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"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> McGrandpa wrote:
>> "Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1115656462.520311.229570@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com
>>> McGrandpa wrote:
>>>> "Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>> McGrandpa wrote:
>>>>>> "Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:1115554707.615894.177470@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com
>>>>>>> McGrandpa wrote:
>>>>>>>> "Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:1115472887.429452.183440@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com
>>>>>>>>> McGrandpa wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> "Dan C" <youmustbejoking@invalid.lan> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>> news:pan.2005.05.05.19.10.58.81062@invalid.lan
>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 05 May 2005 06:52:02 -0700, Iain wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> INSTALL INSTALL INSTALL. Either way I need to install. It
>>>>>>>>>>>> doesn't matter what I do -- someone always mentions
>>>>>>>>>>>> WinQuake(nothing to do with installation).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Were you born ignorant, or has a lifetime of spoon-feeding
>>>>>>>>>>> made you that way.  Do something for yourself, you lazy
>>>>>>>>>>> dweeb.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> He was just trying to get someone to tell him HOW he can get
>>>>>>>>>> the gamefiles unpacked and on his hd.  I'd call the person
>>>>>>>>>> stumped, not lazy.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I wouldn't normally be so persistant and uneloquent about it,
>>>>>>>>> but this question has been asked many many times by people and
>>>>>>>>> not one single person ever reads one of the questions properly
>>>>>>>>> and so everyone harps on about WinQuake and such -- I thought
>>>>>>>>> putting "INSTALL" in capitals in the original post would be
>>>>>>>>> enough, but someone still said "Use WinQuake".
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks for your answers elsewhere in the thread, btw.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ~Iain
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> You're welcome :)  Did you get it installed yet?
>>>>>>>> McG.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yep -- Deice wouldn't run in a DOS box until I found that my
>>>>>>> autoexec.nt(necessary for running many DOS-based software in XP)
>>>>>>> file was missing, for some reason, but got it running in the
>>>>>>> end.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ~Iain
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Good, excellent! :)  BTW- I discovered that installing XP SP2
>>>>>> installed its crap version of opengl32.dll.  Apparently
>>>>>> everywhere it occurred.
>>>>>
>>>>>> To get GLQuake and GLQuakeWorld working again, I simply took my
>>>>>> updated vid drivers version from system32 and copied it to my
>>>>>> Quake folder. That now works fine.  I'm glad.  I had been
>>>>>> missing my little monster
>>>>>
>>>>>> buddies ;)  And I did NOT like eQuake/FUH Quake for single player
>>>>>> at all.  Have you tried the grapple hook yet?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have Grapple Hook as part of the Killer quake Pack -- tried
>>>>> that?
>>>>>
>>>>> ~Iain
>>>>
>>>> Nope, not yet, but I'll look for it now :)
>>>
>>>
>>> It's a compilation add-on containing about 300 mods and 500 impulse
>>> commands, including those for creating friendly and enemy bots --
>>> best add-on ever. So you can play against the bots with a grappling
>>> hook, head lopper, etc etc. also, there are nicer gibbing effects.
>>> You can also play online using it.
>>>
>>>
>>>> Get this, I can remember *finally* getting over 26 fps in
>>>> 640x480-16 bits and then rejoicing when I got a 'decent' 3D
>>>> accelerator that let me play GLQuakeWorld and GLQuake in
>>>> 800x600-32 bits at around 46 fps.
>>>> I just set it up in 1280x1024-32 bits, got to the start for New
>>>> Game,
>>>
>>>> dropped the console and did the TIMEREFRESH.  Screen went *WHIZ!*
>>>> and
>>>
>>>> showed me 668.062886 fps :)  I think that's playable :)  Oh the
>>>> grief I used to go through to just play the game online. Broadband
>>>> is as big a help as a decent rig to play it on.
>>>> McG.
>>>
>>> 32-bit display in Quake will just hinder you; It won't improve the
>>> look because the textures are less than 32-bit colour.
>>
>> Doesn't matter.  32 bit runs great.  Can't see 'hinder' when the FPS
>> is in the hundreds :)  Even played on a couple ProQuake RUNES sites.
>> Swapped a few frags and now playing with my keys setups.  Will run
>> through the SP game again for old times sake :)  I note there aren't
>> many servers showing in GameSpy now, for Quake 1 anything.   GS
>> seems to be dominated by Counter Strike junkies.
>>
>>>
>>> I got 2000 fps on 16-bit on a 2001 NVidia card ;)
>>>
>>> ~Iain
>>
>> In looking through some 20 pages of google hits, I found tons of
>> references to that "Killer Quake Pack" but not one working download
>> for it.  Even FilePlanet/QuakePlanet had references to the file, but
>> no file turned up.  Any ideas?  I know it's a pack from the early
>> days, but sure thought an active site would have it.
>> McG.
>
>
> Strange. The website seems to have disappeared. Try a Kazaa search or
> the likes. If not, I have a friend with it on CD(I imagine 20 mb or
> something).
>
> ~Iain

Sorry, I don't do kazaa or 'mass p2p' items.   I'll keep looking, 
something should turn up :)  Thanks for the info.
McG.