I hope DooM3 comes through, it's costing me $2000au on top of the price of the game, so I hope it does.

My present machine would probably run it ok, all be it lower. But I want the hole experience as good as possible. I'm only upgrading for DooM3, I don't intend on buying another game before Quake 4, and my current setup is more than enough for the games I play now, so if DooM3 is a flop ....... well, what a waste. But I'm sure it won't 

http://www.forumplanet.com/planetdoom/topic.asp?fid=8326&tid=1435257 

I"m assuming you mean 'flop' as in in the game won't be that good. Because certainly flop as in 'won't make their money back' is irrelavant for id, no?

Also, game combat in the offical trailer looks slower than some of the other videos, not sure about that, maybe its just me. 

I remember there is/used to be a quake2 (i think) font that was a symbol font that had various strogg symbols and stuff like that- anyone have it and/or know where I might get it? 

RQMDM4: Return to the Edge is my remake of the classic Q2DM1 by everyone's favorite, Tim from id Software.

More information, screenshots, and the download are available here:
http://www.planetquake.com/rqm/maps/quake2/rqmdm4/details.htm

(rejected news due to it not being a recent release and Requiem has a release from today he just posted as news.) 

seems it's not a old release like I thought.. just a re-release... any case, I added that rejected news into Requiem's posted news. 

BuzzKill

Jesters Site
http://www.planetquake.com/j-spot/

Screenies
http://www.planetquake.com/j-spot/jbuzz.html 

Yes, Flop as in wont be that good, not as in wont make their money back. But I'm all most willing to bet that it will be excellent.

The thing that bothers me is the pace, and player speed. Some that already have the game have said that the pace is very slow, but we all pretty well knew that was going to be the case. If the player speed is anything like Unreal2, I don't think I could do it, unless the rest is good enough to overcome that. Only time will tell 

In Unreal 2, you mean being interrupted with a cutscene or some static moment almost every minute? That's my experience in the demo, from what I remember. 

I mean the speed at which the player walked/ran, it was painfully slow. They released a "fix" for it in the patch, that allowed you to increase walking speed, but you had to type it in the console everytime you started the game, not a big deal I know, but Unreal 2 just wasn't even worth that little extra effort I'm afraid. I'm feeling ill just thinking about it :) 

That's my experience in the demo

lol I bought the retail product, and I thought that was the demo, it was over so fast. Come to think of it, the games shortness was a blessing. 

Can we make post #4927 news please? A new version of a level editor that supports Quake is certainly a lot more appropriate than clean source from Tomaz...

:D 

done 

Is your email working? 

mail sent :P 

More on that wierdness with FitzQuake: It goes away if a .lit file is present. Darn strange. It's almost as though the engine's attempting to apply a coloured lightmap without actually loading one.

I'll have to try reinstalling and see what happens. 

hmm...

so it's a consistent problem with that map? Can you send me the bsp? 

No .lit == psychedelia (especially Menk)
.lit present == everything's fine

Which makes me suspect something's broken somewhere else. I have upgraded to DirectX 9.0b after all.

Another bit of evidence for same is in E1M2 - things look all right until I get that super shotgun, and pow! rings of wild colour. And always the same pattern every time.

Damn it, I got coding Arcane and forgot. I'd better clean up my Quake dir and see what happens. 

DirectX 9.0c is out. 

I don't think FitzQuake (or any other Q1 engine) uses DirectX for any rendering. They all use the OpenGL API. I also have FQ 0.75 suddenly painting strange coloured spots on the walls in some maps (nothing psychedelic though).

Fatty: I didn't get before whether the issue is completely FQ isolated or other Q1 engines also expose the same behaviour? Any difference window/fullscreen or bitdepth -bpp 16/32? Any complaints in the console at startup regarding video? 

But it's always a good idea to check out the latest drivers. 

has just released a q3 map with phenomenal brushwork, he'll probably post news here sometime but till then, check it out :

http://www.quake3world.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/028120.html? 

I was looking at some of the works of fantasy artist, Jeff Easley, when I chanced upon this rather familiar face:

http://www.jeffeasley.com/popups/color/co031.htm

Just for comparison:

http://www.trilobite.org/doom/graphics/cacodemon.gif

I wonder if Easley got any money out of that? 

till you get caught. 

Yes, I'm going out in an hour when the local best buy opens to be a nerd and buy my copy immediately.

Yes I'm also worried about player speed and fear it'll frustrate me to the point that I'll dislike the game, which would be a shame. Mainly because I'd have to go and retool all the gameplay mechanics when I mod it to make them more quake-like. :P