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On Wed, 4 May 2005 02:16:56 +0100, "Stephen Howe"
<sjhoweATdialDOTpipexDOTcom> wrote:

>> We were speaking to the thrill of some of the original Quake, also called 
>> QuakeC or Quake Classic.
>
>Good game. Played it on "Nightmare mode" (unlike Doom, Nightmare is 
>playable - the Shamblers go absolutely crazy and Grunts & Enforcers fire 3 
>times a second. But they stay dead) a few times. 

Nightmare difficulty isn't really different from Hard difficulty. It just
increases the monster firing rate, which doesn't affect players that know
how to kill Quake monsters normally.

What would be a "true" Nightmare mode:
- Soldiers and enforcers firing at maximum rate.
- Ogres launching grenades that inflict the same amount of damage as the
player's grenades.
- Shambler using the lightning attack that does the same damage as
Thunderbolt.
- The lava pit boss having it's projectile speed increased (or having
multiple projectiles).
- The final boss actually having an attack. 


>
>I still have questions on this game - like what causes the 4 scrags 
>(wizards) on E2M5 near the Quad Damage in the acid to activate? 

I think it's a bug that they don't activate, but this isn't reflected in
the Quake Info Pool:
http://www.inside3d.com/qip/q1/bugsmap.htm#Maps

>And the ogre near the silver key door on E1M3 - never activates? 

Approach the door first, kill the monsters and attempt to open the door.
Once done, proceed through the mission as normal.  (I siscovered the
workaround, when trying to figure out how to get the last opponent.)

>And a spore on E4M5 - never activates?

Haven't heard of this problem.

>And a hidden lift on E2M3 near the start - can you enter it? 

I haven't seen the lift, but there is a "pseudo-secret" at the beginning.
You first go up the lift, advance through the arch, and return to start.  

>It is shame that 
>the RotFish counting bug is still present and other minor level flaws.

Actually, there are Quake-C patches easily available.  In fact, you could
probably find the SDK, download the necessairy compilation tools, and make
the fix yourself...  or have a friend do it for you.    (It's not too
difficult to repair, it just involves removing a line.)