Sorry!

The implementation in both Dark Places and QuakeSpasm work though. 

map autocomplete should always be able to autocomplete from the id1 directory IMO regardless of which game directory you're in. 

No, the 2015-04-14 mark_v.exe doesn't render the _glow fullbrights. Only dx8_mark_v.exe does. Not here at work, not at home, not in my notebook. This time I tried other gl_texturemode settings to see if anything changes. Nothing. It's a mistery. 

"Not here at work, not at home, not in my notebook"

Bug reports by Dr Seuss?? 

Yes, I know I should be working instead of using my workstation to test Mark V. Just trying to make sure it's not my system. Or maybe it is, some configuration Baker is using and I'm not. 

Support for the RRP maps would be cool. I wrote some notes on the required limits here: http://forums.inside3d.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5554&start=15#p55221

Looks like the remaining ones to raise in MarkV are just:
MAX_CHANNELS, MAX_VISEDICTS, MAX_MAP_LEAFS

I did a quick test, and the maps all load with those three raised.

Bug: entering "v_cshift" in the console with less than four arguments crashes the engine.

Also if you do RRP support, make sure to get the AllocBlock change in my linked post above, it's a 3-line change and telefragged.bsp goes from loading in about 10s to 1s. 

@nightfright --- excellent catch there about the behavior of trying to load missing save game file. It never told the map loading sequence to go away! Fixed!

http://quakeone.com/proquake/interims/mark_v_20150414b_windows.zip

@fifth
1) When the mp3 music doesn't play, what does it say in the console? Usually it says something like "Track: music/track02.mp3 not found" or "Current music track: music/track04.mp3". And does it say "external music ON" when you go to the Options menu?

I want to verify those aren't problems.

What I will do is add some very precise messages for the mp3 startup sequence to indicate exactly why it will not start into the next build so I can get this working for you.

@adib
2) Could you do the following:
a) load your map that should have the _glow texture working
b) type "textures" in the console
c) type "copy"

And paste the whole log in the thread at QuakeOne you made: http://quakeone.com/forums/quake-help/quake-clients/11456-fitzquake-mark-v-fullbrights.html

@fifth re: map autocomplete ... I agree about the map auto-completing from id1 even if gamedir.


@nightfrightre: saves not in load game menu. What are the names of saves not showing the load game menu? Type "folder" and there should be saves like s0.sav and s1.sav sitting around? 

It *does* recognise that a file is there (even in the older versions) as it does say "Current music track: music/track04.mp3"...

I thought it was a driver issue and now the sound on my pc is broke (only will play sounds if headphones are plugged in!) 

I tried both off and on to see if that fixes it, no dice. 

Can you zip up your textures and the map and upload the thing? There could be something non-obvious going on here like an alpha channel or the lack of one, or even the draw order. I still need to log so I can see what your machine has. 

ericw's vcshift observation fixed --- http://quakeone.com/proquake/interims/mark_v_20150414c_windows.zip --- I rewired the command buffer to be more precise and to support multiple command buffers. Clearly, I need to completely mimick id1 with that and set missing arg pointers to an empty string or something.

@ericw -- thanks for the reminder and pointing out the limits. I had eyed the alloc block enhancement in Quakespasm a few times, but hadn't thought about it lately. 

Trying with your very latest build on my PC at home, there seem to be no issues with manual saves after all. I will verify this with the machine I use at work (where I had this glitch) tomorrow.

I intend to intensify testing this build with a complete Nehahra playthrough next to see if there are any major issues. I've been waiting for a long time for being able to play this addon with an up-to-date port. 

@fifth -- what is your volume and bgmvolume cvars set to?

In Mark V, if you turn down the volume, it also turns down the background music volume.

So if you have volume 0, the background music won't be making any noise.

I'm trying to emulate a no cd-drive scenario and the MP3 music is still playing. 

There is a link to my test here:

http://quakeone.com/forums/quake-help/quake-clients/11456-fitzquake-mark-v-fullbrights.html#post156965

Just unzip it somewhere and replace the execs with your latest ones.

I posted my console right below, at QuakeOne.

Cheers. 

dx8_mark_v.exe is loading the glow:

(...)
128 x 128 maps/dm3.bsp:tech05_1
16 x 128 maps/dm3.bsp:tech04_3
128 x 128 textures/sfloor4_2_glow (R)
128 x 128 textures/sfloor4_2 (R)
64 x 64 maps/dm3.bsp:sfloor1_2
(...)

mark_v.exe is not:

128 x 128 maps/dm3.bsp:tech05_1
16 x 128 maps/dm3.bsp:tech04_3
128 x 128 textures/sfloor4_2 (R)
64 x 64 maps/dm3.bsp:sfloor1_2

;) 

Check the filename ...

The current download, http://quakeone.com/proquake/interims/mark_v_20150414c_windows.zip, has the names are mark_v_c.exe and dx8_mark_v_c.exe

I want to be sure we are working with the right version. 

Something weird, though.

As I look through your texture list you posted at QuakeOne, I see this:

64 x 64 maps/dm3.bsp:sfloor4_4_glow
64 x 64 maps/dm3.bsp:sfloor4_4
64 x 64 maps/dm3.bsp:comp1_7
64 x 64 maps/dm3.bsp:comp1_3
64 x 64 maps/dm3.bsp:comp1_6_glow

Now the sfloor4_2_glow isn't there.

But I notice the other _glow textures are there.

I'm trying to think what circumstance could cause that particular texture to not load, but all the other _glow textures would load.

This is very inconsistent. 

However, only textures with an (R) next to them have been replaced with an external texture. 

Check to ensure that the exe name is, in fact, mark_v_c.exe and dx8_mark_v_c.exe. 

Here is pretty much the same zip you gave me but which only the current Mark V gl executable in it but includes the other needed files.

Download that, unzip and double click the mark_v_c.exe and type "map dm3" in the console.

http://quakeone.com/proquake/interims/adib.zip 

It works!

Sorry, I was running the Beta 6 from #667, not this latest. Both GL and DX versions are showing transparency and fullbrights.

Actually, DX version darkens the transparent parts of a "{" texture a little. But GL version is perfect and it's enough for me.

About what you say at #688, the glows are inside dm3.bsp, not external at the /textures folder:

64 x 64 maps/dm3.bsp:sfloor4_4_glow

Don't know how they got there, though, since iD doesn't _glow their textures. Maybe it's a texture generated in memory by your code to fullbright iD's stock textures.

Anyway, thanks for the attention and congrats for this engine. You have some great software here. 

I'm happy to see it is working for you now, that's the important part!

Now, if I can get MP3 working on Fifth's computer, all the known true "bugs" are resolved.

And then I can focus on tidy-ups like observations above about autosaves, map completion and such and rounding out the feature set for Rubicon Rumble support. 

Here's a bug report with the latest bundle of stuff. I didn't notice any issues with mark_v_c.exe, but mark_v_winquake_c.exe crashes and raises the "Mark V has stopped working" dialog if I set it to fullscreen 1080p (my monitor native resolution). Fullscreen 720p works though.

Let me know if you want any info or other tests from me. 

Interesting. Looks like one of the hard limits of vertical resolution built into the software renderer is being hit.

The crash is easy enough to reproduce. 

Savegames definitely fixed. Looks like it was an issue with the April 13 build only, then.

Regarding raising limits to play most recent custom map releases: I am definitely supporting the idea that it should be possible to play any map currently available (hopefully also future ones) without requiring additional launch parameters. That's something that should definitely be in the final release.

Since everything works fine for me now, I'll stress-test the latest build with a few old and very recent mods to see if there is any odd behavior. I am almost finished with a full playthrough of all the vanilla Quake episodes and found no reason to complain so far.