Func_Msgboard: Mark V - Release 1.00

Posted by Baker on 2016/11/19 04:53:11

http://quakeone.com/markv/

* Nehahra support -- better and deeper link
* Mirror support, "mirror_" textures. video
* Quaddicted install via console (i.e. "install travail")
* Full external texture support DP naming convention
* Enhanced dev tools texturepointer video inspector video
* IPv6 support, enhanced server capabilities
* Enhance co-operative play (excels at this!)
* Software renderer version (WinQuake)
* "Find" information command (ex. type "find sky")

Thanks to the beta testers! NightFright, fifth, spy, gunter, pulsar, johnny law, dwere, qmaster, mfx, icaro, kinn, adib, onetruepurple, railmccoy

And thanks to the other developers who actively provided advice or assistance: Spike (!), mh, ericw, metlslime and the sw guys: mankrip and qbism.

/Mac version is not current yet ...; Linux will happen sometime in 2017

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Yo Baker

#2570 posted by dumptruck_ds on 2019/02/06 19:58:29

Should I switch FTEQW or are you coming back to Mark V eventually?

When Baker Says He Is On A Break

#2571 posted by NightFright on 2019/02/08 07:36:03

Then he is on a break. It's not his first time off. There's still unfinished business before 2.0 and I am sure he'll get back to it.

NightFright

#2572 posted by dumptruck_ds on 2019/02/08 19:05:06

I'm aware of his time off. I was under the impression he worked on Mark V during the winter months. Fingers crossed.

#2573 posted by The great cornholio on 2019/02/13 00:09:54

i've tried the hd textures, they work fine but skies remains the same. how do i enable hd skies?

Great Cornholio

#2574 posted by dumptruck_ds on 2019/02/13 00:54:02

you mean skyboxes?

#2575 posted by The great cornholio on 2019/02/13 01:22:15

no standard skies, in the hd pack linked in this thread all textures work except for skies.

#2576 posted by mh on 2019/02/13 22:11:37

AFAIK MarkV doesn't support replacement of the standard skies.

#2567

#2577 posted by damage_inc on 2019/02/14 00:19:03

How is that true? Fourth line down in the original post states:

"* Full external texture support, DP naming convention"!

Grrrr...

#2578 posted by damage_inc on 2019/02/14 00:37:36

ummm so yeah... I couldn't get it to load my custom sky1.tga(jpg) replacement. Odd that is.

#2579 posted by dumptruck_ds on 2019/02/14 01:17:55

Skies in Quake are not regular textures.

Big Maps Related Performance

#2580 posted by Andrew on 2019/02/18 04:36:16

I'm having issues with fps on big maps like 1st and 3rd maps of "Unforgiven". FPS drops to 20 and there are delays in mouse work like i press "fire" button - it fires 2 seconds after and keeps firing when i unpressed the button. Tried to run these maps with default config and there is no change in the situation. Meantime DirectQ 1.9.2 runs these maps flawlesly (97-100 fps). Also checked different graphic setup. No result.

Windows XP Pro 32bit
Intel Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHZ
Nvidia GeForce 250 GTS 1024MB
RAM 3 GB

Big Maps Related Performance #2

#2581 posted by Andrew on 2019/02/18 09:28:48

Utilized Mark V v1.99 DirectX.

Even bigger problems with fps occur at Rubicon Rumbke Pack. Same mouse delays , fps down to 20-30 in some areas.

External HD Skies

#2582 posted by mankrip on 2019/02/18 12:31:03

External scrolling sky textures are usually comprised of two images, not one:

sky1_trans.tga (transparent overlay)
sky1_solid.tga (opaque underlay)

There are another two possible suffixes in some engines, but I don't remember the name.

#2583 posted by mh on 2019/02/18 12:41:51

MarkV Direct3D is not the same as DirectQ, and you shouldn't expect the same performance.

To be specific: the reason DirectQ gets good performance is not Direct3D. It's batching, vertex buffers, multitexturing, shaders, etc, and this is all stuff that can be done in OpenGL too, if the engine author is willing to do so.

In the case of MarkV, Baker is not willing to do this. So in order to run in Direct3D, it needs to store out vertex data per frame, then try to mangle unoptimized OpenGL calls into something that works in Direct3D. You shouldn't be surprised if it doesn't always work well.

If you want an engine that has good performance in big maps by using the right kind of code, MarkV is not that engine. Use QuakeSpasm instead.

#2584 posted by anonymous user on 2019/02/18 16:13:08

Speaking of which, any chance QuakeSpasm will ever support Nehahra?

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