I was thinking along the lines of the recent additions by SleepwalkR and Tyr when I wrote that. Of course most stuff wouldn't change but if you look in the mapping\coding threads there are at times some new ways (or reminders of old ways) of doing things that pop up from time to time. I just think that it would be nice to have something that one could point to by chapter and verse that is all in the same format\container that is also easily accessible and not subject to (official) change without review but is still fairly easy to append and annotate (unofficially) as needed by the individual using it. Wiki's are nice but you can't really add personal notes to them that I'm aware of.

I only suggested using treepad because it has a free version that is easy to use and navigate and is similar to how most people already use documents, meaning a small learning curve. That it has a small footprint and doesn't add bloat is just icing. 

You mean Quaddicted? You know, the wiki that no one ever adds to?

Seriously, go over there and start adding stuff! :) I'm as guilty of this as everyone else. 

There's a Wiki? 

Promote it better!

I'll have a look. There's long periods where I'm 'working' but not really doing anything. 

To the top bar might help. There's only highlights? 

It doesn't help that the whole setup is quite messy. You have to log in on the forum to be able to add/edit articles. The navigation is awkward and the lack of an integrated search functions complicates things even more.

The Quake pages at Wikia have more content, and the site is more widely-known, so people are more inclined to go there for information. Surem we are the good people... but what use is that if no one else knows, right? I'm envious at the Doomwiki, quite something they've built up there. Their active contributors vs lazy twats ratio is considerably better than ours. 

What you see of Quaddicted when you visit the homepage is a wiki. Additional components are the forum (which handles user accounts) and the review system.

https://www.quaddicted.com/start?do=index shows you the Wiki index.

It is the "sitemap" link in the header which is terrible. I will change that to Wiki. And I guess then I can drop the "Articles" and "Interviews" from there too?


As for Wikia:

FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA FUCK WIKIA

There is a reason why sites like Doom Wiki and GTA wiki have left that shit. 

Tbh ijed does have a point, looking at the site you have no idea you can add or edit pages. And the word "wiki" basicly doesn't exist anywhere where it will be seen :)

I'm a total noob at wiki's even, never really edited one before so I don't have the faintest idea where to start :) 

Think of something you would to write about or categorise or improve or fix. Play around, break stuff.

See my end of year post for inspiration https://www.quaddicted.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=104

For formatting things are a bit messy, ask me in IRC or mail if you want to do something and cannot figure out how.

Many things are drafts because I am a obsessive perfectionist who rather never does a "release" than have it not be the final perfect setup. :/ 

and someone needs to go thorugh the mapping help thread and convert the info :-) 

 

A quake doc project would be great!
I would start with vanilla Quakes entities. I remember trying to figure things out from the old Forge site. Two lines of text for entities was horrible. Example maps would be good. Just think how deep info_notnull would get.

A history of Quake and why it's still relevant. IMO it's the starting point for 3d video game design.

quaketree thanks for bringing up the idea. 

I'd start collecting links to existing (and gone, check archive.org) guides first. I think keeping the resulting work under a license like the GFDL would allow to use parts from most editors' docs too (quark has nice docs, iirc).

eg http://web.archive.org/web/20080315174645/http://www.denken.com/dzone/q1mappersguide01.htm


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Someone is doing some really nice Quake model reworking at http://quakeone.com/forums/quake-mod-releases/works-progress/9573-authentic-model-improvement.html 

I'm strictly Vanilla, so, I hope our new documentation does not have vanilla mixed with non-vanilla. I think non-vanilla should have it's own separate area, perhaps called "Non-Vanilla"

I also have archives of tools from the 90s, that I suspect some of those tools can no longer be found because of the planetquake takeover.

Perhaps let's start small; start on one section first, such as "Vanilla -> Tools"

I also have an archive of skins(player skins), which appears to be bigger than the current archive of skins posted on this site or quaddicted site. About 500+ skins.

etc. etc. 

Which I have created here: http://celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=60913 

they really capture the feel of the old quake while making nice improvements, if only the really high poly stuff did the same thing. I hope the guy realises he's going to have to update all the quoth models too ;) 

Upgraded Quake monster models 

I approve. 

very cool, finally something not broken and not mindlessly "retectured" 

This doesn't work in FitzQuake but it does work in DirectQ? 

I scrutinised them in QME and I'm impressed by how well they cope with the 8-bit vertex issue. Really top notch. 

"Just to clarify, the reason I am working with this fairly low number of polygons is because I feel like there should be a kind of synergy between the world and the characters that inhabit it, this makes the game more compelling for me and helps to make it more immersive."

Fuck YEAH. At last a modder making sense.

I do think the dog's eyes would be nice looking more evile, but all else is spot on. 

Yeah, those are great upgrades. I'm not one for high-res anything in Quake. It just looks out of place... 

that guy nailed it. Can't wait to see more. Hopefully there is more. 

and will work in any engine?