Am dat o tura prin Quake Live, dar a trecut atat de mult timp de cand nu l-am mai jucat incat sunt praf – nu mai sunt in stare de frag-uri spectaculoase deloc, ce zic eu frag-uri – nu mai stiu sa tin arma in mana si sa trag cu ea . In mod cert trebuie sa ma antrenez, dar sa vad daca resusesc sa-mi fac timp – d-aia nu-i bine sa existe prea multe jocuri ca lumea – nu mai stii pe care sa te joci, uiti de unele cu lunile si cand revii iti dai seama ce-ai pierdut intre timp .

In the words of one forum user, “smoother than a smooth thing covered in baby oil.” What the video lacks in resolution, it makes up for in fragtabulousness. Oh, and if you were wondering, the force feedback lid closing feature will not make it into the final product.

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Aujourd’hui je vais vous parler un peu plus de ce qu’est, ou sera je l’espère, Beavy. Je vous ai précisé auparavant que ce n’était qu’un projet minime, sans réel ambition, ne soyez donc pas étonnez par le peu de chose qu’est mon projet.

Beavy sera un petit bot (écris en PHP donc accessible) destiné à fonctionner sur un chan du réseau irc Quakenet qui est surtout destiné aux nombreux joueurs de jeu en réseau tels que Quake (et ses dérivés), Battlefield etc.

Ce bot permettra de gérer le chan irc mais possèdera la particularité d’être orienté envers un certain jeu. En effet, il proposera des fonctions permettant d’obtenir l’état d’un serveur de jeu Urban Terror (>4.0) ainsi que de l’administrer à distance à travers l’irc: changer de map, cycler, kicker, slaper, parler (en tant que console), écrire en bigtext etc. Le bot sera théoriquement compatible avec n’importe quel serveur de jeu utilisant le protocole Quake III (3) utilisé par Urban Terror.

Pour toutes suggestions quand à l’ajout de fonctions, merci de laisser un commentaire ici-même ou de me contacter par irc sur #beavy.

Sparkwade

Eine neue Version des Quake 3 Launchers in der Version 1.4.1.0 ist verfügbar.
Die vorherigen Versionen wurden bis jetzt nur auf derQuaker veröffentlicht, da dieses Projekt für derQuaker geschrieben wurde.

Änderung von 1.4.0.0 auf 1.4.1.0:
- Dateigröße um weitere ~200kb reduziert.
- Changelog wird nach dem Update angeteigt

OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, 32 und 64-Bit
Sprache: English

Bei der Version 1.4.0.0 habe ich das Hauptaugenmerk auf die integrierte Update-Funktion gelegt, diese wurde nun stark verbessert und erweitert, wodurch sich die Größe des Launchers um einiges reduziert hat.

Es ist nun auch möglich, ein Update durchzuführen, selbst wenn der Launcher nicht mehr seinen originalen Dateinamen hat, die vorhandene/alte Datei wird einfach ersetzt.
Desweiteren  habe ich einige kleiner Veränderungen und Optimierungen am Code vorgenommen.
Der Quake 3 Launcher und seine Geschichte…

Im großen und ganzen ist er ein kleines Programm, mit dem man Quake 3 Arena starten kann und in dem noch die ein oder andere zusatzfunktion steckt

Im Grunde fing alles damit an, dass ich die commanline fenster, welche durch Batch-Files (*.bat;*.cmd) auftauchen, nicht mehr sehen konnte
So dachte ich mir, ich schau mir einfach mal an, wie das so mit dem Programmieren aussieht.
Anfangs musst ich mich für eine Programmier-Sprache entscheiden.
Zur auswahl hatte ich C++, C#, Basic und Pascal.
Da ich in einem kleinen Forum angefangen habe Fragen zu stellen, wie man das machen könnte, hat sich ein netter Typ dazu überwunden mir zu helfen.
Dieser programmierte in der Sprache Pascal und so habe ich mich entschieden auch mit Pascal zu programmieren.
Nach tagelangem rumspielen wollte ich schon fast aufgeben, da ich keinen plan von irgendwas hatte
Aber dann habe ich mich doch noch überwunden weiterzumachen und so entstand der erste Quake 3 Launcher.
Nach einer weile war mir der Funktionsumfang des alten Launchers zu wenig umfangreich war und ein Kumpel von mir meinte…

Zitat: Mach doch nen Neuen/Besseren, stell ihn auf meine Seite damit er auch Public wird.

Ja und nach einer weile war es dann soweit, der erste Public Quake 3 Launcher war im Internet zu finden

So jetzt aber genug Geschichte…
Hier erstmal eine Auflistung der Funktionen des Quake 3 Launchers:

Im Überblick:

• Schnelles starten von Quake 3 Arena mit ausgewähltem Mod, cfg und exe-file
• Schnelles starten eines Quake 3 Servers unter angabe des Mod’s, cfg und exe-file
• Quick Demo: Support für Quake 3 Demo files, welche dann wie bei Seismovision per doppelklick gestartet werden können.
• Kleine Liste mit deinen Favorite Servern mit Import/Eport funktion
• Ein von mir benanntes “Demo View” welches erlaubt den DEMO-Ordner des ausgewählten Mod’s zu durchsuchen und die Demo(s) per klick abzuspielen
• Update-Funktion, welche per klick aufgerufen werden kann (kein automatisches update)

Settings für Client, Server und Quick Demo:

• Auswählen mit welcher *.exe Quake 3 Arena gestartet werden soll
• Auswählen des MOD’s welches beim Start von Quake 3 verwedet wird
• Benutzerdefinierte *.cfg datei auswählen, welche beim start von Quake 3 verwedet wird
• Zusätzliche Commandline für den Start von Quake 3 angeben
• bei Server Settings kann auch Port und Hunkmegs angegeben werden sowie Lan/Internet Server ausgeählt werden.

Naja, um es genau zu sehen, einfach mal downloaden und ansehen, das Programm ist FREEWARE.
Es darf weitergegeben, jedoch nicht Verkauft werden!
News über den Quake 3 Launcher findet ihr hier auf meinem Blog oder auf derQuaker.

Hier die Screenshots des Quake 3 Launchers:

Download: Quake 3 Launcher v1.4.1.0

The trio tore through the desert in a stolen military grade Hum-vee.

Arm casually slung on the window, mesas rolling in parallax the background sand and blue, the driver turns to us and smiles, “Hello! Welcome to today’s episode of  Magnificent and Sexy Intergalactic Mayhem and Murder. This here is Jizz Baberella–” A wild shock of red, red hair tousling in the open cab, she wears a fuck me mouth and cargo pants under a kevlar jacket. She throws fingerguns at us, pa-pow, here’s looking at ya, baby. “–and A. Shade Darker. Hey, does the A stand for asshole?” A gloved middle finger wavers in the heat, and the umber man in the trench coat rakes back his long greasy hair before returning his attention to the rocket launcher snuggled against his torso. “And then there’s me, today’s host, Cranky Jo, cropped yellow hair, ugly mug, biceps built like a keg–” Wagging eyebrows above hard masticated cigar. “–that’s all of me. The show is starting, let’s go!”

The grey city of  technocrats loomed, buzzing with the lazy trajectories of gendarmes like flies above shit. Jizz slipped a hand toward her crotch and shortly her thong was flapping war red on the aerial. Shade sat zazen on the hood. “Pre-combat rituals,” winks Cranky Jo, who just grinned like a wolf and accelerated.

JIZZ: It’s a heist. UFN UFN UFN went Jizz, spread-eagled to all of creation.

SHADE: We’re gonna steal a city. Shade licked his rocket launcher and turned a passing shack into kindling.

CRANKY JO: Ha ha ha! YACK YACK YACK said his machine gun to the sky.

Here they come!

The sexy stench of Orgone fuel preceded the gendarmes, vicious ships bristling with mind fuck artillery and state-of-the-art gun ninjaz. Cranky Jo aimed his gun and let it do the talking for him while he drove like a madman through the gouts of flame the ships spat at them. A red-eyed ninja crashed into a copse of cacti. Another left a long red stain along the hardpan. Shade made great swathes of flame with his deadly paintbrush. Jizz, her hair wailing in the wind, sniped gendarme after gendarme as she slipped back into her pants. The ships plowed to the ground bursting like pustules, ejecting the dark carapaces of dead state-of-the-art ninjaz. Technocrat modified vultures circled, alighted, their electronic brains bypassed by nervous systems that never forgot the taste of blood.

Leaving behind a tattoo of murder and mayhem they entered the city limits where there are plasma rays turrets and booby traps. The Hum-vee exploded! Jizz landed on her feet. Cranky Jo fell into a turret onto an astonished ninja and immediately began firing blue beams of destruction at the city. Shade, launching at the ground, KOOOM! rocket jumped KOOOM! like a KOOOM! mad frog through the KOOOM! chaos. Black figures swarmed from the city with martial arts celerity. Jizz ran the gauntlet, touching pressure points of ninjaz, and left behind a wake of statues contorted in pain. Shade, crashing with agony along the ferrocrete of a superhighway, leaped to his feet and played shooting gallery with these ninjaz. It rained meat and the vultures, following the trail of death, circled.

A choreography of grace and accident, they fought their way to the heart of the city. Cranky Jo runs up the street, rattling off his old gun, “Now for a word from our sponsors and we’ll see you…”

A baby with a single tooth and a pink bow tied around the sparse hairs of her skull is skipping through a beautiful, heaving meadow in her diapers. Swallows shower the air with their song and butterflies wander through the tall grasses. Rabbits and squirrels scamper with exuberant play around the feet of deer. She is carrying a pair of massive guns, a voice-over intoning

The Infinity Series no. 3, so easy to use even a baby could do it,

running now through the meadow with guns blazing, turning cuddly woodland animals into pink mist. A butterfly sparkles into confetti and the baby babbles gleefully,

now for the first time available to the public, with customizable settings and a wide range of selectable ammo from bazookas with extremely long range capabilities

igniting a doe one mile away into a flaming effigy and baby pushes a button to bring out a screaming revolving chainsaw capable

of cutting down a fat old tree or the foundations of a building. Conveniently priced at $19.99 megabucks, it comes with a free ammo storehouse on a moon of your choosing to the first 10 buyers. (Add $136 mega bucks for shipping & handling).

Baby flips a gun into the air and throws us a thumbs up, the other gun shuduh-duh-duh-dering into the sky. A bird tumbles down.

“…after the break, where you find we’re at the jazzing neon sideshow atmosphere of the Technocrat City Hall, a supposedly impregnable fortress. Ha ha ha!

“Here we go!”

Ragdoll robots tumbled down the steel and concrete stairwell, firing with incredible precision. Too bad precision has nothing on Jizz who giggled through bullet time and engaged their self destruct sub-routines. The trio made many floors before they exploded, sealing the passage.

They burst into a hall of giant windows trimmed in gold. Hordes of state-of-the-art ninjaz hurtled through each and every one, until the scene became a firestorm of reflection tumbling to the plush carpeting.

“Ooh, pretty,” said Jizz, having already grabbed a ninjaz by the ankle to employ as a club. Shade stuck to his guns and noted it was a good thing the plush was the color of blood; that would be a bitch to get off. Cranky Jo just shrugged and sucked on his cigar, leaning on a door frame with his arms crossed. Shortly they picked their way through the litter of bodies and glass, and raced to the penthouse.

The mayor’s door loomed, somehow silver and gold at the same time, forged of Ultradamantitanium.

“Shit.” (That was me, says Cranky Jo.)

“No problem. Thank our sponsors for this motherfucker,” said Shade, who fiddled with his bazooka before raising it.

“Now for another shameless plug brought to you from yet another of our sponsors, and as always, we’ll see you after the…”

Fade in to the rolling hills of a vineyard. A gray templed man with arisocratic bearing in mahogany robe and slippers is puffing at a meerschaum pipe. A wine globe nestles in his hand, the purple liquid sloshing tannins into the air.

Poppy Vineyards is proud to offer the most refined hybrid of papaver somniferum and vitis vinifera.

He sniffs at the wine, sloshes it some more. The background fades into a leathered and wood-paneled office space. He sits in a luxurious armchair and crosses his legs. He sips

to celebrate your order, The Holy Trio of Intoxication is made complete with a nugget of cannabis included within the bottleneck. Our customers demand only the best,

and before passing into unconsciousness,

Available at your local liquor establishment or licensed drug pusher…

“…break it down, already!” yelled Jizz.

“Hey, the ad’s finished?” said Shade. Cranky Jo tittered. Jizz fumed. Shade shrugged and pulled the trigger. The world turned to gold dust and silver rain.

“I could get used to this,” sniffed Jizz, bringing the goblet close to her nose. “This is the life!”

The mayor lay trussed up at their feet, the severed fist of a state-of-the-art ninjaz extending from his mouth. Jizz used him as a footrest, her high heels digging into the small of his back.  Cranky Jo blew lazy smoke rings towards the ceiling, and Shade plugged these with bull’s eye shots. “Our employers won’t be happy if you decided to take up shop,” said Cranky Jo. “Even if they’re tyrants worse off for this city than that pig over there.” The man on the floor squealed.

Shade nodded and said, “Our word is our bond. If we reneged on a contract, we wouldn’t be able to get a job system-wide.”

“Shit,” said Jizz, “Can’t a lady dream?”

This is Cranky Jo, today’s host, and thank you for watching. I hope it was a complete waste of your time and you were needlessly entertained by sexy mayhem and murder. Until next time, heeere’s the

Magnificent and Sexy Intergalactic Mayhem and Murder

Pickle’s Youtube text:

Demo with some bots running I guess, it appeared to me the average framerate was around 40. This at 600 Mhz and 110 Mhz.

1. Nochmal zu Quake-Live:

Also was mir für Veränderungen zu Q3A aufgefallen sind:

- Der Rocket-Launcher hat weniger Splash-Damage, was ich jetzt nicht sonderlich störend finde

- Die Railgun macht “nur” noch 80 Schaden bei Treffer, was ich durchaus begrüßenswert finde, da man dadurch gezwungen ist, auch mal andere Waffen zu benutzen, vor allem im Duell

- Die Lightninggun wurde etwas verändert. Machte sie früher einen konstanten Schaden, egal wie weit jemand entfernt stand (man spricht auch von der 7-7-7 LG), verringert sich der Wert nun je nach Entfernung (7-6-5). Ich persönlich würde das ganze Teil sogar NOCH weiter schwächen, weil es die einzige Waffe ist, die mir konstant auf den Geist geht.

- Overbounce wurde entfernt

- Levels wurden natürgemäß angepasst

Ansonsten dürfte alles beim alten sein, sofern ich nicht etwas vergessen habe

2. Ich habe JamLegend eine lange Zeit nicht besucht, aber mittlerweile wurde wohl eine Art “Erfahrungspunkte-System” hinzugefügt. Das macht die Sache etwas interessanter, auch wenn ich noch nicht ganz dahintergekommen bin, wie das ganze funktioniert. Wer sich anmelde möchte, könnte das hier tun, dann hab ich sogar was davon.

Ansonsten: Ich spiel zur Zeit GTA. Ich werde mich bei Gelegenheit dazu äußern. Aber es sei gesagt, dass es genauso schlecht bei mir läuft wie Saints Row 2…

Meine sehr verehrten Damen und Herren, ich darf heute voller Freude verkünden, dass mein Video zu Quake Live seinen Weg auf youtube gefunden hat. 163 Sekunden voller spannender Action warten auf Sie!

Viel Spaß damit,

Felix

Weitere Informationen und Bilder zu Quake Live finden Sie hier.

Screenshot aus Quake Live.

Es scheint im Trend zu liegen, dass nicht nur immer mehr Browser-Spiele erscheinen, sondern auch bekannte Spiele eine Browser-Umsetzung spendiert bekommen. Unter www.quakelive.com können Sie sich kostenlos registrieren, um anschließend eine Umsetzung von Quake 3 im Browser zu spielen: Quake Live.

Ich bin gespannt, welche Spiele zukünftig noch für den Browser erscheinen.

Bis demnächst,

Felix

A primeira notícia que vi hoje sobre videogames foi que a Microsoft baniu uma usuária do Xbox Live que se identificou como lésbica no seu perfil. A usuária estava sendo perseguida por outros jogadores que diziam que não queriam pessoas como ela perto das crianças. Quando ela foi reclamar, o staff da MS disse que outros jogadores acharam o perfil dela ofensivo e a suspenderam do serviço. Essa não é a primeira vez que acontece isso. Ponto negativo para a MS pela homofobia e pela idiotice. Via Consumerist

Ontem me cadastrei no Quake Live. Um Quake da ID que pode ser jogado de qualquer lugar, através do browser. Até agora não consegui jogar porque a lista de espera é enorme. Ontem quando entrei estava no lugar 65 mil da fila e não esperei. Já aviso que não funciona no Google Chrome. Segundo relatos da net, o jogo é divertido e os gráficos são parecidos com o do Quake 3, só as texturas são de qualidade mais baixa. Quake Live

A Square e a Valve anunciaram um acordo para distribuição dos jogos da empresa japonesa via Steam. E o primeiro a ser distribuído será o Last Remnant, que ninguém sabia que iria sair para o PC. Aliás isso só torna a possibilidade do Final Fantasy XIII sair para o computador ainda mais forte. Via Kotaku.

Rumores sobre um possível novo Psp ressurgiram com força esta semana. Mas ainda nada definitivo, só dizendo que a Sony está testando o hardware e que ele não terá o drive de UMD. Acho meio estranho, já que a Sony está fazendo força para revitalizar o portátil dela este ano, com uma boa quantidade de jogos, que já falei no post de ontem. Via Kotaku.

E é claro, a vergonha de se morar em Brasília. Esta semana um indivíduo manteve uma senhora refém em uma das cidades satélites do Distrito Federal, e ele o fez com uma pistola do Master System (olha a foto lá em cima). A Light Phaser era a pistola utilizada para jogar Zillion entre outros jogos, mas a polícia agiu como se fosse de verdade. Aliás, na pistola da Konami e na da Namco vinha escrito que apontar a pistola para pessoas era um crime federal… Via Kotaku e G1.

John “Legend” Carmack!

Вчера MTV.com изкараха интересно интервю с геният John Carmack, в което освен общите приказки за Doom 4; Rage; Quake Live и ексклузивно заглавие за Wii, е станало въпрос и за тъй любимата ми хендхелд конзола – iPod Touch / iPhone. Eто акцентите:

MTV Multiplayer: И id в момента работи на заглавие ексклузивно за iPhone?
Carmack: В действителност в момента правим доста неща с iPhone-а. Имаме два комерсиални проекта който са почти готови. Взехме една от старомодните ни мобилни игри, “Wolfenstein RPG” (бел.ред наскоро писах за това тук) която преди време беше пусната за BREW и Java платформите, и я “поизтупахме” за една iPhone версия, като добавихме hi-res графика, аудио и 3D ускорение и разни други екстрички. Получи се доста спретнат продукт Най-вероятно ще я пуснем на пазара след около месец, два считано от днешна дата. Но реално това не е изградена специално за iPhone-а игра. Имаме и едно друго заглавие, което още не е обявено официално, и за което работим с партньорска компания тук локално в Далас. Тя още от началото е проектирана като игра за iPhone но използва и някой от активите на id. Графично заглавието изглежда доста впечатляващо, но още нямаме официална релийз дата. В момента правим различни промени в разработката. Иначе буквално преди да дойда за интервюто човърках из някой от старите ни заглавия. Наистина очаквам да докараме някой от класическите id игри, започвайки с “Wolfenstein 3D” и минавайки през “Doom” и “Quake” за iPhone-а, защото аз съм голям поддръжник на платформата. И честно казано съм малко разочарован, че все още нямаме готови продукти за нея. Имахме няколко неуспешни опита с различни неща, и тъй като това ме разочарова се опитвам да направя нещо по-въпроса [смее се].

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малко отклонение преди следващият интересен въпрос. Ако сте пропуснали новината преди време, Quake 3 (както и оригиналният Quake) беше неофициално подкаран на iPhone и iPod Touch. Ако не вярвате, прилагам и видео:

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MTV Multiplayer: Виждал ли сте портовете на “Quake” за iPhone? Какво мислите за тях?
Carmack: Да, и едно от другите неща свързани с iPhone по което работя с.. всъщност няколко неща едновременно. Имаме “Quake III” напълно работещ на iPhone. Разбира се, има нужда от редизайн на рендърите, за да го направим достатъчно бърз и добър за игра на платформата. Всъщност имам интересно решение за това. За да заобиколим всички тези проблеми, можем да се върнем малко назад и да вземем промените който “Quake Live” eкипа направи по оригиналният код и да направим модерна “Quake III Arena” базирана на “Quake Live”. Това би било доста яко.

Цялото интервю можете да прочетете тук: John Carmack Talks Possible Wii Development, iPhone, ‘Doom 4,’ More [MTV.com]
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Та в общи линии в момента id портват “Wolfenstein RPG” и работят по-друго заглавие специално за iPod Touch и iPhone което ще обявят в близкото бъдеще.
Освен това в главата на Carmack се върти идея за Quake Live за iPhone, но това надали ще стане скоро (обаче ще избие рибата) и също така гейм гурото обмисля портването на класическите им заглавия като Doom и “Wolfenstein“.
Аве, ще бъде весело

Източник: Carmack: Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Quake Coming to iPhone [Touch Arcade]

Ако имате желание, можете да гласувате за този материал тук. 10х

De häftiga grabbarna på Id Software (ja, de var iaf häftiga på 90-talet) har precis öppnat dörrarna för betan till Quake Live. Quake Live är en webbanpassad version av Quake 3, med lite annorlunda utseende och ett flertal nya banor och spelvarianter.

Quake 3 är ett rätt så gammalt (men naggande gott) spel. Det häftigaste med Quake Live är dock inte spelet i sig, utan den affärsmodell som tillämpas för det. Att spela Quake Live kostar inget. Det är gratis, som i gratis på riktigt. Spelet finansieras av reklam.

Reklamen kommer att visas i spelet. Exakt hur framgår inte riktigt än, men med tanke på att reklam visas relativt smidigt i andra sporter (dataspel är på många sätt en sport) så lär det nog gå bra ihop. Att det finns en intressant målgrupp för annonsörerna är utom all tvekan.

Id är inte ensamma om att tänka i dessa banor. Det svenska spelföretaget Digital Illusions CE (Dice) håller även på att utveckla ett reklamfinansierat dataspel, med inslag av mikrotransaktioner, vid namn Battlefield Heroes. Av en slump har Dice släppt ett stort antal nya betakonton idag också.

Men om inte Id skalar upp infrastrukturen för Quake Live så har Dice inte mycket att oroa sig över. Efterfrågan är, milt uttryckt, rätt så stor. Jag försökte logga in ikväll, bara för att få besked om att närmare 30 000 personer stod före mig i kö. Ouch!

Men hur bra kan ett webbaserat dataspel egentligen vara? Tja, döm själva.

ID Software announced today that work on Quake 3 for the Xbox Live Arcade is nearly completed and will be with us very soon!

Thats all the details they gave us at the mo, but gamers are growing tired of waiting, let’s hope they’re right!

The long awaited free to play browser version of Quake III: Arena will be online tomorrow! We can all log onto quakelive.com and register and download the now open beta.

Let the fragfest commence!

Good news to Quake fans everywhere the Quake Live will be open to the public for beta testing on the 24th February. The servers are going to be down while they remove inactive accounts.

Quake Live is a modified version of Quake 3 and will be a free ad supported web based game. If this proves successful we may see more titles taking this route, if I am not mistaken The Witcher developers are trying the same for their flagship title The Witcher.

Keep checking the dev teams website for more details.

   Pe 24.02.2009 pentru nostalgici si nu numai, vine in varianta online stravechiul Quake 3 Arena cu al sau feeling inconfundabil si cu fraguiala la greu . Mi se pare complet aiurea sa-l joc din browser cand prin 2000 era un etalon de testare al calculatoarelor – avansam incet-incet, maine-poimaine o sa jucam joculete in realitatea virtuala si probabil ca o sa ne prostim de tot, dar pana atunci mai e de lucru .

Jau kādu laiciņu ir izskanējis šis nosaukums, kuru lielākā daļa spēlmaņu vienkārši laiž gar ausīm, jo tas vairāk izklausās pēc kārtējā serveru meklēšanas softa nevis spēles. Patiesībā tā arī ir.

Ilgi domāju, kā lai divos vārdos raksturo Quake Live. Ar Quake Wars tam nav ne mazākā sakara. Patiesībā tas ir Quake 3, kas ienests pārlūkprogrammā, pievienojot ērtu pretinieku meklēšanas sistēmu. Pamatā Quake 3 pats par sevi ir galvenokārt multiplayer ‘kveiks’, taču šis projekts ļauj daudz ērtāk un ātrāk manevrēt pa plašo Quake 3 tīklu tiem, kas šo aizvēsturisko un mītisko radijumu vēl spēlē.

Acīmredzot kibersportistiem jaunākais 4. turpinājums tik ļoti negāja pie sirds, jo šķiet, tas tā pat kā otrais ir tendēts, galvenokārt uz sižeta atstāstīšanu. Tad nu veidotāji savienoja vecāku seriāla darbu ar Web 2.0 filozofiju radot izklaides iespēju kā pieredzējušiem hakeriem, tā biroja darbiniekiem.

Tiesa, jāatgādina, ka pašlaik šis projekts ir Beta testu režīmā un lai tam piekļūtu ir jāsagaida īpašs ielūgums no spēles veidotājiem. Labās ziņas ir tās, ka pēc testu pabeigšanas un officiālās relīzes, spēlei vēl joprojām nebūs maksas, jo tā pat neviens vairs nemaksās par 9 gadus vecu spēli, lai kur arī viņa tiktu iebāzta.

Tad par pašu spēli runājot. Kopš Quake 3 laikiem arēnas gan ir savādākas. Neesmu profesionāls kibersportists, tāpēc nemācēšu pateikt kā ir ar balansu un vai šīs ir kartes no čempionātiem. Taču spēles elementi ir tie paši, kas iepriekš. Tie paši ieroči, power up`i, pat spēlētāju modeļi. Pašlaik lielākais mīnuss ir lapas ielādes laiki. Lai gan pati spēle darbojas raiti, un matču ielāde tā pat, pašas lapas ielāde var aizņemt pat līdz minūtei atkarībā no noslogojuma dotajā brīdī. Visticamāk tā daļa pa testu laiku tiks optimizēta. 

Spēles darbības princips ir sekojošs: reģistrējoties Jūsu pārlūks ielādē add-on`u, kas satur spēles dzinēju un konkrētajā lapas logā atļauj renderēt spēli izmantojot datora jaudu. Matčus ir iespējams palaist arī pilnā ekrāna izmērā vai spēlēt nelielajā ekrānā. Lieki bilst, ka spēle nepavisam nav prasīga un jestri darbosies arī uz 2000. gada datoriem. Taču mazajā lodziņā bilde nemaz neliekas tik briesmīga. Jekubrā gadijumā, šī nav no tām spēlēm, kurai būtu jāmielo acis ar jaunākās paaudzes gaismu effektiem.  Taču add-on`s vienalga prasās pēc optimizācijas un stabilitātes uzlabošanas, jo šad tad vien tas mēdz ‘nofrīzot’ gan pārlūku gan visu datoru uz pāris sekundēm. 

Pēc reģistrācijas spēlētājs tiek ielaists arēnā ar vienu botu, lai noskaidrotu prasmju līmeni un balstoties uz tā pēc tam piemeklētu piemērotākos pretiniekus un matčus. Tiesa, pašlaik no tā nav īsti jēgas, jo lielākā daļa vērtēšānas matču nospēlē īpaši slikti, lai viņus saliktu kopā ar vājākiem pretiniekiem un varētu izveidot labāku statistiku. Tā ka jebkurā gadijumā pretinieki, kā jau cilvēki, būs diezgan spēcīgi un būs vajadzīgas zināmas iemaņas, lai varētu ko izdarīt. 

Projekts vēl ir beta testu stadijā un tajā ir vairāki elementi, kas īsti nedarbojas kā plānots un elementi, kam lietotāji jau ir atraduši exploitu, taču tāpēc ir domāti šie testi, lai aizrakstītu veidotājiem par to, kas nepatīk un ieteikumiem to novēršanai.

Vienā teikumā: Quake 3 pārlūkprogrammā ar uzlabotu pretinieku meklēšanas sistēmu un bezmaksas pieeju no gandrīz jebkāda datora un jebkuras vietas pasaulē.

So, I got not a lot to say so just some things I wanna get out.

First of all the top searches of my blog say: need for speed underground, need for speed underground 2 down and need for speed drag race. It’s redirecting people to here, while all there is here is a review. Therefor I will unpublish the nfs posts, since my blog doesn’t do piracy and other posts should be given the chance to.

Second, I’m tired of listening to my mp3, I got nearly no new songs whatsoever. Or the music industry just doesn’t make any new music, which I seriously doubt. Also, I used to share music with friends, which now isn’t the case anymore, that’s an important factor for losing grip on current celebrated songs. So, I’m going to look for PodCasts, Comedy preferred, since laughing is good for me. If anyone would ever read this and knows a podcast, please recommend

And damn, I’m getting tired of school. I’m bored, but not just bored, seriously bored! School is no challenge anymore and that’s how I want to keep it, but I’m just tired of waking up every morning going to school for over 8 hours and come home knowing I’ve learnt something, but it’s just not worth going to school for every day. It doesn’t matetr if it’s a subject that interests me or I’m good at, I just want to leave. The worst thing is it get’s worse every year, every year the feeling of tiredness starts earlier and I do wanna do fun stuff, but I just can’t: ’cause maybe my results will go down with it. Shit, I think I’m going nuts. “Don’t fall asleep!”, “Pay attention!”, “Stay silent!” and “You do that one more time and I’mma punish you!” are common phrases that when they say those to me, I care too much. I just want to leave as soon as possible!

In other news, I might be playing in the Nations Cup for my home country Belgium tomorrow in Quake 3. They’ve got a lack of players and I applied to jump in, I really suck. Good luck to me!

   Un joc free de tip OpenArena (sau Quake 3 mai exact) unde fraguiala e la loc de cinste ca si adrenalina de altfel . Desi in versiunea de fata i s-au adus multe imbunatatiri (la arme, stilul temelor sci-fi, la miscarile jucatorilor – dodge jumping precum si optimizarea jocului astfel incat sa utilizeze mai putine resurse si sa se miste mai repede) eu inca prefer OpenArena deoarece este mai apropiata ca stil de Quake 3 si poate folosi si hartile specifice acesteia .

Después de instalar Ubuntu en mi Aspire one, decidí probar las capacidades gráficas del aparatito. Así que nada mejor que un jueguito en 3D. Opte en principio por Quake 3.

Primero baje el instalador desde la pagina de id Software. De el cd de instalación del Juego tomaremos los archivos con terminación pk3. Son nueve en total (pak0.pk3, pak1.pk3…pak8.pk3). Si no tienes el cd del juego puedes conseguirte una copia en la web, pues dudo que puedas conseguirlo en alguna tienda.

Abres la terminal y tecleas:

sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/games/quake3/baseq3

En el directorio que acabas de crear /usr/local/games/quake3/baseq3 copias los archivos con terminación pk3.

Ahora desde la carpeta donde bajaste el instalador tecleas en la consola:

sudo sh ./linuxq3apoint-1.32b-3.x86.run

Seguimos los pasos y al final tendremos Quake 3 instalado en nuestra maquinita.

Hubo un pequeño problema, no se escuchaba, tengo entendido que quake funciona bien con el sistema de sonido oss, pero desde hace algunos años la mayoría de las distribuciones linux usan alsa. En esas andaba cuando descubri Open Arena un juego 100% libre que usa el mismo motor gráfico de quake 3. ¿su instalación? De lo mas sencillo, solo tecleas desde la consola:

sudo apt-get install openarena

Lo cual descargara dos ficheros, necesarios para su instalación: openarena y openarena-data, con un peso de 281 megas. Dependiendo de nuestra conexión a internet sera el tiempo que dure la descarga, para después disfrutarlo desde la comodidad de nuestra aspire one.

Los gráficos del open arena son bastante buenos, claro no se comparan con los juegos de última generación, la fluidez y el sonido son excepcionales, además de sus posibilidades multijugador a través de la red. En lo personal recomiendo este último por su calidad y desempeño. Claro que puedes optar por tener ambos juegos y presumirle a tus cuates de las posibilidades de tu aparatito desde Ubuntu linux.