has KDE/Qt installed (ie, most Linux distros, BSD's, etc)."

97 comments

  1. root will not like this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    But he may like it better than the unsolvable geometric algorithm I used to slow down the server before.

  2. Site already down by strictnein · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No replies yet and the site is already down.

    Is that a new record?

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    1. Re:Site already down by pos · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, it means that people actually tried to visit the site before posting.

      That's definitly a record.
      -pos

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  3. Re:Aww shit by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 0

    Sorry about that. I don't think I got the ST:TNG Borg reference right either...

    Bad day for FPs...

    Dancin Santa

  4. next steps by yawnmoth · · Score: 5, Funny

    i suppose the next step will be to make the dancing be interactive? before you know it, we'll have a game on our hands!

    1. Re:next steps by ThatComputerGuy · · Score: 2, Funny

      Perhaps eventually we'll be able to position our mouse pointer over them and click, to simulate some sort of gunfire when you want them out of your way!

      Oh, wait..

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    2. Re:next steps by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Maybe they could be set up to dance to music or something. Or there's always Dance Dance Revolution. Someone is already working on a linux clone at:

      http://clickass.org/~tgz/pyddr/

      Maybe he'd incorporate it into his game?

    3. Re:next steps by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Talk about hard drive fragmentation ;-) This is nice. I'm camping the Quad...approach at your peril ;-)

  5. I don't think this was a good idea. by gpinzone · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now when I try to delete files, they fight back! Damn, now I gotta practice my railgun skillz.

    1. Re:I don't think this was a good idea. by Steveftoth · · Score: 2, Interesting

      What about the version of doom that represented processes as enemys? Kill a marine and emacs dies! Kill the Baron and init dies!

    2. Re:I don't think this was a good idea. by photon_chac · · Score: 1

      en.. it'll be a problem when your init dies. It's not a boss , it's your lord.

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  6. Move over... by AntiChristX · · Score: 0

    Move over Bargain Buddy... it's Sarge!

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  7. good start, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Now if I can only figure out to get it to not only dance the characters around, but also play those "hot" female death sounds.

    Hey, its lonely today!

  8. Now if they can get Lara Croft... by night_flyer · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...to do a lap dance Ill be set!

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    1. Re:Now if they can get Lara Croft... by cornflux · · Score: 2, Funny
      Did you mean laptop dance?

      Yuk, yuk, yuk... :)

    2. Re:Now if they can get Lara Croft... by colindb · · Score: 1

      Of course, you can't be Quake II's crackwhore model. I will definately have to give that a try when I get home this evening. :)

      Colin
      leet translations served with a smile

    3. Re:Now if they can get Lara Croft... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That's the first thing I did :)

      crackhor works but her skin is kind of funky, and
      i don't see where to change it.

      She does do her famous taunt (kinda like a lap dance).

      amorMD2 seems to only work if you're using the
      KDE window manager. It was fun, but it's back
      to fvwm for me.

  9. /. Already by rootmonkey · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here is cached google page.

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    1. Re:/. Already by servanya · · Score: 0

      [i]Your search - cache:1aWGHPeJ29QC:freshmeat.net/redir/amor/21972/ url_homepage/ /amorMD2/ - did not match any documents[/i]

      Jesus - and you got +4 for that? Grrrr

  10. what *kind* of dancing? by Em+Emalb · · Score: 2

    Is it the 5th grade dance hall shuffle you did? Or is it the sexy-stripper-on-a-pole-get-your-$20-out style?

    Geeks wanna know!

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    1. Re:what *kind* of dancing? by FauxPasIII · · Score: 1

      > Or is it the sexy-stripper-on-a-pole-get-your-$20-out style?

      Dude, you pay $20 for a pole dance? I think the strip clubs must have you on a special list.

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  11. Win Port? by FortKnox · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Seeing as I'd have the most fun having these guys dance around while I'm at work, I must ask when a possible WinPort is available (I can't change my work OS, so don't bother asking why)? I'd read the site, but it got bombed in like 2 seconds of the posting.

    Also, isn't Q2 a touch old now? Do people make skins and stuff for Q2 anymore?

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    1. Re:Win Port? by smak · · Score: 1

      Also, isn't Q2 a touch old now?

      Certainly not. Q2 still has a fairly large community, including competitions, leagues, mods and all sorts. I have a medically certified addiction to q2, so i should know :)

      see http://www.savageuniverse.com for more.

    2. Re:Win Port? by Bender+Unit+22 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Also, isn't Q2 a touch old now? Do people make skins and stuff for Q2 anymore?

      Sure they do, I have been playing Q2 for an hour today wearing nothing but a thong and a small bra, blasting people with my rocked launcher.

      I guess I should mention that the clothing I am reffering to IS the Q2 skin. :-)

    3. Re:Win Port? by jfaulken · · Score: 1

      What you REALLY need is for someone to extend the existing Agents API that's used for Office Assistants. I'd be a lot happier looking at the little bastards if they looked like Lara Croft. :)

    4. Re:Win Port? by Juggle · · Score: 1

      Well of course it's the clothing of your skin...

      Everyone knows Q2 is best when played completely naked.

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    5. Re:Win Port? by npietraniec · · Score: 1

      Do people make skins and stuff for Q2 anymore?

      They don't need to, because every possible skin you can think of has already been made. I remember downloading over a gig of skins once a few years ago, and I didn't even scratch the surface...

    6. Re:Win Port? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Well, I don't know if I could control my rocket it I did that ;-)

  12. Yep, da ol Slashdottin' by Craka · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Files are Here if you'd like them.

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    1. Re:Yep, da ol Slashdottin' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Are you guys kidding me? Mod this down, it's a fucking troll. The Freshmeat entry in no way allows one to download the files, it's just a bunch of links. My god, you people are idiots.

  13. Bad Kitty. by jacks0n · · Score: 1

    I have visions of "Neko" with a railgun....

    I am not amused.

  14. no thanks by asv108 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I will stick with my girlfriend for Valentine's day.

    1. Re:no thanks by Rob+Kaper · · Score: 2

      I couldn't resist checking, but the free download (demo?) installs and runs under Wine.. it definitely doesn't look perfect, but hey, it's better than not having a girlfriend at all. ;-)

    2. Re:no thanks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      holy shit

      We need somebody to port this to Linux.

  15. The AMOR project's URL... by ThomasMis · · Score: 1



    http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~mjones/amor/index. html

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  16. Sheep by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Any chance they would shoot the sheep which are runing around my desktop at the moment ?

  17. It's the better alternative by PowerTroll+5000 · · Score: 0

    I'd rather have any character from Quake 2 on my desktop than Clippy the Paperclip!

    Now all my job has to do is ditch Windows 2000 and install Linux...

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    1. Re:It's the better alternative by jweatherley · · Score: 1

      Surely you want the Quake 2 characters and Clippy on the desktop at the same time? Let the Q2 mothers tear that paperclip to pieces!

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  18. Also by rootmonkey · · Score: 2, Informative

    Also here

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  19. Now, where can I get a Quake2 MSOfficeAssistant? by immanis · · Score: 5, Funny

    "It looks like you're trying to frag someone."

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  20. Freshmeat Link by Multiple+Sanchez · · Score: 2

    I don't know where the project's homepage has disappeared to, but here's amorMD2's home on Freshmeat.

  21. MD2? by potcrackpot · · Score: 0
    if amor stands for Amusing Misuse Of Resources, what does MD2 stand for?

    Must Do 2? Magic Dust 2? or "Mate? Excuse me? Can you think of a good anacronym for our Desktop application? It's the sequel by the way..."

    1. Re:MD2? by ZaMoose · · Score: 3, Informative

      MD2 is the Quake2 model format.

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    2. Re:MD2? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If I ever meet you, I&nbsp WILL&nbsp KICK&nbsp YOUR&nbsp ASS!!!

    3. Re:MD2? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Ohhhhkay. Did we skip the morning meds today?

      I think this image applies to this particular case...

    4. Re:MD2? by Juggle · · Score: 1

      Nahhh, but miss that afternoon dose and watch out!

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  22. Nude models? by RESPAWN · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, I guess it will finally be time to go out and download those nude models that my friends were talking about. This certainly is incentive enough for me. =P



    -- Posting without karma bonus due to the relative lewdness of my comment

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  23. clippy replacement? by 4im · · Score: 2

    Sounds like a fun replacement for #$%^& clippy (for those unlucky guys that still have to deal with M$ and don't even get to choose _not_ to have that productivity killer installed)

    1. Re:clippy replacement? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      don't even get to choose _not_ to have that productivity killer installed

      If you haven't figured out how to disable the paperclip then you have a lot more to worry about than productivity.

    2. Re:clippy replacement? by Andrewkov · · Score: 1

      Actually, that's a cool idea .. All the "themes" of clippy (the dog, einstien, etc) are all annoyingly stupid. Quake monsters or stripping girls would be much better!! I might even leave it turned on instead of disabling it!

  24. Can't read the article... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Amusing Misuse of Resources

    Could this term also describe the slashdot effect?

  25. The Down Side by DeadBugs · · Score: 2

    I remember playing Quake2 online against a friend of mine and he was using a skin called "Crack Whore" not something I want to see dancing on my screen.

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    1. Re:The Down Side by pizen · · Score: 1

      Crack Whore was one of the funniest Q2 skins. I know some guys who had fun making screenshots combining the positions Crack Whore died in with the taunts of other models. Wow, work is boring today.

  26. Link on apps.kde.com by Karma+Sucks · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yeah, I saw this one. Definitely a keeper. Since the site is down, check out the apps.kde.com info page. It has screenshots and all.

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  27. BwaDOOM! Take that Stupid AOL Icons... by WyldOne · · Score: 2

    Now if they would only go after the other annoying bits in my computer...

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    1. Re:BwaDOOM! Take that Stupid AOL Icons... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Bah, sin(666 * PI/180)... Noone calculates sine based on degrees....

    2. Re:BwaDOOM! Take that Stupid AOL Icons... by WyldOne · · Score: 1

      Yeah, but lots of degrees in Hell(tm) ;)

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  28. Virtual Pets? by shymog · · Score: 1

    Ooo. Dancing Q2 models. Soon we'll have to feed them, play with them, punish them, and clean up their little piles of crap, or they'll revolt and take over the desktop.

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    1. Re:Virtual Pets? by matrix29 · · Score: 1

      Ooo. Dancing Q2 models. Soon we'll have to feed them, play with them, punish them, and clean up their little piles of crap, or they'll revolt and take over the desktop.

      Dread the thought of a crap-firing railgun now before it becomes reality.

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  29. drinkin'? by spottedkangaroo · · Score: 1

    So I'm thinkin' most of the /. crew went drinkin' to celebrate cmdrtaco's new news?

    Cuz the articles got pretty thin after that... and this was ... well, thinest yet. :)

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  30. Mac OS X? by jaysones · · Score: 1

    Can this be easily ported to Mac OS X? I have no idea about the technical aspects of that, but I see it will run on BSDs, and, from what I understand, Mac OS X is a relative of those.

  31. Perfomance Cost by Packet+Fish · · Score: 1

    Lets see, i can lose cpu performance to make things dance on my desktop with this thing...

    or i can lose brain perfomance by maken 'em dance the ol' fashioned way... ;-)

  32. Re:Now, where can I get a Quake2 MSOfficeAssistant by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Not any more--Clippy is dead! Woohoo!

  33. It doesn't work for me... by npietraniec · · Score: 1

    I get half of a model... The right half is invisible, chopped right down the center.

    bummer... Is there a bugzilla.amorMD2.org?

    1. Re:It doesn't work for me... by robottwo · · Score: 1

      Doh!

      I am using an ATI Radeon for development. Can you send me some information about your hardware and config? danny@2robots.com

    2. Re:It doesn't work for me... by KodaK · · Score: 1

      Obviously, I'm not the parent poster, but I get the same thing if I try the RPM install.

      HW: Duron 800 w/ 512MB, Geforce2MX (latest
      drivers) Mandrake 8.1.

      I installed from source and when I tried to run all I got was a dialog "Unable to open homerrc" or something like that.

      I'm *supposed* to be putting together my girlfriends Valentines day present, when I'm done I'll delve into the source and let you know if I can figure anything else. I'll also hunt down your email address so I don't have to post to /. more than I have to. :)

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    3. Re:It doesn't work for me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      your program is gay as fuck and you are an amateurish programmer

  34. Sorry Guys by robottwo · · Score: 2, Informative

    Sorry guys, I was playing around with my Apache config -- believe it or not, the site going down for a few minutes had nothing to do with slashdot (actually, I didn't know it was posted there until a few minutes ago).

    This Ant guy has been running around the web posting amorMD2 to every software index site around. Thanks, I think ;)

  35. No. Quartz/Aqua != X11 by yerricde · · Score: 1

    Can this be easily ported to Mac OS X? I have no idea about the technical aspects of that, but I see it will run on BSDs

    No. Mac OS X and FreeBSD use completely different GUI architectures. Mac OS X uses Quartz/Aqua, whereas FreeBSD uses X11/KDE. Unless you can get rootless X on top of Aqua and you can make amor md2 run in rootless X, the answer is no.

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  36. Here goes my Karma by Razzious · · Score: 3, Funny

    But Dammit the joke is worth it...

    Can anyone post a Mirror of this in a WINDOWS version?

    /duck

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    1. Re:Here goes my Karma by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

      Well, I can't get to the site right now, But I'd be fairly sure that you can compile it under cygwin and XFree.

      For those who don't know, cygwin is an adaptation layer for POSIX programs to run under windows. And XFree has already been ported.

      Most apps compile reasonably easily. I use window maker as my wm for example.

  37. This would be cool if.. by RatBastard · · Score: 1

    it was a closed-source Windows program! *rimshot*

    Really. I'd like to see something like this for Windows (yeah, I'm a heathen, deal with it).

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  38. Yes! by megaduck · · Score: 2

    Unless you can get rootless X on top of Aqua and you can make amor md2 run in rootless X, the answer is no.



    True, but you can run rootless X alongside Aqua and they coexist quite peacefully. Heck, I'm doing it right now. I don't know about porting amor md2, but since OS X is an honest-to-god BSD it shouldn't be that hard. One of OS X's big selling points is the easy porting of *nix software.

    If you're interested in running X11 apps on OS X, check out the XDarwin project. Here's some screenshots. Very cool stuff.

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  39. If I ever meept ben franklin, I will kick his goat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    hmmmm...
    Is submitting spurious bug reports to OS projects considered 'l33t trolling?

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  40. Congratulations! YBHT! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Gee, first time reading below (score: 1), eh mate?

  41. Re:Now, where can I get a Quake2 MSOfficeAssistant by YourMissionForToday · · Score: 0
    This is true, but rather pedantic. How about making it a bit more concise?

    Eagerly awaiting version 2.

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  42. ...sorta On Topic by SubtleNuance · · Score: 2

    Have a look at this guy:

    Home Simpson Doll

    and the linux SW to run it!

    Now, THATS cool.

    1. Re:...sorta On Topic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Is there a "good/evil" switch on the back?

  43. Perhaps, some day... by ColGraff · · Score: 2

    These characters could be integrated into a fully 3-d environment, and used as monsters in a game. The player would navigate this environment from a "first-person" perspective, and try to shoot the monsters. Who's with me on this?

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  44. Rail Clippy! by eimaj · · Score: 1

    Hrm, if this is a Qt app, it should be easy to port to Windows, then you could have your Q2 character fire a rail slug through Clippy whenever he pops up!

    1. Re:Rail Clippy! by BlastQuake · · Score: 1

      Can someone indeed port this to Windows? Stuck with win98se for my gaming, and although I never see clippy (never use office), would be great to have another timewaster on the screen while I'm playing Diablo2 or mudding :).

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  45. Re:Now, where can I get a Quake2 MSOfficeAssistant by sean23007 · · Score: 2

    just about as soon as you can get the MSOfficeAssistant on KDE. As far as I know, Microsoft still hasn't released Office for Linux, though I could be wrong.

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  46. Re:Now, where can I get a Quake2 MSOfficeAssistant by SilentChris · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Would you like help in fragging someone?

    0 Railgun
    0 Rocket Launcher
    0 Shotgun
    0 Please tell me how to turn this feature off"

  47. Re:Waylon Jennings. DEAD. by Gordonjcp · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Fsck me! He's right, y'know!

    Still (-1, Offtopic) nevertheless....

  48. Kick the purple monkeys ASS . .. by jgaynor · · Score: 2

    Forget all your problems with clippy -

    someone should port this to win32 with a plugin that lets it fsck up the purple monkey. I know quite a few NetAdmins who would pay to be rid of that damn thing.