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Quake 4 Patch Recalled

by Maarten Goldstein, Mar 29, 2006 6:46am PST

Related Topics – Quake 4, id software

In case you missed it, id Software has recalled the Quake 4 1.1 patch as "There is a problem with the widescreen functionality that may harm a user's monitor". If you have the patch installed it is recommended that you neither enable or disable the widescreen support. An updated patch is expected soon. In the meantime we do have the updated SDK on FileShack.

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Is this the patch that makes Quake4 fu...

Mar 29, 2006 3:07pm PST

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  quake4 is fun.... not sure what game u played : godm0de
  - the single player is fun anyway. the multi is snooze tastic. : kbnerd

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I just want the patch that lets me actually play the game in the first place....

(when I try to start the game up it just turns the screen gray and then quits to the desktop with no error message or anything)

Mar 29, 2006 7:29am PST

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I just want the patch that lets me actually play the game in the first place.... (when I try to start ... : MH Knights
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  What are your specs? : Schnapple
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    AMD 64 3700+ (San Diego) 7800 GTX (256MB) 2 Gigs of PC3200 Audigy2 ZS SATAII HDD I used to be able... : MH Knights
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      When is the last time you upgraded your audio drivers? : rickmus
      
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      What the hell, might as well give it a try. I wonder if maybe I haven't been uninstalling my video dri... : MH Knights
      
      I always just install whatever over whatever version is there. No problems here - the Nvidia program take... : Schnapple
      
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      Driver Cleaner Pro works. : sharkII
      
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      THANKS SHACKERS!!! I can now play Quake 4! I wiped my video, sound card, and mobo drivers and updated... : MH Knights
      
      yay. : sharkII

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nice.. how can software damage a monitor unless its trying to run crazy refresh rates on it or something.

Mar 29, 2006 6:49am PST

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nice.. how can software damage a monitor unless its trying to run crazy refresh rates on it or something... : Shadowdane
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  http://www.oldmanmurray.com/longreviews/60.html : zipr
  - that was a great article. I remember reading that when it was posted. : pigvomit
  - hahah thats AWESOME : Madwacker
- The Rainbow 6 games did this too...I got rid of 'em because they were forcing my monitor to cycle a milli... : Waverider

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Anyone who never plays q4 anymore wunna sell/give me their key? I want to checkout Rocket Arena 4 beta online. :{

Mar 29, 2006 12:43pm PST

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Anyone who never plays q4 anymore wunna sell/give me their key? I want to checkout Rocket Arena 4 beta on... : g000n
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- porn jpegs? pez? : g000n

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You usually can't harm your HW by running a game...

It's a fault of that monitor manufacturer.

Mar 29, 2006 12:02pm PST

You usually can't harm your HW by running a game... It's a fault of that monitor manufacturer. : napalm.cz

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More (unofficial) info in this thread, search for posts by SyncError:

http://esreality.com/?a=post&id=1043486

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The problem doesn't even occur when you are on that monitor and you force it into widescreen (which it doesn't support). The problem occurs when you attempt to force it into widescreen, ignore the warning message "Video Mode not Supported" and keep clicking the toggle over and over. As in nearly a hundred times. THEN after all that time, it is causing this one model of monitor to get damaged. In otherwords, they have no clue if it even has to do with the game. It may just be poor manufacturing and rapidly changing modes over and over cause the monitor to fail.

Mar 29, 2006 11:17am PST

More (unofficial) info in this thread, search for posts by SyncError: http://esreality.com/?a=post&id= : Johnny Law

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Their widescreen support is moronic anyway. It doesn't support any widescreen resolutions, just squishes more into normal resolutions so they look right when they get stretched. I just put the real resolution into my .cfg file and it works fine.

Mar 29, 2006 7:06am PST

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  i ran it at 1920x something yesterday and everything seems to be ok. whats the dilly? : maulla
  - http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11503974 : sharkII

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Please take your computer and copy of Quake4 to your local dealership immediately to have the recall work done. In the meantime, here's some year old magazines to peruse and some crappy coffee to sip on.

Mar 29, 2006 8:06am PST

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- You have to be sure to do soon this since a friend of mine ignored the recall on his copy of Quake 4 sinc... : Schnapple

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lol, that new community pr guy must be having a blast...

Mar 29, 2006 7:09am PST

lol, that new community pr guy must be having a blast... : Farbauti

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Pretty ballsy of them to admit that their software is messed.

"uh, yeah, our software is fucked guys, can we have it back plz?"

Mar 29, 2006 6:55am PST

Pretty ballsy of them to admit that their software is messed. "uh, yeah, our software is fucked guys, ... : silverlinkx2