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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:1115664207.988647.26240@f14g2000cwb.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
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>>>>>>> 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: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.
>
> There is a "lite", adware-free version, and I think KQP is a bit to
> obscure to be a chosen host for a virus, but as ye wish.
>
> If you truly can't fnd it, I can get it.
>
> It's worthwhile because deathmatch with this thing is better than
> deathmatch in any other game to date.
>
> ~Iain

Aw don't sweat it, it'll turn up somewhere.  I haven't even looked on my 
Quake downloads CD's yet.
Malware isn't my reason for disliking mass p2p, it's my IP and system 
that become known to that hub.  I just don't like that.
McG.