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ioquake3 1.36 Goes Gold

Posted by Soulskill on from the can't-we-all-just-get-along dept.

Time Doctor writes "The de-facto standard in Quake 3 engine technology, ioquake3, has hit version 1.36 recently. It includes a garbage bag full of improvements: in-game VOIP; optional external Mumble (voip); OpenAL; IPV6; anaglyph stereo rendering; Full x86-64 architecture support; Rewritten PowerPC JIT compiler, with ppc64 support; new SPARC JIT compiler, with support for both sparc32 and sparc64; improved console command auto-completion; persistent console command history; improved QVM (Quake Virtual Machine) tools; colored terminal output on POSIX operating systems; multiuser support on Windows systems (user-specific game data is stored in their respective Application Data folders); PNG format support for textures. Of course, there are even more fixes for security holes and other bugs in there. So, if you don't like ads and queues in your Quake 3 experience, get a copy of Quake 3 off Steam and copy your data files and key into your ioquake3 directory."

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  1. Re:Steam? by Time+Doctor · · Score: 5, Informative

    The point is that it is the only place I could find to legitimately buy quake 3. Quite a few people I know have lost their Quake 3 disc or key.

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  2. Re:Steam? by Tony+Hoyle · · Score: 5, Informative

    What's wrong with ID software's site? Or for that matter, Amazon, or your local shops (all of which are cheaper than Steam.. Amazon is 1/5th of the price).

  3. Re:Steam? by 4D6963 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not the content, only what ioquake3 replaces. The data files for such games as Doom or Quake are still commercial.

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  4. Re:What, No OSX Support by Time+Doctor · · Score: 4, Informative

    the OS X dmg is a universal binary.

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  5. Why the shot at Quake Live? by sahonen · · Score: 4, Informative

    First off, QuakeLive hasn't had queues in MONTHS. It also has many more players and skill matching to keep games competitive. Seriously, why the shot?

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  6. Re:Steam? by MoogMan · · Score: 4, Informative

    You could always play a derivative game such as the (free) Open Arena or Tremulous

  7. Re:Steam? by Narishma · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, it's called Open Arena.

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  8. Re:Go STEAM yourself ... by bluesatin · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think it's more to do with pricing games differently in different markets.

    There was a huge issue with people buying games from Russia (or getting someone else to and then give them the cd-key) and then registering them on Steam.

    Prices may be like 50% cheaper in Russia I don't know, but Steam decided to crack down on it to allow them to continue selling games to growing markets at a prices the market can afford.

  9. Re:Quake Live? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    We're sorry, but your web browser or operating system is not compatible with QUAKE LIVE. You must be using a combination of the following:

    Windows XP
    Windows Vista

    Firefox 2.0 / 3.0
    Internet Explorer 7 / 8

    Support for Mac & Linux, along with alternative browsers is under development.

    This^