Alliance 3.0 Released

<alliance fan boy> Alliance is the shit, you should download it and try it out, there are 4-5 really nice servers on fat pipes. </alliance fan boy>

You need to increase com_hunkmegs, the default of 56 is insufficient for alliance. The Alliance developer/community forum is located at www.nachos.net, you should find all the info. you need there.

Posted on Nachos by the lead developer:

com_hunkmegs
by default, com_hunkmegs is 56 in Quake3. And 3.0 will not work well at this value, and there is no way we can change this default value. We have included a alliance.exe that launches quake3.exe +set com_hunkmegs 80 tho. But this launcher won't be used with gamespy and the like, and you'll want a higher value than that if you have more than 128mb of RAM.
The rule of thumb is that com_hunkmegs + com_soundmegs should not exceed 3/4 of your RAM. To change it without manually modifying any config files, simply start Alliance, bring the console down, type /com_hunkmegs xxx (xxx = desired value) and quit Quake3. That's it. The game will use the new setting the next time you start it.

This is very important and will improve performance a lot. Using the default 56 will cause problems.

framerate
The new 3D radars and Team Camera are wicked cool and useful, but they don't come for free. If your trusty vid card wants to die you might want to turn some options off. Please take a moment to go thru the config menus. Everything is there and can be turned off or toned down

I like it, and I happen to be really low ping to quakeshit's servers, so not only did i get the download fast, but there's always a good server to play on!

This mod sucks.

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wnhoa way too many maps!
damnit people, 6 good maps at a max, not 30 subpar ones! blargh

Download CTF map pack #2, I didnt realize the 3.0 download was only id maps. #2 contains the newest maps most people will be playing.

BTW, alot of people had given up on the mod due to lack of fast servers on fat pipes. The Interstar (east coast), Thunderdome (central), x[clan] (east,central,west) and quakeshit (east) servers are the best choices (most are on DS3 or fiber connects). If you have a box and bandwidth more fat servers would be nice (Eh? Steve, Maur'een eh? eh?) the 2.5 release was hindered by too many initial players and too few well connected servers. There are also 2 alliance servers on the id software pipe, The Carmack says Alliance is the reason he made Q3!!! (ok ok, I'm kidding, but Fredo hella loves it).


-Q3 fanboy

The new maps (30-41 I think) were handpicked for gameplay and visual quality, alot of really good maps were rejected for the 3.0 release. I believe the maps are broken out in groups of 10-12 for download and the server ops. are planning on rotating only the 3.0 release maps to keep the dl small (would be greater than 200MB with all maps). The options new players didnt like in previous releases seem to have been removed (wizard eye etc.) and they have added a "speed limit" to slow down the grapple,jump,pogo flag carriers that were moving accross maps for 6-7 second caps. This is more of a pure LMCTF style release since the Expert CTF team broke off, really fun, really fast but reasonable.

Why is it I have never heard of this mod? Is it any good?

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