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Quake3 Demo Test Released
It seems like everyone and their dog wrote in with the news that the Quake 3 Demo Test is now available for download. Win32 only at the moment, although that probably won't stop most of you. Highlights include single player mode with bots (it says here), and a new map. And it does look very pretty.
Looks like the /. effect has kicked in. Or could it just be the q3arena effect?
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 16:44:15 GMT
Server: WebSitePro/2.3.15
WebSite Pro, eh? I'm getting 'Connection Refused' errors at times, though. This does not point to a problem with the web server. It's the OS. We had this problem with NT. The TCP stack is a pile of shit. 3 million hit a day web site had this problem. We put them on a Solaris box with Apache and it took the beating and didn't cry to mommy.
Anyways, if you're company is running a promo, tell your ISP well before it happens. I work for one and can tell you about the many times where the number if hits go from 2000/day to 50+/sec for a site and we have to rush and configure the system to handle the load. I don't mind rushing around too much, but before that happens, your company looks bad.
Just how many people *don't* run Quake? I don't use Windows, so I'd have to wait for a Linux client. But that won't do me much good either, as my box is a P120 with no 3D card. So I either spend lots of money I havent got, just to play a game, or I miss out. Miss out it is then.
Maybe it won't be too long. At JC's suggestion, glx-dev span off a separate users' list last week, because they are expecting a flood of non-development questions as soon as Q3T/Linux hits.
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So far, the list I'm aware of is:
www.quake3arena.com (hosed)
fileplanet.com (hosed)
mngamers.com (some speed)
Blues News (some speed)
Post more as you find them...
I stayed up all night playing it just to bring a detailed review and too many screenshots. You can read about it here We've gotten a lot of cool comments from voodoo extreme visitors too.
come to:
ftp://q3:q3@129.22.254.36:271
for my mirror of the win32 file
Who the hell plays quake with a controller? It's all about mouse power baby. =) I mean all of this in good natured fun of course.
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Try the patched XFree from Nvidia. I tried and it works fine with a Viper770. You have to copy or symlink the libMesablabla or make sure ldconfig points to it. It seems not to work with precompiled 3.3.5 Xfree.
ftp://home.tampabay.rr.com/misc/q3DemoTEST.exe
Who the hell plays quake with a controller? It's all about mouse power baby. =) I mean all of this in good natured fun of course
I use the mouse with the controller. It looks a little odd, but it works for my poor hands. The Controller is nice and ergonomic for my left hand. I use it for forward, strafing, jump, crouch, zoom and item use. Mouse for aiming, firing, and switching weapons. I consistently score in the top 5 of any server I drop by.
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To bad we have to wait for the linux ports. Quake is a great network load testing tool. Remember that, it's a tool....yeah that's right..... a network testing tool......
The older games (Wolf3D, Doom, Quake) actually felt like games. They were fun, and kept you occupied for hours.
Ever since Quake II though, it doesn't feel like you're playing a game, it feels like you're using a 3D engine. Yeah, the single player aspect was there, but for some reason the fun wasn't.
I guess the point-and-die thing still has its appeal to some people, but I'm waiting for something with more substance, not just some program that can throw a bunch of texture-mapped shapes on the screen and call itself a game.
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Uggh... those Sidewinders are designed for right hands. Is that even comfortable? I tried playing keyboard / joystick before, movement w/ W, X, A & D), and using the joystick to look, but it was unwieldly.
I use a Logitech Cyberman 2 as my controller. Trackballs are just too slow. The recovery time from one side of the screen to the other just isn't quite there, and the precision is missing a little. As it stands, LC2 + Mouse = You get PWEENED!! >:)
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Each particular gamer has their own tastes as to what's good or not. I can spend about 15 minutes at a time in a q3 server before I get frustrated that I've only gotten 3 kills, but then go hop on an Unreal Tournament CTF server & score 100 points in 20 minutes. As such, I think UT is a better game than q3 ^_^
But all these games are getting old if you think about it. They're the load of the same weapons, occassionally something unique coming alone (railgun for q2, ASMD for Unreal, Egon for Half Life). Each game is trying to pile on as many features as it can without really adding anything NEW to the genre.
It's sad, really..
www.quake3arena.com is running WebSitePro/2.3.15 on NT4 or Windows 98
I'll have to take their word for it. Can't actually connect, myself... Fortunately I have other Quake geek friends who were up in the middle of the night to download local copies.
Apparently you aren't following the Q3:A Test path here. I doubt you were even using the most current version of the Test. This is the Demo which includes a new map and the Bots. It also has the finalized icon and menu settings. But I wish they had made it easier to turn the grapple back on... I hate playing the longest yard with no grapple...
Kintanon
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No problem:
Step 1: Remove the TNT Riva from your system.
Step 2: Place the Riva on your living room floor.
Step 3: Liberally sprinkle lighter fluid and/or gasoline onto the Riva
Step 4: Light the Riva.
Step 5: Go purchase a decent 3D Card such as the 99$ V3 2000.
Kintanon
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What it has to do with Quake, though, I have no idea.
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Actually, a better solution would be to add a vanilla Voodoo2 card to the system so he could have the vastly superior TNT as well as the compatible with everything 3dfx card. If he wanted to play a game in Windows because most games don't support Linux (but they will in about a year) he could play in 32 bit color with a texture size larger than 256x256. Of course, he never said he had a TNT. He might have a TNT2 or even a 128ZX.
Try looking on U-NET's FTP Server:
/pub/games/quake3/demo
ADDY: ftp.u-net.net
USER: anonymous
PASS: your@email.com
PATH:
I averaged about 225k/s so enjoy it while it's there...
Not that I'm bitching about all the ppl mirroring the demo, but weren't we NOT supposed to re-distribute this according to their EULA ?
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