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New Q3Test in September!
by Steve Gibson, Aug 26, 1999 2:00am PDTWell, I've got a bunch of other stuff to still get ready for posting but I figured you guys would want to see this news right away. John Carmack has an extremely long .plan update that covers all sorts of stuff. The biggest news being a new Q3Test is scheduled for release in the middle of September which will feature all the latest fixes AND DM BOTS. Yup, we finally get to see the fabled bots for Quake3.
The current plan is that we will have another test release around the middle of next month. This version will be running game/cgame/ui with the virtual machine, and will include single player play against bots. No new maps. I will be releasing the source for all the VM modules with it, and setting the executable up so that it will allow modified modules to be used. <snip>John also goes on to list off all of the latest changes and fixes he has made in his .plan file including (thank god) he fixed players getting stuck in each other. Here are a few of the other changes that homeboy has made. The discussion has already begun over at the Quake3 messageboard, have at it but play nice kids!
* fixed players getting stuck together * new pak file support * intro/loop option for music files * fixed lerp-through-world when changing teams * show ping and netgraph for spectators * fixed timescale off by one problem * tracked down player count wrong on server list * info_spectator_start entity * fixed can't-respawn-when-someone-is-on-your-body
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not too weak
not too fast
not too slow
not too powerful..
and if its too weak for ya grab quad..
if its too slow. grab the rail gun..
if its too powerful.. us the ssg
if its too fast use the..... the... uh gauntlet.. hehe
QW has better netcode because it\'s still using prediction, but doesn\'t try to gloss over bumps in the net like quake3 does and is more \"honest\" with you.
In other words, if you get killed in qw, you know better if it was you or the lag than in q3. I liked that.
From all of us, thanks Carmank. You\'re not such a pinhead guy after all.
Thanks!
-Lex
Let the waiting game begin.
don\'t you have a high school to shoot up somewhere?
i downloaded them to see what the hype was and i shit when i saw how REALISTIC they made the fighting
sure as heck beat the dumb cr bots..
And this is probably the FINAL TEST/DEMO unless there is a MAJOR BOT BUG that they HAVE to fix and test
so it\'ll probably goto 1.09 and 1.10 b4 we finally get to buy it
when does UT demo come out?
I\'m Tired of kicking every ones ass on quake3...
if ya wana screen shot ask me for one..
i got about 50 or so.. :)
It\'ll be nice not to have to play on the net :)
JohnC has outdone himself. This .plan file shows that id knows very well about much of what is wrong with Q3Test. It also shows the amazing progress they\'ve made in a couple of short months. With the marketing people out of the office, I guess the geeks can really get some work done. ;-)
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