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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
> >> 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