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> "Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>McGrandpa wrote:
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>>>"Iain" <iain_inkster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>McGrandpa wrote:
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>>>>>"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
>>>>>>>news:1115595822.126266.213480@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>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.
>>
>>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
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> 
> 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. 
> 
> 
RETROQUAKE has the Killer Quake Patch now.
http://www.planetquake.com/retroquake/