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Hmm... 
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. 
New Quake2 DM Map From Jester 
Flop 
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 
Player Speed 
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. 
No 
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. 
Moderators 
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 
Frib: 
done 
Kinn 
Is your email working? 
AguirRe 
mail sent :P 
Metl 
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. 
Fatty: 
hmm...

so it's a consistent problem with that map? Can you send me the bsp? 
I Don't Think The Map's To Blame 
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. 
Fat Controller 
DirectX 9.0c is out. 
But 
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? 
No 
But it's always a good idea to check out the latest drivers. 
Laerth 
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? 
Check This Out 
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? 
It's Not Plagiarism 
till you get caught. 
It's Doomsday 
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 
Hmm 
Lun, having played through the game some more, yes you can have variables carried over between maps (hazaa!) 
... 
Boy, does this fuckin' game ever like to crash.

non: oh good 
Of God, Doom 3 And Video Cards... 
I�ve got ahold of Doom 3. All excited, I installed it and fired it up. After 5 minutes my machine locks up. I reboot, try again, same thing. Then I notice that the fan has falled of my video card (Creative GeForce 4 Ti4200) causing it to overheat whenever I run a 3D app for longer than 5 minutes. The fan is unfixable. I curse. I curse some more and then decide to put my old video card (Creative GeForce 1 DDR) back into the machine to see whether that would help.

I install the video card, boot the machine, adjust some settings, fire up Doom 3, get surprised with the fact that it does, in fact run (a GeForce 3 card is stated as the bare minimum requirement for the game) and in 10 minutes... a lockup. In some disbelief I take a look at my PC case which is open... you guessed it, the fan on my GeForce 1 DDR card is not rotating... With lots of bills I have to pay and the shittiest GeForce 4 cards costing at least 80 euro, I guess I won�t be playing any games for quite some time... 
Interviews 
Fallout 3
Really short answers.. why did this dick even say yes to the interview?
http://www.telefragged.com/interviews/fallout3/

Doom 3
Sound design, ANSWERS!
http://www.telefragged.com/interviews/doom3/ 
Jago 
are you saying that you think Doom3 caused the failure of the Gf4 ti4200?

or was it just bad timing? 
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