Yes, and the NetQuake server lists on QuakeOne likewise have downloads for large map packs running on servers.

I think will get two packs pulled together, one for the 169 maps I'm running on 13 Acres of Hell DM server (169 = 13 x 13). Then I'll do a full package of all the maps. What fun! 

I don't think anyone except super nerds worry about repacking maps, especially for distributing DM maps, as long as the .txt is there. Pretty sure Terrafusion used to do that with it's weekly map rotations on it's server, just put the maps into a single zip to distribute. 

The QW people used to distribute everything without text files. It changed a bit after I ranted and ranted. Servers let users autodownload bsp files anyways. Everything is kinda terrible. Your approach seems great :)

Might be nice to lowercase all filenames before zipping, that way it will work for Linux and Mac too. 

I don't remember if I linked this last time I saw it. Thought it couldn't hurt to link again.

https://github.com/ThomasHabets/qpov 

Alright - I compiled all 406 maps currently in the database into a zip file with all the readme files along for the ride. A dozen or so maps don't have readmes ... so whatevers.

Here's the link:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx2KSr0TXJqJTTZ5VWRBZ2M3RVk

It's also linked from the main tab on the prominence database do-hicky. 

spam. 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QVhOomUESWs/VP1K8AESMeI/AAAAAAAAXoY/w30PjB-AlZs/s1600/P3020016.JPG 

 

I stumbled across the complete works of H.P. Lovecraft in Barnes & Noble a few weeks ago and decided it's about time I check him out. I was concerned that the Lovecraftian stuff I absorbed from pop culture would ruin the mystery of it all, that turns out to not be the case.

I really appreciate the scope of most if his stories and the ease in which events taking place across vasts amounts of time and space are conveyed. I'm not very well read and the only thing I can really compare it to is Paradise Lost and the Divine Comedy, both of which are awesome. I also like the pulpy format which keeps it from getting tiring after a while.

I started off with shorter stories like Pickman's Model, Cool Air, In The Vault, The Temple, The Nameless City, and of course, The Call of Cthulhu. Of these, I found The Temple to be particularly compelling. I feel that it could easily be adapted to film and be really sweet. The Nameless City screamed Quake, or really just video games in general. It was interesting to see that Quake's aesthetic really only has bits of Lovecraft influence instead of a full-on copy. Quake is basically medieval fantasy with a dash of Lovecraft.

Not sure where I'm going with this, perhaps just to say that if you haven't read Lovecraft already it may be worth your time to pick it up. The atmosphere and aesthetic leave quite a bit of room for interpretation and could inspire some pretty cool landscapes and playspaces. I see the irony in suggesting Lovecraft on a Quake forum, but I think Quake only tapped into a small facet and that there is much more that could be expanded upon. 

Kell, who hasn't been seen around here in a while, loves Lovecraft so much he made a hidden shrine in Contract Revoked with his picture and an epitaph. And he basically put half the HPL bestiary in Quoth.

There's Lovecraft influence in Quake because of two things:
1) ID level designer Sandy Petersen also created the Call of Cthulu pen and paper RPG
2) They kind of rushed at the end and put in whatever

Quake clearly isn't an HPL game, but HPL is the thing it borrowed from most visibly. 

Is massively huge. As a non-native English speaker, it was a challenge to fully read it.

In some of Lovecraft's stories our perspective changes so much in the end, that it's compelling to read everything again.

Others, like The Music of Eric Zahn, are more entertaining than challenging; a joy to read from start to finish.