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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
> >> 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