Here are links to the various software, web sites, newsgroups, and other resources you will find helpful when creating Quake II DLL's.

Compilers
LCCWin32
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~lcc-win32/
A free Win32 DLL Compiler, which we provide examples with in our Tutorials.

GNU Compiler
http://www.cygnus.com/misc/gnu-win32/
A free win32 compiler, which should offer good compatablilty with unix

Editors
Programmers' File Editor (PFE)
http://www.shareware.com
A strongly recommended text editor, available for a wide variety of platforms, which incorporates many powerful features which assist Programmers.

Other Utilities
Winzip
http://www.winzip.com
An excellent archive utility which you will need to extract various files from downloaded ZIP files.

Web Sites
http://library.advanced.org/11742/
A good C++ Tutorial.

Security Issue
Read JohnC's thoughts on the Quake II DLL Security subject.

Association of C and C++ Users
A association thats well worth joining.

Quake Developer's Library Site
A good site for those interested in coding Quake 2. Has a lot of code examples with explanations. Oh, but their Borland compilation tutorial appears to be wrong.

Inside3D
Another good site for coding, although with a broader subject range, covering most 3D FPS's around today. Their Borland compilation tutorial didn't work for me either, but it got closer.

Newsgroups
comp.lang.c
comp.lang.c++
comp.os.ms-windows/programmer.misc
rec.games.computer.quake.*

Mailing Lists
Quake2 Coding and DLL's - run by PlanetQuake, to subscribe send a blank email here.

Quake2 DLL - run by CoolList, to subscribe wander over to www.coollist.com and type the list name quake2dll at the bottom of the page.

Quake sites
id Software -- Home of Quake.
Quake2.Com -- A superb web site covering Quake II.
Blue's News -- Get your Quake news here!
sCary's Shugga Shack -- Another news site.
Redwood's Quake Page -- More Quake news.
Slipgate Central -- More links than... something with a lot of links.
Oak II -- A Quake II bot.
QUTA Quake Clan -- A superb UK based Quake clan.Here are links to the various software, web sites, newsgroups, and other resources you will find helpful when creating Quake II DLL's.

Other sites
JohnC's Web Site -- Visit the homepage of JohnC.
Hendo's Web Site -- Visit the homepage of Hendo.